Sony Mobile India announced the launch of its first Sony-branded smartphone Xperia S in the country. Other devices in Xperia NXT series, Xperia Sola, Xperia P and Xperia U will be available next month.

First showcased at Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, Sony Xperia S runs on Android 2.3 and features 1.5GHz dual core processor. It also comes with 4.3 inch 720p display and 12.1MP rear camera. Xperia S is now available in the market for Rs. 32,549.

According to the company, it plans to upgrade Xperia S to Ice Cream Sandwich sometime this quarter.

Key Specifications

4.3 inch (1280 x 720 pixels) Reality Display with Mobile Bravia Engine

1.5 GHz Qualcomm Dual Core processor

12.1 megapixel camera with auto focus

1GB RAM

32GB Internal memory

128.0 x 64.0 x 10.6 mm, 144 grams

Reliance Communications' (RCom) Android 2.3 based CDMA tablet, which is priced attractively at Rs 12,999, will be available in multi-brand and Rworld stores .

"RCom's CDMA tablet will be available in most of the multi-brand and Rworld stores from today and the special introductory tariff plan introduced with the tablet will be only for post subscribers," an RCom spokesperson told The Mobile Indian.

The Reliance CDMA Tab comes with

- 7-inch capacitive touch screen
- Android 2.3 operating system
- 512 MB RAM 
- micro SD external storage.
- The 397 gram weighing tablet 
- 2.0 megapixel rear camera and a front camera.

The Reliance CDMA Tab is supported by Reliance's CDMA network across 22 circles in over 1000 towns in the country. The device comes bundled with attractive monthly and annual data plans for postpaid RCom subscribers.

Facebook has blocked the user accounts with the surname ‘Chutia’ believing the accounts to be fake and fabricated. This has irked the All Assam Chutia Students’ Union(Aacsu) as thousands of Chutia community subscribers’ accounts were blocked by the social networking giant.

Chutia, pronounced as Sutiya, is a community in Assam while the word is a commonly-used derogatory term in Hindi.

The general secretary of Aacsu, Jyotiprasad Chutia, stated that all the accounts belonging to the Chutia community of Assam were blocked by Facebook as they believed the names to be false and fabricated.

The Facebook authorities thought that the account holders are fake and fabricated as ‘Chutia’ is an abusive word in the Hindi language.

The association stated that the Facebook authority is still unknown to the fact that Chutia is an ethnic tribe of Assam which has a rich historical background in the state history.

The students protested against Facebook by burning an effigy of the social networking site in five Assam districts as part of a wider campaign.

Facebook, along with Google+ and other social networks, insists that users register with their real name as they will take action against anyone using a fake name.

Bharti Airtel, a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, has chosen Infosys, a global leader in consulting & technology, as its partner for ‘airtel money’ – the country’s first of its kind mobile wallet service by a mobile operator. Under this partnership, Infosys WalletEdgeTM - the mobile commerce platform will enable the ubiquitous mobile wallet service to support cashless payments & settlement needs of diverse customer segments.

FinacleTM Digital Commerce is at the core of this platform. It facilitates the creation of a unique ecosystem of card issuers, merchants, financial and retail institutions to offer customers a wide spectrum of payment options for their transactions. The platform will enable 'airtel money' customers to pay bills, recharge accounts, shop at over 7000+ merchant outlets, transact online through multiple channels including mobile phones, Interactive Voice Response, ATMs and Point of Sale.

Infosys WalletEdgeTM is also a highly scalable platform capable of supporting millions of transactions annually in a secure environment. Delivered through a private Cloud, it creates a comprehensive shared services framework that allows members of the ecosystem to process payment instructions seamlessly and cost efficiently.

Motorola Atrix 2 is now available in India for Rs 22,990. Though it does not have the best of specifications amongst high end smartphones, but it certainly offers the best for the price.

Motorola Atrix 2 comes with a 4.3-inch qHD display with a resolution of 540×960, 1 GHZ dual-core processor, 8 GB internal memory which can be expanded to 32GB, 8 megapixel rear camera and a 0.3 megapixel front camera as well. The phone is based on Android 2.3 OS.

The well designed Motorola Atrix 2 comes preloaded with EA games. At Rs 22,990, this phone is priced in the close vicinity of phones like HTC Desire HD, HTC Radar (Windows Phone), Blackberry Bold 9780, and Samsung Galaxy R.