After launching the high-end Quad-core-powered smartphones (the One series), HTC has expanded its Desire range of handsets by launching a mid-priced Android phone called Desire C. This one runs on Android 4.0 operating system (out of the box) and was previously dubbed as HTC Wildfire C and HTC Golf. Continue...

Bharti Airtel’s wholly owned subsidiary Airtel mCommerce Services Ltd and Axis Bank have launched the Airtel Money Super Account in a bid to extend banking and payment services to India’s unbanked population via the mobile platform. IT major Infosys is the solution provider in the partnership. N Continue...

TimesDeal, the group buying portal of The Times of India Group, has hit a new record with 70,000 mobile recharge orders in a single day. On May 9, TimesDeal offered a special mobile recharge deal that allowed users to pay just Rs 50 and get a mobile recharge voucher worth Rs 100 from PayTM. PayTM, [ Continue...

Nokia patched up its ailing basic phones offering on Tuesday with two models offering access to games, applications and the Internet, hoping to regain its footing in emerging markets. After precipitously losing its position in the smartphone market to Apple’s iPhone and models running Google&# Continue...

Samsung has further expanded its Windows phone range by unveiling the next in line Omnia smartphone called Omnia M (the company already has Omnia W). Considering its specifications, the mobile phone will be targeted at the mid-price range segment and will compete with Nokia’s range of Windows phon Continue...

Mobile Internet company S Mobility Ltd (formerly known as Spice Mobility Ltd), which swung into losses in the quarter ended December 31, 2011, saw pressure on bottom line and experienced lower demand in the fourth quarter. Total revenues declined 10.4 per cent over Q3 to Rs 553.3 crore and net lo Continue...

Taiwan’s MediaTek Inc. and France’s mobile gaming firm Gameloft have announced a global partnership where Gameloft will support all gaming apps on MediaTek’s feature and smartphone platforms. MediaTek has also announced that its latest single chip solution MT6255 will come pre-loaded with As Continue...

Sony Mobile Communications has announced two new Xperia smartphones – Xperia GX and Xperia SX – both running on the Android operating system. These will be available in Japan in the coming months but no India launch date has been announced yet. The devices are the first Sony-branded LTE mobile p Continue...

Chat app company Nimbuzz has unveiled its messenger API and launched a new initiative called Chat Buddy Developer Program (CBDP).The CBDP allows developers to build chat buddies across various verticals such as cricket, astrology, shopping, games, news, besides utilities such as ticketing, movie rev Continue...

Back in the early 2000s mobile network operators were clamouring to sign up new subscribers to “unlimited” data plans to offset what they correctly perceived to be a steady decline in mobile voice revenues. But, in a startling validation of the adage “be careful what you wish for”, mobile op Continue...