Motorola Wilder: Yet another dust and water smartphone

Taking cues for Motorola Defy, the new Wilder is dust proof, water resistant and has secondary OLED display for notifications.

Motorola has launched a dust and water resistant smartphone — Wilder . The New Wilder smartphone comes has 2.8-inch touchscreen with a secondary notification display.

Appearing to be an inexpensive version of Motorola Defy, the new Wilder is aimed at the social network aficionados as it integrates the social network accounts like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. The device has been launched in UK and as of now there's no clarity on when does the company intend to make it available for rest of the world.

Both mobile handsets offer Nokia's unique Easy Swap function for smarter multiple SIM management, largest in category expandable memory capabilities (32GB for Nokia C2-00) and enhanced music capabilities.

Nokia has launched the C2-00 and X1-01 dual SIM phones for the Indian market.

Unveiling the new phones, Vipul Sabharwal, director sales, Nokia India, said, "We are very proud to present Nokia C2-00 and Nokia X1-01 that meet stringent quality standards and have set new benchmarks in the mobile internet and music space in the entry level dual SIM category."

Both devices come with Nokia's innovative services including Nokia Life Tools which provide consumers with a wide range of information covering healthcare, agriculture, education and entertainment.

Nokia C2-00

The Nokia C2-00 have the Easy Swap feature, which offers consumers the convenience of changing SIM cards without the need to turn off the phone or remove the battery. Just open the SIM door at the side of the phone and swap your SIMs.

With the Nokia C2-00, users can also browse the internet, read emails and enjoy instant messaging with either SIM card.

At a whopping 32 GB expandable memory, the Nokia C2-00 lets you keep thousands of photos, videos and music files with you all the time. The intuitive Nokia C2-00 also remembers the settings for up to five separate SIM cards.

Nokia X1-01

Nokia X1-01 comes with loud sound and great music clarity, claims the company. According to Nokia, its jumbo battery delivers upto 36 hours of continued music playback. The in-built loudspeakers provide sound output at a whopping 106 phon.

Nokia X1-01 comes with 16 GB of memory support. Its music player allows consumers to select songs and create favourite playlists.

The device also allows users to personalise their dual SIM experience with their own SIM name, call orSMS settings, logo, ringtone or music. It remembers the settings for up to five separate SIM cards. It has an innovative 'cost tracker' application to help consumers control their calling expenses.

Nokia X1-01 also comes pre-loaded with Nokia Money to help deliver financial independence to entry consumers.

Get extra ipad storage with Kingston Wi-Drive

Access your files over Wi-Fi on the pocket-friendly Wi-Drive that allows streaming multimedia, PDFs and more files.

Kingston has come up with a new device that can be used by the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch owners as an additional portable storage space, and has been dubbed as Wi-Drive.

The new Kingston Wi-Drive is available in 16GB and 32GB storage options and will allow users to access data wirelessly using iPhone (3G and higher), iPod touch (3rd Gen and higher) and iPad.

Indians will have to wait till June end to buy this additional storage for their iOS devices. At present, Wi-Drive is available outside India for $130 (Rs 5850 approximately) and $175 (Rs 7875 approximately).

New Samsung app streams images to smartphones from TV

Android based App turns smartphone into remote, game controller and also settings hub for the new Smart TV models.

Samsung has introduced a new application for Galaxy S II smartphone that can stream images directly to the smartphone from a Smart TV.

Dubbed as Smart View, the application supports Samsung LED Smart TV models, Series 7 and Series 8, both of which are available in India.

The Smart View App requires Android 2.3 Gingerbread or higher updated running on the device and currently supports Galaxy S II.

Make your Nokia smartphone play multimedia content on DLNA certified devices with this latest application from Nokia.

Nokia Play is the latest addition to Nokia's Beta labs, the trial centre for new applications that is open to users of Nokia smartphones. Nokia Play is a simple application that allows the smartphone to wirelessly connect to other devices to stream and play multimedia content on them. These devices must be within the same wireless network, enabled with the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) protocol that allows digital devices to communicate with each other.

To use Nokia Play all you need is a Nokia Series 60 ^3 smartphone, a DLNA certified device (TV/DVD player or other devices) and a WiFinetwork. The application converts any Symbian S60 ^3 device into a DLNA compatible device. This technology does not, however, allow the smartphone to control other devices.

MVL launches new feature rich mobile, the R2

R2 has a long battery life, dual SIM capability, expandable memory upto 8 GB, VGA camera, high quality audio and video functions, Hindi keypad, a 1.8 inch colour display, and a powerful torch.

MVL Mobiles today launched a new handset, named as R2, for just Rs 1,999. The handset features smart call divert facility which enables the user to talk on one SIM, while the phone calls to the second SIM get automatically diverted to the first one.

R2 has a long battery life, dual SIM capability, expandable memory upto 8 GB, VGA camera, high quality audio and video functions, Hindi keypad, a 1.8 inch colour display, and a powerful torch.

It features the 'sniffer' program that allows the user to track the phone in case of theft/ loss and a blacklist option for barring unwarranted calls among others. Also the phone is equipped with 'smart call back' option which gives a smart solution by saving roaming call price. If one SIM is in roaming and other SIM one is on home network, and the user gets a call on roaming SIM, this facility initiates a call back from home network SIM.