We had the chance of speaking with Mr. Arun Khanna , Chairman of Olive Telecom regarding the company's plan to sell products through it's online store. He told FoneArena that the Olive Pad has generated a lot of interest and that the company is in the process of upgrading the software to Android 2.2 Froyo and the device will be available� in 10-15 days

They have decided to sell products online after feedback from customers� expressing inability to purchase products in stores.He said the portal will still function as a lead generation mechanism for the retail channel and products will be shipped from distribution points.They promise to deliver products purchased online within 5 days in all state capitals.The company has been working on this plan for the past 8 months.Regarding the payment gateway , India is the main focus and international should follow up.

We also asked him about the most successful Olive product so far and� and the answer was the company's Triple SIM QWERTY device.Olive is also set to enter into the smartphone segment and aims to smartphone player as the market is growing. android might be an option.3G roll out will see variety of 3G devices from Olive.

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Videocon Mobile Phones made their entry into the Android world by announcing the Zeus smartphone powered by Android.

The Videocon Zeus is powered by Android 2.1 Eclair and it has the following specifications:

• 3.2? Capacitive Touchscreen with Multi-Touch
• 600 MHz Processor
• 5 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash and 24FPS Video Recording
• Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Push Mail
• micro-SD Card Slot upto 32GB
• Accelerometer, 5 Home Screens
• 1230 mAH Battery

The package contents are:

• Vodafone Zeus Smartphone
• Two 1230 mAH Batteries
• Wall Charger
• Car Charger
• Carrying Pouch
• Special Applications Guide
• 8GB micro-SD

The phone will be available for purchase at a price of Rs 12900. Videocon have also announced 4 other phones- theV1410, V1603, V1475 & V1606.

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Nokia N8 costs around $560 in India and it takes Nokia about $187 to make. The Nokia N8 hardware were supplied by Samsung Electronics Co., Toshiba Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc.� California-based iSuppli have torn down the Nokia N8 and he revealed the specs of N8 hardware.

The most expensive element of the N8 is the display and touchscreen, which cost $39.25. The chipset used to run the operating system and applications in the N8 cost $22.It includes digital and analog processors made by Texas Instruments and a Broadcom Corp. multimedia processor with support for the HDMI port for high- definition TV output. Memory components, including 16 gigabytes of mass storage, cost $37.12. The cost of the camera elements added $31.08.

P.S: The estimate doesn't include costs for items such as labor, shipping, advertising, software development or patent licensing.

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Bharti Airtel� announced Airtel mGolu Contest 2010 as part of the Dussehra festive season where every participant would get an assured gift .� To particiapte in the contest the subscribers are asked to click and send photographs of unique Golus via MMS (Multimedia messaging service) to 55563. Airtel said that,"Every participating customer will get an assured gift of 10 free local SMSes and the 5 best entries will be awarded 1gm gold coin each" .

Five of the best entries in Airtel mGolu Contest 2010 would be selected on basis of attractiveness, display, innovation and their relevance to the theme. Bharti Airtel Mobile Services CEO (Tamil Nadu and Kerala) Mr Rajiv Rajgopal said "We at Airtel have always been exploring every opportunity to connect with our customers today, we are happy to announce Airtel mGolu Contest 2010 as an exciting opportunity for our Mobile customers" .

The contest which begins on 13-10-2010 and concludes on October 17, 2010.

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