Friday, June 13, 2008

MWg Brings Two New Phones to India



Mobile and Wireless group (MWg) has announced their entry into the Indian mobile market. They have rolled out two Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional based handsets -- Atom V and Zinc II. After O2 declared sort of a retirement, it seems like the company is trying to regain its popularity with a touch screen candybar Atom V and slider model Zinc II.

Atom V has 2.8 inch TFT QVGA touch screen display with a 240x320 resolution, 2.0 Megapixel CMOS Auto-Focus camera, Intel XScale 520 MHz processor, 64MB SDRAM, 265MB Flash ROM, MicroSD expandable memory (up to 8 GB), and a 1,300mAh Li-Polymer battery offering talk time up to 3.5 hours, claims MWg. It supports Quadband GSM, 3.5G HSDPA, WCDMA, EDGE, Wi-Fi (802.11b+g), and Bluetooth for connectivity along with inbuilt SiRF Star III GPS receiver for GPS navigation. On the other hand, the QWERTY-based slider Zinc II has a 2.8 TFT QVGA touch screen display with 240 X 320 resolution, 2.0 Megapixel CMOS Auto-Focus camera with 4x zoom, Samsung 2442 processor clocked at 500 MHz, 64MB SDRAM, and 256MB NAND Flash ROM.

It also has a MicroSD expandable memory, and 1,530mAh Li-polymer battery offering talk time of 4-6 hours, claims MWg. Connectivity wise, the phone offers Quadband GSM, HSDPA, WCDMA, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi (802.11b+g) and Bluetooth for connectivity along with the infuilt SiRF III Star GPS chipset. Zinc II also has a unique "Quick Menu" touch-driven interface, and offers a finger driven intuitive navigation without use of stylus. The Atom V and slider model Zinc II are priced at Rs. 27,888 and Rs. 34,888 respectively. The phones will be retailed in India through TouchIndia Telemarketing.

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