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Aircel the Pan India GSM Mobile service operator in the has launched one of its kind and innovative offering in the form of Wireless Internet Phone (WIP) at Rs3299 with attractive postpaid and prepaid plans.

Aircel’s WIP is a Phone cum Internet modem loaded with a Browser and one-touch GPRS/WAP (Pocket Internet access) is now available  across all  22 telecom circles in India. This WIP device is small and easy to use with a large Screen of 3.5 inches TFT LCD screen.

The USP of this WIP is it has in-built On-device Internet Browsing wherein you can Browse Internet on device at EDGE speed without needing to connect P.C for Internet access. The call charges are also quite attractive wherein subscriber can make Local and STD calls at just 50p/min to any network across India.

Aircel WIP has been made by Huawei has inbuilt memory of 64 MB which is non-expandable and users cannot download files from the Internet to WIP phone. However one can download files by connecting WIP as a Internet modem with their PC/Laptop.

Small is what it is, but big is what you get out of it! Aircel has launched a new Pocket internet card which comes at the cost of a cutting chai – Just Rs. 5.

This comes with a validity of one day browsing and an extra free* day of browsing thrown in for good measure, but the limit is set at 20 Mb to ascertain fair use policy per day.

To Activate one day free internet,one has to  visit the url <a href="http://mail.live.com">http://mail.live.com</a> from your Aircel mobile within 30 days of recharge.

Sign in with your Windows Live Hotmail, MSN or Windows Live Messenger ID or sign up for a new account. After logging in , click on ‘Aircel free Internet’ at the top and  claim your one day  free internet.

The one day free pack  will be activated within 48 hours. You can only avail this offer a maximum of 3 times. Offer valid till September 30,2010

Details

1)Validity – 1 Day Browsing + 1 Extra Day Free*

2)Fair use policy applies. Browsing up to 20 mb only.

Aircel, a joint venture between Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited and India’s fifth largest GSM mobile service provider with a subscriber base of over 36 million today introduced Social Gaming to Mobile Customers for the first time in India. the service will allow Gaming enthusiasts to play “Great Indian Parking wars” on ibibo.com gaming website.

Aircel and ibibo.com will offer, “Great Indian Parking wars” on the Aircel Pocket Internet and in near future company will provide more and more games in future. The customers can log on to these games via their Facebook ID or ibibo.com ID to access “Great Indian Parking wars”.

“With first Social Gaming on your Mobile Phones the intent is to drive innovation at the convergence of Games and Social Platforms while you are on the move. It is our endeavor to offer our consumers exciting and engaging opportunities such as gaming and staying socially connected anytime, anywhere,” said, Mr. Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel.

“Great Indian Parking wars” allow the users to add friends to their network, buy new cars, issue challans to cars parked on their street, block parking areas on others’ streets and lots of such interesting in-game activities which makes this game more interesting. The game does not require any downloads and are Free-to-play for the users. Users can play this game on their WAP-enabled handsets.

To access these games visit Aircel Pocket Internet from Aircel WAP-enabled mobile phone.

It looks like a simple Blackberry but it doesn’t make any calls. That’s alright because Aircel’s Peek lets you manage upto 3 email accounts in exhange for mobile telephony- all for a down-to-earth sum of Rs. 2999. In this bold move, Aircel’s Peek is a device that shies away from technology convergence and instead focuses on specialization and economy.

This colour display device has a QWERTY keyboard and looks like a business class phone. On the Peek, users can read email attachments in Word, Excel, PDF and image formats as well as send and receive attachments up to a maximum of 10MB in size. There is also support for Microsoft Exchange.

The specs of the device are pretty impressive. Here we have a 2.5-icnh QVGA res 65K colours screen, a multifunctional clickable scroll wheel, a back button and aluminum plated back. For security purposes, the device comes with a security lock that protects the Peek from unauthorized access. For extra measure, the device deletes all data if any attempts are made to enter the password more than 10 times in a row. Battery life should not be an issue either as the device runs comfortably for 2-3 days under a single charge.

The Peek comes with prepaid and postpaid plans. For prepaid offers, users can get unlimited email service for Rs. 867 for 90 days. After this period expires, the user can recharge for Rs. 89 to receive 7 days of validity or the user can pay Rs. 299 for 30 days of validity. Of course, usage here is unlimited.

For post paid customers, users have to pay Rs. 897 for three months of unlimited email service after which a rental of Rs. 299 per month will be charged. While this device seems inexpensive, internet on mobile could be a cheaper, better alternative. It looks like Aircel may have a tough sell.