Intex VISION phone for visually challenged

Intex Technologies along with National Association for Blind have partnered to bring a mobile phone specifically designed for visually challenged individuals. The new Intex Vision mobile is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) smartphone has a Braille Keypad for recognition of the digits. It also has a talking keypad feature that speaks the digit in English.  Unique SOS feature lets user save up to four numbers and either of them can be called by pressing the SOS button. This mobile phone would be sold for about Rs. 2600 in India.

 

National Association for Blind (India) and Intex unveiled the phone amongst students and faculty. Intex Vision has been designed by Intex and is capable of supporting two SIM modules in GSM+GSM configuration. The physical keypad of the Vision phone has the digits in Braille for easy recognition. There's also a talking keypad option just in case the users aren't well-versed with Braille.

At the back of the phone lies the SOS button that calls the first emergency number when pressed. Users can store up to four emergency numbers for the SOS button function.

Shailendra Jha, DGM-Telecom, Intex Technologies said, Intex believes that simple and affordable technology can do wonders in enhancing quality of life of differently-abled people. INTEX Vision is just a small gesture to help empower the visually impaired population by bringing connectivity within easy reach.

The Intex Vision IN 2020 mobile comes with wireless FM radio, audio player, auto call record, mobile tracker, and flashlight. One can expand the memory of the phone to a maximum of 2GB, which might be less for users like students, who wish to use the phone for listening to educational material. The phone has an orange tone bearing backlight so that it doesn't affect the individuals with partially impaired vision. 

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Intex V.Show Mini Theatre IN 8809 Launched

Intex has just launched its second projector phone in India - the V3Show Mini Theatre IN 8809. This is the economical successor to its first 3.2-inch touchscreen projector phone - V.Show 8810 a new type of mobile phone at an affordable price - it can project images on the screen. Spice had recently launched the Popkorn Projector M9000 mobile phone with an inbuilt projector, and it seems that there may be more projector phones coming our way.

The IN 8809 can read Office documents, which gives it extra brownie points as you can use it for your office presentation. A 3.5 mm jack present in the phone lets you connect external speakers while projecting.

Basic phone features include a 2.4 inch 262K color QVGA screen, dual GSM SIM capability, quad band capability, WAP, GPRS, JAVA, 2 MP camera, support to play various video formats including 3GP and AVI, MP3 player with FM radio with scheduled recording and stereo Bluetooth, 87 MB internal memory and support for up to 16 GB T-flash memory card. With support for social networking, and including a motion sensor and mobile tracker, the phone supports Hindi language too, in addition to English. It comes loaded with social networking apps such as Facebook, and mobile web browsers Opera Mini and Bolt. With dimensions of 118 mm x 51 mm x 17.5 mm, this candy bar phone weighs just 142 g. The 1000 mAh battery supports talk time up to 3.5 hours and standby time up to 168 hours.

The Intex V.Show Mini Theatre IN 8809 is priced aggressively at Rs.6,300, which is around 700 rupees less than the recently launched Spice Popkorn M9000, albeit with less features.

 

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