Motorola launches two dual-SIM phones

NEW DELHI: After Nokia, it is the turn of Motorola to improvise its product portfolio to suit the growing demand for dual-SIM handsets in India.

The American company, struggling to re-establish its handsets division, said it was launching its first two dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) handsets in India at affordable prices.

Both the handsets will be immediately available at retails outlets across India, claimed Motorola in a press statement. The Motorola EX128 is priced at a best buy price of Rs 5,990 (MRP: Rs 6,990) and the Motorola EX115 at Rs 4,990 (MRP: Rs 5,990).

The Motorola EX115 is a dual-SIM QWERTY phone, while the Motorola EX128 is a touchscreen dual-SIM with stylus. Both the models boast of embedded social connectivity icons, entertainment-on-the-go with a 3-megapixel camera, video camcorder, large colour display and an expandable memory of up to 32GB micro-SD card.

At 12.8mm thick, the Motorola EX128 is a multimedia phone that comes with a generous 8.1cm (3.2 inch) WQVGA touchscreen. One can browse Web pages and check emails along with social networking on this phone. It offers multimedia experience with its 3-megapixel camera with digital zoom and video camcorder, as well as supports MPEG4 and FM radio. With an expandable memory of up to 32GB, this handset claims a talktime of up to 300 minutes and standby time of up to 350 hours. It has a 65K colour display and dimensions of 107.7mm in width, 58mm in length, and 12.4mm in height.

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Sensex up by 225 pts on all-round buying

MUMBAI: Positive global cues and persistent capital inflows drove the benchmark Sensex up by 225 points in early trade on the BSE today, with auto stocks generating strong demand ahead of the release of September sales data.

After surging by 115 points within minutes of opening, the 30-share barometer of the Bombay Stock Exchange was up by 225.35 points, or 1.12 per cent, at 20,294.47 at 1015 hours.

The National Stock Exchange's 50-share Nifty was also up by 63.75 points, or 1.06 per cent, at 6,093.70 at 1015 hours.

All the sectoral indices on the BSE were trading in the green. In addition to auto stocks, metal shares were on a roll after positive economic data from the US and China signalled that demand was unlikely to slowdown in the near-term.

As per provisional data from the stock exchanges, foreign funds continue to pump in money into the Indian economy and bought shares worth Rs 2,496.89 crore during Thursday's session.

Meanwhile, key benchmark indices in Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan rose by about 0.11 per cent to 0.89 per cent in morning trade today.

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