Mobile number portability is set to be introduced in India by August this year:

“Mobile number portability, enabling customers to retain their old number while shifting from one operator to another, would be launched in major cities by August this year,” Union Minister for IT and Communication A Raja told reporters here on the occasion of the launch of BSNL’s 3G services.

Well, I know that I am definitely going to benefit from this service. And it is great for people like me who hate their current operators but love their numbers. This way, they get to leave their operators but keep their numbers which they have cherished since a long period of time and which is synonymous with them now (by being distributed to their family and friends).

So do you like to take your existing number with you when you switch operators?

Well, the good folks at WordPress have quite timely released WordPress App for iPhone. Now you can blog right from your iPhone!

So, what does this really mean for the average blogger? It means those of us who have an iPhone can now begin blogging from within it. That is a really cool thing as you don’t need to have access to a PC in order to write to your blog. Besides, it was about time that WordPress hopped onto the iPhone bandwagon. The WordPress for iPhone application is available here.

Apple has announced a cash limit as well as a limit of 2 iPhones per customer to ensure the buyer did not resell the phone. This is a way to control the way the iPhone is used (read hacked or ‘unlocked’ and sold outside the US or to be used with a different carrier than AT&T, Inc.). Previously customers could purchase up to 5 iPhones and there was no cash limit upon the purchase.

I believe this is an infringement of one’s right to a basic necessity such as a cellphone and the way the user wants to use it. If a user wants to unlock it and /or want to use it with a different carrier, what’s wrong with it? Not fair. That’s what I want to say about this whole affair. Let them use it the way they want or let people have more access to it (why limit to a single carrier).

Well, after a wait of about a month and 7 days, I have received my replacement battery from Nokia for my Nokia N70. With it came a letter of thanks from Nokia, which expressed gratefulness to us that we participated in the product advisory!

Well, folks I think it was worth the wait and I am impressed with Nokia and their concern for their customers (even though I was pissed at the long wait I had to go through).

In any case, I’m better off (and safer too) with my new battery and I wish Nokia all the best and that they stay on top of the pyramid like they have done since the past 7-8 years.

As for me, my next mobile is certainly from Nokia again. I’m staying with them after all!

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The official successor to Motorola’s flagship RAZR handset is finally set to be launched in the coming weeks in the US Market. Leading Telecom companies.

Here’s what this article has to say on this great news, Razr 2 set for big US launch :

Service provider rivals AT&T Inc, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp announced plans to start selling the Razr2, which will work on their high-speed wireless networks, in coming weeks.

The companies have decided to give priority to those customers who sign a two year contract with them in order to get their hands on the phone while it could be priced around $249-$299:

AT&T and Verizon Wireless both said they would start selling the phone in September for $299 to customers who sign a 2 year contract.

Sprint said it would start taking telephone orders for the phone on August 22 and will charge $249 to customers who sign up for a two-year contract. It plans to start selling the device in its stores on September 4

Big news for us. I can’t wait to get my hands on the set.

Casio, leading manufacturer of watches, synthesizers and calculators, plans to enter the mobile market in India.

Further reported by this article, Casio to enter mobile market:

“As the Indian market grows, we will launch more products, including mobile phones, in near future,” Casio India head marketing and sales Kulbhusan Seth.

Aiming at a five-fold increase in revenues on the back of retail boom in India, electronic company Casio has tied up with Reliance Retail and is in talks with other players to expand its distribution network.

                    

This article at Washington Post says:

Mobile-phone giant Nokia will start to use Microsoft’s copy protection software to boost the use of wireless entertainment, like music and videos, the two companies said on Monday.

The world’s largest cell-phone maker Nokia will license Microsoft’s PlayReady digital rights management (DRM) technology, and build it into its S60 software, the most widely used software platform in cell-phone industry.

Here is a comprehensive review of the Nokia N95 which is one of the most powerful offerings from the Worldwide leader in Mobile phones, Nokia. I hope this will help people to decide on buying it now or to wait a little more for the price tag to come down.

Well, this phone model from Motorola has been raging the charts back in India thanks to a great ad campaign using their star campaigner, Abhishek Bachchan.

So, is  the Motorola MotoROKR E6 worth the hype? Is it worth shelling that extra cash from your pocket? Check out this great review of the MotoROKR E6 over at TechTree.com and you will know for your sure whether you should buy it or not!