Another Cheap Android Phone Sony Xperia U and Price in Pakistan

Previously I have posted a cheap Android phone. But today I came to know about another super awesome phone with awesome features and look. Also the company is famous Japanese Sony. However this phone is limited to 4GB of storage with no memory card support.

The phone is Sony Xperia U in the price of 16300Rupees. (last updated on 22 Nov 2012)

Read features and look at photos of this phone.

• Sony Xperia U specifications/features:
• Mini Sim
• 2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G HSDPA 900 / 2100
• Screen type: LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• 480 x 854 pixels, 3.5 inches
• Multi Touch Screen 4 fingers
• Card slot: No

Cheap Android 4.0 Smartphone Huawei Y201 Pro

Phone features:
Operating system Android (Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0)
Screen size 3.5 inches, 256K colors
Internal memory 4 GB
512 MB RAM
800 MHz Processor
Back Camera 3.2 mega-pixels
Front Camera: No
SD Card Support
FM Radio

Connectivity:
Bluetooth v2.1 EDR with A2DP
Network: 2G, 3G
USB
WLAN (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n)
EDGE Class 12,
3G (HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps)


All Android and Play Store apps supported

Price: 12000 Pakistani Rupees, USD $134

Mobile Internet at 1Rs Per MB with Mobilink Jazz and Jazba

Mobilink is giving Mobile internet (EDGE/GPRS) at 1Rs per MB. Pay 3Rs and enjoy internet at 1Rs per MB for 24 hours.

Price:

• 1Rs per MB
• 3Rs per day rent

Other details:

• No extra taxes or hidden charges
• Validity 24 hours
• This Mini bundle offer is for both Jazz and Jazba customers
• Truly unlimited usage within 24 hours
• No automatic subscription
• Mini bundle is available till 15th Dec, 2012

New Twitter Web Features and Mobile Apps Updates

Twitter is rapidly adding new features. Recently they have announced following mobile and web updates.

Send a Tweet to someone at Email:
You can send tweet to someone from Twitter web.
Expand a tweet, Click More > Email Tweet

Tweet sharing feature to email is rolling out to all users slowly.



Twitter have updated mobile apps for Android and iOS:

See headlines and photos: Now you can preview photos and article summaries without a tap in Discover and search results. This new design for mobile brings the content of each Tweet front and center, so you can easily enjoy the view.

Discover popular Tweets: Find out what’s popular among the people you’re connected to in a simple stream of Tweets, like Discover on twitter.com. Just tap “View all Tweets” to see a continuous stream of news, photos and other stories shared by the people in your network.

Search for a new perspective: In search, photos from relevant results also appear right at the top of the stream so you can see what’s happening from multiple perspectives. You can also understand what's resonating in your network with context like who Favorited a Tweet.

No More Sim Sales at Shops and MNP is Banned

Pakistan Govt have ordered Telecom operators to stop selling new mobile connections through dealers. New sims will be delivered by only Franchise or main service centres. Delivering new mobile connections to customer CNIC address is also being considered.

Government have also implemented ban on MNP service. Mobile number portability (MNP) service allow users to change network without changing number. Now customers in Pakistan can't change their mobile network without changing number. Don't know whether this is a temporarily ban or permanent.

5 SIMs against one CNIC, says PTA

Millions of cellular phone connections are likely to be blocked on the network of different mobile phone network as Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has ordered companies to maintain five SIMs against one CNIC instead of 50 SIMs previously as directives of Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Now it will be 5 sims in total, before it was 10 sims per network.

In May 2012, Chief Justice of Pakistan Chaudhry Iftikhar Muhammad issued a verdict, accordingly, only five SIMs can be owned by one individual through the verification of his or her CNIC, the rest of them, will be expired.

The authority also directed cellular phone companies to submit the plan of regularizing extra SIMs in their stock by November 19 and ensure its implementation till December 30th.

Read more

Nokia have Launched New Map Service for Everyone Called HERE

Nokia have rebranded its Maps service. New name is Nokia Here.

Nokia Here will add 3-D imagery served by a newly acquired company called Earthmine Inc. Other features includes voice-guided walking navigation and public transportation directions and all other basic map features which we see in Google maps.

Nokia Here is already available for all smartphones through browser at here.com but Nokia have said that Here Mobile application will be available for Android and iOS devices for free to download. (of course Windows phone too)

Nokia Here toolkit for Android will be available soon and Nokia have partnered with Mozilla to make Nokia Here available for upcoming operating system from Mozilla called FireFox OS.

Mobilink will upgrade network with 3G capability

Egypt based investment group Orascom (controlled by Russian Vimplecom and Norwegian Telenor) have signed a deal with Chinese Huawei technologies and France's AlcatelLucent to upgrade network of Mobilink Pakistan.

This upgrade will improve network performance and will help company to save network running costs.

This upgrade also includes 3G upgrade which will allow Mobilink to provide 3G services immediately if succeed to get 3G license through a bid.

Daily advertising messages and now Telecom operators will send spam calls too

Warid have come up with a new marketing scheme, dirty scheme indeed.

Warid automatic system will call customers randomly, computer (IVR) will ask customers if they want to activate other Warid services.

Warid customers will be getting spam marketing calls from 321 with the advertising and activation of Warid services. For now 321 will play customers three ring back tones, upon just choosing a tone it will automatically activate caller tones services for customer + charge for that tone.

Telenor is already using these kind of dirty schemes in Pakistan, automatic marketing calls are being sent to customers from 345. If customer press 1 for Yes, they will be subscribed to the services and fee is charged (most of them do activate services without knowing advantage because those marketing calls just give them brief but attracting service info with Yes/No option. Some press Yes in confusion. Benefit goes to Telecom operator.) Ufone also sends advertising calls from 333.