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iPhone 5 to be launched in India on Oct 26 2012

Apple reported that the new and most awaited smartphone the iPhone5 will be launched in India on October 26 2012. Apple generally launches its new gadgets and devices on friday and now Apple is set to launch iPhone5 on date mentioned above.

More than iPhone5's were sold on the very first week of its launch in some countries and now Apple expects it to have higher availability after launch than any of its previous iPhone releases. Currently, iPhone5 is being sold in Indian gray/black markets for more than 1 lakh rupees. Apple has not reported about iPhone5's price yet.

Apple is said to distribute iPhone5 rather than the company's carrier partners.

Are you set to buy iPhone5? Leave your comment.

35$ tablet to be available from October 5th

Kapil Sibal, the Union resource minister of Human Resource unveiled the 35$ tablet on 22nd July 2010. Since then, techspace has been keeping track of the latest happenings regarding this cheapest 35$ tablet. The Government also announced a subsidized rate of Rs.1100 for students.

The 35$ tablet will be launched officially on October 5th. The device features a 7" Touch screen, 2 USB Ports, 32 GB Hard Disk, 2 GB RAM with Video conferencing and multimedia capabilities. The tablet runs Android OS but the version is unknown. There has been no news on the processor speed and continues to remain a mystery until October 5th. The name of the tablet will be revealed on the day of launch. The tablet was supposed to release in the month of June but the tender with Manufacturers, HCL was cancelled causing the delay.

There are a few expectations on this tablet. If proven good, then this may bring lot of changes in the Indian education system.

Micromax X222 - Cheapest Touch phone

Yet again we are posting another Micromax mobile phone. Micromax has this time come up with the cheapest touch phone in India, the Micromax X222. Micromax X222 is a tiny little phone with dual sim support and costing less than 2k. The phone comes with a 2.4" resistive touch display screen. More features here -

Form Factor	Full Touch Bar Style

Band	Dual GSM Band (900/1800 MHz)

Dimensions	92mm52mm14mm

Display	6cms, 65K TFT(240*320 Pixels)

Weight	83gms

Music	Multi Format (MP3, WAV, AMR)

FM Radio	Yes

Camera	VGA

Audio/Video Player	Yes

Expandable Memory	MicroSD (upto 8GB)

Bluetooth	Yes

SMS/MMS/GPRS	Yes

Battery Type	Li-ion 900mAh

Talk Time	Up to 6 hours*

Standby Time	Up to 157 hours*

Price : Rs. 1990

Philips Xenium X806 Dual Sim

Philips phones are probably not so popular in India but it does compete for its share in European and Russian Market. Philips mobiles are known for their exceptional battery life. After a long time Philips is releasing a touch phone in India. Little late to the market but strong enough as it claims a battery life of 1 month in stand-by mode. The phone will be released on 7th September 2011.

Specifications -

Dual SIM GSM Network

3" TFT Touch Screen with Resolution 240 x 400px (155ppi)

47mb Internal Memory, MicroSD Card Slot expandable upto 8GB

GPRS Class 10, EDGE Class 10, Bluetooth and USB Connectivity

5MP Camera, 2560 x 1920 pixels, AutoFocus with LED Flash

VGA Video Recording @ 15fps

Support for mp3, wma, wav, h.263, h.264 and mp4.

The phone is expected to cost around Rs. 10,000. Undoubtedly overpriced. Let us just wait and see for its actual price.

Android Tablet for 99$

People once thought, in a country like India tablets can never click a good monopoly here. But they're proven wrong. Not just by ipad or samsung tablets, India is now being a competitive market for tablets. Even the Government of India has shown its support with the 35$ tablet, cheapest tablet in the world. But now, a not-so-known company called LACS has released a tablet named Magnum Pepper M74V for 99$. That would be around Rs. 4500.

Magnum Pepper M74V Specifications -

Not many photos are available as of now. More details can be found on their website.

Stay tuned on Techspace for updates on Magnum Pepper.

INR Rupee symbol to get a place on keyboard

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After coining the new symbol for INR symbol, India faced problems embodying the new symbol on the digital media, like on websites. Thought it was always known that India would soon incorporate the INR symbol into the ASCII list, but it is now official. The Press information bureau of India has released a statement which says,

In order to promote the new symbol of Rupee i.e. the same has been encoded in Unicode Standard and National Standard ISCII. The new symbol has also been placed on the keyboard and by pressing “Alt Gr” + “4” keys together it can be typed. Detailed information is hosted on TDIL Centre (http://tdil-dc.in/) for the benefit of the users at large.

This is a good news to all the bloggers and writers over the web because, very soon they are going to be able to type the rupee symbol directly from the keyboard instead of messy workarounds. The keyboards are going to show the rupee symbol on the keyboards just close to the dollar symbol soon.

India's 35$ Laptop finally out!

India's much awaited 35$ tablet is finally being released. The challenge the IITians took to build this cheapest tablet has been fruitful. Indian government has decided to provide this tablet to Students at a subsidized rate of Rs.1100 and for the general public for a cost of Rs.2200. It is cheaper anyway.

Called as Sakshat Tablet, it features -

7 inch touch screen
2 GB RAM
Wifi and USB Connectivity
32 GB HD space
Android OS
VGA Camera to support video calling
Multimedia capability

Even though the release is close, the company has not disclosed any information regarding the processor speed or the version of Android it will support. The tablets will be distributed by the HRD ministry through institutions.

A 7 inch tablet for a price of Rs.2200 looks very reasonable and worth buying if you are looking for a cheap handy tool to keep your notes. A low price will have its take. But since it is built by the IITians who have amazed indians for decades, you cannot really predict anything until the tablets are out for sale.

I just wish this move by the HRD ministry really help the technology & education sectors in India.

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