Nokia N97 Mini Arrives in India

NOKIA has launched the younger sibling of the N97, the N97 Mini, in India just a few months after the bigger, better endowed Nokia N97 was announced. Positioned as the cheaper alternative to the N97, the phone comes with a slightly smaller screen and unlike the N97, this device does not have the navi-pad on the keyboard.

The N97 Mini, on all other fronts, is visually similar to the N97 and is at par with its larger sibling in terms of features as well. The device will be on sale by the last week of November and will be available in Cherry Black, Garnet and White colors. The phone is priced at Rs. 30,939 – which is slightly lower than the price of the N97. Along with the phone, Nokia has also launched a new contest wherein four winners will be shortlisted by a panel of judges and two stand to win Nokia N97 mini for free every week.

The N97 Mini, just like the N97, supports Nokia’s Ovi range of services. It also comes with the Lifecasting application from Nokia that allows users to publish location and status update directly to their Facebook account from the mobile device.

You can prebook the N97 Mini starting November 23.

 

Accenture to hire 8,000 in India by next year

Global technology and consultancy firm, Accenture has said that it is going to add around 8,000 people in India by the end of next year taking its total employee base in the country to 50,000.

“We are 42,000 right now and we imagine we will be about 50,000 by the end of 2010,” said Accenture Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, William D Green on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit. Indicating a recovery from the global downturn, Green said the company will continue to focus in India, specially in the areas of analytics, reports PTI.

Accenture’s focus in India is going to be the analytics space, which will help its clients in converting information into insights for better yields. Green added, “We believe that analytics is going to be an important trend that our customers are going to demand from us. We think India is going to be a great place for us. We have some core centres of excellence in the analytics space in the country.”

Accenture, which has annual revenue of $21.58 billion for fiscal 2009, will strengthen its focus on clients in pharmaceutical, telecommunications and energy in the country.

Nokia intros 3G enable NOKIA 6316s

To enhance its CDMA collection, Nokia rolled out a 3G enabled handset for the Chinese market dubbed Nokia 6316s.

The Nokia 6316s packages diverse functionalities including web browsing, music, imaging and GPS. The multimedia device sports a 2.2-inch QVGA display, a 2 megapixel camera and Bluetooth 2.1.

“Nokia is boosting its leadership in the CDMA market by updating an already strong line-up with products that appeal to a wide range of customer needs,” stated David Tang, Vice President of Nokia China.

“Of these devices, the Nokia 6316s is bringing exciting 3G services to life for users in China. Building on previous collaboration over the Nokia 8208, this is yet another success story resulting from our close relationship with China Telecom,” he added.

The compact slider offers a wide variety of features in support of China Telecom services and preloaded applications including QQ, Email and try-and-buy applications, mobile navigation and mobile stock. Connectivity is more enhanced with the device’s 3G capability. The Nokia 6316s is presented in black, gold and red colors.

The Nokia 6316s is expected to be offered during the first quarter of 2010 for an unknown price.