OliveSmart V-S300 first Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone for India

Just a week after the release of Android 2.3 GingerBread, Olive Telecom has announced release of its new smartphone OliveSmart V-S300 running on Android 2.3. OliveSmart V-S300 is being launched in association with Aircel and expected to cost around Rs. 20,000.

OliveSmart V-S300 runs android 2.3 and provides features like the HSPA+ connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1, Wifi, Proximity & Accelerometer sensors, GSM Quadband, Fluence Noise Cancellation with dual microphone and a 3.5mm headset jack, GPS, digital compass with Google Maps and MapMyIndia.

OliveSmart V-S300 has a hardware, pretty decent with 1Ghz Qualcomm SnapDragon processor along with Adreno 205 GPU for the graphics. The smartphone comes with a 4.1 inch WVGA display with a resolution of 480 x 800 and a capacitive touch interface with multi-touch support. OliveSmart V-S300 embodies an auto-focus 5mp camera with flash and supports 720p quality video recording. OliveSmart V-S300 has an in-built memory of 2GB with 512 MB ROM and extendable up to 32GB. And not to miss out, OliveSmart comes with HDMI Port Type D with DLNA capabilities for remote playback of HD content and Live TV.

OliveSmart V-S300 is a feature rich phone for the price it is available for. And looking at the features, it looks like a very decent phone and could be counted on. Let us just wait and see for more reviews on this phone once it is available.

OliveSmart V-S300 is expected to be available by the end of March.
More information on the phone is available on their OliveWebsite here. 

India's first dual sim android phone - Motorola Glam XT800

Motorola XT800

Motorola has released its new Android Smart phone supporting dual-SIM capability in India. Named Motorola Glam XT800, the handset comes with Android 2.2 Froyo, a 3.7 inch touch screen, 5 mega pixel camera and GSM+CDMA connection. 

Motorola XT800 works on a processor of 550Mhz and a 256MB RAM on board. External memory can be extended up to 32GB using the microSDHC Card. Motorola XT800 comes with a 3.7 inch touch screen with FWVGA kind of display and a resolution of 480x854, aspect ratio being 16:9. Motorola XT800 also includes a camera of 5mp and capable of 720p HD video recording. Not to miss out, Motorola XT800 also provides an HDMI port for plugging it into an HD TV.

Motorola XT800 has the GPS module, supports Bluetooth 2.1 and also offers Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g. 

Even though Mororola XT800 seems to be a feature rich power packed phone, the processor speed of 550Mhz would make it hardly any good. Motorola has released an upgraded version called Motrola XT800+  in China which has a faster processor. This very fact makes me uncomfortable with this phone and would definitely not recommend it until I get one for hands-on review.