Google Android, GPhone

Google announces Android and Open Handset Alliance as highlights of their mobile phone plans.

Android is the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes Linux as a mobile operating system, user-interface, applications, and all other software needed to run a mobile phone.More than 30 other companies involved with Google in this project including Qualcomm, Broadcom, HTC, Intel, Samsung, Motorola, Sprint, and Texas Instruments.

Nokia BH-101 Bluetooth headset

Nokia has unveiled its latest accessory for mobile phone users, called the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-101.

Boasting an efficient power management, the built-in battery of this compact gadget provides a talktime of up to 8 hours and 180 hours of standby time. Nokia also offers an adjustable earloop so that users can enjoy a long conversation comfortably while driving.

The BH-101 headset supports call handling function, Bluetooth functions up to version 2.0 with EDR along with Handsfree v.1.5 and Headset v.1.1.

You can expect the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-101 to be available for around €30 / $40, without taxes, by Christmas time. It is expected to hit shelves worldwide.

Microsoft to Deliver TV Over Web in India

Targeting a different market than it has gone after in the West, Microsoft announced a partnership with India’s Reliance Communications on Monday to provide Internet Protocol Television service to households in India. The companies are going after the fast-growing mass market in India, which is growing by about 25 percent per year.

Reliance Communications will pay Microsoft about US$500 million in license fees to use its software for Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, service, which delivers high-quality video over phone lines to home television sets.

Reliance Communications plans to launch the service in March next year.