Wednesday, February 6, 2013

NEWS, Shri Modi meets Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh


Shri Narendra Modi meets Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at 7, Race Course Road, New Delhi 

Had a very good meeting with the Prime Minister. PM congratulated me, we discussed Gujarat’s development: Shri Modi 

CM raises Sardar Sarovar Dam issue with Prime Minister 

Shri Modi raises issue of gas prices with the Prime Minister. Says Gujarat should get gas at the same rate as Delhi and Mumba


On the morning of Wednesday 6th February 2013 Shri Narendra Modi met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at 7, Race Course Road in New Delhi. Shri Modi described the meeting as a very good one and added that the Prime Minister congratulated him on forming the Government for the 4thconsecutive time. Shri Modi said that he submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister and discussed pending projects with the Prime Minister.
Shri Modi raised the issue of the Sardar Sarovar Dam with the Prime Minister. He also raised the issue of gas prices with the Prime Minister. “The prices at which Delhi gets gas, Gujarat does not. We went to Court and won but it has been 6 months and the Centre has not been adhering to the guidelines. We gave a contempt petition as well” and added, “Gujarat should get gas on the same rate as Delhi and Mumbai. The Centre went to the Supreme Court as well to delay. I expressed my unhappiness.”
The Chief Minister said that the Prime Minister assured him that he will look into these issues and will extend all help possible.
Shri Modi is in New Delhi to deliver the Shri Ram Memorial Oration at Delhi University’s prestigious Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC). Shri Modi was invited as the speaker to deliver this oration after 80% of the youngsters expressed their preference to hear Shri Modi over other speakers including Cabinet Ministers and captains of industry.


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MOBILE -BlackBerry Q10 may release 8-10 weeks after full-touch Z10


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A modern BlackBerry with a physical keyboard might not arrive in the U.S. until May or June, a month or two behind other parts of the world, the chief executive of the smartphone maker suggested in an interview.Although Research in Motion Ltd. CEO Thorsten Heins said the exact release date will depend on each wireless provider, he said the physical keyboard version, the BlackBerry Q10, will likely come out eight to 10 weeks after a carrier releases a model with only a touch screen, the BlackBerry Z10. The Z10 is expected in the U.S. in mid-March, so eight to 10 weeks brings the U.S. date for the Q10 to mid-May to early June.
"We're trying to get it as close as we can," Heins said in an interview this week with The Associated Press.
Both models are part of RIM's attempt at a comeback after the pioneering brand lost its cachet not long after Apple's 2007 release of the iPhone, which reset expectations for what a smartphone should do.
RIM promised a new system called BlackBerry 10 to catch up, using technology it got through its 2010 purchase of QNX Software Systems. But it has taken more than two years to unveil new phones that are redesigned for the new multimedia, Internet browsing and apps experience that customers are now demanding.
RIM said last week that the Q10 should be available through some carriers around the world in April, but it wouldn't say at the time whether any were in the U.S.
In the interview, Heins said it was up to the carriers to do the necessary testing and to decide whether they could shorten the process. He said eight to 10 weeks after the Z10 launch was "a good range" of what to expect.
Such a delay would further complicate RIM's efforts to hang on to customers tempted by Apple's trend-setting iPhone and a range of devices running Google's Android operating system. Even as the BlackBerry has fallen behind rivals in recent years, many BlackBerry users have stayed loyal so far specifically because they prefer a physical keyboard over the touch screen found on the iPhone and most Android devices. But the temptations to switch grow with each additional delay, despite favorable reviews for the new system.
Heins told the AP that he's disappointed the touch-only BlackBerry won't be released in the United States until mid-March, but he said the U.S. and its phone carriers have a rigid testing system.
"We need to respect that. Am I a bit disappointed? Yeah, I would be lying saying no. But it is what it is, and we're working with all our carrier partners to speed it up as much as we can," Heins said in Monday's interview at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto, ahead of Tuesday's debut of the touch-only model in Canada, RIM's home.
RIM unveiled new BlackBerrys last week after excruciating delays allowed Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and others to build commanding leads in the industry. The stock fell 12 percent last Wednesday after the kickoff event. There's concern the phone isn't coming out sooner than the March date for the U.S. announced last week.
Black and white versions of the touch-screen Z10 were released in the U.K. last Thursday. Heins said early data suggest that a substantial number of U.K. users are moving from other systems to BlackBerry, even though RIM initially targeted longtime BlackBerry users.
"It's beyond expectations," Heins said in the interview. "White is sold out already. The black is hard to stock up again. It's very encouraging. I won't share the number because I need to verify it, but we are getting a substantial number of users moving from other platforms to BlackBerry."
In Canada, telecom provider Bell said advance orders for the Z10 exceeded that of any previous BlackBerry model. "We're seeing intense interest today," Bell spokesman Mark Langton said Tuesday. "Sales are quite robust."
RIM's stock increased nearly 7 percent to close Tuesday at $16.02 after gaining 15 percent Monday following initial reports of strong U.K. sales and an upgrade of the stock by an analyst.
Heins said the company would have to regain market share in the U.S. for BlackBerry to be successful. The U.S. has been one market in which RIM has been particularly hurting, even as the company is doing well in many places overseas. According to research firm IDC, shipments of BlackBerry phones plummeted from 46 percent of the U.S. market in 2008 to 2 percent in 2012. The iPhone and Android now dominate.
Heins, who one year ago replaced longtime executives who had presided over BlackBerry's fall, said he's confident BlackBerry can become a third choice behind the iPhone and Android.
"We need to win back market share to be relevant," Heins said. "We have to be aggressive in the U.S. market."
To send a message that the BlackBerry is back, RIM ran an ad during Sunday's Super Bowl game in the U.S. suggesting that there's so much the new phones could do, it'd be easier to list the outlandish things that they can't. The Canadian company is also in the process of changing its name to BlackBerry to emphasize that brand.
Some analysts have questioned RIM's decision to release a touch-only version first considering that its most loyal users love the physical keyboard for typing.
Heins said the full touch screen was more complicated, so the company needed to focus on releasing that first. He has also acknowledged that RIM failed to quickly adapt to the emerging "bring your own device" trend, in which employees bring their personal touch-screen iPhones or Android devices to work instead of relying on BlackBerrys issued by their employers
Heins said the company wants to participate in that trend by releasing a touch version first.
Heins also addressed possible interest other companies might have in RIM should BlackBerry 10 prove successful and whether the Canadian government might block a foreign takeover.
"The recognition for BlackBerry 10 and what we built is pretty high. We got good reviews," he said. "That moves you into the middle of the radar screen so I expect some activity around it but we'll look at it one by one. We'll assess it and we'll make decisions with the board on what make sense."
Heins recently chatted with top Canadian government officials, including the industry minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
"These guys are reasonable, rational people. At the end of the day, it's about employment. It's about economic health. It's about Canada playing a major role," Heins said. "If the right logic and rational applies, I don't think they will just block it for their own sake. They could have done it with Nortel and the patents."
Several months ago, RIM's decline evoked memories of Nortel, a former Canadian tech giant, which declared bankruptcy in 2009 and was picked over for its patents. For RIM, the lengthy delays releasing the new BlackBerry system helped wipe out more than $70 billion in shareholder wealth and 5,000 jobs.


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MOBILE -Nokia CEO admits interest in tablet market; says Android an option


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As soon as Nokia sent out invites for its Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013 press conference on February 25, the gossip mongers started talking about an upcoming tablet. So the folks at Australian Financial Review thought it would be good idea to quiz the Nokia about the same. In his reply, Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia did not deny that the company's interest in this tablet space..
"We haven't announced tablets at this point, but it is something we are clearly looking at very closely," Elop said. "We are studying very closely the market right now as Microsoft has introduced the Surface tablet, so we are trying to learn from that and understand what the right way to participate would be and at what point in time."
There have been rumours regarding Nokia working on a tablet device that date back to March 2012. Even in May 2012, Nokia's chairman, Jorma Ollila, had hinted that the company may launch range of tablets and "hybrid" smart mobile devices. Later in December, there were reports that Nokia is planning to launch a 10-inch Windows RT tablet at the MWC and this tablet may come with an additional detachable keyboard just like Microsoft's Surface tablet.
Tablet as a category has witnessed a huge jump in the last year. As per IDC report, a total of 52.5 million tablets were shipped in the last quarter of 2012, which is a 74.3 percent increase from the third quarter and up 75.3 percent from 2011's fourth quarter. So it is no surprise that Nokia is now keen on entering this space.
It is likely that Nokia will look at harnessing their current relationship with Microsoft and may launch a Windows RT tablet. However, Elop in his recent interview mentioned that the company is open to consider any option. At the same time, he did mention that having a Windows tablet offering will help them in offering an integrated experience.
"We would consider any option [Android or Windows] ... It is important to note that the opportunity for companionship is something that any user is looking for. So, when you think about the Lumia 920, running on Windows phone, having a Windows tablet or PC or Xbox is something that will give us the opportunity to have a pretty integrated experience. Our first focus on what we look at is clearly in the Microsoft side," Mr Elop said.
It would be interesting to see if Nokia would indeed consider the Android operating system as an option for its tablets. The last time news regarding the Finnish handset maker being associated with Android broke, the CEO had blamed the translator and put that story to rest.
The CEO also mentioned that they are open to all possible sizes in the tablet market and see merit in 7-inch models as well as the 10-inch ones. So guess we will have to wait a wee bit longer to see what Nokia will have to offer in terms of a tablet device.

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