iPhone 3G to make India debut on Aug 22

The new-generation iPhone will be available in India from August 22. The country’s two largest GSM operators, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar, on Wednesday announced that they will begin selling the new model in select outlets from that date.

The new iPhone features built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services and iPhone 2.0 software, which supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and hundreds of third-party applications.
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Airtel Live to be pre loaded on Nokia phones

In a bid to drive value-added services (VAS) revenue, Bharti Airtel has initiated talks with leading handset vendors, including Nokia, to embed its VAS application. The company wants to pre-load its Airtel Live platform as an icon in the handsets which the vendors will sell in India. The move is aimed at growing VAS revenue at a significantly higher pace than its overall growth.

Airtel Live is multi-access entertainment portal on the mobile that provides a variety of rich content. At present, consumers can access it by using a GPRS connection in their handset.

source: Economictimes

HTC Diamond

HTC have launched HTD Diamond in India with Bharti Airtel. It's price is near about 27,500. This new handset for HTC features their new 3D TouchFLO interface and will be exclusively available with Bharti Airtel as of now.

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Bharti Airtel will offer money transfer through mobile

Bharti Airtel will soon start the money transfer service through mobile. It will allows both its prepaid and postpaid users to link their credit card, debit card or bank accounts to their mobile connection. Customers will be able to pay their utility bills and also pay for their railway tickets and hotel rooms via their handsets.
Bharti Airtel and IBM are also working together to create the ‘Mobile Wallet’ that will turn your mobile phone into a credit card.

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