Who will be evicted from Bigg Boss this week?

In a dramatic change in the nomination process, Bigg Boss gave relatives of housemates who went into the house on Monday, the power to nominate members for eviction this week.
Amar Upadhyay is top of the list with four nominations, followed by Shonali Nagrani with three votes.
So, the eviction battle is between Shonali and Amar
Who of the two you think is going to be evicted? Cast your vote at the end of the slideshow!
Shonali Nagrani
Shonali was accused of exaggerating her angry exchange with Pooja Misrra before housemates. Host Sanjay Dutt clearly informed Shonali that she was wrong in telling the housemates that she had hurt her eye in the fracas.
Later, she was punished for not following Bigg Boss's orders and told she can never become a captain.
Recently, when filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt entered Bigg Boss, she told him of the anguish she had experienced when Vishesh Films made her wait for a project and at the last moment rejected her. Mahesh got upset and apologised to her.
She's also said that she feels uncomfortable when co-contestant Amar Upadhyay hugs her and that it is indecent and weird.
Her boyfriend Shiraz Bhattacharya, who entered the house on Monday, was concerned about this and told Shonali not to make unsubstantiated allegations against anyone. He added that Amar was a married man and she should not talk like this about him on national television.
When Amar asked her for an explanation, she started crying. Will this save her from eviction?

Sony Ericsson's Nozomi just loves the camera

It's the phone with the daft name – or at least it is if you know it by the name Sony Ericsson Nozomi and not the more Westernised other name it's doing the rounds under – the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD.

But whatever it's called, it can't seem to steer clear of the cameras right now, and its latest publicity initiative is to be snapped from all sides – and even sans cover – in the most revealing set of snaps we've seen thus far. Just to remind you in case you're getting excited right now – this is a phone we're talking about.

Sony Ericsson has been ploughing the single-core furrow for an awful long time now, so hearing that it's finally sussed what this whole dual-core business is all about is welcome news. Well OK, it's more Qualcomm's fault, but anyway.

The point is the Nozomi has been confirmed in the latest leak as having a nifty piece of 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon action going on, together with a 4.3-inch 720p display and 1GB of RAM.

Switching to the photos, they reveal a pretty much bog-standard Sony Ericsson design approach, which is not to say the Nozomi is unattractive, it's just not overly exciting.

More interesting, however, is the fact that it'll only play nice with Micro SIM cards and appears to have no removable battery, nor any space for a microSD card.

Further spec action is claiming a 12-megapixel camera, which we'd assume has some sort of Exmor flavouring to it, and 16GB or 32GB of on-board storage, which lessens the blow of there being no removable storage, though not by much considering it will also be coming with Full HD video recording.

We're disappointed, though to be honest not surprised, to hear that it'll only be Android Gingerbread and not Ice Cream Sandwich running the show on the OS front. That does at least suggest that we're not looking at months before the Nozomi hits the big time. Or we bloody hope not, anyway.

One last thing – a quick trip to Wikipedia confirms Nozomi as meaning “wish” or “hope” in Japanese. Now isn't that nice?

Nokia Cheap With Lumia Lighting Up Demand

Nokia’s stock took a hit last Thursday and declined by more than 6%. The broader market sold off heavily on European concerns and it now looks like the the first version of the Lumia phone will be a lower end version sold through T-Mobile rather than AT&T as some had speculated.
The company also announced plans to sell off its luxury subsidiary Vertu. ^[1] With the stock down 20% or so during the last month, we believe that it’s discounting the potential impact from the Lumia line of smartphones.

DigiTimes came out with a report that component suppliers in Taiwan expect orders from Nokia to grow 20% in 2012 as the demand for Lumia smartphones increases. ^[2]
Lumia smartphones are the first devices that Nokia has introduced based on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform.

Vodafone launches Smart Android 3G smartphone in India

Vodafone India has announced the launch of Vodafone Smart, a 3G Android phone for their customers in India. This smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm incorporated Snapdragon S1 processor and runs on Android 2.2.1 OS. The Vodafone Smart is designed for tech savvy customers, providing them access to mobile apps, games, Internet and social networking platforms on-the-go.

Attractively priced at Rs. 4,995, Vodafone Smart will enable customers to enjoy hundreds of Android applications on the handset, which comes with two years of warranty. Vodafone subscribers will also enjoy a special introductory limited period offer of Double Data Benefit on their 3G subscription. 

The highlighted features of the Vodafone Smart are:

• Android 2.2.1
• 2.8-inches TFT capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 240 x 320
• 3G, Edge, GPRS, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi tethering, Bluetooth
• GPS with A-GPS
• 2MP camera with video recording capabilities
• MicroSD slot expandable up to 32GB
• Stereo FM and MP3 playback support

Apart from the above mentioned specifications, one gets a 2GB memory card free, along with the handset. The Vodafone Smart is available at all leading retail outlets, Vodafone stores and Mini stores across India.

Malaysian firm launches 'Quran mobile' in India

New Delhi: Tolmol.com, online product comparison firm in a joint venture with Malaysian digital Islamic products maker ENMAC Engineering, Monday launched GSM mobile handset MQ3500 also called 'Quran mobile' to cater to the Muslim community in the Indian market.

Priced Rs.3,950, the dual SIM phone has inbuilt features like complete Quran recitation in voices of world's top seven recitors, auto silent mode during prayer times, Quran translation in 29 languages, prayers, Tafseer (commentaries on Quran) and Hadith (sayings of the Prophet) apart from basic features like GPRS and FM radio.


"This is the first of its kind product being launched in India which has a huge market for digital Islamic products," Anuj Kanish, co-founder Tolmol.com, told IANS.

"Mobile phone now is in the hands of everyone irrespective of age-groups, in all parts of the country. This product will cater to the specific needs of the Muslim community like timely information on important dates and prayer timings and content for their daily prayers," he added.

The company also plans to introduce a range of other Islamic products including digital Quran reader and Islamic e-books, apart from high-end phones with advanced features, in India very soon.

"This is the beginning of a new genre of mobile phones in the Indian market," Kanish said.

Apart from the online platform, the products will also be sold through retail outlets and will be available in markets by early December. IANS

Motorola launches Razr model in new avatar

Handset maker Motorola is back with the new version of its best-selling smartphone 'Razr', which is sleeker and more powerful than the earlier models.
The latest version of the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) device is equipped with a 4.3-inch super AMOLED display, scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass screen, 1 GB RAM and a dual-core 1.2GHz processor. It also has a front-facing 720p HD video camera and 8-megapixel rear-facing camera.
The handset is priced at Rs 35,990, while the best buy price is Rs 33,990.
"One of the best-selling mobile phones of all time, the original Motorola Razr redefined what a mobile phone was as people worldwide proudly flaunted their fashion items," Motorola Mobility Mobile Devices business country head-sales and operations (India and South West Asia) Rajan Chawla said in a statement.
The device comes preloaded with the Motorola MotoCast app, which allows users to stream or download content straight from the PC.

Tata Nano - the world's cheapest car

    
The 2012 Nano will be available in more colours and have more luxurious interiors, as part of an effort to rejuvenate its appeal.
The manufacturers also say the car will be more fuel-efficient.
Tata motors, which makes the Nano, also manufactures British luxury cars Jaguar and Land Rover.
The modifications were made after feedback from Nano owners, Tata Motors' India operations director, PM Talang, is quoted by AFP news agency as saying.
The engine will be increased by three horsepower to 38 and the company says the inside of the car will be quieter.
The car's makers say they hope the new model will help to increase sales. The price of the car will remain the same.
Last December it was reported that sales of the Nano had plunged by 85% compared with a year earlier.
Analysts pointed out that a series of fires in the Nano may have contributed. Tata offered free safety upgrades for the model.
It was launched in 2009, amid great fanfare as a car costing just 100,000 rupees ($1,979; £1,366). Tata owner Ratan Tata has described it as a "milestone" at the time.