Nokia enlarge and expand its Lumia family across the world with the pleasurable Nokia Lumia 610 and high-end Nokia Lumia 900 for global level. The Nokia Lumia 610, with a 3.7-inch, is aimed and intended at adolescents, a younger audience on a budget who want a smartphone with social networking, music, Web browsing, gaming and apps. It’s the most affordable, reasonable and economical Lumia up to now. The award-winning Nokia Lumia 900 has been extended to Canada and twisted, tweaked to allow Nokia’s biggest and fastest Lumia smartphone to deliver rich Web video and fast browsing via ultra-fast Dual Carrier-HSPA networks outside America. These phones, along with the Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710, make Nokia’s Windows Phone based-offering an all-inclusive portfolio, with handsets to suit the widest range of people’s requirements and financial plan. 

Nokia Lumia 610:

Nokia Lumia 610 Tech & spec: 

• Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 
• Speed: HSDPA cat 7: 7.2Mbps, 
• Display: 3.7” WVGA (800×480) TFT capacitive touch LCD display with pinch zoom 
• Memory: 256MB RAM 8GB storage 
• Camera: 5 megapixels, auto-focus, LED flash. 
• Size/Weight: 119.24mm x 62.18mm x 11.95mm / 131.5g 
• Processor: 800 MHz Single Core/Qualcomm Snapdragons S1  
• Battery: 1300 mAh Talk time:
• GSM: 10.5 h, WCDMA: 9.5h. Standby time: GSM: 670 h, WCDMA: 720 h 

The furtive of the Nokia Lumia 610 is that it uses slightly less processing power and memory than the other Lumias but will still give teenagers exactly the kind of Internet experiences they are looking for. This arrives via the bright Live Tiles on the Windows Phone homescreen, with the sole People Hub which puts all your friends, family and people you care about most in one place. 

It also lets you read Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn feeds. The Lumia 610 is ideal for sending individual or group shout-outs via text, email or IM conversations. And the smooth Internet browsing via Internet Explorer 9 and Bing search gets you exactly where you want to be on the Web. Coming in four colours, white, cyan, magenta and black, the Nokia Lumia 610‘s metallic looks offer individual style choices which appeal above all to the youth market. 

Furthermore, tens of thousands of applications at the Windows Phone Marketplace – with a try-before-you-buy option of the world’s most excellent mobile games – makes this phone the perfect introduction to Lumia and Windows Phone at Price tag:- €189, 299.447 USD, 27,225.7 PKR.  

And then there’s Nokia’s signature experience. When it comes to music, there’s something to suit all tastes credit to Nokia Music (38 countries) with MixRadio (15 countries) and its 100 channels with selected locally-relevant tracks from a 14-million song catalogue. And Nokia has publicized Nokia Reading providing a single, integrated reading hub experience. Nokia Reading makes it easier and faster to benefit from news, books, and audio books including a widespread catalogue of local language reading material and the aptitude to access content offline. Access to Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, with turn-by-turn navigation, and Nokia Public Transport add even extra worth to the Nokia Lumia 610 package. 

Nokia Lumia 900:

Nokia Lumia 900 tech & specifications: 

• Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 
• Speed: HSDPA+ Dual Carrier cat 24 (42 Mbps), HSUPA cat 6: 5.8 Mbps 
• Display: 4.3” WVGA (800×480) AMOLED capacitive touch ClearBlack display 
• Memory: 512MB RAM 16GB storage 
• Camera: 8Mpix auto-focus with f2.2, LED flash 
• Size/Weight: 127.8mm x 68.5mm x 11.5mm / 160g  
• Processor: 1.4 GHz Single Core/Snapdragon APQ8055 + MDM9200 
• Battery: 1830mAh 
• Operating times – Talk time: (GSM/WCDMA) up to 7 hours. Standby time: (GSM/WCDMA) up to 300 hours.  

At the high end of the range comes the Nokia Lumia 900 in white, cyan and black, designed for the rest of the world, outside the United States. Designed for entertainment, with a stunning combination of huge screen and processing power, people all over the world can’t wait to get their hands on this most modern flagship Nokia phone. It offers the best quality video and entertainment performance in the Lumia family on the 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display, housed in the unique, sole polycarbonate unibody, stressed skin. And it’s all powered by Nokia’s highest capacity battery and fast data connection, using LTE in Canada and DC-HSPA outside of North America. 

The main camera has exclusive Carl Zeiss optics and a large opening for enormous and great performance in low light and a wide-angle focal length for 16:9 images. There’s also a front-facing camera with large aperture and wide-angle lens for sharp, bright images and video calling out of the box. 

Both Nokia phones will available in the second quarter of 2012. The phone has 4G LTE support and is expected to be available in the US from AT&T in March 2012, and rumored in Australia from Telstra in mid-March 2012. Lumia 900 won the Best Smartphone award at CES 2012.

Nokia has announced new smartphone, Nokia 808 PureView. This is a first smartphone to feature and exclusive latest PureView technology, which entirely blows away any prior expectations about the quality of camera phone photography. The Nokia 808 PureView features a 41-megapixel sensor with our highest performance Carl Zeiss optics to date and Nokia’s brand-new pixel oversampling technology. The technology means that taking typically sized shots (say, 5 megapixels) the camera can use oversampling to combine up to seven pixels into one “pure” pixel, removing the visual noise found on other mobile phone cameras. On top of that, you can zoom in up to 3X without losing any of the details in your shot – and there’s no artificially created pixels in your picture, also. 

Otherwise, you can use ‘Creative Shooting Mode’ to capture pictures, images at high resolution – 38 megapixels; then reframe, crop and zoom to find the most excellent “picture within the picture” after the image has been shot and before saving it at convenient sizes for sharing and storage. The oversampling technology also allows for considerably better, improved low light performance than previous camera phones, Compared to a typical optical zoom camera used at full zoom, the Nokia 808 PureView captures over 5x more light. Under normal lighting conditions, performance is also enhanced, as this combination allows for faster secure speeds, reducing the effects of camera tremble.

Video star:

The outstanding camera performance also extends to video. The camera allows for 1080p recording at 30fps, with 4X lossless zoom credit to the huge sensor and powerful image processing which handles over 1 billion pixels per second. At lower resolutions, the capabilities of the zoom increase, with 6X at 720p and up to 12X lossless zoom in nHD (640 x 360) recordings. Certainly great video is nothing without great audio. Nokia 808 PureView also lay down a new standard. The Nokia 808 PureView is the world’s first video recording device to allow recording without misrepresentation at audio levels away from the capability of human hearing. This allows you to even in the harshest of environment, background capture stereo CD-like audio quality. 

It’s a smartphone as well:

Outside the camera, it’s also a great smartphone, certainly! Inside, it’s got the most up-to-date Nokia Belle operating system with Feature Pack 1 enhancements. These enhancements allow better performance, personalization and amusement preference, options with a new browser, the latest Nokia Maps and an improved notifications bar. One other great new feature is that the phone can deliver content recorded in surround sound to any stereo headphones, using technology from Dolby. The screen is a four-inch, ClearBlack AMOLED display beneath Gorilla Glass, allowing for a huge clear sight of what’s going on, under any lighting conditions. Inside, there’s a 1.3GHz processor to keep the whole thing purring. There’s 16GB of internal user memory, with support for MicroSD cards up to 32GB to contain all the pictures and video you’ll be shooting. The device is extraordinarily pocketable considering how much there is inside. It’s only slightly larger than the Nokia N8 while the total weight, including the battery, is 169g. Talk time (over a 3G network) is rated at 6.5 hours, with a standby time of up to 540 hours.

Samsung has launched Android powered Samsung Galaxy-Y Duos (S-6102) – a dual SIM smartphone in Pakistan. This is believed to be up till now another ground-breaking smartphone, customized to suit the communication requirements and financial plan of the youth, while offering the Android Gingerbread know-how, experience along with a Dual SIM feature. The youthful device includes most of the cutting-edge features of the Samsung Galaxy range, to deliver a powerful smartphone performance. This shiny, slim, light-weight and easy to handle device features a 3.14 inch touchscreen along with a 3 Mega Pixel Camera and MicroSD storage up to 32 GB. 

The Galaxy-Y Duos comes with much faster and broader Wi-Fi and GPS features, along with a Social Hub and FM Radio. For the music and video enthusiasts this device has been made compatible with MP-3 (Audio) and MPEG4 (Video) formats, while it supports all other audio and video formats as well. Additionally, the Android Market offers abundance of games, useful tools and productivity apps for the Samsung Galaxy series. 

Specifications:

• Operating System: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) 
• CPU: 832 MHz 
• Dual SIM: Dual Stand by 
• Size: 109.8 x 60 x 12 mm 
• Weight: 109 g 
• Display: 240 x 320 pixels, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors 
• Memory: microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included 
• Internal Memory: 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM 
• DATA: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth, USB 
• Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels 
• Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass 
• Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS 
• Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS 
• GPS: A-GPS support 
• BATTERY: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh 
• Stand-by: Up to 360 h
• Talk time: Up to 9 h

• Price: Rs. 16,500

WikiLeaks began publishing in excess of five million confidential emails from US-based intelligence firm Stratfor, the anti-secrecy group said. The messages, which date from between July 2004 and December 2011, will expose Stratfor’s “web of informers, pay-off structure, payment-laundering techniques and psychological methods,” claimed a WikiLeaks press release.

“The material demonstrates how a private intelligence agency works, and how they intentionally, target individuals for their corporate and government clients,” added the press release. 

The online organization claims to have evidence of the firm’s confidential links to large corporations, such as Bhopal’s Dow Chemical Co. and Lockheed Martin and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defense Intelligence Agency. 

WikiLeaks founder Australian born-40 Julian Assange is now in Britain fighting extradition to Sweden where he is wanted for questioning on rape and sexual assault allegations, crimes and WikiLeaks has long expressed concern that if he is sent to Sweden, Stockholm would quickly send him on to the United States. Washington is impatient to lay hands on the founder after the organization’s publication of hundreds of thousands of classified US diplomatic files. 

Source via Wikileakes.

Imposed Tax by the Government of Pakistan:

The National Assembly panel gave endorsement to two proposals submitted by the PBC to prevail over corporation financial uncertainties. The first suggestion was for the collection of revenue from cellular users and the second one from the buyers of new vehicle. The meeting which was presided over by MNA Belum Hasnain was informed by Director General Radio Murtaza Solangi that they have forwarded a road map to the ministry of information in addition to to the finance ministry to maneuver the PBC out of the financial crisis.

“We are facing a financial crunch, crises and could not survive without generation of new revenue for the state-owned radio,” said Solangi. The meeting, in consultation with other members, supported the proposal to collect 2% revenue on every recharge from cellular users which would be enable Radio Pakistan to collect Rs Four-4 billion each year. 

Parliamentary Member’s Views:

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shakeel Awan, however, raised protest to the proposal, saying that already 26% is being deducted from every mobile recharge of Rs-100. “Already financially crushed masses should be given a relief rather than to push them into a blind alley.” 

PML-N’s Nuzhat Sadiq also objected to the initiative and urged the government to find a parallel and feasible alternative to raise a structure and to revise the policies of Radio Pakistan for introducing a new economic policy. 

The committee also discussed another proposal to generate revenue for the PBC by collecting a one-time fee on the purchase of new cars. Members of the National Assembly panel contended that the person who can afford a car of Rs2.5 million can also donate some money for the revitalization of the national institution. 

Federal Information Minister Said:

Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan assured the committee that the democratic government will not burden the poor people by any means. She said that the government has presented an all-inclusive package to resolve the crisis faced by the PBC including the recommendations which have been put before the committee for further and guidance and support. “Finance ministry has agreed to support these recommendations in the next finance bill,” Minister of information Firdous Ashiq Awan informed the committee. Chairperson of the committee Hasnain further said that a majority of Pakistani people were in the tendency of using mobile phones especially in the night. “So, it will be excellent initiative to collect money from such cellular users,” she observed. 

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February 27 2012, the first day of Mobile World Congress, Nokia will host a press conference, where it will declare noteworthy industry news. The press conference will be hosted by Stephen Elop, Nokia’s president and CEO. Because of the pending public transportation interference, doors will be opened, and accredited media admitted starting at 08:00 a.m. CET. (8:30 AM (CET), February 27, 2012 (12:30 PM PST).

All attendees to the Nokia Press Conference must have an official Mobile World Congress pass identifying them as accredited media. Regrettably, permission to the press conference without authorization is not possible and achievable. We strongly encourage all attendees to register and collect their badge over the weekend. Due to space limitations, admittance to the Nokia press conference will be on a first-come, first served basis. 

Further details on registration for MWC can be found here visit: 

In reference to the aforesaid subject , kindheartedly not the live webcast of Nokia Press conference from the Fira Hall 7, Mobile World Congress 2012 will be starting today at 8:30 AM (CET), February 27, 2012 (12:30 PM PST). For those unable to attend, we will offer a live webcast of the press conference. Click the link to view the live webcast of the press conference at visit: and Follow these hashtags to follow the occasion taking place on twitter #MWC12 #NokiaMWC #NokiaPakistan. 

Source via Syntax Communication Pakistan.

Islamabad – 24th February, 2012: In an endeavor to continue building community blocks, wi-tribe Pakistan shares its most modern CSR initiative that is comprised of a partnership with the Islamabad Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA). The IDCA will be participating in the 1st National Deaf Cricket Tournament, with 32 Deaf Cricket teams representing different cities throughout Pakistan. Wi-tribe is honored to be supporting and sponsoring the team members’ uniforms, travel, accommodation and sports kits for two major gaming events, among others. The team has played one game as hosts in Islamabad and is currently participating in the 2012 National Championship Tournament, being held in Lahore.

“At Wi-tribe, we hold an unambiguous belief that each member of the society should be given equal opportunities and platforms to find out and build upon their strengths. We remind ourselves that each and every human is special in their own way, and our nation will prosper, flourish only if we focus on enriching strengths and helping our communities realize their dreams. This is a continuing philosophy for all of us at Wi-tribe and we desire and we have aspiration our team great success and sporting satisfaction in all their future games,” said Zohare Haider, Manager of Corporate & Digital Communications at Wi-tribe Pakistan. 

Wi-tribe has a full, comprehensive CSR policy which is focused on making a significant, substantial and positive difference in the community. Wi-tribe makes constant, consistent efforts to ease challenges, support and encourage individuals and societies, and offer them fresh opportunities for a improved and better life. 

Wi-tribe CSR supports Islamabad Deaf Cricket team in the 2012 National Championship Tournament: 

Source : Syntax Communications

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has been revealed the first-ever national academic ranking of universities, with Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad leading and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) landing at the 10th position in the overall list. The ranking model has been developed by HEC’s Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) through stakeholder participation. The ranking is based on the number of students, research productivity and quality, modernization, advancement and knowledge transfer, infrastructure, annual graduate productivity, output, international collaborations, student contentment and financial health of the institution.

The overall ranking is as follows:

1. Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
2. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
3. Agha Khan University, Karachi
4. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
5. University of The Punjab, Lahore
6. National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
7. Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University
8. University of Health Sciences, Lahore
9. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)
10. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore

The ranking are also based on grouping including Agriculture/Veterinary, Art & Design, Computer Sciences & IT, Engineering & Technology, Business Education and Medical. 

Agriculture/Veterinary:

1. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
2. Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi
3. University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore
4. KPK Agriculture University, Peshawar
5. Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam 

Art & Design:

1. National College of Arts, Lahore
2. Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture, Karachi

Computer Sciences & IT:

1. COMSAT Institute of Information Tech Islamabad
2. National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences , Islamabad
3. Qurtaba University D.I.Khan
4. Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences, Quetta
5. City University, Peshawar

Engineering & Technology:

1. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science, Islamabad
2. National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad
3. Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering and Technology , Swabi
4. University of Engineering and Technology , Taxila
5. Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad

Business Education:

1. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
2. Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
3. Iqra University, Karachi
4. Sukkur Institute of Business Administration
5. National College of Business Administration & Economics, Lahore

Medical:

1. Agha Khan University, Karachi
2. University of Health Sciences, Lahore
3. Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi
4. Isra University, Hyderabad
5. Khyber Medical University, Peshawar

The two companies jointly conducted a Developer Workshop at NED University with an aim to instill mobile app skills in the Computer engineering students. 

Karachi – February 23, 2012: With a vision to provide to students with ability, shill and talent for mobile app development at a university level, Nokia Pakistan and Djuice conducted a Developer Workshop at NED University which focused on imparting training to students on S40 devices. It was for the first time that Nokia Pakistan carries out a developer workshop exclusively for students at a university. The venue for the workshop was Computer and Information Systems Engineering Department where the trainer Syed Faraz Ahmed from Lakson Business Solutions shared details of the development tools available to develop mobile apps for S40 devices and gave hands-on training to participants.

Expressing her views, Rabia Azfar Nizami, Business Development Manager EDX, Near East, NOKIA said, “I be thankful and appreciate for the interest level of NED University’s students to learn and excel and stand out in their chosen field. Nokia has been organizing these kinds of workshops for developers in Pakistan for the past one year and it is for the first time that it was being solely organized for students. Nokia partnered with djuice and P@SHA to offer training for S40 platform and the workshop was geared towards channelizing the strengths of these students and providing them an affluent and rich package of resources to develop more locally relevant mobile apps for S40 devices which are most popular and well-liked among the masses in our country.”

At the workshop’s conclusion, certificates were distributed among all the participating students. Ms. Nida Siddiqui was awarded a Nokia Asha 200 for her excellent performance in the workshop while Mr. YasirTahir and Mr. Shayan Rais, both were awarded a djuice connection & internet bundle by Ammar Waheed, Assistant Manager Content, Product Development, djuice. Occasions of this nature are significant to take the local IT/Telecom industry to the next level and enable better, enhanced mobility experience, understanding for end consumers especially in countries like Pakistan where majority of people use S40 mobile phones. 

SAP: Press Release: 

Source via: Nokia Pakistan Mobile (Pvt) Ltd 

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Warid has introduced and initiates a package of Glow Dosti, a refurbished package aimed at Pakistani adolescence, youth. Warid claims that Glow Dosti will provide and offer its users with an opportunity to talk to their friends and family at lowest feasible calling rates. This is a prospective coupled with SMS and GRPS bundles. According to preface information we found on Warid website, Warid has used Music as a channel to communicate its new package. Glow Dosti campaign features a song, a thematic TVC and tactical ads for voice, SMS and mobile internet. 

A statement issued by Warid said that Glow will get the youth engaged through customized Warid Glow activity areas in select colleges, universities, shopping and entertainment venues across Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Glow’s festivity officially start on with the brand new ‘Dosti Ke Rung’ music video being aired across all major local networks, promoting the colors of friendship. 

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Speaking about GLOW ‘Raat-Din’ Package Mr. Suhail Jan, General Manager Commercial, and Warid Telecom said, “In our efforts to keep GLOW the most preferred mobile service brand for the youth of Pakistan, our management has been incredibly progressive in terms of brand evolution to keep up with the users changing preferences. Glow ‘Raat-Din’ is an amazing package that is exclusively designed for youngsters following an in-depth research. At Warid we are continuously exploring the most excellent methods to meet the dynamic needs of active youth who always aspiration more from their connection.” 

Detailed information is available on Warid glow website. For package activation new Warid customers can dial 789 while existing customers can dial 321 or SMS Glow to 7777. Other network users can dial 24/7 MNP helpline 0321-321-321-1 for porting-in to Warid network. Detailed information are as under.

New Glow Tariff Voice:

Weekdays: Monday to Friday: 

• F&F (Up to 10 off net numbers): 61 paisas per 30 seconds – round the clock
• F&F (Up to 10 on-net numbers)
• 8 AM to 11 PM: Rs. 1.99 per 30 minutes
• 11 PM to 8 AM: Rs. 2.99 per hour
• Glow to all Warid Numbers: 79 Paisas per 30 seconds – round the clock
• Glow to off-net numbers: 89 Paisas per 30 seconds – round the clock

Weekends: Saturday and Sunday: 

• F&F (Up to 10 off net numbers): 61 paisas per 30 seconds – round the clock
• F&F (Up to 10 on-net numbers): Rs. 2.99 per hour
• Glow to all Warid Numbers: 79 Paisas per 30 seconds – round the clock
• Glow to off-net numbers: 89 Paisas per 30 seconds – round the clock

SMS Bundles: 

• 150 SMS at Rs. 1.50/day
• 400 SMS at Rs. 2.99/day
• 700 SMS at Rs. 6.99/week
• 1000 SMS at Rs. 7.99/month

Mobile Internet: 

• 2MB at Rs. 2.99/day
• 10MB at Rs. 30/month
• Surf @ Twilight: Unlimited at Rs. 20/day (1am to 9am)

How to Activate: 

• To activate, send DOSTI to 7777
• Rs. 10 for glow customers
• Rs. 25 for Warid prepaid customers

NOTE: 

All prices, other than Mobile Internet, are exclusive of 19.5 % taxes.

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