Aircel in pact with INQ Mobile

Aircel and INQ Mobile have announced the launch of Social Mobile INQ CHAT 3G and INQ MINI 3G which offers a vibrant social experience and keeps customers connected 24x7. INQ on Aircel offers Facebook and Twitter experience. The application are always on and always connected, company officials claimed.

"We believe the Indian youth want it all - and why not? They want an upmarket product, from a brand that understands their point of view, at a price that's within their grasp. That's INQ", said, Frank Meehan, Chief Executive and Founder, INQ Mobile.

"Aircel is a progressive operator with a track record in innovating so they were the right partners for us in India. They see the future and know that for the bulk of India's youth - the centre of their Internet experience will be on mobile.” he added.

Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel, commented, “ We at Aircel have consciously focused on VAS which is the future of telephony to be able to provide our consumers a rich and valuable experience and introduce to them a world of possibilities on their mobile. Today's youth is charged, wants to multi-task and stay connected all the time with convenience. We are completely in sync with INQ's philosophy and devices which are built with the internet at the core for a new generation with a different attitude to communication. That means a never before, rich and authentic Facebook, Twitter and Email experience along with Aircel Innovations.”

He further added, “Multi-tasking, Single inbox, Integrated contacts book are signature INQ features that demonstrate the real deal for Internet communications on a mobile device.”

According to the company, INQ CHAT 3G is a fashion statement as it is extremely stylish and puts life into the colorful and eclectic phone home screen with easy to use widgets such as Cricinfo, Google search, Weather & Facebook. It integrates facebook friend list with phone contacts. Tweets and Facebook messages are in the phone's inbox and scroll on the home screen offering a rich social networking experience. Users can also directly upload pictures to facebook with the phone's Camera. Apart from this users can use your G mail as push E mail on your INQ phone. There are live cricket updates, latest scores and match schedules on Cricinfo on the home screen. In addition, users can also sync all your music including iTunes to your phone, plug and play modem allowing surfing on a PC through your INQ. Aircel innovations such as the Aircel Pocket internet and My Aircel have also been integrated and included in the Switcher.

INQ CHAT 3G and INQ MINI 3G will be available in 55cities and will be sold from Aircel retail- outlets . They will be available in one single color i.e. red with an option of having back-covers in vibrant colors as accessories. The INQ CHAT 3G is priced at Rs.7599 and the INQ MINI 3G is priced at Rs 5399.