LG’s new Chocolate phone in India

December 8, 2009 · Filed Under News · Comment

World’s second largest electronics maker, LG has expanded its Chocolate Edition mobile phone range with the launch of of LG BL40 in the Indian Market!

LG BL 40, the Chocolate’s specsheet includes a 4-inch LCD screen, with 21:9 aspect ratio. The new slim phone offers a 5 megapixel camera with Schinder-Kreuznach lens and flash. In addition, the various connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and an FM transmitter. The phone also offers with S-Class UI, which features finger-friendly 3D graphics.

Thanks to the company’s deal with Twentieth Century Fox, the new Chocolate phone will also feature content from James Cameron’s 3D fantasy and much hyped, Avatar.

The LG Chocolate BL40 is available at a price tag of Rs 30,000.

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Google unveils SMS service for Africa

June 29, 2009 · Filed Under News · Comment

On Monday, internet search giant Google Inc. unveiled its new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa. This service from the company is unveiled keeping in consideration the lowest rates of internet penetration in Africa, as the company acknowledged its latest blogpost at tits official blog.

The California based company’s blogpost on this latest development read, “At Google we seek to serve a broad base of people — not only those who can afford to access the Internet from the convenience of their workplace or with a computer at home.”
“It’s important to reach users wherever they are, with the information they need, in areas with the greatest information poverty,” Google added

On one hand as the internet penetration rates are the lowest in the African continent, Google cashed on the latest findings that revealed the world’s highest mobile phone growth rate in the region and that the mobile use on the continent is six times higher than Internet penetration.

According to Google, the new service, Google SMS, will be available first in Uganda. This service can be used to get information, via SMS, on a wide range of topics including health, agriculture tips, news, local weather and sports etc.

Google also announced that it is launching a service called Google Trader, another of its SMS based application.

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