VC’s Techie CockTail

Here is what a frustrated techie might do one day

And some sms’s for you all to read, enjoy and forward

• Speed can be calculated by “MILES PER HOUR”.
  and Lifetime can be calculated by “SMILES PER HOUR” Be happy! Always Keep smiling

• Believe where others doubt.. Work where others refuse.. Save where others waste. stay where others quit. DARE TO BE DIFFERENT!
• A boy goes to see a cabare dance. His mom gets angry & asks him: Did u see anything there that u were not supposed to see?

  Boy: Yes, I saw dad.

written by Vignesh

Here are some of the news, articles and sites I found interesting on the web,

• Mobilephone Etiquette : In this day of manic use of mobile phones, there is less awareness of mobile phone usage in public places. I tend to keep my phone in silent mode in public places like halls, meetings etc. and when need to attend my calls i excuse myself and step out of the room and talk in a much softer tone. Here is a article i came across CNet Asia giving you some more tips.

• Google Docs mobile : For people using google docs, it seems google is making it mobile so that you can access your docs & spreadsheets on the go in any phone. Read On

• Send Free SMS : Here is a site which allows you to send sms from your PC to mobile FREE. Try and Enjoy
• Missed Call Info : Here is a site which allows user to find the area and operator of the mobile number you have received or missed in India.

written by Vignesh

My brother has recently got a Tata Indicom Plug 2 Surf device as a back-up to the existing BSNL Broadband connection. I decided to give a test ride in my Acer TravelMate laptop.

First the pack contains the USB 1x CDMA modem almost similar to a “Thumb Drive” but marginally bigger, with a mini-cd, installation manual. Without reading the manual (one of the whims of a computer engineer ) I plugged the device and inserted the CD but after the initial installation steps, it said the hardware was not installed properly. So then I unplugged the device, from the autoplay screen of the CD pressed Installation, which installed the tata indicom dialer and after the software installation , i plugged the USB modem it got installed automatically and the green light started blinking indicating that the modem was correctly working now.

Then I started the Tata Indicom Dialer software. Its a single window with various options like “Connect”, Inbox, Contacts, Settings, Sent Message. Once the device is plugged in I was able to receive or send messages. The address book had options to store number and group numbers too. The upper part of the window showed the reception strength and other service information.I tried calling this tata indicom number from my mobile, it was ringing in my mobile but the device didnt show any response in the monitor or in the device itself.

I pressed connect and got connected almost instantly informing the speed was almost 230.4 Kbps. I opened 3 tabs in Firefox, and atleast one of the 3 pages said it couldn’t find server. To check two mail boxes it took me almost 5 minutes which I was able to do in a minute in my broadband connection.Next I checked its speed using McAfee Speedometer it said my connection speed was 40 Kbps.

To conclude its no way going to replace your broadband / Wi-Fi connection. The only advantage is that it can be used anywhere in India where tata indicom connection is available to check your mails or catch up on news.

At a price of Rs. 2850/- (72 $) and Rs. 100/-for the SIM card and a monthly rental of Rs. 325/- (30 hours free per month), if you think you need a way to be mobile internet you can try this. Its slightly better than GPRS connection provided by GSM operators (in India) as far as I have tried.

written by Vignesh

Continuing with the Nokia flavor this month, this month I had chances to play around with a Nokia N73 music edition phone (with BOSE headphones). N73 comes in two flavors basically a ordinary version retailing for 14,500 Rs in a plain jane silver color and a music edition in black color. But this is a special music edition phone with Bose headphone retailing for 17,500 Rs (450 $).

• A normal sized smartphone with good finish was one of the things impressed me about this phone.

• Multimedia wise its loaded for a Series 60 symbian phone with 3.2 MPx camera and a Real Multimedia player preloaded with the phone.
• As I said with the N80 sound is very loud (ludicrous i would say), but hearing with the Bose headphones is a pleasure.
• Smartphone wise it has already a document viewer, a excellent web browser, e-mail client and there are heaps of softwares in the net for you to enhance your phone. try here

• As I said in N80, the image gallery, media player and inbox are still slow to open when its loaded with stuff
• The 3.2 MPx camera provides some good snaps worthy to be printed

Those looking for a non-touch screen, compact smart phone with good multimedia & battery capabilities should try this one.

written by Vignesh