Vodafone and Idea Cellular have increased voice call tariffs for its pre-paid users in some circles by 20 per cent, Reuters reports. The move comes after Airtel increased its voice tariffs in a few circles last week. Other carriers are expected to follow suit. This is probably the first time carriers are increasing voice call tariffs after a couple of years of cut throat competition that started with the emergence of new players, which introduced concepts like per-second billing and tariffs lower than a paisa per second. Google+
File this one under rumor for the moment, but we are hearing that Aircel and Airtel are geared up to launch the iPhone 4 in India and May 27 is the date that is being tossed around by multiple sources. We are trying to get a confirmation on the date, though we know for sure we are very close to D-Day. Stay tuned for more on this. Google+
We spent some time with the BlackBerry Touch a little while back, but we wanted to update you on something that’s changed. We have heard the model number of the device will now be 9870, but that’s not all. On the unit we played with, the four BlackBerry menu buttons were all part of one strip, much like the buttons on the BlackBerry 9700 or Curve. However, we’re told that the buttons on the BlackBerry 9870 have changed in the latest hardware revision, and there are now four separate buttons that are rectangular in shape. We have not been told a reason for the change, but this could definitely be part of the reason the phone wasn’t announced at BlackBerry
