Fierce competition and a fall in hardware and component prices have resulted in handset prices dropping 10-50 per cent across brands over the last 12 months.
Sony's price logic has come under the scanner as its nearest competitor, the Microsoft Xbox 360, is available at price variants of Rs 27,750 and Rs 19,990.
It is powered by the fastest processor currently used in the Symbian operating system devices and is faster than Dopod D600, a Windows Mobile 5 PDA.
However, projections made over the last few years indicate a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 80-90 per cent. Research firm TPI believes this is "not easily achievable".
With the country's DVD market growing rapidly, online rentals are the next big thing.
Paris-based IT major Capgemini is scouting for three more acquisitions amounting to over $1 billion (around Rs 4,300 crore or Rs 43 billion). It is looking at the business process outsourcing (BPO), product engineering and local consulting space.
The machine, which weighs almost 2.5 Kg, has washed its hands off the traditional fingerprint reader that most of contemporary laptops sport.
The salaries of hardware engineers in the Indian information technology industry have nearly doubled over the last two years and yet the exodus to software continues, according to an Elixir Web Solutions survey.
US companies, hoping to save money during the recessionary phase, are likely to increase outsourcing of information technology services.
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High-end luxury brands are beginning to recognise the untapped potential in India. Import duties, however, are playing spoilsport.
Both Indian and MNC IT majors are hiring big time, expressing their confidence in the Indian economy and outsourcing/offshoring growth story.
Hexaware Technologies, a provider of IT and BPO services, is planning to acquire an IT company in the US or Europe for $20-40 million
The slimmest phone from the stable of the US phone maker, will be available to the Indian public through services providers Airtel and Hutch
Launching W880i as an extension to the fast-swelling Walkman line up and the K550i Cybershot, Sony Ericsson has re-instated its belief in Walkman and Cybershot series.
Fox Production will debut on Star Plus with a musical to fill the gap left by SRK.
Motorola, the world's second largest mobile manufacturer in the world, plans to continue to offer cheaper phones in the emerging markets even as there are reports that it may register losses in its first-quarter results and cut its sales forecast.
The latest company to seek a fortune in India's rural markets is Google. It is developing with local vendors a simpler search engine, as well as content tailored to the needs of rural users.
You can watch them at your leisure with a media centre PC that can play movies, burn DVDs, record TV games and even allow you to surf the Internet.
Cellphone users are unaware that there are almost 200 viruses that can get into their phones, and wipe out the entire address book, data and music files while they perform an everyday tasks.
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