Nov 30

Here are some pics and sms to knock some fun back in to you techies ..njoy :-)

  • What is the relationship between coffee shop & wine shop? Most of the love start at coffee shop and end at wine shop.
  • A Little tune can make u sing,
    A Little hug can make u feel better,
    some little things can make u happy.
    Hope my Little “Hi” will make
    U “SMILE”:-)Good morning..
  • A famous writer said
    “Love” is like a sweet long dream,&”Marriage” is an timing alarm clock,
    so have sweet dreams till your alarm wakes you up. Good Night.

written by Vignesh

Nov 26

I have been using a Acer Travel Mate 4152 for 3 years now, I have found it reliable and when I bought it was what you call Value for Money (VFM) buy, so when a friend asked me to suggest a laptop with good specs and which doesnt break his bank account I suggested Acer Aspire 4710.

Now acer has revamped their design to a black exterior with rounded edges, some like it some dont, but according to me its nice and compact.Mind you there is also 4710Z with Intel Dual Core processor T2080/T2130. Here is a quick glance at this 4710 specs,

Intel Core 2 Duo T5270 (another model is available with T5300),Intel 945GM
chipset, 1GB DDR2 RAM,160GB HD, 14.1″ WXGA TFT, Web cam, Bluetooth, 5 in 1 card
reader, USB port, Firewire port

The keypad was wellspaced out and in grey color, in my mind a pearl white interior would have made it more attractive. I found the 14″ widescreen TFT to be Ok, not overly bright, the Dolby certified speakers was quite good but the volume was tad too soft. Acer provides you with a driver CD with drivers for Vista & XP(in some forums i have read it doesnt come with XP drivers) but it has only Linux preloaded to keep the cost down. This Aspire will suit students, small businessmen and those looking for a good laptop at a budget. Retailing around 36,000/- Rs. and the Operating System price is additional its a good bet or Dell Inspiron 1420 is also a nice alternative.

written by Vignesh

Nov 19

Even though Iphone is not officially available in India, almost many mobile stores sell it. My friend has one and I played with it for a few minutes.

Before i put forward my views, i have come across a lot of smartphones based on Symbian S60, UIQ and Windows Mobile so I am putting my views as compared to these smartphones (if you call Iphone a smartphone).

  • Its a typical Apple product I should say, with words like cool, svelte & sexy to describe the external appearance of it
  • This is the first time i am seeing a mobile phone with this screen resolution so video & pictures looked stunning
  • Music quality was ok, couldn’t test with a earphone
  • Browser was very good , very near to a pc experience
  • Couldn’t quite manage to type out a simple sms with the virtual keypad
  • And most of all the UI and other operational speed was quite amazing

You might all think I am drooling over this phone, but at the end of the day its strict integration with iTunes, no mp3 ringtone support and no bluetooth file transfers is a No-No to me for others you will enjoy this device but waiting for a official release is a safer bet for you…..

written by Vignesh

Nov 14

I have been a user of Mozilla Firefox for the last 3 years, found it to be very safe. Now there is a new browser in town called FLOCK (many of you might have heard about it & used it), its built on the mozilla engine with features emphasizing on Web 2.0 standards like community, sharing content etc.

After downloading the 10 MB setup file, installation was straightforward and simple. After installation, it just asked whether to import IE favourites and whether it should be the default browser.The UI was neat & clean, with lots of icons indicating, favourites, media bar, people finder , bookmarks etc.

It easily allowed me to setup my blogger account and flickr account. It has a blog editor, just type and add it to your blog post. It allowed me to upload images from any website or my local drive to flickr just by dragging & dropping. It also had options to configure many blog platforms, photo sharing sites, social bookmarking sites. The other cool feature i found was you can share urls, photos, articles by dragging into the web clipboard. Its a great browser who are often using these community and social sharing sites and its also safe.

written by Vignesh