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This is really bad for people like us who are desperately waiting for nation wide launch of 3G in India. The Finance Ministry In India has asked the Telecom Department to double the minimum bid price to get 3G spectrum in India. New amount will stand for 40 billion rupees($840 million).

We don’t know the reason behind it or we are not supposed to know, but all said and done, this will only delay the 3G release date in India which was apparently set for 30 Jan.

Lets wait and watch what happens and hope for best.

[via:Economic Times]

So you bought unlocked iPhone and wondering how to get the Airtel GPRS/Edge plan activated on iPhone.

Here are the steps to get the task done:

1. Call up the Airtel Customer Care on 121, ask them about the GPRS plans they are offering, like we are using the Mobile Office plan, which offers unlimited browsing and downloading for 20Rs per day. So, pick up your plan and tell them to activate for you.

2. In iPhone go to Settings >> General >> Network >> EDGE
and enter

APN: Airtelgprs.com
Username: Leave it blank
Password: Leave it blank

Thats it, now just wait to get the plan activated and you are good to go, no more setting are required

Come on this is a bad consumer experience, well we all know they can’t just sell the iPhone at the price being set in US, but still atleast some price cuts should be made by Airtel and Vodafone. At&t in US is doing all it can to attract users towards iPhone by making regular price cuts and they will sell new refurbished iPhone for a price of $150, but in India prices are just stagnant since iPhone launch in India.

Seems like both Airtel and Vodafone has given up on iPhone and moved, that is why its even hard to see any advertising at all about iPhone in India.

Is anyone listening?

Cnet carried out a article which mentions about the under par performance of iPhone sales in India. iPhone is having rocking sales around the world, competing with BlackBerry head to head in whole world, but here in India, it remains in the hands of few. iPhone comes with a 1 year contract with Airtel or Vodafone and mobile users in India are not used to be bounded to one network only. But this flaw could have been overlooked, if the iPhone prices weren’t so insanely huge.

Both the factors spelled doom on the iPhone sales in India. We hope, Apple can think of slashing iPhone prices in India, like they did in US. Ofcourse if they want iPhone to make a mark in India, for the time being Apple is basking in the glory of iPhone sales success story in other parts of world, and India market doesn’t seem to be on their radar at all.

Cnet Article Link

Just a heads up for all in India who are looking forward for buying iPhone on EMI. Last date of EMI offers from both Airtel And Vodafone is ending on NOV 30 2008. What will happen after that, whether new plans will be designed or all old plans will be continued, we will keep you posted.

Here are links to the iPhone EMI details we covered earlier:

Airtel iPhone EMI Plans
Vodafone iPhone EMI Plans

Via: Airtel iPhone , Vodafone iPhone

In California, there is a Inn which is dubbing itself the world’s first “iPhone hotel”. So, when guest check in the  Malibu Beach Inn, they are asked if they have a iPhone or iPod Touch, if they own either one of them, then hotel staff will load a app called “Hotel Evolution” into your iPhone(If you don’t then a 16gb iPod Touch is given to the guests preloaded application to use during their stay).

So when a guests punches in his/her room number with their specific security code, they get all access to the hotel services like order room service, setting up a wake up call, dry cleaning, extra blankets and much more.

This is simply great, so can we expect such development in India, any hotel listening???

[Via:Cult of Mac]

NDTV iPhone Contest is coming to an end and they have selected the 5 entries from which the winner will be chosen. You can see those selected entries at NDTV Final 5.

Out of 1000’s of entries these 5 are the selected ones, so don’t forget to watch the video about their individual iPhone feature ideas on NDTV, and vote for which you think is best. Its on your vote the final two winners will be selected

In today’s TOI, India Based Mobile Retailer Univercell came with a new iPhone EMI plan advertisement. They are offering iPhone in 6 easy installments, with no processing fee and no interest in EMI. Installment will be of Rs. 5166. It is not mentioned whether it will be iPhone8gb or iPhone16gb. You can refer the advertisement below.

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