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Etisalat launches Flagship Store

The new Etisalat Flagship Store

Etisalat Lanka Director/ CEO Dumindra Ratnayaka, addressing the event

Etisalat Flagship Store being ceremoniously opened by the UAE Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Abdul Hamid Abdul Fattah K. Al Mulla (centre). Also in the picture are Chief Regional Officer , Asia and Member of the Board - Etisalat Sri Lanka, Jamal Saif Al Jarwan and Director/CEO of Etisalat Sri Lanka, Dumindra Ratnayaka.

Etisalat Flagship Store Picture by Wimal Karunathilake

Etisalat Lanka launched its first Flagship Store at its Corporate Office in Colombo.

Located at Galle Road, Colombo 03, next to Temple Trees, the new Flagship Store will serve as a one-stop shop where customers can experience new products and receive Etisalat's renowned efficient and convenient customer service.

The Etisalat Flagship Store features an Experience Centre displaying cutting-edge products aimed at enhancing lifestyles and empowering individual mobile communication needs.

The Flagship Store allows customers to experience these products first-hand with useful insights from trained service personnel.

The store also includes a Customer Care Point where products and services can be purchased, and a Billing Centre where they could make bill payments.

Commenting on the opening of the Flagship Store, Etisalat Lanka Director/CEO, Dumindra Ratnayaka, said "The Etisalat Flagship Store will provide a refreshing and unique new experience to customers.

The ambience in the store has been designed to inspire customers, while they discover new technologies that fulfil and enhance their mobile communications experiences and needs. Situated in the heart of Colombo, the Etisalat Flagship Store opening was attended by UAE Ambassador to Sri Lanka, HE Abdul Hamid Abdul Fattah K. Al Mulla, Etisalat Lanka Director/CEO Dumindra Ratnayaka, Etisalat Lanka Directors Jamal Saif Al Jarwan and Wail Ismail Salman, and senior management personnel.

The store will be a launching point for new technology, including the Apple iPhone 5, which coupled with Etisalat's new devices for DC-HSPA+ technology, will provide customers with a mobile broadband experience like never before.

The Flagship Store is the first in a series of outlets that Etisalat will open around the country in an expansion drive that will enable it to service its customers island-wide.

LG Optimus 'L' Series released

The L LG Optimus series comprises the Optimus L3, the Optimus L5, the Optimus L7 and the truly 'mind blowing' Optimus 4X HD, which is also the flagship smartphone, the pride & joy of LG.

Remember when you boasted you had the smallest phone Now the arguments are on who has the slimmer phone, the bigger screen & best battery life. Smartphones are essentially mini computers. They suck the life out of your battery. But, they are amazing. Watch movies, listen to music, browse the internet and record videos. smartphones are here to stay. The L series smartphones display much attention to detail. 4 different screen sizes (from an ample 3.2' screen to the 'panoramic' viewing 4.7" HD screen on the Optimus 4X) enable more screen real estate to take notes with QUICK MEMO (unique to the L series), while on a call - So, your finger is the pen, the smartphone your paper.

The four 'soldiers' of the LG Optimus L series are powered by large batteries, so you can get through a full work day on a single charge.

The 4X HD absolutely decapitates the competition with a 1.5GHz QUAD CORE processor. An affordable, stylish device. The L3 offers a large all-work-day-long 1500mAh battery and a nifty 3MP camera. The 4.0" Optimus L5 is excellent. It runs on the 'tasty' ICS 4.0.3 operating system and has a snappy 5MP camera and LED.

The 'big boy' club - the ICS powered L7 has a 4.3" Corning Gorilla Glass protected display (like the L5 and the 4X HD) and it still easily slides into your pocket.

It also has a feature rich 5MP camera & LED, a 1,700 mAh battery to fuel your smartphone addiction.

Apple expected to debut 'mini' iPad

Apple on Tuesday is expected to pull back the curtain on a "mini" version of its iPad to battle Amazon and Google in the hot, crowded arena of tablet computers with smaller screens.

As is its style, Apple has remained mute regarding what it plans to unveil at the media event, which will be held in the California city of San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley.Invitations bore only time and location details along with the message "We've got a little more to show you." However, rampant rumor fueled by industry insiders foretells the arrival of an "iPad Mini" priced from $ 249 to $ 399. "I don't think they have any choice," said independent analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.

"The reality is that the smaller tablets seem to be much more popular because they are lower priced and easy to hold."

Apple set the tablet computer market ablaze with the first iPad in early 2010 and stuck with its 9.7-inch (24.6-centimeter) screen while rivals introduced lower-price tablets with screens closer to seven-inches (18 centimeters).

Amazon's seven-inch Kindle Fire proved popular last year, and a new version was launched last month.

Meanwhile, a Google Nexus 7 powered by Android software joined the Samsung Galaxy in the seven-inch tablet market. With Kindle and Nexus tablets starting at $ 199, Apple will be forced to keep its price low for its new model and "will not have its normal profit margin," said Roger Kay, a consultant and analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates.

Some blogs say Google may come out with a tablet as low as $99. "Apple is kind of late to the market with a small tablet," Enderle said.

"This is the first launch of a product that is all Tim Cooks' but it is a very crowded arena with prices hard for Apple to meet."

AFP