Blackbery Perl now in india new phone

A day after Valentine's Day, Vodafone and Research in Motion (RIM) have launched the stylish BlackBerry Pearl 8110 smart phone in the country.

Highlights of the new Pearl are: built-in GPS, rich multimedia features, and powerful communication capabilities of the BlackBerry solution, to name a few.

Nokias New Service

At the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona in Spain, Nokia has announced the beta version of Nokia Maps 2.0 -- among other announcements.

Nokia claims Maps 2.0 takes mapping and navigation to the next level by enhancing pedestrian navigation, adding multimedia city guides, offering satellite images, and sporting a redesigned user interface (UI).

Googles New Product

Google has expanded its free software suite 'Google Apps' with a new version that allows users to collaborate on documents, calendars, and presentations within an organization.

Google Apps "Team Edition" is targeted at both employees and students. Any group can verify their business- or school- email address, and can instantly start sharing documents and calendars securely without getting the IT department involved.



Once a user has signed up for the "Team Edition", he/she is allowed to invite others to join, or identify people within the organization already using Google Apps -- to collaborate and share documents.

Anyone who signs up from a user's domain is automatically added to the user's group, even without an invitation.

"Team Edition" currently covers Google Docs, comprising documents, spreadsheets, and presentations; Google Calendar; Google Talk; Start Page for Apps services; and customized content.

CISCO allowes apple to use name iphone

Cisco Systems and Apple Computer have finally called a truce, and will share the 'iPhone' name in exchange for exploring 'interoperability' between the companies' products in areas such as security, consumer, and business communication. Both Apple and Cisco have said they will dismiss any pending legal actions regarding the 'iPhone' trademark, but continue to remain tight-lipped about future products that might come out of the 'interoperability' deal.

On Jan 10, 2007, just a day after Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, unveiled the company's much awaited iPhone, Cisco slapped a suit against Apple, alleging that the latter's use of the 'iPhone' name constituted a 'willful and malicious' violation of a trademark Cisco has owned since 2000. And, Cisco's Linksys division has been using the 'iPhone' trademark for a series of phones that make free long distance calls over the Internet, using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). In its lawsuit, Cisco said that in an era of 'convergence', the two companies' phones could eventually take on different features and end up competing head-to-head. Cisco said this would result in confusion, mistake, and deception for consumers.