Archive | March, 2009

Compose mails in Indian Languages

31 March 2009

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GMail (Google Mail) Indian users can now start composing emails in Indian Languages (Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Kannada and Malayalam). GMail has added this feature to all Indian GMail accounts. If your account is Indian-language enabled, you will be able to find a text stating that you can type in Indian Languages, on the top right [...]

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LG’s cheapest Touch Screen Mobile

26 March 2009

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LG, after its costliest Viewty, released its cheapest Touch Screen phone, Cookie (LG KP500). The phone is now available in India. LG Cookie has a 240×400 resolution, 3 inches Touch Screen phone with 256K colors. The phone accepts Handwriting on its very own Handwriting recognition enabled Touch Screen. The phone has an internal memory of [...]

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‘Undo’ an email?

22 March 2009

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Ever ended up sending an email to a wrong recipient? Clicked ‘Send’ too soon? Forwarded a funny forward to Boss? ;) GMail, now has a solution! The very common ‘Undo’ finds its use here as well :) GMail’s ‘Undo’ feature, a part of Google Labs, allows you to undo an email (within the grace time)

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Internet Explorer 8

21 March 2009

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Internet Explorer 8 Stable is available for download at Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Page. Microsoft, as usual, claims that the new version will be faster and more user-friendly and secure. This version has few additions – Accelerators, Web Slices, etc. With the start of Netscape/Mozilla, Opera and Safari, Microsoft lost its Internet Explorer users, but still [...]

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Samsung’s P3 Multimedia Player

21 March 2009

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A portable multimedia player from Samsung, P3, is now available in India. This all-in-one player has Video Player, Audio Player, Photo-Album, FM Radio, Voice Recorder packed in it. What’s more, the player has BlueTooth feature which allows your mobile to be paired with it, and lets you answer your calls through the player using its [...]

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Good & bad news : TRAI’s verdict

9 March 2009

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There was a recent talk on imposing additional charges for Overseas Calls to India (there’s also a blog post regarding the same) and TRAI has come out with a solution which is both good and bad! The Good news is that, local and STD calls (in India) are said to become cheaper from the 1st [...]

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Command Line Parameters

9 March 2009

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Command Line Parameter helps you to open any Application or Module without any fuss! Here’s a collection of Command Line Parameters that I use often. I will keep updating this list!!

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No more ’95′ Dialing on AirTel

9 March 2009

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’95′ Prefixed dialing is very common for making out calls to another city in the same circle (landlines only). This was actually started by BSNL to help customers make STD calls in the circle without having to avail STD facility and deposits. AirTel and other Landline networks incorporated them as a VAS.

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Aircel keeps expanding

5 March 2009

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Aircel is Tamil Nadu’s leading GSM mobile operator with reasonable tariffs and Value Added Services. After its success in Tamil Nadu, the network started to expand itself in fields like WiMAX, Long Distance Calls and also its Mobile service in other parts of India. Aircel started its expansion in North and North-Eastern areas covering Jammu [...]

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International Calls to India to be charged higher

5 March 2009

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As the title says, International Calls to India to be charged higher according to the proposal made by Indian Mobile Operators Aircel, AirTel, !dea, Vodafone Essar and BSNL. It is said that Foreign Operators pay just Rs. 0.30 on average whereas Indian Operators pay Rs. 3. BSNL has further instigated TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of [...]

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