Spice Mobiles Launches D-88 Gold

Spice Mobiles has announced the launch of the Spice D-88 Gold handset. 

The dual-SIM facility enables dual SIM usage and simultaneous calls and messages on both the CDMA and GSM SIMs. This also allows calls to be put on hold and swapped simultaneously between the GSM and CDMAs connection without re-starting the phone.   

The Spice D-88 Gold comprises of FM recording and  playback together with an expandable memory support up to 2 GB and 1.3 MP camera with multi–shot photo mode.

This gold-finished handset also features stereo-Bluetooth, JAVA support and Remote Control Application that lets users run through their business presentations via Bluetooth. This phone can also be used as a modem and has the Opera Mini web browser. 

The sales pack comes with a 512MB memory card free and preloaded songs of the movie Dostana. 

The Spice D-88 Gold is available at an MRP of Rs 8,999.

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Preview - HTC Touch Pro

HTC launched its Touch Pro handset along with the Touch Viva only recently with Idea Telecom. Now I’m not particularly interested in what services are bundled with the handset and provider combined; since the phone's open GSM I’m more concerned with what it offers the generic user. Having gotten hold of a test piece I can’t give a comprehensive review, but I shall give you a preview of what it offers – and what I liked and disliked about the phone.

Form Factor
The biggest drawback I see with the handset is its bulky design. Let’s face it; if it’s going to go up against the Xperia it’s not going to fare very well in the looks department. To start with, it weighs about 165g and is 18.05mm thick. It has no hot swap slot for the microSD card on the outside; you will have to pop open the rear panel to access it. There's a magnetic slot for the stylus, so it neatly slips in. 

The 2.8 inch VGA display (480 x 620 pixels) is vibrant and will be great for watching videos or surfing the net. The Pro is identical with theDiamond with regard to the navigation system and the keys located below the display – a circular five-way nav-pad, home and return keys, and call take and end soft-touch buttons.

It has a proprietary USB slot at the bottom that somehow manages to accommodate a standard mini USB cable. What really gets to me is the one-slot-fits-all design. The same port is used for charging, earphones, and USB connectivity. There's a 3MP camera with LED flash, located at the rear of the handset.

Features
Running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS with a 5287 MHz Qualcomm processor and 512MB ROM and 256MB RAM, I’m expecting the handset to be a lot faster than the prototype, so no comment on the speed of performance. The TouchFLO 3D looks great and is very convenient to use. The Stylus is absolutely redundant in this sense, but it will be handy for other features and settings. I couldn’t seem to find a control for the accelerometer though.

There's an Audio Booster feature that is usable only when a headset is connected. The fluid nature of the accelerometer is revealed in the preloaded game 'Teeter' (available with the Diamond too). There aren’t too many additional or HTC-oriented features though. A YouTube client should be available. The handset also has internal GPS, which is getting increasingly useful these days. 

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Review of LEAD 4 DEAD

Looks amazing Features the most juicy headshots out there Incredibly scalable Best co-op action, hands down Exemplary level design Great gun physics No server browser Matchmaking is inadequate Too few Campaigns

There's something about zombie flicks and games that makes them fun to watch/play, no matter how lame they are. So when a high quality piece of entertainment hits us zombie fanatics, it's a little unsettling since we're used to the mediocre stuff thrown at us. Left 4 Dead is just that - an extremely well designed co-op zombie shooter, that offers an experience more intense than anything out there.

Left 4 Dead has you play the role of one of four survivors of a zombie holocaust - Francis, Bill, Zoey and Louis. Your goal is to make your way to an extraction/rescue point, as you carve your way through an endless onslaught of the risen dead. This cooperative approach to survival horror has never been done before, and it exercises both - your skills with the gun, as well as your ability to work as part of a team.

The game has two modes - Campaign and Versus. Campaign plays out as a standard co-op game with up to four players playing as survivors, while empty slots get filled by the game's AI. The Campaigns are presented as zombie flicks, namely No Mercy, Death Toll, Dead Air and Blood Harvest. The loading screen of each Campaign displays a poster of each of these flicks, with a rather cheesy caption like "Curing the infection, one bullet at a time", reminding you of those dusty old zombie movies sitting in your VHS collection.

But don't be fooled by its cocky appearance. While Left 4 Dead isn't scary enough to make you wet your pants, it's probably the most intense co-op shooter you're ever going to play. You start off each campaign in a relatively safe spot - the roof of a building or a safe room inside a factory - with a stash of firearms, ammunition and first aid kits at your disposal. From the minute you leave the comfort of these safe zones, you're up for a different experience no matter how many times you've played the game.

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