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Ufone Brings Nokia N8 with 25 % Discounted Price

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Ufone has come up with this amazing offer for its customers, to pre-order Nokia N8. Ufone is claiming that its customers will get 25 percent discount on Nokia N8′s price as compared to usual market rates.

We can’t call it subsidiary, as Handset doesn’t come under any contract or obligation, however, one can term it discount offered exclusively for Ufone customers.Ufone is accepting pre-orders through its website or designated service centers in seven cities of Pakistan.We don’t have arrival date of Nokia N8 yet, but we know that Nokia

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Will iPhone get Hand Recognizing Sensor?

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Apple has recently granted a patent which use capacitive, resistive touchscreens as well as surface acoustic wave forms to recognize your hands/fingers simply by the way you hold it.
After recognizing your hand the device may automatically switch to your previously-personalized settings. These sensors also allow for the entire device to become a sort of a control. If it ever gets announced by Jobs, it will undoubtedly change the way we interact with our gadgets.

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EmotionSense: Monitors Your Mood via Mobile Phone

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Cecilia Mascolo has been part of a team at University of Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory exploring mobile phones as ’sensors’ that can monitor how the user’s emotions change according to their location, surroundings, relationships or the time.
EmotionSense integrates information gathered through different features of the mobile phone, location through GPS, movement through the accelerometer, proximity to bluetooth devices as well as excerpts of conversations and to create an impression of how someone is feeling.

Emotional Prosody Speech and Transcripts Library: There is an audio sample library, named as: ‘Emotional

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Now Enjoy 3D Experiance on iPhone

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Spatial View is developing its own iPhone mobile application, ‘3DeeSlide’ for 3D film viewing that will go along with a peripheral for your iPhone.
Now you can watch stereo 3D content on your iPhone and iPod touch with Spatial View’s 3DeeSlide. It’s an easily installed lens holder with Spatial View’s lenticular lens technology for high impact viewing of stereo 3D image and video content.

3D Viewing: This mobile application works in portrait and landscape mode. Instead of making you wear a pair of 3-D glasses, Spatial View ‘ll be

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Charge your Mobile Phones Wirelessly

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Powermat’s wireless mobile phone charger solves the problem of the people who hate the mess of cords that come with gadgets.
The Powermat is a black piece of plastic about the size of a haddock fillet. After plugging the Powermat’s cord into an outlet and fitting your mobile phone with either a special case or a white fob (a receiver sleeve) with a cord, depending on the mobile phone, you can charge the device wirelessly – more or less.

Wireless Charging: The Powermat works via magnetic induction, when you put

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PTA Bans Browsing on BlackBerry

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has banned website browsing via Blackberry on several cellular networks.
“The ban has been placed by the PTA. It is not clear when it will be lifted,” said a customer service officer of Pakistani cellular company; Mobilink. Same is said by Telenor:
“It is not known when the ban will be lifted, but (we hope) that the ban will end in November.” Only email can be sent and received through Blackberry now.

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Ufone Revises its Fortnightly SMS Package

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Ufone has increased the limit of text messages, its subscribers can send with Ufone fortnightly SMS package.
Earlier, fortnightly SMS package allowed 1,000 text messages in 14 days, which is now increased to 2,500 SMS in same time duration at same charges.
Ufone’s fortnightly package is liked by those who are not text messaging freaks, however, they send occasional messages for their communication needs.
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Samsung Announces its Galaxy Tab in Pakistan

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Mr. Zeshan Qureshi and Mr.Roy Chang along with the HHP and PR team at the announcement of Galaxy Tab , which is the first mobile tablet with the most powerful smart phone features, a brilliant 7-inch enhanced TFT display screen and 1GHz Hummingbird Application processor supporting 3D graphics.

To know more about Samsung Galaxy Tab, click here

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Telenor to Take Action Against its Officials

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The senior management of Norwegian telecom company Telenor Pakistan is considering to take an action against its officials who have pushed the company into serious problems that have cost money and reputation to the company.

In past. a few important officials of Telenor’s marketing section have been dismissed due to such failures and now again a few might be fired for making the immoral Internet.More advertisement. “They forget that they are living in Pakistan while designing promotional material which cost Telenor money and reputation,” an official said adding that

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Mobilink Partners with WHO to Restore Flood Hit Health Units

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World Health Organization is playing a major role in the response to the flood emergency providing medicines, deploying health staff and restoring primary health care.
The destruction of many Basic Health Units (BHU) and medical centres has severely affected the level of health care available for people. Many people that were displaced during the floods are now returning back to their place of origin to find only devastation.
“Now we have to deal with two different types of responses. While in some districts of Sindh flood continues to spread and

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Control your Mobile with Sony Ericsson’s ‘LiveView’

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Sony Ericsson has launched LiveView a innovative accessory for android mobile phones which uses Bluetooth connectivity to wirelessly pair up to a compatible handset and allows consumers to control the mobile phone without taking it out of their pocket or handbag.
The LiveView device can connect with a phone from up to 33 feet away. Sony Ericsson says the device lets you “Take control of your phone without ever taking it out.” LiveView also helps you locate your mobile phone when it has gone missing.

Features: The Sony Ericsson’s Bluetooth

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Know Your Common Ancestors with ‘TimeTree’ iPhone App

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A latest mobile application for iPhone, TimeTree, tells how long ago you shared a common ancestor with any species. The application was developed by scientists at Penn State University in the US.
This free mobile application for the Apple iPhone is the brainchild of Prof Blair Hodges of Penn State University and Sudhir Kumar, a PhD graduate of the same university now at Arizona State University. Users enter the names of any two species or families, and TimeTree mobile application will tell how long ago their common ancestor lived.

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Is ‘Windows Phone 7′ Releasing on October 21st?

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While we are waiting for Microsoft to declare the official launch date of Windows Phone 7, many are thinking that the software would be officially released in U.S. on November 8 while on 21st Oct. 2010 in European countries.
The OS, however, is expected to first arrive in the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Italy. Microsoft’s latest mobile OS, Windows Phone 7 is a completely new mobile operating system, built from the ground up. It is of its erstwhile Windows Mobile smart phone operating system which was struggling to

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All About BlackBerry ‘PlayBook’

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RIM (Research In Motion), introduces BlackBerry PlayBook, an ultra thin mobile tablet with a design that makes it very convenient to carry. It is half inch thick and holds the secrets of greatest creation in the world of mobiles in it.
“RIM set out to engineer the best professional-grade tablet in the industry with cutting-edge hardware features and one of the world’s most robust and flexible operating systems. The BlackBerry PlayBook solidly hits the mark with industry leading power, true multitasking, uncompromise web browsing and high performance multimedia,”

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Mobile Exploding Incident in Assam

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The north eastern state of Assam in India has been hit with a rare case of exploding mobile handsets, which the locals have termed ‘bombile.’
Mobile handsets exploding is not a new phenomenon, but about 30 different mobile phones suddenly exploding within a week when users answer a call with the incoming number highlighted in red colour is rare, and requires a scientific explanation.
Victims Hospitalized: More than 20 people have been admitted to various hospitals in Assam during the past one week, with victims complaining of nausea and

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BlackBerry PlayBook v/s Apple iPad

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RIM already going through the tough roads maintaining its market share and fighting the difficulties coming its way have recently unveiled their version of tablet, the BlackBerry Playbook. To see how BlackBerry looks and with its PlayBook, watch the sneak-peak video at their home page.
The BlackPad comes with features over-shinning those of Apple’s iPad. The PlayBook is set for market launch in early 2011. Will Apple come-up with iPad2 before that?
Comparison: Blackberry Playbook vs. Apple iPad

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BlackBerry Curve 8520 to be a hit on Vodafone

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For any of you out there with a contract on Vodafone and if you’re a fan of the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 then why not look into buying one? Or maybe you have some doubts about the handset or maybe there’s some other handsets that have caught your eye like the Apple iPhone?
The thing about the new RIM ‘emailer’ is that it is just your bog standard entry level phone and at the end of the day that’s all it is, an emailing phone. It is classed as

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Cabinet Comitte Deliberates on LDI- 3G Licenses & PTCL Issues

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The first round of the Cabinet’s Ministerial Committee meeting constituted by the Federal Cabinet for examining the matters concerning the Share Purchase Agreement on Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) with M/s Etisalat and auction of 3G Spectrum and LDI licenses held here today. Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan Federal Minister for Privatisation is the convener of the Committee.
The Ministry of Information Technology deliberated on the issues of 3G Spectrum and LDI licenses and discussed the matter pertaining to PTCL’s real estate issue.
The Committee observed that the PTCL transaction was still open and the government intended to close the transaction amicably while resolving the issue pertaining to outstanding amount of US $ 800 million.
The Committee was informed that the GoP

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Termination of Computerised System to Upset Revenue Collection

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Karachi Customs Agents Association (KCAA) on Tuesday said decision to wind up Pakistan Custom Computerized System (PaCCS) is not in the national interest as it would damage revenue collection and impede trade.
Closure of the first true initiative at e-governance in the country will be unfortunate. It will push Pakistan back into Stone Age, said President, KCAA, Saifullah Khan in a statement issued here today. He said that whole world is pushing computerisation while we are reverting to obsolete systems and manual procedures.
“Customs does not have the capacity to cope with the ever-increasing load of trade therefore there is no point in closing PaCCS,” he said.He said that reverting to manual procedures would support corrupt elements while country will

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"I'mHalal" World's first Islamic Search Engine Goes Live

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I'mHalal.com
The founder of I’mHalal, the world’s first Islamic orientated search engine, has said the site is seeing an “almost viral” surge in traffic as it celebrates its first anniversary. http://www.imhalal.com/
The site, which filters content that might be considered ‘haraam’ or unclean, is turning over 300,000 queries a day and has plans to roll out bespoke search engines for users, said CEO Reza Sardeha.
Sardeha, a Kuwaiti-Iranian based in The Netherlands, said: “The increase in user base is almost viral. A month ago we were processing 100,000 search queries

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Your Mobile Phone ‘ll Do as You Command

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A mobile application Vingo is here that can instantly send a text message, make a call, search your phone, browse the web, make a note, update your twitter status just by speaking to your mobile phone.
Vlingo is available for BlackBerry smart mobile phones, Apple’s iPhone (3G, 3GS, iPod Touch – 2nd Gen), Nokia smartphones, Android and selected Windows Mobile phones, i.e. for every mobile platform we say. This mobile application is on 50% discount for Nokia mobile sets.

Incredible Features: Now with this mobile application, you do not need

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SMS Services Introduced for Watan Card Project

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NADRA (National Database and Registration Authority) has launched a mobile SMS service in collaboration with the PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) in order to determine the recipients of the Watan Card and to devise a complaints lodging mechanism.
Tariq Malik, NADRA Deputy Chairman said, “We have people living in neighboring areas complaining that one of them is being declared as a beneficiary and the other is being deprived by the provincial government. This service will register the complaint, and allow us to address and resolve the issue(s) with local

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PTCL Provides Free Vfones in Flood Hit Areas

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has said that under its corporate social responsibility, it has provided 500 Free Vfone telephone service sets at flood relief camps in Sindh and Balochistan in support for the flood affected people.
A PTCL statement said the IDPs living in relief camps could now make free unlimited local and national calls and stay in touch with rest of the community and their relatives.
Meanwhile, the PTCL General-Manager Consumer Services, Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto and Mushir Khan, the phone utility’s GM Coordination, during their visit of

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Jazz Na Qabil-e-Yaqeen Offer – Unlimited Free Calls to 3 Numbers

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Jazz brings an exciting offer with Jazz Na Qabil-e-Yaqeen Offer, which gives you the freedom to make unlimited calls for 24 Hours on 3 Friends & Family numbers. Daily rental for this offer is Rs. 6.99 plus tax per day.
Jazz Na Qabil-e-Yaqeen offer comes with Jazz One Package.
Just switch to Jazz One package and dial *108# to avail the offer.
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Terms:•Offer is available only on Jazz One•The offer will be renewed automatically and customer can unsubscribe from the offer by dialing *108*4#•With this offer customer can make free calls

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Mobilink Donates More than Rs.236 Mn for Flood Relief

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Orascom Telecom Holding’s Mobilink has committed more than Rs 236 million towards flood relief in addition to contributing thousands of volunteer hours. This is one of the largest relief initiatives from the private sector up till now.
All funds generated by Mobilink are being channeled through the Mobilink Foundation with the support of Mobilink employees who remain the the key driver in relief efforts. Mobilink Foundation has reached out to more than 100,000 flood victims in more than 15 severely affected locations by the floods across Pakistan. Over, 95,000

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A Workshop on Mobile Banking in Lahore

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National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) is organizing a workshop on “Mobile Banking/Commerce Opportunities and Challenges” on October 12, 2010.
In Pakistan M-banking/Commerce is one of those fields which really need attention because in Pakistan with wide income divides, banking services are primarily for middle and upper classes but now more than 98 million people own a mobile connection.

Mobile Banking: The key challenges for m-banking/commerce will be identified. There will be a detailed discussion on the prospects, scope and possibilities

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Intel Invites iPhone Users for Cyber Scavenger Hunt

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Intel invites iPhone users to participate and win a free Core i5 Laptop and runner up prizes are Best Buy gift cards ranging from $250, $100 and $25.
Currently this is only open to iPhone users as Intel has not informed about any other mobile application which can be used in this competition aside from the one made specifically for the iPhone, but maybe mobile users of other smartphone platforms like Android and Symbian will have to take part in this hunt by simply texting “Core” to 6174604517 and

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Nokia C5 [Review]

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It’s been quite a while since I got any chance to play around with a Nokia Smartphone mainly because they were getting really repetitive in terms of software, but recently I got a chance to get my hands on the Nokia C5 and I have to say Nokia has done a good job in making a sleek looking Symbian Smartphone with all the necessary features for the road and at a very reasonable price tag.

Hands-OnThe moment you hold the Nokia C5 in your hand, you’ll get a really

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Apple iPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO 4G

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Apple iPhone 4 and HTC EVO 4G are by far the two most exciting smartphones that money can buy to date. And in many ways they are very similar: both have big full-phone-size touchscreens, smart operating software, lots of free or cheap applications, high resolution photography and video recording, video call capabilities, etc. One imagines for a consumer who is not technically sophisticated it will be an absolute guess whether iPhone 4 or EVO 4G will work better for him or her. But yet somehow Apple and HTC

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Damascus touchscreen cell phone

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Just what the heck is this? Why are there Care Bears Shine rays coming out of it? Well, for just $63.42, you can have the answers to all those questions, although reading through this post will also shed additional light on the handset. This phone will come with a transparent crystal keypad (warning to butterfingers!), where it can light up with 7 different colors to further enhance its sex appeal. Not only that, you get quad-band GSM support, dual SIM card slots, an advanced G-sensor, a 2.2-inch touchscreen

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PlayStation Move review (PlayStation 3)

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Sony's motion controlled gaming setup, PlayStation Move, has arrived in stores, and if you believe the hype, it's everything we wanted the Wii to be...and more. Is this the future of gaming or just another expensive set of peripherals that will be buried in the back of a cupboard by the end of the year? Read on for our review. Hardware

PlayStation Move's 1:1 controller tracking is just as precise as the Wii with its MotionPlus accessory, but also adds body tracking into the mix thanks to the PlayStation