Google has just unveiled a Android based Super phone called - Nexus One phone and India being one among unsupported countries. however people residing in India may psychologically satisfy themselves watching the Inetractive demo , 3D Tour or videos of Nexus One phone until it arrives in India as there is not any mention via Google of how, why and when it will arrive in India. The Google super phone will be available only in US, UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. Noticeably unlike to Apple iPhone Google Nexus is "Unlocked" GSM phone sold and shipped by Google only. Moreover, unavailability of 3G Mobile technology in India could be strong reason for Nexus phone unavailability, as at present its with BSNL only. Ironically, countries like UK had already made trials of next generation 4G mobile broadband technology. Question - Why Google didn't approach BSNL? as its also 3G and GSM phone operator in India. However, India has its own Jugaad of getting Google Nexus by - shipping it to India (US$529 + $60 shipping + import duty = 32k INR approx.) or can also get it from ebay once people people start to resale it.

Numo Solutions (formerly Mobile Nordic) which is providing free apps for mobiles that brings much more interactivity in calling and SMS through mobiles via their apps - Numo SMS Preview & Numo Finder. Numo SMS Preview - The app get instant preview of incoming SMS messages without a single click. Available worldwide and free of charge, currently supports Symbian S60 and Android mobiles. The app has received more than 600 000 new registered users in just two months. Numo Finder - As Numo Finder users get tools that make it easy to find any phone number, person, place, SMS, see who is calling with reverse lookup, or whatever they are searching for in one interactive communication center. Numo Finder brings mobile caller-ID and interactive global mobile phone-book by knowing who is calling and finding number and name. Available in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, France and Sweden. Will soon be announced in more countries in Europe and Asia. This app supports most of the mobile devices (currently 650+ different models) e.g. Symbian, Android, Java, Windows Mobile and shortly also iPhone and Blackberry. The app is a GSMA Global Awards'  most innovative award winner in 2009. Both the apps Numo SMS Preview & Numo Finder ...

The First Google's Android technology based Mobile phone has been launched in India by HTC and the device is - HTC Tattoo. By having Android as a platform means Google Maps™ and Google Mail™ will perform brilliantly on phone and other apps free or almost free to have on this device unlike to iPhone. This is wha Android all about as being open-source. As HTC Tattoo has Google’s innovative Android it gives Google Maps, search, Google Mail, and Android market where users can download thousands of popular applications and games for free. This HTC Tattoo touchscreen mobile phone with excellent customization ability for both its outer and inner i.e. right from its cover design (through HTC's online cover creator) to its inner applications, its has 'HTC Sense' touch user Interface featuring 3G,GPS,WiFi,3.5mm audio jack,3.2MP autofocus camera,and a microSD card slot along with G-sensor and Digital Compass. The device costs around Rs.16,000 to Rs.20,000 in market varied in few states such as Maharashtra (being costlier) .

IMImobile, an end-to-end provider of converged mobile and online value-added services for mobile operators, media companies and enterprises today announced that it has raised USD 13 million in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital and existing investor First Mark Capital. The funding will enable IMImobile to embark on its next phase of growth building on the impressive gains the company has made over the last few years. Spark Ventures plc, a founding partners of IMImobile is the largest institutional shareholder and had provided the seed capital. MAPE Advisory Group acted as advisor to IMImobile for the investment. Sequoia Capital has enormous experience in consistently partnering with entrepreneurs to create global market leaders such as Cisco, Google, Apple SKS Microfinance, Cafe Coffee Day and Just Dial. Mohit Bhatnagar, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital India will join the Board of IMImobile. Vishwanath Alluri, Founder and CEO of IMImobile said: “The new financing will enable us to develop our cloud infrastructure for Tier 1 telecom operators and allow us to expand our customer base and account penetration through acquisitions. Sequoia Capital’s global experience and strong local expertise will be a key differentiator as we look to launch into our next phase of growth” "IMImobile’s unique and ...

Nokia has launched a range of services called as Nokia Life Tools currently for India only, which includes Agriculture, Education and Entertainment related services designed specially for the consumers in small towns and rural areas of India as one of top emerging mobile markets. Nokia Life Tools is an icon-led, graphically rich mobile application which provides timely and relevant information customized to the user’s location and personal preferences directly on their mobile phones. It has capability to display two different languages simultaneously on the same screen, thereby enhancing usability. In Agriculture info segment, the app is one of a kind in India that provide information on weather, agriculture tips & techniques, as well as market prices to improve productivity and earnings for people in agriculture business or niche profession. In Educational segment the app provide national examination results delivered straight to mobile phones along with quizzes, coaching, advice and tips for students and learners. In Entertainment Nokia Life tools provide exciting and personal entertainment services such as latest news, music, astrology and cricket scores. Moreover, the service is independent of any complex settings/ configurations to have access to GPRS on their mobile phones, but whence the Nokia life Tools application is activated ,the customer can ...

BOLT is a free downloadable browser that offers an uncompromised browsing experience on even lower-end mobile phones, noticeably for phones that are NOT smart phones, PDAs or Phones. Apparently the BOLT browser give as much high-end experience for lower-end phones as a Blackberry browser. Bitstream India Pvt Ltd, headquartered in Delhi, contributed substantially to BOLT’s engineering Two months after its public debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Bitstream Inc today announced that BOLT, the company’s web browser for mobile phones of all types. Bolt has more active users in India than in any other country outside North America. Today one in six of BOLT’s active users reside in India where users have visited more than 4 million web pages and consumed more than 1,000 gigabytes (1 terabyte) of bandwidth using the mobile browser since it debuted in February of this year. Optimized to conserve data transmission, BOLT features unrivalled speed – routinely at least 25 to 50 % faster than competitors. The WebKit-based BOLT browser offers ultra-fast viewing of streaming and flash video, high standards compliance, rich media and graphics that enable people to view websites just as they do on a PC. BOLT’s feature set includes: Fast, secure, desktop-style web browsing on ...

The India Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has selected Syniverse Technologies and Telcordia Technologies to implement mobile number portability (MNP) services in the country. Noticeably both of the companies are US based. Syniverse is a business and technology solution for the global telecommunications industry, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA the company was awarded a letter of intent to provide India’s telecommunications operators with number portability clearing house and centralized database solutions for the next 10 years. Telcordia on other hand is the world’s leading provider of MNP services and has solutions deployed across nine countries, including the US, Canada, Egypt, Greece and South Africa. Because of the project’s enormous scale, the DoT divided the country into two geographic zones for number portability implementation, each of which will be handled by a different MNP provider. Each zone is further broken down into 11 service areas that represent cities within the zone. Zone 1 will cover the northern and western regions of the country, while Zone 2 will include the south and east. Syniverse was selected to receive the license for Zone 1, which includes the service areas of Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat and seven others. The MNP implementation will first focus on the larger metropolitan service areas ...

Veedio is a new Spain based mobile social networking platform for 3G mobile operators that integrates with social networking and video sharing site functionality using video call technology. In a simple words and as main functionality Veedio lets users to upload their videos from thier mobile phones to social networks such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube as well. Operators can easily deploy value added 3G-to-web video services such as instant video uploading, creation of private video-chat rooms and video-centric mobile marketing. Veedio as a tool enhances current social network and video-sharing Web site communication by injecting instant mobile-to-Web video communication in personal network platforms. Veedio enables user-generated video and location-based VAS services in real time using video call technology. As a 3G enabled service tool, users also can initiate real-time audio and video communication with other 3G mobile users or SNC Web users via a video call—anywhere, anytime. Users only need a 3G enabled phone and no software installation is needed. How to Use: Users simply place a video call to a designated number to initiate the service. From that moment they start recording and streaming live video instantly to the SNC or video-share Web site. Users record video streams and select one or several ...

SMSResume.in is new web start-up from India in its very young phase eventhough worthy for many as it enables users makes it possible to send their resumes via SMS over their cellphones. The process is - users needs to register at www.smsresume.in, upload resume on the site for once and thereafter can send resumes through their cellphones only. The service comes handy especially for those job seekers who have to apply urgently for a job and when there is no internet connection available at any point of time. To availe the service for free, the users needs to register at www.smsresume.in, upload one's resume on the site and then, whenever the need be, shoot off the resume by sending an SMS to 9711532380 in pre-defined format i.e. Resume <hr emailid> (example: Resume career@xyzcompany.com). User would even receive Email notification from smsresume.in as the smsresume server send a BCC copy to users' email id and informs that the resume has been successfully delivered to the recipient.

MobME an Indian mobile 2.0 startup providing a platform for enabling picture sharing from camera phone to a social network and Sloka Telcom, a inexpensive and compact base stations for fixed and mobile WIMAX and 3G LTE providers have announced to get awards of NASSCOM Innovation Awards 2008 under startups category. For those new to NASSCOM, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is a consortium that serves as an interface to the Indian software industry and Indian BPO industry. From the 24 companies shortlisted, 8 winners will be recognized and felicitated for their outstanding contribution to the Indian IT sector at the forthcoming NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009, scheduled in Mumbai from 11-13 February 2009.  The winners were selected after a culminating process of 3 stage held at roadshows at Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Pune, though I feel pretty few cities are chosen for such event. The NASSCOM Innovation Awards serves as a platform for companies to showcase their innovation and to encourage innovative practices across the IT-ITES industry. These awards have been used as a yardstick by several Venture Capital and Private Equity firms when exploring investment opportunities In other category of 'Business Innovation' IndiaGames.com has been announced as ...