Want the latest and greatest version of the HTC Sense UI but still toting a Desire HD ? Well you don’t have to wait any longer as the hackers over at XDA Developers have managed to get it running on handset.

The ROM takes the new UI from a leaked build of the upcoming HTC Bliss and is not yet fully functional. The biggest caveat in this Android 2.3.4 based ROM is that bluetooth is not functional as of now. If that does not deter you from trying to flash an experimental build , then click right through the source link to get full instructions. Just keep in mind that flashing a ROM will most definitely void your warranty !

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Vodafone has launched their Facebook phone, Vodafone Blue in India. This phone is developed in collaboration with Facebook that has the qualities of a smartphone and social networking functions. The phone was announced in UK this July. This phone has dedicated F button that lets the user upload pictures, visit profiles and update status at a single click. This has 2.4 inch screen, Full QWERTY keypad and an optical track pad for navigation.

Specifications of Vodafone Blue

    * 2.4 inch TFT 256k display
    * Full QWERTY Keyboard and Optical Trackpad
    * Dual Band GSM phone
    * 2MP camera with flash
    * Bluetooth 2.1 and Micro USB 2.0
    * 3.5mm headphone jack and FM Radio
    * Supports multiple audio (AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, MP3,WMA, MIDI) and video (MPEG4, H263) formats
    * 40MB internal memory that is expandable up to 16GB with MircoSD
    * 1000 mAh battery that offers 3h talk time and 324 hours standby

The Facebook profiles are synced with the phone’s address book. Other than the integrated Facebook client it has Palringo chat suite that support Google talk, ichat, Facebook, XMPP, ICQ, gadu-gadu and AIM. It also comes with default Email client with POP3 and IMAP4 support and Opera Mini web browser.

The Vodafone Blue is priced at Rs. 4,950.

  Heard of Philips Mobile Phones ? They were available quite a while ago and we have not heard from them in a while now. The Xenium range of phones are popular in Europe and Russia for their exceptional battery life. Looks like the company is making a comeback into India or at least testing the waters again as we got an invited to a launch event happening on Today Sep7th.Interestingly the invite comes from Conplex Telecom India. From the looks of the phone in the invite we are placing our bets on the Xenium X806 which is a Dual SIM phone with 1 month standby time and around 8 hours of talk time.Specs of the Xenium X806 are

    * Dual SIM
    * 5 MP Camera with Auto focus and Flash
    * 3 inch color display with Touchscreen
    * Bluetooth with A2DP
    * 70 hours music playback
    * microSD card support
    * 1530 mAh battery

Regarding the price we expect it to be around Rs.10000

We expect to see more Xenium phones along with this one.Soon, you will have more choice when you are looking for a Dual SIM phone in India.
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Nokia India in association with Arogya World a US based non-profit organization announced a major diabetes prevention mobile health initiative in India.

As part of this initiative Arogya World will offer free diabetes awareness and prevention content to consumers for 6 months to existing and new Nokia consumers in India who have Nokia Life Tools service on their phones.

Messages will be delivered as text message alerts, twice a week, in 12 different languages commonly used in India.

Once the initial program is over, the consumers will have the opportunity to opt-in to receive diabetes awareness and prevention messages at a nominal fee.

Nokia Healthcare services currently offer precautionary information on the following key areas: (i) Mother and child: Pregnancy advice and Childcare advice (ii) Health and fitness: Men’s health and Women’s health and (iii) Health topics: Respiratory health, Healthy heart and Diabete

Think a flexible smartphone is just science fiction? You might have to think again, thanks to Samsung. The Korean company recently unveiled Galaxy Skin, an Android smartphone that can take on different shapes and take on even hammer blows, set for a 2012 Q2 release.

So aside from its flexible form, what specs can Galaxy Skin boast of? For starters, it will have a flexible 4″ AMOLED display (800×480) made of plastic polyimide substrate. Samsung already confirmed that they have started production of such screens. This form of AMOLED technology consumes less energy but still delivers good screen brightness compared to the normal Samsung AMOLED screens.

Other known specs of Galaxy Skin include 1 GB RAM; 1.2 GHz processor; 8 MP rear camera and VGA front camera with auto focus, self-portrait, stop motion, action shot, and Panorama shots; and 1500 mAh battery. Connectivity-wise, it has Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n features. It will reportedly run on Android Jellybean (the next Google OS version after Ice Cream Sandwich), but there are speculations that Google will make a special version for it, namely Android Flexy.