NOKIA panics as a minor software glitch hits its flagship LUMINA 800

 Nokia has identified a software glitch in some units of its Lumia 800 and offered to replace the handsets of affected users within a week of the Windows-based smartphone's high-profile launch in the country.

"India impact will be minimal since we just started shipping," a Nokia India spokeswoman said. The glitch prevents the handset from accessing full battery capacity and Nokia said it can be fixed with a software update that it will release early next year, but critics see it as a major setback to the Finnish giant's efforts to defend its leadership in the smartphone market under threat from Samsung.

Nokia had unleashed its biggestever marketing blitz to promote Lumia , its first Windows-based smar tphone, which many analysts called a make-or-break product for the world's largest handset maker. An expert said this will impact brand Nokia. "An amazing glitch after an amazing marketing campaign ," he said, requesting anonymity . "Already under fire, this battery issue would come as a New Year gift for its rivals."

SOURCE: the economic times

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Finally 3G is in INDIA:

The much awaited 3G guidelines will be released by the month of June 2008 to lay out the UPA government vision to enhance mobile phone standards for 100 percent tele-density and extension of broadband facilities

The much awaited 3G guidelines will finally see the light of the day as the Ministry of Communication & IT would roll them out in the month of June 2008 to lay out the UPA government vision to enhance the mobile phone standards for 100% tele-density and extension of broadband facilities not only in urban India but also its rural part as scheduled by 2010, announced the Telecom & IT Minister, A Raja.

Inaugurating the ASSOCHAM organized 2-day Global Telecom Summit which begun here today, Raja said that his Ministry was currently deeply engaged in preparing detailed guidelines that would lay out a time schedule for execution of 3G technologies well within the domain of UPA regime.

Speaking on the occasion, Secretary, Dept. of Communication & IT, Siddharth Behura said that the Dept.of Telecom is committed to honor all its commitment announced up to 2010 as the Information & Telecom Ministry has already taken policy initiatives for them. A few more policy decisions need to be further initiated and with the roll out of 3G guidelines, the telecom industry would further witnessed a second generation revolution to ensure easy and much more competitive access to telephony, said Behura.