Spice, Qualcomm Launch 3G Devices

Spice Mobiles has collaborated with Qualcomm to bring 3G CDMA (CDMA2000 and WCDMA) devices to the Indian market. The two new Spice handsets - S-950, the first Indian branded 3G device and C-810, a full-featured CDMA2000 device for the open market in India, was unveiled by actor Katrina Kaif. Spice Mobile S-950 is based on Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM6245 chipset solution, designed for 3G devices that have wireless multimedia features. S-950 supports wideband services like high-speed Internet, high resolution video and enhanced quality image transmission with the same quality as fixed networks.

The slider device also offers a 2MP camera, 262K color screen, music player (mp3/AAC/AAC+), stereo bluetooth, inbuilt stereo FM radio, video playback, JAVA, expandable memory support along with backward compatibility with EDGE/GPRS/GSM. This phone also comes with value added content and applications like Google Search, Opera mini Browser, NGPay application for banking/ticketing etc, and preloaded content from the Bollywood film 'Jannat'. Spice Mobile C-810 is based on the QSC6020 chipset from the Qualcomm Single-Chip (QSC) family of solutions that enables smaller, sleeker, more power-efficient devices.

Spice maintains that the multimedia handset offers a 15-day standby/10-hour talk-time and storage capacity of 500 songs or 1000 images. It features a 2.2" display screen, 1.3MP camera, Music Player (mp3/AAC), inbuilt FM radio video player, Bluetooth, BREW and expandable memory support.Source