Samsung Galaxy S2 India Launch in May at Rs.30000-35000

Samsung is holding  their Samsung SWA FORUM 2011 on April 13 & 14th in New Delhi and the company just announced the launch of the Galaxy S2 launch for India.

The Galaxy S2 is likely to launch in India in May at a market price of Rs.35000 approx. We are not sure if Sammy is going to launch the 1GHz version or the 1.2 GHz version like in UK.

May is not far away and we expect official confirmation shortly.

Mr. Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Mobile & IT unveils Samsung Galaxy S II at Samsung SWA Forum 2011

UPDATE: Samsung actually said mid-30k for the price and did not quote an exact price.

Nokia Symbian Anna aka PR 2.0 Announced

Nokia has announced the much awaited update to the Symbian OS. It is called Anna and was previously known as PR 2.0.

Symbian Anna will be made available for the Nokia N8, C7, C6-01 and E7 over the coming months.However no specific dates have been announced.

One of the first changes that you notice are the new icons. The text input has been improved and the much awaited portrait QWERTY keyboard  along with split screen entry is now available.

The new browser offers faster performance and is easier to use.

The photo gallery has also received a few updates. The other applications that have been updated are OVI Maps, OVI Store, OVI Suite and Social.

Nokia announces E6 and X7 with New UI

Nokia has officially announced Nokia E6 and Nokia X7. E6 is the successor of Nokia E72 that is a business phone and Nokia X7 is entertainment device. These devices will have new UI that is named Symbian Anna.

Both E6 and X7 has stainless steel body and slim design. E6 has 8GB internal memory and good battery life. X7 has large 4 inch AMOLED display. Both these have 8MP fixed focus camera.

Specs of Nokia E6

• 2.4 inch (640 x 360) 16.7 million colour TFT LCD Capacitive touch screen
• QWERTY keyboard.
• Accelerometer, Proximity sensor and Ambient light detector
• Dimensions: 115.5 x 59 x 10.5 mm
• Weight: 133 g
• 8 MP camera with dual LED flash and video recording at 720p (25 fps)
• 256MB RAM and 1024MB ROM
• 8GB internal memory, expandable up to 32GB -- MicroSD
• Micro USB 2.0 and USB On-the-Go support
• Wi-Fi b/g/n, 3G HSDPA -- 10.2Mbps, HSUPA -- 2.0Mbps
• Bluetooth v 3.0, GPS with A-GPS
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 1500 mAh battery

Specs of Nokia X7

• 4 inch (640 x 360) 16.7 million colour AMOLED capacitive touch screen
• Accelerometer, Proximity sensor and Ambient light detector
• Dimensions: 119.7 x 62.8 x 11.9 mm
• Weight: 146 g
• 8 MP camera with dual LED flash and video recording at 720p (25 fps)
• 350 MB internal memory, expandable up to 32GB -- MicroSD (8GB included)
• Micro USB 2.0 and USB On-the-Go support
• Wi-Fi b/g/n, 3G HSDPA -- 10.2Mbps, HSUPA -- 2.0Mbps
• Bluetooth v 3.0, GPS with A-GPS
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 1300 mAh battery

Nokia X7 comes preloaded with games like Galaxy on Fire HD and Asphalt 5 HD. As announced previously, both these devices comes with new enhancements like new icons, improved text input, faster browser, hardware accelerated encryption and new e-mail client.

This new software update would be pre-installed for the newly shipped devices like Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia C7 and Nokia C6-01 and the update for current Symbian ^3 devices would be available soon.

E6 comes in Black, Silver, White colors and X7 comes in dark steel and silver colors. Price and availability of these device yet to be announced.