All right, folks, let’s talk about a favourite subject of mine, which is handsets. I love them handsets, and I am partial to Nokia’s robust little babies.I own a now-lower-end Nokia handset and aspire to buying an E series, which Chakrapani G.K., country general manager, Nokia Enterprise Solutions (India), assures will be launched in April.This chronicle is more about what enterprise solutions at Nokia, than the Nokia E series, but there will be a mention of them as well.

Anyways, according to Chaks, as Chakrapani G.K. insisted on being addressed as, Nokia has been investing quite a bit of its treasure in souping up its enterprise solutions for handsets. "The biggest use of a handset is text messaging in the past five years, while mobile email, offered by companies like Research in Motion, with its BlackBerry service, has emerged as an aspirational feature. Nokia wanted to address this market, so it will be integrating BlackBerry in some of its models. But research showed that there was a market among enterprises for features that integrate voice, text, email and data," says Chaks.

"The enterprise solutions enable an increase in productivity, especially among sales forces and such. The E series of smart phones have been designed with a whole bunch of enterprise solutions, which makes it easier for people to seamlessly use their emails, voice and data. Basically, it enables any device to access any application, be it voice, text, or data" says Chaks.

One thing both the E60 and E61 will not have is a camera. "Nokia decided against installing a camera on these smart phones because enterprises indicated that camera phones were a distraction, and a security risk," he says. The E60 is targeted at large-scale enterprise voice, including IP telephony features.

According to Chaks, the E61 is designed for some heavy lifting in messaging and email space. It has a QWERTY keyboard, which enables the quicker keying in of messages on the move. The E70, which has a camera, has an up to 75 MB of built-in memory, which provides enough capacity for storing add-on applications, email attachments, photos and MP3 music files. It supports supports hot swapping, the ability to swap out one memory card for another without having to remove the battery, and a Voice Aid feature which allows audio feedback (with adjustable volume or muting)

from the contact list and phone logs, and voice mailbox, as well as audio feedback of current time. The gizmo also has the ability to store 2 gigabytes of data with miniSD (secure digital) memory cards. Whoa!

Wipro Ltd said on Monday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire cMango, a US-based technology company for $20 million.

cMango, a privately-held firm, will also be made some additional payment based on earn-outs on achieving targeted financial metrics over a two-year period, though a Wipro release said. cMango, a company focused on Business Service Management solutions, has offices in the US, the UK and Singapore and a delivery centre in Pune. The company has an annualised revenue of $13 million.

"cMango will be part of the Technology Infrastructure Services (TIS) Service-line of Wipro Technologies, a leader in remote infrastructure services," the release said. Wipro Technologies is the global IT division of Wipro Ltd. "cMango’s services comprise business transformation, ITIL consulting, service management solution architecture, implementation, training and support services," the release said.

Commenting on the transaction, Pravin Jain, CEO, cMango said, "This partnership brings together the specialised expertise of cMango in BMC¹s BSM solutions and Wipro’s wide range of services and extended global reach." "The acquisition is in line with Wipro’s strategy to invest in areas where it can establish leadership through differentiated service lines and domain knowledge," the release said.