It seems like the handset leader has finally found the key to the success in the consumer market in India. They have listened to what millions of Indians want in a handset and revealed a 3G phone with a price tag of just USD 89! Is this Nokia’s war against Indian handset manufacturers? read more...
Buoyed by the success of App stores from smartphone manufacturers, the Indian carrier Airtel has rolled out its first App store with 1250 smartphone applications across 25 categories. read more..
India may have joined the Internet party late but the country is poised to boast one of the largest Internet user bases in the world. It’s crucial for manufacturers, the shanzhai included, to understand what type of Internet consumers have access to so that they can offer appropriate devices. From dial-up to broadband, wireless and 3G, we take a look at where the Internet stands in India. read more...
The number of people gaming in India has nearly doubled, from 25% of active Internet users in 2008 to 41.2% in 2009. The most popular form of gaming in India is PC gaming, followed by mobile gaming, and then console gaming. Microsoft and Sony are the two major players, but of lately some new players have also entered the Indian console industry, including the shanzhai. read more...
An Indian company, Intex Technologies, which is known for manufacturing computer peripherals, has launched a QWERTY smartphone, which has a close resemblance to the BlackBerry Curve 8900. read more...
Acer has unveiled its new Android based smartphone series ‘Liquid’ in the Indian market. The smartphone is claimed to be the first smartphone in the world to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The uncool thing about the Acer Liquid is that it’s running on Android 1.6 (Donut) instead of Android 2.1! read more...
An Indian online book store, infibeam.com has launched an e-book reader, which bears a resemblence to Amazon’s Kindle. infibeam.com claims that it has good prospects in India since it's the only e-book reader which supports all the official languages spoken in India. read more...
While the electronics industry is the fastest growing manufacturing sector in the world, India is yet to flourish in designing and manufacturing electronics products for the local market. Experts from ISA (the Indian Semiconductor Association) at their Vision Summit 2010, announced their aim to address the trade imbalance of USD 300 billion worth of imports of electronic goods to the country, something they want to fix up by 2020. read more...
Considering that the 3G auction in India has pretty much turned into dream for all the Indian and foreign telcos concerned, it's quite surprising that there are already 2 million subscribers with 3G connectivity in India. Read more...
