VC’s Techie CockTail

Here is the monthly dose of sms’s and funny pic to ease your mind….

• I smile at whom i like..
  I cry for whom i care..
  I share with whom i love..
  I laugh with whom i enjoy..
  I msg 2 whom i don want to miss.
• Frog asks Astrologer
  Plz tell my future

  Astr: A young smart girl, will touch u everywhere
  Frog: Great,when&where?
  Astr: Next week,in Biology lab.

• Think sweet..!
  Think smart..!
  Think +ve..!
  Think beautiful..!
  Think great..!
  i know,its too hard..!
  Here’s a shortcut..!
  Just think of Me

written by Vignesh \\ tags: Fun Junkies, funny pics, Sms

Anyone who is interested in a smartphone from how it works to the more common expectations of what phones are using which OS and what softwares are available to enhance these smartphones, here are a list of various sites dealing with the symbian operating system. (Its popular two avatars being Series 60 and UIQ).

• Symbian : The official site of symbian operating system with guide to its technology, phones and developer tools
• Series60 : Nokia’s popular implementation of symbian OS in its smartphones and multimedia phones. A must see for all current and perspective series60 phone owners.
• UIQ : Another popular flavor of symbian made famous by Sony Ericsson’s P series smartphones and the brand new G series phones.
• All About Symbian : As the name itself implies a comprehensive on anything and everything related to Symbian.
• Symbian Freewares : A great starting site for symbian based freeware applications, games and themes to power up your phone.

written by Vignesh \\ tags: series60, symbian

The 200$ phone range seems to be the hottest arena in mobile phones nowadays as manufacturer nowadays give customers from value for money to style conscious phones. But for people who are looking to be connected 24 x 7 on their mobile without breaking their bank account are also on the rise. This is where the today’s phone of discussion SonyEricsson K660i squarely lies. Built on the latest A200 software platform and one of the cheapest phones on this platform available today, lets see what it does good and not so good.

• Phone’s looks and wieght is good , its not a head turner by any means but there are 4 color combinations to try
• First & foremost the its phone functionality seems excellent with nice reception and sound quality coupled with a good battery life
• The 2″ TFT screen with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels is a treat to look at. The A200 software is a marginal upgrade to previous generation of sony ericssons  with some minor User interface modifications but still easy and logical to work with.
• A multi-detailed phonebook, calendar, tasks, notes will come in handy
• One of the major upgrades in this A200 platform is the media player software. Its a joy to work with with support for landscape mode, album art etc.
• Music quality was good but not loud and the videos were nice to view in the QVGA screen coupled with provided 1GB M2 card you have a capable multimedia device in your hand. And last but not least there is FM Radio with RDS.
• Since it is supposed to be a connectivity warrior, it has Bluetooth, USB, GPRS/EDGE/3G & HSDPA. The netfront browser and email client will be a handy companion on the road.
• But with all these it misses out on youtube videos and its inability to play flash files.
• And another sore point is that the 2 mega pixel snapper is average in performance making it only handy for outdoor or well light shots because there is no LED light.
• Even though the A200 platform was nice to work with the phone’s reaction to menu presses were always delayed by a second or more.

According to me its a nice phone for the professionals who are looking for a solid phone with basic multimedia and connectivity capabilities. But phones like Nokia 3120 classic(Rs. 7800/-) which is cheaper than K660i(Rs. 9000/-) is also a worthy competitor to be checked out.

written by Vignesh \\ tags: Sony Ericsson

I’ve always found installing various Instant messengers for Yahoo, MSN, Google etc as a irritating affair and it tends to clog up my system. So I was mostly using Yahoo! IM coupled with Google web based IM, but on the lookout for a all in one IM i stumbled on quite e few. Here are some of those,

• Trillian - Trillian was one of the very first I’ve tried a long time back. I haven’t yet tried its latest version but its quite handy but has a basic and a paid version so not every feature will be free
• Pidgin - Pidgin is gradually gaining popularity these days. Its free and has support for lots of networks.
• Digsby - But here is the one I am using for the last 4 months. Suddenly stumbled on it one day from a article on the net, so downloaded it and started using it. It not only supports various IM’s like Yahoo, MSN, Google, ICQ, AOL etc it has a email notifier and social networking tools.

  The installation and setup was quite straight forward. After signing up with digsby for a account, you can log-in and setup the various IM’s you want to use. It has option for chat, email and sms. But there is no support for voice chat. Multiple file transfers are supported. One cool feature is the unobtrusive pop-ups near the start button of your taskbar for various notifications. Even the contacts view can be customized and managed so that it is easily understandable and avatars / status notifications are only a click away.

  The email notifier is quite a useful utility which we can setup for Google, Yahoo, POP,IMAP,AOL mail accounts. Its social networking utility has support for facebook, myspace & twitter. I’ve configured my facebook account and it lets me in all my friend’s activities and much more with pop-ups on the taskbar. It also integrates a digsby chat on my facebook profile.

So all in all a good multi faceted IM for all your chat and social networking needs. Let me know which is your favourite multi-client IM ??

written by Vignesh \\ tags: digsby, Instant messenger