hey hi!!!!!suparb news!!!!any idea where these phones are available???? regards!
On 4/20/11, prateek aggarwal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello folks, greetings! > Pasted below the news published in economic times. It may interest some of > you. > > --- > Intex Technologies launched a dual-SIM handset, designed for the > visually impaired, priced at Rs 2,600. > > > NEW DELHI: Mobile handset maker Intex Technologies today launched a > dual-SIM handset, designed for the visually impaired, priced at Rs > 2,600. > > The dual-SIM (GSM-GSM) handset has a Braile keypad (along with > large-sized digits) to facilitate recognition of digits as well as a > 'Talking Keypad' feature, > which speaks out in English the number pressed. > > "India has the largest number of blind people in the world and we > thought it was a category that needed to be catered. The phone is our > small way to bring > connectivity to the visually impaired," Intex Technologies Director > General Manager Shailendra Jha told reporters here. > > According to the National Association for the Blind (NAB), there are > more than 12 million visually impaired people in the country. > > The handset is also equipped with an SOS button, which allows the user > to save four emergency numbers. By pressing the SOS button, the call > gets automatically > directed to the first emergency number. > > "We are not just targeting the visually impaired with this handset, > but also the elderly, who have difficulty handling the smaller > keypads," Jha said. > > > The phone has facilities like MP3 and wireless FM radio to make this a > feature-rich phone, he added. > > "Blindness is a disability which could be overcome with training and > guidance. Devices like these can play a very useful role in their > integrated development," > NAB President Mohinder Kapur said. > > Intex is aiming to sell more than 5,000 units in the first three > months of the launch, which it expects will grow once the handset > becomes more popular. > > > The company will promote the handset through associations like NAB and > other old age homes, Jha said. > --- > > Regards, > Prateek agarwal. > Director, > Daedal technovations pvt. Ltd. > www.daedaltechnovations.com > we bring the change we wish to see! > > Website: > www.prateekagarwal.tk > | > www.prateekagarwal.webs.com > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- Taha Haaziq 201, Dattakrupa Apartmets Dattawadi, Mapusa 403507 Goa- India Mobile: +91 9970620111 Residence: +91 832 2264687 E-Mail: [email protected] skipe:taha.haaziq To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
