Apple's new iPhone coming in Q2: Report

SEOUL, March 22: Apple Inc's new iPhone will have a sharper and bigger 4.6-inch "retina" display and is set to be launched around the second quarter, a South Korean media reported on Thursday.

Sales of the iPhone, first introduced in 2007 with the touch screen template now adopted by its rivals, account for around half Apple's total sales.

Apple has decided on the bigger 4.6-inch display for its next iPhone and started placing orders to its suppliers, the Maeil Business Newspaper said, quoting an unnamed industry source.

Its major display suppliers LG Display and Samsung Electronics Co declined to comment.

Samsung, which is also the biggest challenger to Apple in smartphones, uses 4.6-inch OLED display for its flagship Galaxy S II smartphone, introduced in April last year.

The high-definition "retina" display--containing several times as many pixels within the same area-- is used in the latest iPad released earlier this month.

The latest iPhone 4S was introduced in October last year.

NETGEAR Launches Universal WiFi Range Extender in India

By Deepak Arora

NEW DELHI, March 14: NETGEAR®, Inc., a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, has announced that the NETGEAR Universal WiFi Range Extender (WN30000RP), which extends WiFi coverage for any home office or home network, is now available in India.

The NETGEAR Universal WiFi Range Extender effectively doubles the operating distance of your entire wireless network and conveniently avoids additional need for power cables or device clutter on your office desk or home theater.

WN3000RP extends your wireless network to include the area outside the range of your existing wireless router by overcoming obstacles and enhancing overall network signal quality, giving you the freedom to roam anywhere in the house and access Internet without worrying about coverage.

The product was specifically designed to be plugged into an electrical outlet, and blends in nicely with any surrounding. It is compatible with wireless b/g/n routers, gateways and Internet service provider devices.

It extends internet access throughout your home for wireless devices like iPads®, iPods®, laptops, smart phones, game consoles and TVs and enhances existing equipment and keeps your current equipment and improve coverage to eliminate wireless “dead zones”.

It sets up in minutes and there is no need to insert a CD or plug in Ethernet cables and it works with all security standards including WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, mixed mode and WEP. Its Ethernet port allows the Extender to function as a bridge to connect to home theater devices

The NETGEAR Universal WiFi Range Extender (WN3000RP) is priced at MRP Rs. 4700.

Strontium expands its footprints in India

NEW DELHI, March 12: After grabbing 30 per cent share of Indian memory module market in Year 2011, Strontium Technology, a leading PC and flash memory manufacturing company, is aggressively expanding its footprint across India and has signed agreements with OSR Distribution as its Regional Distributor for South India and Sunstrike Telecom as its National Distributors.

These new relationships will serve to expand Strontium’s sales channels and provide direct access to resellers, retailers and mobile shops on a national level as well as more focus on South India territory thus having a seamless and highly efficient supply chain solution for its growing commercial channel business in India.

Mr. Ajay Kogta, Country Manager, Strontium India, said, “The Indian market is growing at a fast pace. To penetrate the market better we have to extend our sales network. Sunstrike has expertise in mobile phone distribution with established sales offices all around India. It will be national level distributor for Strontium Flash products.”

Mr Chanpreet Singh, CEO, Sunstrike, said, “Our relationship with Strontium is an extension of our strategy to provide resellers and their customers with more choices.”

Commenting on the tie up with OSR distribution, Mr Ajay Kogta, said, “OSR has a good distribution network, strong infrastructure and expertise in South India. It will be our regional distributor for South India for the complete range of DRAM and Flash products.”

Mr Rakesh Mahajan, CEO, OSR India, said, “Strontium's decision to appoint us as distributor is a good news for our customers as we now have a complete range of memory products to offer our customers. Our strong channel partnerships with resellers and dealers will boost Strontium’s reach into the existing market.”

Hundia Infosolutions, KBC Computech, Redington India Ltd, Shree Computers Sales & Sun Infinity Devices will continue to be distributors of Strontium in India.

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