Would India’s leading telecommunications provider and the country’s largest public-sector firm really do it?

Before you get too excited about the whole thing, please note the capitalized “ I ” which stands for Internet or IP and not the latest Apple gadget that is subject to a lot of information exchange in the recent months. And yes, that was indeed a teaser.

The “I-Phone” under discussing here, would enable the user to call from broadband to broadband with no extra phone charges. So now you wouldn’t need to get onto your favorite messenger, connect your microphone and speaker and dial, but instead call off an IP phone and talk your way to glory without the need to worry of a hefty phone bill. The catch however would be that you actually are exchanging data over your broadband connection which might be subject to a data limit based on the broadband plan you have opted. Its also unclear whether the IP telephony traffic will be exchanged with other broadband providers.

But nevertheless this is a good start, and with the launch of IPTV with video on demand in a few major cities, is an indication of the dawn of the Indian Internet Protocol era.

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Around this time 25 years ago, the world’s first compact disc was produced at a Philips factory in Germany, sparking a whole new revolution in technology.

The Compact Disc(CD) was jointly developed by the engineers at Philips and Sony. The first ever CD produced was “The Visitors” by Abba. I still remember the day when we got our first CD player with a couple of audio CDs for Christmas. I used to spend hours gazing at the vibrant colours that reflected of it and wondered how it could hold so much information embedded in a 1.2 mm thin format.
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Samsung’s at it again. They’re giving another go at the Ipod. Though not official yet, tech street is abuzz with news of the SamsungYP-P2 media player.
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Thinking of getting one of those 30/60/80 video Ipods? Better make it fast. If rumours are to be believed there’s a new apple baby on the way. No, Mrs.Jobs is not expecting - it’s a full touch screen Ipod. Once delivery dates are set you can be sure they’ll pull the older ones off the shelves. So unless you’re willing to shell out substantially higher for the same GB on a newer model better get yours pronto!

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The tech experts at Dahan T&S has unveiled its 42-inch touchscreen display with multi-dot recognition. This function enables control over image sizes and direction by fingers. A single finger enables the left mouse key (windows platform) and two fingers for right mouse key functions.

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Nokia has today announced a battery recall program for the BL-5C battery manufactured between December 2005 and November 2006, after incidents of an overheating battery during its charging. Though Nokia claims that there have been no reports of serious injuries or property damage, it would be a good idea to replace yours if it is defective.

To know if your phone battery is one of the 46 million batteries that are part of the product advisory, visit here

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Its has been in the news for quite sometime that a 16 gigger mp3 player is in the pipeline. This new Gadget might just prove to be a big breakthrough for Creative. Although this player isn’t currently in stock, it’s great to see a 16 GB player for the first time.

This player has been priced around $263 and comes in black with white accenting.

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Last night Steve Jobs unveiled the all new iMac. If you were amazed with the wide 24″ iMacs that came some time back, you’re in for a treat with the new iMac.

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