Intel ‘World’s largest chip maker’ is ready to seek and boost their presence in smartphones as they agreed to acquire Infineon Technologies’ Wireless Solutions business at the cost of whooping $1.4 billion. This announcement was made late Sunday by the company.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini in a statement said, “The demand for wireless solutions globally continues to grow at an extraordinary rate with rapid pace”. He also added “With the acquisition of Infineon’s Wireless Solutions business, strengthens the our second pillar computing strategy–Internet connectivity–and enables us to offer a portfolio of products that covers the full range of wireless options from Wi-Fi and 3G to WiMax and LTE (4G).”

Infineon was ranked 4th largest company for the cellular-baseband shipments last year in 2009. The company has 10.7% unit share according to a report by Linley Group. This German based company i.e. Infineon is a major supplier to Nokia, Apple, Samsung and many others.

Earlier Intel announced this month to acquire Security Software vendor McAfee at $7.68 billion. Intel expects to become standalone wireless unit to support existing customers and to include ARM-based products as well as Intel application based processor platforms with 3G solutions

‘Search Engine Giant’ Google could soon launch a voice-calling feature integrated in Google Chat that can resemble user interface used in Google Voice.

If CNET is write then according to them, Google is ready to turn Gmail into communication Hub by adding a feature to make a phone call from Google Chat interface itself.

From the sources ‘CNET’ has learnt that Google might testing a new Web-based service within Gmail that will allow users to make phone calls from Gmail Chat interface. Google has previously launched a Google Chat window, which allows user to send and receive calls from their contact list members.

Google has been doing experiments with this and edging in the direction from quit some time. Google Talk was released years ago as a VoIP desktop client.

By the steps of Google it is not clear that Google Voice might change or this new service is completely separate offering by Google. The user interface appears same as Google Voice. Also the users of the new chat/phone call service aren’t required to have a Google Voice account, and calls placed to U.S. or Canadian numbers will be free, with discounts on international calls as compared to standard rates.

On asking about the new feature a Google representative said, “Google is always testing new features and products, but we have nothing specific to announce right now”.

Mobile number portability will be ruled out from October 31, 2010, India’s telecom regulator said today here in New Delhi. Mobile number portability (MNP) will be implemented across the country as announced earlier on 31^st October, without any further delay.

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is a service that allows you to change your network provider without changing your number. So the conclusion is that Form Oct 31, Vodafone orAirtel or BSNL or TATA or Reliance or any other network service provider, your cell no. wont’ change.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman J S Sharma said, “There will be no further delay in the implementation of MNP”.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked the operators to make sure that they complete all test regarding porting the numbers from one service provider to another before September 1, 2010.

All Mobile service providers in India i.e. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, Essar, Aircel, Tata Tele, Idea and STel are ready to launch 3G spectrum from next month.

The MNP was to be implemented in all the four metros as well as in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka before December 31, 2009 but the deadline was later changed to March 31, 2010 and after that to June 30, 2010.

Human Resource Development Minister of India has unveiled a world’s most cheapest tablet. It looks like an iPad but is only is 1/14th of its cost. This tablet’s prototype was unveiled yesterday which will cost around $35. It is a basic touchscreen tablet computer which is capable of performing word processing, video conferencing, internet surfing. This tablet is aimed at students, which can be produced in early 2011.

Indian Government hasn’t found any manufacturer yet for the this tablet, if government finds a manufacturer than this Linux based computer would be added in the latest string of ‘World’s Cheapest” innovations in India. India is home to some of the worlds cheapest things i.e $2,100 Nano Car, a $16 water purifier and $2,000 open-heart surgery.

This tablet can be used for word processing, web browsing, video conferencing. It also has the solar power option. Kapil Sibal on Friday said that, this is India’s answer to MIT’s $100 computer.

This tablet doesn’t uses any hard disk instead of that a memory card is used, much like a mobile phone. Falling hardware cost and intelligent design have made this possible to built a touch screen tablet at this unbeatable price and the use of free open source operating system like Linux cuts software costs too