The Art of Missed Calls!

As the clock strikes thirteen, there’s an Aamir Khan shouting ‘Rang De Basanti’ in the next room. In the middle of the night I’m woken up by a stupid missed call from one of my classmates. Apparently missed calls now make up 20-25% of cell phone usage in India according to Industry statistics. People are hell bent on using missed calls as a method of communicating and giving signals when the call rates for cell phone calls are dirt cheap in India. Strange enough people yet find these missed calls addictive and best modes of staying in touch. Addictive as it is, people rush to check and call-back to check as if it might be the million dollar call they’ve always been waiting for! Guys always send a text message back just to check up if some bombshell mistakingly dropped a missed call on their phones. Girls make the most of missed call feature on their cell phones to save money and let their boyfriends call them back and pay for the bills! Indians seem to have mastered in this art of missed calls for sure! Oh here’s a missed call, dinner is ready! I’ll have to rush downstairs.

Sony Ericsson Black Diamond

Now your girlfriend might look hot in black. But this baby would surely make you wanna cheat on any one no matter what!

It’s a mock-up of an extremely stylish and sexy concept for a Sony Ericsson phone by Singapore based designer Jaren Goh. The polycarbonate mirror finish skin, metal detailing and form factor are all rather sleek, but the coolest feature has got to be the OLED borderless screen. Sexy, very very sexy!

Nokia E62

Recently I blogged about the Nokia E61 which was finally approved by the FCC after some initial problems. Now Nokia E62 is another tweaked version of Nokia E61. Here are some specs to get you rolling;

=runs on Symbian 9.1 and S60 3.0
=both GPRS and EDGE for data
=GSM bands 850/1900
=Bluetooth 1.2
=screen is 240×320, 256,000 colors, TFT
=miniUSB instead of Nokia’s usual PopPort
=Push email (like the Blackberry)
=USB Mass Storage Mode, so you can mount your phone as a hard drive
=QuickOffice for viewing/editing Word/Excel/Powerpoint
=Screen Export feature lets you run Powerpoint presentations off the E62 with compatible projectors
=Positioning and Navigation apps that work with Bluetooth GPS devices

Nokia E61

The Nokia E61 business phone is rumored to release in mid-February. The E61 also known as Nokiaberry is Nokia’s answer to the Motorola Q smartphone. The Nokia E series is for business users and includes Nokia E70, E60 and the E61. The E61 (GSM850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / WCDMA2100) sports a QWERTY keyboard and it’s large display supports 16 million colors. It supports multiple email clients multiple mobile email clients like BlackBerry Connect, GoodLink, Nokia Business Center, Seven Mobile Mail, Seven Always-On Mail, and Visto Mobile, the Nokia E61 provides seamless and encrypted mobile connectivity. It runs on Series 60 Operating System (version 9.1) and has 75 MB of internal memory and a Mini SD card slot for more memory. Stay tuned for more information!

Samsung SGH-Z150

Making its debut at 3GSM World Congress, the Samsung SGH-Z150 measures just 9.8mm thick and supports VOD (Video-on-Demand). All the standard features are there, like a megapixel camera, TFT-LCD display, and MP3 player. I’ll keep you updated as more information is released.