Nokia Launches Cheapest Dual-SIM Phone Ever

Image Credit: Getty Images

It seems all mobile phone manufactures are heading the way of offering cheap phones. We covered Apple' s plan to launch a whole new cheaper iPhone 4 in emerging markets and now Nokia is taking the competition to a whole new level. Inspired by the local markets in Africa and Asia where the need of the hour is not high end Apps but the ability to use dual-sim phones. The reason for this is because alot of people in these countries prefer using prepaid sin cards rather that the postpaid which is costlier and can run into heavy bills. On the other hand a prepaid SIM can be used for as long as you need it and when you find another phone company offering lower tariff plans the old SIM can be ditched for a new one and with number portability you still retain your old number.  


Nokia will be launching the 101 and the 100 in Q3 and Q4 of 2012 respectively. The Nokia 101 will cost approx $35 and the 100 will cost approx $29. 


Check out the features of the phones below, information provided by ibtimes.com
The 101 features include

 Dual SIM possibility
• Extremely affordable
• 65K 1.8” color screen
• Grid-based menu with easily readable icons
• Supporting FM radio and MP3 player
• Memory card up to 16 GB capacity
• Possibility to have 500 entries in the phone book


In addition, it features an incorporated flashlight, 3.5 mm AV connector, pre-loaded games and also a time tracker. It will have a talk time of 8.5 hours.


It will be available in phantom black and coral red colors. It weighs only 69.6 g including battery.


Nokia 100 features will include

• 65K 1.8” color screen
• Grid-based menu with easily readable icons
• Supporting FM radio
• Possibility to have 500 entries in the phone book
• Memory card up to 16 GB capacity
• Extremely affordable


Unlike 101 it does not offer MP3 support. It will have a talk time of 7.2 hours.


In addition, like the 101, it offers an incorporated flashlight, 3.5 mm AV connector, pre-loaded games and also the time tracker. It weighs the same as the 101 model.


It will be available in more color options of blue, pink, red and black.

An original post by

Sociolatte

Google Sync: How does it work

Google Sync is a cloud based service that works with BlackBerry, iPhone, Nokia, Windows Mobile and Symbian Platforms and most other phones that are SyncML capable. Google Sync keeps your phone's address book in sync with your Google Gmail contacts. You can Sync two phones together and thereby both phones will have the same contacts automatically. Which also helps you to transfer contacts from one phone to the other without any difficulty. If you wondering how to transfer contacts from one phone to the other especially if you've got a new phones and would like to update the device with all your contacts. You can also sync you phone with your PC. Since it is a cloud based service once you change, add, delete contacts in one device, both the devices will get updated automatically.


Android based phones can sync with Google contacts out of the box. 


Google Sync will help your synchronize your phone's built in address book and calender with your Google accounts. Once you setup Sync on your phone it will automatically update your phone's contacts with contacts from your Gmail account. Sync will also download your Google calender events to your device. Sync is a cloud based service which means everything happens over the air and updating one place means both your devices synced will be updated. You can use Sync to synchronize your desktop PC and your mobile phone. Any changes made on one device means the other devices updates wirelessly. So you do not need to physically connect your phone to your computer. Updations on one device means the other device gets updated as well. All these services happen in the background or over-the-air. This simple means that all your contacts and calender events are always in sync no matter where you go or what you do. Because Sync works by backing up your info to your Google account. Your information is always safe even if you drop your phone in a pool. No more fears of loosing info when your phone goes missing or walls into water. 


When you buy a new phone and connect it to your Google Sync account it will restore your address book and calender. 


Visit Google Sync now

An original post by

Sociolatte

Swype: How does it work

Swyping is now available on Touchscreen phones. Available on the Motorola Droid X, Samsung Omnia II, Motorola i1, myTouch 3G, Motorola CliqXT, and HTC HD2 to name a few. More and more phones will eventually incorporate this technology.

So what is Swype and how does it work.

This works on Touchscreen phones. When you are typing a word you no longer need to type each letter of the word. This goes for sentences too. All you need to do is to point you finger on the first alphabet and then swype your finger to the following alphabets and then release your finger from the screen and there you have it. You word appears on the screen and start by typing your next word in the sentence without hitting the space bar. The technology recognizes that once you finish a word a space is entered automatically. Texting will never be the same again, also it becomes much faster. All you need to do is to keep swyping your fingers across the screen to  text your and reply to your friends. 

Swype reinvents typing on touch-screen phones. To learn more about Swype please head on over to their homepage. 

Swype seems to be the next big crazy in Mobile Computing technology. Will this be the next big thing in touch-screen phones?. Think of how fast people can now type. Typing at the speed of thought. Say goodbye to Tap-Tap-Tap and say hellow to Swype.

Take a look at the video below to see and learn more about how Swype works.

An original post by

Sociolatte