welcome the New Price Leader: shop.in.com; GPS and Wi-fi for 10.7k

Our beloved MobileNxt.com is now part of http://Shop.in.com Which has come out as the new price leader inspite of the lesser range than before. Many models are priced significantly lesser than the competition.


Best buy: Asus p320 with Windows, MS Office, Wi-fi, 2.6" Touchscreen, GPS, and 1 year Asus Waranty, all for a very lucrative price of Rs. 10,700, shipping extra.

Also available the motorola phones at low rates
MotoRokr E6: 9,189
MotoRokr U9: 10,457,
MotoRokr E8: 10,577

and HTC P3400i at 9,490

LG Music Flip Phone: KM380, Looks Familiar

LG has launched a twin brother to the Sony Ericsson W350i, the KM380 which is also a music phone. LG says its sound has been tuned by Mark Levinson, who i frankly don't know and haven't tried to find out.

It has EDGE and 3.5mm headphone jack, a 2" screen and capacity to expand the memory upto 32GB with Micro SDHC card. No Reviews out yet on the sound. will keep looking though.

Available for Rs.7,499 at cafegadgets.com, which is the MRP. You might as well wait for the price to fall, to between 5-6k, in a few months.

New LG Communicator for the middle execs: LG KT610

LG has launched a Symbian 60 phone which is very much like the Nokia communicators of the past and that too at a much more affordable Rs.15K, compared to the E90, which costs around Rs.35k.

GsmArena has done a Review on the handset and says that it is a decent attempt but leaving out of certain features, makes it a little of 'all show, less go'. With features like Wi-fi and OpenOffice missing (it has to be bought seperately), its difficult to recommend this phone to business users. It will be a good show off piece for the lower exces just out of college or a texting phone for college students.

Here is the Review : http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_kt610-review-276.php

And Here is the price: Rs.15,650 from Cafegadgets.com

Skype 2.2 for Windows Mobile

Skype has released the Skype v2.2 for both versions of Windows Mobile. One can use skype to make free calls to other skype users and use it like VOIP phone over Wi-fi, if your windows Phone supports wi-fi. HTC and Asus Handsets are the main beneficiaries of this.


Nokia users can use Fring to get the functionality of Skype on their phones. Fring lets you access your skpe account and use it to make calls and Chat with outher users.

Review of Nokia E66

The Nokia E66 is the E-series handset which has all the features of the E71 without the qwerty keypad and in the slider form factor. The earlier model the E65 did not have a clear USP going for it, between the E50 and the E61i. E66 also has GPS and ofcourse document editor, like all E series handsets. E-series handsets are turning out to be the smartest looking business phones today with the metal and chrome finish and the white colour combo.



Review Nokia E66:
Mobile review http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-e66-en.shtml

The Nokia N95 Review and Prices

Nokia N95 was released around 2 years ago and almost everyone knows it know. You might ask why is the "re-view" relevant today. Well, it is relevant today because its successor has been released and except the looks there aren't many significant differences between the 2. Only noticeable difference in the specs is the support for Mobile TV in the N96, which is quite irrelevant to Indians as no mobile service provider supports it, since it needs 3G. and the other is 8GB extra memory in N96.
Well for the record: There are 2 versions of the N95, one with 8GB inbuilt memory and one without

For the 8GB model (which comes in only BLACK) you'll have to pay Rs.25,500 at cafegadgets and
for the non-8GB model u only have to pay Rs.19,600 again at cafegadgets

Review of the N95 8GB: http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n95-8gb-en.shtml

Samsung TouchWiz F480

Smallest of the touchscreen-only series of Samsung Mobile, F480 TouchWiz provides a smooth uncluttered interface, which is convenient and very usable. Reviewers have reported quiry behaviour in the software, which is acceptable, since this is a new platform and these were minor and fixable in the firmware update. However the Features are lacking. There is no Wi-fi and no GPS, but 3G and Edge are present. Camera is 5 Mpx with decent quality.

Overall good looking phone with metal finish but currently overpriced compared to competition.

Available for Rs.18,299 at cafegadgets.com

Review of Nokia N96 and prices

The N96 is a the flagship multimedia device of Nokia. Comes will all the bells and whistles that you can expect from a phone like this. That means 16GB memory,Wifi, 2.8" LCD, 3G, GPRS/EDGE, an excellent browser, GPS, Geotagging Photos, 5mpx camera and Mobile TV. There is no Touch screen though and it is still MUCH bulkier than the iPhone.

Many sites have reviewed the N96.

Mobile-Review: http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n96-en.shtml

GSM Arena: http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n96-review-286.php

CNET: http://www.cnet.com.au/mobilephones/phones/0,239025953,339285848,00.htm?feed=pt_n96

N96 is currently available for Rs.34,500 at cafegadgets.com

Sad Demise of MobileNxt.com

Network 18 has decided to pull the plug on mobilenxt.com, and merge it with its portal In.com. The range is visibly reduced and very few of the products have been carried over. The problem maybe with the joint venture they had with MobileNxt chain of stores. Prices are still good, but it is unlikely that the performance will remain the same as the focus will not be just cell phones but all kinds of merchandise. Their other venture Storeguru.in has taken over the shopping division completely.

One less competitior for cafe gadgets and gadgets guru.
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Review of Nokia E71

The Metal bullet the Nokia E71, preffered choice of weapon for the corporate and the  business types. Following reviews rate it very highly. Seeing the E61i and the E71 side by side in this picture below tells a lot about what nokia wanted to achieve with its most expensive business offering.



E71 Review: Mobile-Review.com http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-e71-en.shtml

Review of the Nokia N85

Lot of readers are looking for reviews to find out how new products are comparable to existing competition. IGS will report the latest reviews from well-known sites for new product starting with the N85.

N85 -
Mobile - Review - http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n85-en.shtml

GSMArena Preview - http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n85_nokia_n79-review-277.php

the Tech2.com HTC Diamond Contest

Tech2.com has launched the HTC Diamond 'Totally Touch' contest where the prize is one HTC Diamond. All you have to do is read the article on HTC Diamond and find the given code in the article and unjumble it form the answer.

All the best.

N-gage Game shop

Nokia is reintroducing its n-gage phones and it has setup an n-gage Game shop is back. Most of the new N-series now support N-Gage games. N-gage Showroom

Mobiles with Wi-fi: HTC Touch

Yes the first generation touchscreen star, HTC Touch with its finger friendly touch interface for most commonly used function. Its got Windows mobile 6.1 Pro, Wi-fi, GPRS-EDGE, but only 3 physical keys. It has one of the best handwriting recognition software which recognises whole words rather than one letter at a type. This makes writing with the stylus much faster than for example a SE P1i. You wont be missing a keypad very often.

Its shape is very pocket friendly, with small form and curved lines, making it easy to put and take out of the pocket. Its home page carries a lot of information that can be customised according to the user's need.

Available at cafegadgets for Rs.13699.

Mobiles with Wi-fi: HTC s710

HTC S710 is very dear to me, its got Windows, Wi-fi, GPRS-EDGE and its star attraction, a sideways Sliding QWERTY keypad, which comes apart from the regular keypad on the facia. It is not a touchscreen phone, surfing the net is pretty acceptable with its 2.4'' screen. The phone feels chunky to hold, giving it a great fit in you hand, with all the edges curved. Its not bigger than a normal candybar phone, so great is the design. Latest prices were mentioned on an earlier post.

Mobiles with Wi-fi: Asus P320

Asus P320 is a mini PDA phone operating on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional platform and packed with features such as GPS navigation EDGE/GPRS and Wifi. It is economically priced at Rs 12,900 on Cafegadgets.com

With one of the largest touchscreens in the market today at 2.6", its pleasure to watch web-pages on this phone without straining you eyes. Another alternative without wi-fi is HTC P3400i, which costs below 10k.

Shortage of graphics card catalogues online

I have been trying to search for an online site which provides graphics cards for sale.

Currently there is only one online store in that provides graphic cards i.e. Cafegadgets.com, but even they sell only one brand, Palit. The whole range of Palit is available though, and prices are pretty decent. You can get a base last generation video card (8400GS and HD2400 Pro) for under 2k, which is very good for casual gamers. And a low-end 9400GT Super for Rs. 3,350

Maybe there is an issue with the stock keeping, because new cards are released so fast that 3 months is a long time in graphics industry and you may end up with expensive cards in stock which are priced 30% lower 3 months later.

But computer components like motherboards processors and ram can be more easily sold online. Why dont we have a store doing that? Is it space enough for a new player?

Edit: i have finally found a good hierarchy chart for graphics cards on tomshardware.com, this should help out the uninitiated (like me).

PC Games: NFS Most Wanted, NFS Carbon NFS Prostreet Prices

EA's Most Popular Racing series: Need For Speed, has thrilled gamers for 13 years now. The last 4 installments are still widely available.

NFS Most Wanted with its police chases is currently priced at Rs.750 at ebay.in
NFS Carbon is currently priced at Rs.750 at ebay.in
NFS Prostreet is available for Rs.999 at ebay.in

NFS Most Wanted is easily playable with on-board Intel graphics, while for Prostreet you definitely need a decent graphics card, i'm not sure about Carbon though, so I would sugest investing a decent graphics card for that too.

BTW the Latest installment of NFS, 'Undercover' will be released soon so the NFS Prostreet may be available for Rs.750 soon, and Most Wanted may end up at Rs.499

Mobiles with Wi-fi: Nokia E51

Wi-fi enabled phones are really practical. You dont need to keep the computer on, you can roam around freely, and if you dont have an unlimited Data plan on your GPRS, it gets a lot of saving, on your internet bill. And now a days you can find a decent Wi-Fi handset for reasonable prices.

Starting of with the cheapest phone with Wi-fi and its a pretty decent phone, the Nokia E51. Almost all E-series phones today areWi-fi Enabled. This is the cheapest second generation E-series Phone. It runs Symbian 60-series OS and comes with good features which make it great phone for businessmen. Things like voice to text, voice dialling and included Voip software.

It looks GR8 in chrome and bronze finishes, very classy.
Currently available the cheapest for Rs. 11,400 on Infibeam.com with free Shipping.

The iPhone Look alike from Nokia: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Tube

Nokia has launched its XpressMusic smart phone which bears uncanny resemblance to the Apple iPhone. It comes with 8 Gb.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports 60 languages worldwide and offers a
variety of input methods including a virtual alphanumeric keypad, a
virtual computer-style QWERTY keyboard, a pen stylus - and for music
enthusiasts, a plectrum.The phone features a 3.2-inch widescreen display, a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and 30 frames-per-second playback and recording.