Another Mid range phone of Nokia has leaked

Nokia’s next mid-range handset C2 has leaked. The C2 will be the new addition to its C-series that run’s Nokia’s S40 Os. The most interesting factor about C2 is its form factor.

The C2 will somewhat  look like Nokia 6800 which had a split QWERTY keypad. Though it might have the similarities of 6800, C2 will take a completely new level design. Nokia 6800 had a small screen, however the C2 will have a largish QVGA sized touchscreen.

The keyboard is expected to have e-ink technology( electronic paper display(EPD)),  also the keypad can be folded and it will have a 2Mp Camera with Carl Zeis Optics.

As of now there are no other information about this new phone.

Toyota’s Etios to compete with Swift, Polo and i20

Toyota is one of the largest Car manufacturer headquartered in Japan. At its peak, Toyota employed approximately 320,000 people worldwide. Now Toyota has announced its launch of Etios in India, a small car that is expected to compete with Maruthi’s Swift, Hyundai’s i10 and Volkswagen’s  Polo.

The Price of the above mentioned small cars in the market is

Maruthi Swift – Rs 4,11,934* – Rs 5,36,183*

Hyundai i10 – Rs 3,43,575* – Rs 5,52,466*

Volkswagen Polo – Rs 4,34,000* – Rs 6,70,000*

Toyota is expected to launch its new car in the market by the end of this year or early next year. It is strongly believed that the company has to follow an aggressive pricing strategy in order to compete with the other small cars.

The company has already showcased its product(Etios) at the 10th auto expo and was formally announced that it will be launched in Indian market first before any other market in the world.
Now Toyota is looking for developing its dealer network to make its small car sales possible in Indian Market.

Apple acquires Virtual Assitant App Siri

As you know Apple is the most spelled word in today’s mobile market as well as in Tablet computers. But Apple wants you to spell even more in front of its device and may be this is the plan from Apple to buy the small but powerful organisation Siri.

Siri is basically involved in developing some virtual applications mainly voice recognition and search programs.Siri is also involved in developing applications for some millitary activities and you can interact with the phone via voice or text like asking information on weather,route,restaurants and also details on other events.

Siri has also developed some iPhone but it works only in US and also it is used by US Defense advance research project agency.Siri is one of the successful industry with artificial intelligence projects.It seems the acquisition deal could be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 to $200 million.

Apple is trying to acquire many small and powerful organisations in the recent years in the similar way Google is also doing the same.