Mobilink’s “Something is coming” teaser along with a hint “Downloading Fast!” suggests about 3G Mobile Broadband. Is Mobilink about to bring to mobile users what they have been waiting for, since years?
VimpelCom Ltd. (the parent company of Mobilink Pakistan) has finalised the deal with Google to bring carrier billing for Google Play (the app store for Android devices) to its customers all over the globe. In result, the customers of Mobilink in Pakistan (or other child companies of VimpelCom in other markets) will be able to buy apps, games, books and other content from Google Play store via their mobile accounts. No credit cards or debit cards will be required.
Just couple of weeks ago Mobilink launched the big brother from HTC’s One family, the HTC One X. The smaller “One”, HTC One V is now available for Pakistani customers. Ufone has exclusively launched HTC One V for Rs. 28,500/- Yes it’s the mid-range Android smartphone.
The new One series of HTC Android smartphones had already been launched globally. Now the very first and biggest of three HTC Ones, the HTC One X has been launched in Pakistan exclusively by Mobilink. The introductory price is Rs. 55,999/-
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Mobilink Pakistan and Google Pakistan have recently partnered to bring free SMS chat from Gmail to the Mobilink subscriber. There is however much detail, to be understood with, regarding the policies of the service from both companies whether it’s cost or limits. But using the service is rather as simpler as choosing mobile number and start chatting with that. Read more…
Google Pakistan and Mobilink have partnered to bring free Web-to-SMS chat service. That means a Gmail user now can send SMS to any Mobilink subscriber to initiate a chat session. Of course that Mobilink number will have option to reply back to the Gmail user while this will cost Rs. 1+Tax for each SMS to the phone user if he/she replies back.
Nokia Pakistan and Djuice (A Subsidiary of Telenor) have collaborated to start a chain of developer workshops to train software developers . Focusing on the development for Nokia’s S40 devices, the aim of these workshops is to cater to the lower-end of the market. The first workshop in this chain was held at Telenor regional office where Tony Torp (an external trainer from Nokia) shared the details of development tools available to develop mobile apps for S40 devices while hands-on training session was also delivered to the participants.
Mobilink is ahead again of others in launching another Android based mid-range smartphone. Weighing only 108g, HTC Explorer brings 3.2 inch HVGA capacitive touch screen serving resolution of 480px by 320px. 600MHz processor. Free GPRS for 3 months, hands free and leather pouch
Mobilink has launched the new HTC Radar powered by Windows Phone 7.5 Mango in Pakistan. After launching the first Windows Phone device HTC HD7, back in late December 2010, Mobilink has launched a series of Android devices in collaboration with HTC. Now the same goes with HTC Radar.
Mobilink has the key of Google’s Nexus phones to bring in Pakistan. Like always, Mobilink has introduced the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus in Pakistan with the price tag of Rs. 49,999/-