me_saket 73 Report post Posted June 23, 2009 Souce Business standard Taiwanese handset maker HTC today launched a handset based on Google's operating system software 'Android' for mobiles and other wireless devices, in the country in partnership with telecom operator Bharti Airtel. India's first Android-powered mobile 'HTC Magic' has Bharti Airtel as its exclusive carrier and is priced at Rs 29,900. "The handset would be available in the Indian market in the first week of July.We are confident of the product doing well and expect to sell about 25,000 units in the next four-five months," HTC India Country Manager Ajay Sharma told reporters. HTC Magic is a touchscreen handset equipped with a 3.2-inch screen, 3.2 megapixel camera and has 3G capabilities. "Airtel customers would get free data download of 100 MB per month for six months and also comes equipped with applications like portfolio manager, hello tune manager, weather channel, mobshare, in-mobile search and city search," Bharti Airtel Chief Marketing Officer Raghunath Mandava said. The company plans to launch about 7-8 handsets in the second half of this year. "Generally, we launch about 10-12 handsets in a year, thats about 3-4 devices a year. This year, we have just launched three handers so far and so the pipeline for the rest of the year is pretty robust," Sharma added Source : telecom talk Airtel and HTC Corporation today announced the launch of India’s First Android powered mobile phone – The HTC Magic. For Airtel customers, HTC Magic also allows free data download of 100 MB per month for a period of 6 months. The HTC Magic will be available at a market price of Rs. 29,900/- at Airtel Relationship Centres and authorised HTC resellers across 17 cities. The cities include Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Cochin, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Patna. The Android platform constitutes a complete set of software for mobile devices: an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. Developed by the Open Handset Alliance, a group of 47 technology and mobile companies, Android™ brings Internet-style innovation and openness to mobile phones and enables developers to create mobile applications to optimise the functionalities of the mobile phone. Android™ does not differentiate between the phone’s core applications and third-party applications, thus providing users with a broad spectrum of applications and services. Airtel applications available with HTC Magic [1] Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager is Mobile Client application to provide general public a secured and user friendly service platform. Its objective is to facilitate investors in Indian share market to manage their portfolio in a handsome way. Special offer for HTC Magic users – 3 Months subscription waiver [2] Hello Tunes Manager Hello Tunes Manager will be used by subscribers to search for, buy and share hello tunes/hello tune albums. You can use Hello Tunes Manager to send/receive hello tune recommendations from friends, rate hello tunes and much more. Special offer for HTC Magic – Free Hello Tune downloads for one month. [3] Weather Channel This application provides detailed weather forecasts for the current day and next 6 days. Any location of user’s choice can be marked as favorite. The user can obtain weather forecast for (a) Current location ( Favorite location © Any other location of choice. [4] Mobshare MobShare is a Mobile phone picture sharing Application that enables Immediate, controlled, and organized sharing of mobile pictures, and the browsing, of the shared Pictures. [5] In-Mobile Search This application enables the user to search for contacts, image files, audio files and video files from a single interface. The user can search any of the above mentioned files starting with the query string entered. It provides the user to view the image or play the audio / video files without the use of any external applications. [6] City Search This application incorporates both location and data call technology, steering you towards the very best activities that your city has to offer. For the selected category, the application retrieves appropriate list of options for any location review. The application provides the full information (address, contact number and other information) for any selected option. User also has an option to call the selected option or SMS the info from the application. The unique features of HTC Magic [1] Superior support and unbeatable mobile internet experience HTC Magic features a trackball with zoom in/out function. It is also equipped with fit-the-width rendering, and auto screen rotation for an easier navigation experience and internet browsing. [2] Providing broad flexibility for personalisation The HTC Magic has a 3.2” HVGA touch screen display and features a trackball for easy access and a 3.2 mega-pixel camera. It provides full fidelity PC browsing experience, where users can expand and personalise their phone to fit their lifestyle. [3] Simply Better HTC Magic is enhanced with cool HTC goodies like Smart Dialler and a versatile on-screen keyboard. Smart Dialler lets you call people in whatever way you like, by either dialling the phone number or by dialling the first few letters of the name of the contact. The versatile keyboard helps to choose the favourite way to type and the predictive text completion helps in typing much faster. [4] Choose Your Connections Take your inbox with you wherever you go. HTC Magic allows Microsoft Exchange server synchronisation for email, calendar and contacts. Simply put, with HTC Magic, one can always keep the personal and office emails flowing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted June 23, 2009 NDTVGadgets.com, June 23, 2009, New Delhi Bharti Airtel and HTC Corporation announced the launch of India's first Android-powered mobile phone The HTC Magic. The Android-powered HTC Magic opens new arena for customers and the developer community to interact in order to bring new applications to Android-based phones. "The HTC Magic presents a powerful mobile internet and multimedia experience that should drive the uptake of accessing the internet over mobile amongst Airtel users," said, Raghunath Mandava, chief marketing officer, mobile services, Bharti Airtel. HTC Magic opens up a new mobile experience. A tablet-style device, with a sleek design and compactness for a smartphone, the HTC Magic presents an enhanced mobile internet and multimedia experience. The HTC Magic comes equipped with Outlook synchronisation, Smart Dialler and an onscreen keyboard with predictive text. To begin with, Airtel customers can avail many utility based applications such as Portfolio Manager, Hello Tune Manager, Weather Channel, Mobshare, In-mobile search and City Search on the HTC Magic. For Airtel customers, HTC Magic allows free data download of 100 MB per month for a period of six months. The HTC Magic will be available at a market price of Rs. 29,900 at Airtel Relationship Centres and authorised HTC resellers in 17 cities. The cities include Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Cochin, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Patna. The Android platform constitutes a set of software for mobile devices: an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. Developed by the Open Handset Alliance, a group of 47 technology and mobile companies, Android brings Internet-style innovation and openness to mobile phones and enables developers to create mobile applications to optimise the functionalities of the mobile phone. Android does not differentiate between the phone's core applications and third-party applications, thus providing users with a broad spectrum of applications and services. Airtel applications available with HTC Magic Portfolio Manager: Portfolio Manager is Mobile Client application to provide general public a secured and user friendly service platform. Its objective is to facilitate investors in Indian share market to manage their portfolio. Hello Tunes Manager: Hello Tunes Manager will be used by subscribers to search for, buy and share hello tunes/hello tune albums. You can use Hello Tunes Manager to send/receive hello tune recommendations from friends, rate hello tunes. Weather Channel: This application provides weather forecasts for the current day and next six days. Any location of user's choice can be marked as favorite. The user can obtain weather forecast for (a) Current location ( Favorite location © Any other location of choice. Mobshare: MobShare is a Mobile phone picture sharing Application that enables sharing of mobile pictures, and browsing, of the shared Pictures. In-Mobile Search: This application enables the user to search for contacts, image files, audio files and video files from a single interface. The user can search any of the above mentioned files starting with the query string entered. It provides the user to view the image or play the audio / video files without the use of any external applications. City Search: This application incorporates both location and data call technology. For the selected category, the application retrieves appropriate list of options for any location review. The application provides the full information (address, contact number and other information) for any selected option. User also has an option to call the selected option or SMS the info from the application. Features of HTC Magic * HTC Magic features a trackball with zoom in/out function. It is also equipped with fit-the-width rendering, and auto screen rotation for an easier navigation experience and internet browsing. The HTC Magic has a 3.2" HVGA touch screen display and features a trackball for easy access and a 3.2 mega-pixel camera. It provides full fidelity PC browsing experience, where users can expand and personalise their phone to fit their lifestyle. * HTC Magic is enhanced with HTC goodies like Smart Dialler and an on-screen keyboard. Smart Dialler lets you call people in whatever way you like, by either dialling the phone number or by dialling the first few letters of the name of the contact. The versatile keyboard helps to choose the favourite way to type and the predictive text completion helps in typing faster. * HTC Magic allows Microsoft Exchange server synchronisation for email, calendar and contacts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted June 23, 2009 very expensive for 30k one would rather get it from tmobile usa for much less Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted June 23, 2009 http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?show...c=20011&hl= there is similar thread running Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vishalsheth 19 Report post Posted June 24, 2009 How much from tmobile? need a contract? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) ^^^ Saket posted earlier, he is 2 topics earlier than savramesh.... Edited June 24, 2009 by KumaarShah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted June 24, 2009 if u have someone in usa u can get it for cheap without contract ... even unlocking can be done for free in many cases... though t mobile has 90 day policy but if u have good convincing power u can get unlock code for free from tmobile customer care 30 k is just too much... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted June 24, 2009 moderator plz merge above topic with thread gien below http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?show...c=20011&hl= Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
