Fly Mobile, one of the pioneers in dual SIM phones in Europe and a brand owned by the Meridian Group, has launched Fly LINKZ (E145), the Youth Oriented, stylish, power packed All-in-one messaging and social networking full touch Dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) phone at Rs Rs.5509 in India.
The new Dual GSM Handset Fly LINKZ is specially tailored for new-generation and the online age, making you more mobile. Social networks & communities supported by the multiple award winning Nimbuzz application include Skype, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), GTalkTM, Yahoo! TM, AIM, MySpace, ICQ, and others. At the heart of Nimbuzz is the live contact list – an always-on, hyper-connected, dynamic address book, enhanced with "real-time-presence" showing at a glance who's online, offline, busy or away, their status messages, and social community activity. You can launch IM chat sessions, offline messaging, send photos / videos / music, voice messaging and various other communication & interactive features.
The Fly LINKZ a huge hit with the youth is Snaptu. Using Snaptu on Fly LINKZ, you can plug into Twitter, Facebook, Picasa, Flickr and Google Calendar from anywhere, anytime. Besides this, you can fill those idle moments with a game of Sudoku. And if you can't get sleep for some reason, a really good way to kill time is the Trivia, an absorbing quick fire quiz. If you happen to be a sports aficionado, Snaptu keeps you updated on cricket and football from anywhere across the world. And if you have the nose for news you can get latest updates from Reuters, BBC, New York Times, Yahoo and hundreds of other credible sources. Not to forget the weather updates from any city in the world!
The handset is equipped with big WQVGA screen (262K colours & 240 x 400 pixels resolution), other interesting features that make Fly LINKZ a must have include 2 Mega Pixel camera (1600 x 1200 pixel resolution and photo slide show feature), motion sensor games, video record and play, audio player (8 editable equalizer with display of lyrics and album cover), dedicated volume control keys, 3.5 mm universal audio jack, FM radio (20 channels can be played on loudspeaker), 1150 mAH battery that offers 200 hours of standby time and 6 hours & 30 minutes of talk time, accelerometer, motion sensor, handwriting recognition, 1000 contact phonebook, capacity to store 2000 SMS, photo and video caller ID, call blacklisting, multi-faith Indian calendar (helps track festivals of different Indian religions and plan holidays accordingly), stereo Bluetooth, mobile tracker, expandable memory up to 8 GB, PC Sync, modem etc.