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Fly mobile has come out with a most affordable handset in the Indian market which is named as Fly V-180 DS. The handset is priced at Rs. 2,539. This affordable phone is aimed at youth looking for relatively cheap phone powered with all the latest technologies.
The sleek handset with dual-SIM is incorporated with CIF camera and for the connectivity, Bluetooth is present. The stylish and compact handset weighs 90 grams and its dimensions are 107 x 44.6 x 14 mm.
The handset displays 1.8 inch TFT screen, which supports 128 x 160 pixels resolution with 65K colors. The phone will keep the users amused with features like FM Radio with recording and an Mp3 player.
The phone comes with an inbuilt internal memory of 250 KB which can be expanded to 4 GB through Micro SD card slot.

The handset is equipped with some special features such as :

Torch, Hindi Language, Screen Switch Effect, Main Menu switching Effects, Mobile Tracker, Ebook Reader

Other features include: inbuilt Photo caller ID, MMS/WAP/GPRS/USB support, Video playing, Hindi languages. The phone is powered by 200 mAh battery with 9 hrs of talk time and 250 hrs of standby time.

Ford India manufactures and distributes automobiles made at its modern integrated manufacturing facility, at Maraimalai Nagar, near Chennai. With more than 2,300 employees, the company’s models include the Ikon, Fusion, Endeavour and the Fiesta and now the company is targeting Indian market and export sales by introducing new Figo which will compete with small cars from Maruti, Tata Motors, Chevrolet and Hyundai.

It is evident that Ford was not present in the Auto Expo 2010 held at Delhi. On Sept 23 2009 Ford’s global CEO has revealed brand new Ford Figo targeting Indian market now the same car is about to enter India and will be available at the dealerships from March 2010. Ford Figo wil be priced between Rs. 3.5 lakh to Rs. 4.5 lakh according to the variant.

The new Figo will battle with small cars from Maruti, Tata Motors, Chevrolet and Hyundai. The car would come with a 1.19-litre petrol engine and a 1.4-litre diesel engine, with three or four variants in each. Design-conscious Italy inspired the new Ford Figo’s name. Figo is colloquial Italian for “cool.” Ford Figo features a fresh, contemporary shape that will be a distinctive alternative to traditional brands in this segment. The design language conveys a dynamic spirit of energy in motion.

According to the press release on the launch of this car “From its modern headlamps, grille shapes and sculpted bonnet of its distinctive face to the subtle integrated spoiler and chamfered window shape at the rear, Ford Figo is filled with kinetic design touches. These also include sculpted shapes to the body side – chiseled front fenders, a “comet tail” undercut in the doors and additional light-catching sculpting in the lower bodyside – which combine to communicate the solidity, substance and protective safety of its design.”

The model will come in seven bright colours of which three are regular colors while four colours will be new scintillating colors to give Indian customers something unique in looks.

“We’re confident that the new Ford Figo will be extremely attractive to Indian car buyers,” said Michael Boneham, president and managing director, Ford India. “It’s going to be very competitive with the current market leaders and offer a tremendous value story for our consumers. We believe Ford Figo is a big game-changer for Ford that will help transform our brand into a volume player in India.”

Google has said in his blog the launch of the it’s service transliteration which enables users to compile a free text to a non-Latin language. By using the Google Transliteration IME users can convert Latin characters by typing the charcters in appropriate voice in the language of user’s choice .
Google Transliteration is currently available in 14 different languages – Arabic, Bengali, Farsi (Persian), Greek,Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

Such conversion is not the same translation, but in fact it is the sound of words translated from one language to another. For example, typing the word?”hamesha” transliterates into Hindi as : हमेशा.

Google Transliteration IME, Input Method Editor helps users to create content or communicate in their chosen language online or offline and in any application of their choice. The Google Transliteration IME currently supports 32-bit Windows 7/Vista/XP.

You can also compose a richly formatted text and find the definition of words by incorporating the specific dictionary. If you cannot find a specific word, you can be the highlight, showing thus the list of synonymous words. Moreover, to obtain more detailed review, Google offers a choice of characters in Unicode, by making the composition data to nature. The Google Transliteration is built on several properties of Google, providing an API, and bookmark lets to expand to other websites.

The solution was found initially to address a problem in India, now used in many other parts of the world. This is a small example of the magnitude of change which can bring the technology in the modern era of ever increasing globalization.

Google Transliteration IME download now:-

http://www.google.com/ime/transliteration/

As a user types, a suggestion menu will be displayed with alternatives and word completions and users can select the correct one from the options.

These languages will feature :
Arabic
Bengali
Persian
Greek
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Malayalam
Marathi
Nepali
Punjabi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports informed that Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, Commonwealth Games Venue for shooting competitions, is set to open in the Capital on Sunday 31st January 2010.

Dr. M.S.Gill, Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports, will dedicate the up graded and renovated shooting ranges to the nation.

Actually ,Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range at Suraj Kund Road, New Delhi was built for 9th Asian Games 1982. The Range was named in the honor of Maharaja of erstwhile princely state of Bikaner, Dr Karni Singh who has been a legendary shooter in the Indian shooting circuit. A prodigy in shooting, Maharaja Karni Singh was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna award in 1961 for his impeccable shooting skills. He was also conferred with a silver medal at the 38th World Shooting Championship in 1962.

The construction work at the Range was started on 25th October, 2008 with a financial projection of Rs. 150 Crore and completed in 13 months. All existing structures were demolished and completely new ranges with state-of-the-art technology have been constructed. The earlier separate ranges for Trap & Skeet are now converted into new composite ranges for Trap & Skeet with state-of-the-art scoring equipment.

FACILITIES CREATED AT NEW SHOOTING RANGE
Ø 10 M Centrally Air-conditioned indoor shooting range with 80 shooting points ; seating capacity of 500 for pistol and small bore rifle.
Ø 25 M range with 50 shooting points for pistol ; seating capacity of 500.
Ø 50 M range, which is the largest, with 80 shooting points ; seating capacity for 500
Ø Six composite shotgun ranges for Trap & Skeet ; total seating capacity of 2000.
Ø Newly constructed air-conditioned armory building ; fitted with secured doors and other equipment for storing arms and ammunition.
Ø Shooting Points equipped with LCD displays which will flash the scores
Ø State of the art Electronic Target & Scoring system supplied by Suis Ascor for rifle and pistol ranges and Laporte for trap & skeet ranges.

The newly built Range now provides a world-class sport venue for the Commonwealth Games Shooting competition, to be held in Delhi in October 2010 as it meets the requirement of Commonwealth Games Federation and the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF). The venue shall leave a legacy that provides a first class sporting venue for the citizens of our country participating in sport at local, national & International level. Before the main Commonwealth Games in October 2010, Commonwealth Shooting Championship will be held at these ranges from 17th Feb to 28th Feb 2010.

FEATURES OF NEW SHOOTING RANGE

Ø Green Campus spread over a vast area of 72 acres in the backdrop of Adilabad Fort.
Ø FOP (Field of play) of T & S ranges to have a backdrop of a majestic fort (Adilabad fort)
Ø All the ranges are equipped with lighting facility to provide 2200 Lux of light for high definition TV coverage.
Ø Minimum hard pavement provided to allow Maximum greenery. Over 1000 new trees planted.
Ø Building & structures complying with the requirements of International Sports Association in terms of geometry & strength.
Ø Seating design to achieve optimum sight lines.
Ø Automatic electronic scoring target systems recognized by ISSF for Olympics, World Cup & World Championship.
Ø Use of special Rubber wood in bullet catchers.
Ø Air-conditioned lounges of all ranges.
Ø Energy saving VRV system for air-conditioning.
Ø Use of natural lighting with heat resistant glazing system.
Ø Electricity through two different grids with 100% power back-up.
Ø External development in conformity with local undulating terrain.

Information sourced from http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57461

The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil today inaugurated the Anti Leprosy Fortnight and Leprosy Seal Campaign at Rashtrapati Bhavan . Every year on January 30 on the Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi the Fortnight and Campaign begins.

Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil informed that Mahatma Gandhi did not just preach about the need for people to care for those afflicted by this disease, but was personally involved in the work

The President recalled her long association with this cause, ever since when she was a Minister in the Government of Maharashtra.

When Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil was working as Governor of Rajasthan on her birthday every year, she always visited organizations in civil society that were engaged in the work of care for leprosy patients and its eradication.

The President felt that the issue of rehabilitation of persons cured from leprosy was important and urged those involved in the Campaign to look at this aspect.

The President said the ultimate measure of success would be the day when, as Mahatma Gandhi said, the disease would be eradicated and as a result Homes for the care of afflicted persons would be closed down. She asked all those at assembled at Rashtrapati Bhavan to work towards that goal.

BlackBerry full keyboard shortcut mode of operation and a stable operating environment has made the handset favorite among business people, as the flagship model of the BlackBerry 9700 is not only equipped with BlackBerry OS 5.0 operating system, also uses a 800MHz processor, while the current mainstream GP, WiFi and other popular features also have a good performance. Blackberry Bold 9700 has support for 3G connections worldwide. In India the handset is currently available at Airtel retail outlets across and priced at Rs 31990.

BlackBerry 9700 retains the classic candybar full keyboard design, BlackBerry 9700 body size of 109 × 60 × 14mm, and has 2.44 inches of the screen with a resolution of 480 × 360 pixels, showing very good results. Bottom of the screen using an optical touch pad style navigation keys, the operation feel good. Fuselage built-in 3.2 million pixel camera and supports auto focus and shooting is quite satisfactory.

BlackBerry 9700 is equipped with Blackberry 5.0 Edition operating system, CPU is quite high, speeds up to 800MHz, RAM to 256MB, has brought to the user experience of carefree operation. Another 9700 to upgrade the system interface, built-in browser features enhanced, and can TF memory card expansion. BlackBerry 9700 on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP, quad-band GSM and UMTS are also each and every one, but also can be applied to A-GPS to navigate through the BlackBerry maps.
As a high-end business phone, BlackBerry 9700 provides users with convenient mode of operation. The handset is having a very good performance in the web browsing and sending and receiving e-mail

Acer announced android smart phone named Liquid. Acer liquid is now available in Indian market too. Acer Liquid is a competitive android mobile phone.

Acer Liquid A1 measurements for size 115×62.5×12.5 mm, the size is very appropriate, while taking the handset in the hand the phone does not seem very large. 135 grams of weight is also very appropriate and does not seem very heavy. A 3.5-inch WVGA-resolution screen, touch buttons below for the four functions from the key pattern can be seen. The handset liquid, does not deal with right side, back a big camera is also very impressive, you can see is 500 million pixels, and supports auto focus and flash.
Acer Liquid is compact in designing, in addition to this shutter button are used to adjust the volume button .

Acer Liquid using Android operating system, CPU’s standard is Qualcomm 8250 series, the main screen of 768MHz,.It is a Combination of traditional memory 512MB ROM +256 MB RAM. Acer Liquid comes with WIFI function, with the 3G network speed Internet access is still very good. Acer Liquid support the standard 3.5mm headphone jack . Battery life is above average, with 300 minutes’ talktime. Acer liquid handset for India market is available at Rs. 24990

Virgin Mobile GSM network bring friends together and thus makes life merrier. After the successful launch of GSM network in the Southern Circle, Virgin Mobile has introduced its GSM services in Orissa (Odisha). Orissa has become the 6th circle in Virgin mobile’s GSM operations in India. The launch was made possible because of the agreement entered with Tata Teleservices.

A tariff of 20p/min for STD and local calls to any Virgin Mobile number without any pack is what Virgin is proffering its subscribers in Orissa (Odisha). Calls made to other networks will be charged at 40p/min for local and 50p/min for STD calls again without any packs. Virgin mobile services will cater to more than 65% of the total youth present in the state.
M.A.Madhusudan, CEO, Virgin Mobile India stated that Virgin Mobile has introduced with a superfluity of exclusive products and services which will reinforce the brand promised to the young people of the nation. In order to take the brand to the next level, youth icons, Ranbir Kapoor and Genelia D’Souza have been chosen as the new faces of Virgin Mobile. The chief target of the company is the large niche market which includes the young ones. The company aims to accomplish 10 percent of the total market shares in the youth segment within a time period of three years.

Fly mobile has unmasked Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) stylish, sleek, GSM Bar phone V-180 DS. The phone is equipped with digital camera, with a battery capacity of 1200mAh, video record and play, wireless FM with schedule recording.
The handset weighs 90gms, with its dimensions 107×44.6×14mm. Fly V180 DS displays 1.8 inch TFT screen with 65K colors and 128 x 160 pixels resolution. It has an internal memory of 250K, expandable up to 4 GB with Micro SD card slot. As for connectivity, Bluetooth and USB is incorporated. It has FM Radio with recording feature and MP3 player.
The phone is equipped with special features which includes Torch, Hindi Language, Screen Switch Effect, Main Menu switching Effects, photo caller ID, MMS/WAP/GPRS support, Mobile Tracker and Ebook Reader.
This sleek bar proffers 9 hrs talk time and 250hrs standby time.
Prem Kumar, CEO, Fly Mobile (India Operations) stated, Fly is dedicated to bring into existence technologically advanced products and taking into account the high quality preferences along with the pockets of the customers. Fly V-180 DS handset is priced very moderately.
The handset is tagged at an affordable price of Rs. 2539 with warranty for 1 year for transceiver and 6 months on Battery and charger.

U.S. stock futures edged higher Friday, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was confirmed for a second term. But still ahead are GDP figures, which Wall Street will focus on to get a clearer picture of economic activity.

S&P 500 futures rose 4 points to 1083.20 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 7 points to 1777.50. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 37 points ahead of the last trading session of the month.

Juniper Networks Inc.’s (JNPR) fourth-quarter profit slipped 1.1% on higher stock-compensation costs as the networking company handily topped expectations. Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE:JNPR, $24.49, -$0.53, -2.12%) rose 6.98 percent to $26.20 on Friday morning pre-market trading session, while on Thuesday, shares of Juniper Networks fell 2.12 percent, closed on $24.49.

Consumer products maker Newell Rubbermaid Inc  posted a fourth-quarter profit as cost cutting and lower raw materials prices helped the company raise its margins and offset lackluster sales. Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NYSE:NWL, $14.20, -$0.06, -0.42%) dropped 1.41 percent to $14.00 on Friday morning pre-market trading session, even on Thursday, Newell Rubbermaid shares were down 0.42 percent, closed on $14.20.

The maker of chips for telecommunications equipment PMC-Sierra Corp.’s (PMCS) fourth-quarter profit rose 72%, topping Wall Street estimates, on improved revenue and margins. PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ:PMCS, $7.76, -$0.21, -2.63%) rose 7.60 percent to $8.35 on Friday morning pre-market trading session, while on Thuesday, shares of PMC-Sierra fell 2.63 percent, closed on $7.76.

Toys maker Mattel Inc. (MAT) on Friday posted a 86% upsurge in the fourth quarter profit, boosted by holiday sales of its popular brands such as Barbie and Hot Wheels besides lower costs. The El Segundo, California-based company’s fourth-quarter net income was $328.4 million or $0.89 per share, compared to $176.4 million or $0.49 per share in the year-ago quarter. Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT, $20.04, +$0.08, 0.40%) jumped 2.20 percent to $20.48 on Friday morning pre-market trading session, even on Thursday, Mattel shares were up 0.40 percent, closed on $20.04.

Robert Half International Inc. (RHI) said its fourth-quarter profit dropped a less-than-feared 65% on the year as the staffing company said demand is improving. Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE:RHI, $26.84, -$0.05, -0.19%) rose 2.76 percent to $27.58 on Friday morning pre-market trading session, while on Thuesday, shares of Robert Half fell 0.19 percent, closed on $26.84.

Honeywell International Inc.’s (HON) fourth-quarter earnings fell 1.3% as cost savings mitigated continued weakness in some of its primary markets, although its transportation-systems business turned around. The company, which makes aircraft engines and automation and transportation products, was encouraged by improving order trends and stabilization in many of its markets, said Chairman and Chief Executive Dave Cote, although customers in the aerospace and building-equipment sectors continued to delay restocking thin inventories. Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON, $39.82, -$0.44, -1.09%) dropped 2.44 percent to $38.85 on Friday morning pre-market trading session, even on Thursday, Honeywell shares were down 1.09 percent, closed on $39.82.

Quantum Corp. (QTM) swung to a fiscal-third-quarter profit, despite an 11% drop in revenue, but the software storage and backup company missed analysts expectations for earnings. Quantum Corp. (NYSE:QTM, $3.06, +$0.03, 0.99%) fell 11.76 percent to $2.70 on Friday morning pre-market trading session, while on Thuesday, shares of Quantum Corp. rose 0.99 percent, closed on $3.06.