BlackBerry Tag to enable NFC sharing in BlackBerry OS 7 smartphones

RIM has unveiled new BlackBerry tag feature at the GITEX conference in Dubai. This would let the BlackBerry smartphone users with NFC to share their contact information, documents, URLs, photos and other multimedia content by simply tapping their BlackBerry smartphones together.

The BlackBerry Tag would also enable friends to instantly add one another as contacts on BBM easily with just a tap. This uses Near Field Communications (NFC) and it would be supported in the BlackBerry Bold 9900/ 9930 and BlackBerry Curve 9350/9360/9370 BlackBerry OS 7 smartphones.

BlackBerry Tag feature would come with the next BlackBerry 7 OS update. The BlackBerry Tag APIs would also be released for the developers in future to incorporate the tap to share feature in the BlackBerry Apps.

Samsung Galaxy R now available in India for Rs. 27438

Samsung announced Galaxy R that is the stripped down version of the Samsung Galaxy S2, this July. The phone is now available from Flipkart in India. The Samsung Galaxy R has 4.19 inch (480 x 800 Pixels) Super Clear LCD display and it is powered by 1 Ghz Tegra 2 Dual Core Processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS. It has 5MP auto focus camera with LED Flash and HD (720p) video recording and 1.3MP secondary camera.

It is 9.5 mm thick and weighs 135 g. Other features include Stereo FM Radio with RDS, 3.5mm Ear Jack, 1GB RAM, 8 GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32 GB with MicroSD. The connectivity features include Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, USB 2.0 and it comes with an 1650 mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy R is now available from Flipkart for Rs. 27,438. It is pricey for its features while you could get the Samsung Galaxy S2 for less than 30k.