Nokia announces free download offer in INDIA!!!!!!!!!!

The free content downloads is powered with 50MB free data by telecommunication provider Airtel.

Viral Oza, Head Marketing Nokia India, “Nokia is focusing on the democratization and massification of internet, especially in affordable devices tailored for customers in emerging markets. We are excited to introduce a unique offer for our entry consumers, enhancing their experience and helping them do more with their phones.”

Priced at Rs. 2789, the Nokia C1-01 handset supports expandable memory upto 32GB besides supporting certain facilities like bluetooth, MMS and USB slot.

The customers can also free access to Ovi Life Tools service for one month with this device.

Users can download over 35 videos of Bollywood hit songs, over 20 cricket games and more than 20 wallpapers and animations as a part of the download offer by using this Nokia hand set.

The free download offer will be valid for the first month of purchase.(indiablooms)

Vodafone introduces Cricket Super Week!!!!!!!!

Vodafone introduces ‘Cricket Super Week’ which offers free Cricket updates. Now you can surf Yahoo! Cricket, ESPN Star, Cricket Next and Cricinfo free of charge. The new Cricket Super Week offer is valid from the 7th of May till the 13th of May. The offer is valid for both 2G and 3G customers.

Send SMS “Super” to 111

you can access the following:

- Yahoo! Cricket: http://in.m.yahoo.com/cricket
- ESPN Cricket: http://125.19.233.102/WapEspn/home/home.htm
- Cricketnext: http://m.cricketnext.com
- Cricinfo: http://m.espncricinfo.com

Jaguar to launch limited edition supercar C-X75 at 700,000 pounds

The iconic Jaguar will soon launch C-X75, a hybrid supercar , priced in the range of British 700,000 pounds plus local taxes, an official said here on Friday. 

The new car will mix international combustion power with electric motors to achieve supercar performance giving speeds of over 200 kmph, carbon-dioxide emissions of less than 99 gms/km and a lightweight but strong all carbon-fibre chassis. 

Initially, only 250 exclusive models shall be built in association with and direct technology transfer from Williams F1, the motorsport engineering leader. "This is the Jaguar of the future. It's fantastic that products like the C-X75 can become reality," said CEO of Tata Motors, Carl-Peter Forster. 

Terming it as the company's most ambitious, world-beating vehicle programme, Forster said the opportunity for innovations like this in Britain is part of the reason why Tata Motors invested in Jaguar around three years ago. 

Revealing that the proposed supercar received an incredible response as a concept car at the Paris 2010 motor show, Jaguar Brand Director Adrian Hallmark said that "there is a clear business case for this exclusive halo model. No other vehicle will better signify Jaguar's renewed confidence and excellence in technological innovation than this". 

He said the Project C-X75 will be the ultimate expression of Jaguar design and engineering innovation, sticking to the initial concept design while fulfilling requirements to make it suited for road use. 

"We were determined that Jaguar C-X75 would be as striking on the road as it was in concept form," said Jaguar Cars Director of Design Ian Callum. He assured it would be finest looking, and most innovative Jaguar car ever produced. 

In what is termed as an unprecedented move, Jaguar C-X75 will be developed in association with Williams F1 who will provide their engineering expertise in areas including aerodynamics, carbon composite manufacture and hybrid technologies. (TOI)

Nintendo and the Wii

The remarkable Wii game console from Nintendo was something of a godsend to the gaming industry for the simple reason that it opened up new ways of thinking regarding both games and controllers. It's quite likely that if it were not for the Wii, the entire industry would be in a tailspin, headed towards a second complete collapse.

While the current market has enough competition to keep it from going down in flames, you have to admit that the main two players, Sony and Microsoft, seem stuck in a time warp. The way things are going there wouldn't be any business left if the public became tired of the few tent pole offerings that come out a couple of times a year.

The first collapse happened from 1982 to1983 and was called the Great North American Video Game Crash and has since been described as the Atari debacle because Atari was at the center of it.

The market was saturated with "me-too" products that could not have been more boring. The world was passing by the old-fashioned graphics, and Atari, the game console company that evolved from the Pong game, had all sorts of difficulty protecting its turf while encouraging innovation.

Nintendo saved the entire game console industry after the 1983 debacle when it rolled out the NES in 1985 and introduced the Mario Brothers to the world.

Later, the company had also snuck into the market an entire handheld business beginning with the Game Boy, which has now evolved into the Nintendo 3DS.

Nintendo went off script when they were written off because of the lackluster 2001 offering, the Nintendo Game Cube. The company brought out the Wii which was widely ridiculed by all the Game magazines, columnists, and everyone who followed the industry. The name was dumb, and, oh the horror, there was no HDTV.

The fact that the Wii has a crackpot controller and no HD was the death knell, according to most of the magazine and specialist writers who were missing the point about game play. This is somewhat ironic in hindsight.

Now we are told that we can expect something new from Nintendo in one year. The question remains whether it will be a radical change or whether Nintendo will milk the platform?

If you look at the progress of the Nintendo DS evolution, I think you'll have the answer. The Wii is not broken and does not need fixing. It just needs to be upgraded. Nintendo followed this pattern with the NES, until it finally died a natural death. Curiously, you can still play most old NES games on a Wii. I don't think anybody plays those old games, but you can if you want to.

The new Wii will obviously incorporate modern 3D technologies, which may or may not sell new games. You can be sure HD will be standard—finally! Most importantly compelling new games will appear, as Nintendo has never lost sight of the fact that its games play well and are fun for everyone.

The classic Wii, which is now on sale, will fade in a couple of years, but everyone in the game industry should thank Nintendo for re-conceptualizing the game controller and keeping the entire industry viable and open to new ideas.(pcmag)

The New Generation of Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Mini Pro officially announced

The much hyped and rumoured upgrade of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini series is finally out in the open. Sony Ericsson today announced the second generation of the Xperia Mini and the Mini Pro smart phones.

The X10 batch has been ditched and a whole new spec sheet makes it a big smart phone in a small package. Like earlier, the Mini will be a full-touch smart phone, and the Mini Pro will have a slider QWERTY keyboard. The phones are expected to launch in Q3 2011. No news on the prices, but we a specification sheet.

Here are the specs:

·         3 Inch 320×480 display

·         Android 2.3 Gingerbread

·         1GHz Snapdragon processor

·         320MB internal storage, SD Card slot

·         5MP rear camera with 720p video capture and face detection

·         Sony BRAVIA engine

·         Android 2.3

·         Facebook integration

·         Colours: Mini- black, white, dark pink, and black Mini Pro- black, white, pink, and turquoise(Mobigyaan)