Free SMS service by Google via Google Chat

Google has launched its free SMS service in India and other countries using which users can send SMS to people who are in their contact list for free. Google has reported saying that it will not charge for SMS but initially users will be provided with 50 free SMSes. Google would decrease this count by one everytime you send a SMS but the good thing is that when a user responds to text message, the count increases by 5.

If SMS count becomes 0(zero), it would ideally reset within 24hours or the user can buy the credit by paying for the service.

This service went live in India and other 51 countries on October 10th. Google has also provided service where-in the user can block receiving messages sent from Google SMS chat.

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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	92mm*52mm*14mm
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

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Yet another Projector phone - Micromax X40

When the big brothers of mobile industry stays away from projector phones, here comes Micromax's new projector phone Micromax X40. After Intex, Spice and G'Five, Micromax debuts its first projector phone. X40 has more features than just the projector. It comes with support to read multiple office format documents like Word, Excel, Powerpoint and even PDF.



Phone features -

- Dual SIM Capability

- a QVGA 2.4" screen 240 x 320 pixels with 262k colors.

- 2 MP camera with resolution 1600 x 1200 pixels

- Bluetooth and USB connectivity

- WAP, GPRS, EDGE support

- FM Radio,  MP3 Player

- 80MB inbuilt memory expandable upto  4 GB

- Multi format document reader supporting Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF documents

- Preloaded applications like Facebook,  Nimbuzz, Opera Mini, Snaptu, Mundu Radio etc..

Price: Approximately Rs. 4800

The phone also comes with a portable Tripod and Transceiver. Price looks competitive to its specifications.

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Nokia announces budget phones Nokia 100 and 101

Nokia has announced two new phones Nokia 100 and Nokia 101. Nokia though fails to compete with the higher end phones with its Symbian, it is doing quite well in budget range mobile phone segment. Nokia 100 and 101 look identical but Nokia 100 is totally a basic phone with not much features.

Nokia 100 and Nokia 101 are aimed for the population that travels and finds difficult to recharge the battery every often. Nokia claims that these two phones are going to give a 35 hours stand by time.

Nokia 100

Symbian Series 30 Operating System

1.8"  TFT display with resolution 128 x 160 pixels with 65k colors

500 phone book contacts

FM Radio

Torch Light

Price: Approximately Rs. 900

Nokia 101

Symbian Series 30 Operating System

1.8"  TFT display with resolution 128 x 160 pixels with 65k colors

Dual SIM ( but not Dual Stand-by)

MP3 Support

FM Radio

3.5 mm Audio jack

Memory Slot - Memory expandable up to 16GB

Price: Approximately Rs. 1200

With this Nokia 100 probably becomes the cheapest phone to be released in India.

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TukTuk Meter: Save yourself from being overcharged

It is often seen in the metro cities of India, that you get an auto rickshaw or a cab to reach an unknown destination and you get exploited by a round-about trip by your rickshaw-wala just to overcharge you. Sometimes the tuktuk’s meter may be tampered to deceive you into paying more.. This does happen. But now with this new Tuk Tuk Meter, an application for your android/symbian/blackberry smartphone, you can save yourself some extra bucks.

Mindhelix Technologies has brought this new interesting app, called Tuk Tuk Meter which uses GPS to give you the route you’re being taken by. All you need to do is when you get on the auto, you have to press start. The Tuk Tuk Meter will start monitoring the route and display you the same. Once you reach the destination you can just stop it.

The Tuk Tuk meter will give you a summary on the route, distance and time. It also allows user to feed in the local fare charges. Once you set it, the application will also show you the fare of your total journey. This is similar to having your own meter while you board an auto rickshaw or cab.

Tuk Tuk meter is available free and can be downloaded from their website. The following snapshots will pretty much summarize the whole concept.












Hope this application just doesn’t die as like the previous ones that came in the market.

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