BPL Utsav Card for Festival season

This one is called the Utsav Card and has been rolled out for people joining the BPL family. Here are the details:

• Cost: Rs.201
• 3 year validity
• Calls to BPL mobiles: 20paise
• Calls to other lines: 70paise
• STD calls: Rs.1.25
• Local and National SMS: 30paise
• Night calling to BPL: 10paise
• Night calling to others: 40paise
• STD calls: 90paise
• Local and National SMS: 15paise

We say: According to us, this plan should be prefered by most new users. The reason is the low calling rates across both calls and SMSes to non-BPL numbers. Also, people with STD calling, would prefer this over the existing prepaid plans given its low rates.

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Airtel new Corporate Plan.

This one is called Airtel Deal 199 Plan + 25 Package for Mumbai. The name of this plan itself is very weird; the details are:

• Monthly rental: Rs 224
• CLIP: Free
• Monthly freebies: 200 local calls to Airtel numbers; 100 local SMS’s to any mobile
• Call charge to local Airtel numbers: 15p/min
• Call charge to all other local mobile: 25p/min
• Call charge to local landline: Re 1/min
• Local and National SMS: 50p/SMS
• STD call charge to all numbers: Rs 1.50/min

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Samsung 8MP Mobile Phone.

Samsung’s newest 8MP camera phone that we spoke of just a few days ago has now been officially launched as the Pixon.

According to the reports and a press release the handset is the world’s slimmest full-touch 8-megapixel camera phone.

The Pixon has a 3.2-inch WQVGA touch screen display and features that include x16 digital zoom, auto-focus, fast-shutter, face detection and geo-tagging since it comes with internal GPS. Other features include a media player that supports Samsung's DNSe for audio, an FM radio, Bluetooth with A2DP and microSD card support for external memory.

The handset also has a dedicated website called - The Photographic Adventures of Nick Turpin.

"Now everyone will be able to ‘get their pics on’ so much more quickly and easily. For the first time you will have a camera on your phone capable of delivering the quality of image of a regular camera. The big benefit is not just the ease with which people will now be able to capture and share camera-phone shots, but the quality of those shots when taken," said Geesung Choi, President of the Samsung Telecommunications Business.

The Samsung Pixon will be available first in France in mid-October and soon in most European and Asian countries.

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