How to dial in to a conference bridge automatically without entering passcode everytime?

1) Note the bridge number, say it is 18002707000

2) Note the sequence that you normally follow to join the bridge 1 for selecting the language and say 1 for entering passcode.

3) Now save the number using "Add 2-sec pause" or comma(",") as below

The commas would be followed by the options, here in the above case, the number would look like 18002707000,1,1

Remember to give sufficient lead time for the IVR to speak simulating how you would wait for IVR to say out the options and only then you would be punching in the numbers.

Here is how I have autosaved SunBirla Customer Care number. It punches in everything like language selection, 1 for existing policy holder, 1 for Details, then enters the policy number and date of birth.

Thereafter, all that I have to do is to press "9" to speak to customer care.

Five reason why you shouldn't buy Lava, Micromax, Karbonn, Celkon mobiles?

a) Lava is great but what about is SAR value?

< 1.6 is not a figure. Why isn't there a clarity on the values?

Micromax's have their ratings but I dont think it's been ever ratified.

Even Nokia 1280(INR 999) has a SAR-TICK sticker at the back.
None of Karbonn, Lava or Micromax's is listed in the www.sar-tick.com site.

Here are the manufacturers on the list:

Apple
LG
Motorola
Nokia
Samsung
Sony Ericsson

-All oldies :)

b) Value for money but is it worth it?

So I own Lava KKT 40+ (Note that I was the first to review and give a 5 stars on Flipkart.com).
Now, after 6 months of usage, the phone has started emanating a "circuit smell"(circuit burning/wire burning) if I remove the battery.
Flipkart, you folks are innocent. But, I haven't heard anything from Lava yet inspite of my complaints.

Yes, in India, a recall is very rarely heard of.


c) How can a phone be so cheap? All low end chinese boards?

In the battle between the big fish and the small fish, I am amazed to see how much of "extra" the small ones are offering.
It totally baffles me on why Samsung Galaxy Duos would cost 12 K and something that has configurations equivalent to Galaxy S3 (Lava Iris 501)
would cost just 9499 with goodies like Bluetooth headset and 4 GB card.
Forget about the ad-factor that contributes to the pricing, Micromax too sponsors IPL and cricket tourneys along with Karbonn.


d) Sales and support

There are only three to four service centers listed for a place like Bangalore in the Lava Support list.
And they were in areas equivalent to Siberia in terms of "I know the place exists but where the heck is it?"

So, when I had a screen crack on Lava KKT 40+, I took it to a local repair shop & it costed me about 600 INR to get replacement.
He swore to me that it took him 5 hours to find the part in SP Road Bangalore.
And 600 INR though a small amount(?), is 30% of the Cost prize.
Imagine, if it was a 10 K phone.

I asked the man on which of these new brands have good after sales and support. He just told me that it was tough and Micromax was just a little better than the rest.

e) Lava, Micromax, Nokia, Samsung

Which one would you carry? Yes, it is just the name that matters atleast for 90% of us


But, the final choice is yours, my friend!

BSNL 3g in Bangalore and configuration on HTC Touch

 

If you have a 3g compatible phone, why not go for 3g service? That was the thought which suddenly crossed my mind when I saw the offer pamphlet at BSNL office, Banaswadi.

The process to get one(especially postpaid) is like not too simple and I had to wait for 3 hours before I got the card. And since I had forgotten to carry my 3g phone, I could not test the connectivity there itself.

Back home and it was a “deja-vu”. The customer care folks aren’t aware of what needs to be done for 3g to work and I had to research enough before getting the actual settings from a blog.

Further, like the customer care, I did not know what the symbols “G”, “E” and “H”(coming at the top of the mobile display) stood for. For the unaware, G stands for GPRS, E for EDGE and H stands for 3.5 G.

And guess what? I am getting 3.5g signal at my apartment. I tried the internet yesterday using the SIM and it comes at a whooping .97 Mb/second download speed. After using it for a few minutes, I switched off the data connection as 3g connection comes with a price: 250 Mb free and thereafter per 10Kb, 1 paise is charged.

The two drawback is that the 3g signal is not caught everywhere. For e.g) While at work in Whitefield, the signal changes to EDGE. The second drawback is that there is an amazing number of call drops. 

But it does feel good to have a state of the art technology at your hands.

MobileStore India cash-back offer: A story of how internet helped me get my money back!

 

Read comments in the end to find out how I got my cash-back…

 

Eureka Forbes customer feedback.

 

Here’s another one and the only one where I possibly went wrong in the end and tendered an apology.

I purchased a water purifier system(WPS) sometime in January directly from the Eureka Forbes(EF) office in KR Puram. Though there are lot of  WPS companies available, yet, I chose EF simply because of the number of its service centers in India and the brand name. The team lead Satheesh PM(name unchanged) promised me a free re-installation anywhere in Bangalore within a period of 3 months. This was my pre-requisite for buying the WPS. My experience with customer service from people over the past few months has/had been dismal so I thought of getting it hand-written on the purchase invoice.

So, when my new apartment was almost ready, I called up Satheesh and politely asked him for a free re-installation. He informed me that I should be calling him a day before I shifted. So when the day arrived, I called him up. However, even after twenty odd tries wherein the phone rang, I received no response. The next day, I received a message saying he was out of station. I was fine with it and since it was already weekend, I thought it would be best to call him on Monday. On Monday, I called him again and this time he picked up the phone and noted the new and old address. Also, he seemed to remember his promise of a free reinstallation and informed me that the technician would be notified and gave me the number of Narayanamoorthy(NM) who could be contacted to get the details of the technician. I called up NM the following morning and enquired about when the technician would be arriving. He gave me the date and time and then informed me that it would NOT be a free service that Satheesh promised but a paid one. I argued that Satheesh had promised me a free-reinstallation and that I had the written proof for the same.

Now Mr NM informed me that he had spoken with Satheesh who said that he had never promised any customer and possibly the technician(guy who installs) might have written that on the invoice. So, I called up Satheesh again but could not reach him(Phone rang but he doesn’t pick up). By this time, I was already pissed off and so called up Mr NM and asked him on who should be contacted for escalation. Mr NM directed me to Mr. Ali who also had a similar line of NO-FREE reinstallation. I blasted him about Satheesh’s broken promise, EF’s service and threatened to create a ruckus and report in the internet if they made me come to their office. I believed this had no impact on them.

So, I sent an SMS to Satheesh informing him that I would escalate the issue to his higher superiors and that I had a written proof and would report in the internet about EF’s failed promise. Thereafter, Satheesh replied stating he was in a conference somewhere out of station and that he would look to ensure that a free reinstallation is done.

The SMS had worked and the next day, the technician was there at my old residence to shift the WPS. I had also asked for a clamp stand for the purifier’s wall mounting and of course, I was ready to pay the price. Since I was caught up with some other work, I directed the technician to my residence and became busy. After about an hour, when I returned home, I was informed that the base of the WPS had a crack and that the technician had left in a hurry after installing the wall mount without testing if it was working fine. By this time, I was furious and sent an SMS to Satheesh who replied stating that Mr. Raju, the service manager should be contacted.

Raju was quick to act on the request and I could hear him shout at his technician over the phone on the second line. After several calls and in about 2 hours, the technician was back and he cooled me off with a single line. “The WPS was full when I emptied the contents at your old address. If there is leakage now, then its my problem and if there is no leakage, then it was already in that condition”. That made sense and I waited for him to pour water on the empty WPS. And as he said, there was no leakage. It appears that Protec+(the WPS) has a hollow space between the actual system and the base. So, even though the base had cracked(God knows when?), it hadn’t leaked.

Immediately, on realizing my fault, I apologized to the technician who bore the brunt of his manager’s wrath and to his manager Mr. Raju himself who had done the work with great sense of customer support.

The entire episode ended with mixed feelings for me.

Raju did a great job but Satheesh-the architect of the chaos failed me repeatedly. The technician was just and deserved a pat for his thought.

FIRST REVIEW OF HTC TOUCH 3G(JADE) PHONE

THE PAST

Right from the onset, for me, cellphone brands always had to begin with a "N" and end with an "A"- NOKIA to be precise! Yes, the very fact that this huge company solely depended on "cellphones" for its survival was AWESOME, unlike Samsung or LG! Yet, ironically, I had the strong inclination to check and buy cellphone products of other companies instead.In early 2004, it began with Samsung's C100(the then sleekest phone of the world). Then Sony Ericcson K500i- the phone that left me with a painful thumb everytime I did a scroll using the awkwardly place joystick(renamed "Painstick"). "It lost all its marbles" was what my cousin Anand told me later. Instead of options "Accept" or "Reject" call, the firmware had upgraded itself to "OK" and "YES". The crazy bits with K500i is long and pretty amusing.

Leaving the Sony experience behind, I followed up with Nokia 1100(The torchlight phone- Good for the price), Nokia 5300 MusicXpress(I got this one from the States in 2006. Great phone but "fat" for my liking), Samsung C160( I don't know why I got this one!!) and Nokia E50(another painful thumb experience). Do not ask me where these phones are now- I do not have an answer. The last phone that I used was a Windows Mobile 5 smartphone with QWERTY keyboard- Samsung SGH i320 [Gifted by my NRI brother:)]. This phone is still usable but it has a cracked screen(a major turn-off) and has some "annoying" issues.

First, the battery life is pathetic, even though the company has provided a spare and a external battery case for charging your battery "offline". But, it still doesn't beat the fact that the battery life is amazingly shortlived.

Secondly, the software is not so robust as there is hardly any firmware update. And after some months of use, you will not be able to disconnect an ongoing call unless you keep pressing the disconnect button. This can sometimes lead to a "switch-off" situation. And for my contacts who have complained about not attending to their calls, here is an update :-
The network goes "off" suddenly and I am not aware of this.

THE NEED

So, tired and dejected, after contemplation, I was back to buying days and what better occasion to look forward than Diwali!


I was looking at a fully loaded phone in the range 10 k to 15 k INR. And after weeks of extensive research, I zeroed-in on three phones:-
NOKIA 5800 XpressMusic("The Batman" phone), Nokia E71 and HTC Touch(Series).

If you check Nokia's website and select all features that you would like in a QWERTY phone(like WiFi, 3G etc), then 5800 XpressMusic(XPM) and Nokia E71 will be the ones displayed. Since I already had a QWERTY smartphone experience with Samsung, I rejected Nokia E71 and the only phones on my list was the XPM and HTC Touch series. Now, the next step was to check out issues with the selected phones. Believe me or Not- the XPM issues thread at the Nokia Support website has been closed because it has run into tens of pages. Of course, they weren't only about issues but answers as well but the thread length left me scared and hesitant. Further, one of my colleague who had the phone agreed to give me a "test" run and I wasn't impressed with the screen surface and the "Touch-Flow" experience. The only great feeling was the screen size.

To add to this, my teammate was pretty vocal about his HTC experience and had even changed his Sony Xperia Touch phone to use HTC's firmware because of the little "extra" it had. Thus, I convinced myself on buying a HTC phone for the first time.

The next step was an extensive research on the prices in Bangalore. There are a couple of good sites where you get a fair idea about the prices. I think the MobileStore website is pretty good in this. Apart from the internet, it is always better to walk into some stores and enquire about the prices. So, after checking prices at Sangeetha and Univercell in IndiraNagar, I finally landed up buying the HTC TOUCH 3G also called JADE(that was within my budget) from the mobilestore at around 17 K with a 5% cash-back offer.


THE TOUCH EXPERIENCE

Image courtesy:Nasa4ppc

The touch experience has been amazingly awesome. I would rate this as the best phone I ever used. The specifics are easily found in the internet. But, I would like to share the end-user experience. HTC Touch 3G also called Jade is based on Windows Mobile 6.1 and has every "techie" thing that I require - from WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Weather updates to 3G. It doesn't have an accelerometer but the camera always starts in the landscape mode for that digital camera LCD feeling. And unlike my previous conception about smartphones draining out battery, this phone lives miserly giving you ample standby and talk time, provided the WiFi is not always on. It lacks a radio but the storage support(have a 4Gb card) and inbuilt music player compensates your musical needs. Try the "Audio Booster" for that extra BASS effect and you will love this phone even more.

As for the negatives, the greatest drawback of the phone is the camera. I would call this 3.2 Mp camera a "day-only but use outdoors" camera. It is literally useless in the dark as it has no external flash. The contact list is pretty cramped and you must practice to perfect this else use the sleek stylus provided to you. The other complaint might be that the device has only one port(used for charging as well as for the headphones). But, for me this is perfect. I don't like to carry too many wires.

In true sense, from my perspective, an iPhone killer from HTC at an affordable price.

Is this all? Even my phone has it...!!

THE EXTRA TOUCH EXPERIENCE

For the unaware, if you get bored with the "default" operating system Windows Mobile 6.1 then there is something to cheer about. There are many custom ROM's available in the internet. The best place to search is the XDA Developers forum. You will first need to HardSPL the bootloader and then load the custom ROM. Check out for the ROM's available and read the reviews before trying this out. If you need assistance, try querying the forum members.

A statutory warning though :-

"CUSTOM ROM'S SHOULD BE LOADED AT YOUR OWN RISK!"

In my view, PDAVIET's v23 with Windows Mobile 6.5 is great to start off with.


END LOG

I have used this phone for about a month now and am glad I bought this one! For those bored with Nokia's Symbian approach and Samsung's battery woes, try HTC and I bet you will fall in love with it.


Everything written in this article is true except the second last line. Thanks, Mama Puntey for this lovely gift!!Love you...!!

Green Room Boxes-Rock Band from Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

 

 

Green Room Boxes is the name of a family, but the world normally calls such families "rock bands". Well, GRB as we're called for short, is a rock band based out of Bangalore - classical/alternative/punk rock group, with a very strong bias towards our original compositions...that's us.

 

The Boxes

 

Anant:

Bass guitar. Co-founder of GRB when it was a two piece band, Anant used to do the leads and vocal but exchanged spots (rather gleefully, if I may add!) and took up bass duties once GRB took off.

 

Nishant:

Lead guitars. "Brilliant" would be an understatement for this guy. Anything related to guitars and he can do it (good for us!) The new soul of GRB.

 

Sovit:

Rhythm guitars. A clean guitaring wizzo...Sovit's the one who fills the riffs in between the song. And melodious is just one of his attributes.

 

Pranai:

Clean guitaring champ, in the band handling the vox department. Clapton's Layla is his trademark song. The heart of GRB, right from vocals to the gyaan.

 

Rahul:

Drums. Co-founder of GRB with Anant. Once named the band "The Resoulutes" but chucked it after coming to know about the existence of a band with the same name. Since then, GRB is what we've been called.

 

Ex-Men: Lead guitars plus vocals. Formally with "String Sick", Zoe joined GRB in March 2008. Parted ways with us owing to his personal commitments. Vinnie: Keyboard. A magician with the keys - also the guy with the jam pad and experience in the commercial music industry. Owing to his commitments to his other projects, couldn't really commit to the band. Our loss.

 

This post is dedicated to Rahul Pradhan

Pal, remember always, GRB is your brainchild!

Google’s Doodle 4 Google competition

 

Doodle- For the unaware, that is the name of the usually “cute” message oriented “Google” text image that comes on Google search page. On Christmas day, usually it is a “Google” with a red Santa hat. On 10th May, 2009-Mothers Day, it was a bright color bouquet.

Currently, in the US, there is a competition by Google called “Doodle 4 Google”, with the theme “What I wish for the world”. According to Google, “Doodle 4 Google” is a competition where they invite K-12(Grade K to Grade 12) students to play around with their homepage logo and see what new designs they come up with.

I happened to stumble on the competition page this morning by curiosity. The competition is in its last phase where netizens can help choose the National finalists from the 40 regional winners.

One can do so by visiting this LINK.

The competition offers lots of prizes to the eventual winners. But most importantly, I believe that the theme is based on a great thought!

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Bharatiya Gorkhali Welfare Association(BGWA) presents first ever Gorkha Mela at Austin Town, Bangalore on 31st May 2009!

Details:

Bharatiya Gorkhali Welfare Association (BGWA), a social non-political outfit based in Bangalore has been working extensively for a progressive Gorkha community for the past 26 years.

From helping those in need, to providing insurance for low income personnel, sponsoring and mentoring the under privileged students, BGWA has been the forefront force for welfare activities.

In 2008, it organized the first "Gorkha Saanjh" in Bangalore to a rousing reception from Gorkhas in Bangalore.

Now, for the first time in Bangalore, BGWA is organizing "Gorkha Mela" on 31st May 2009.

A full day's event at Nandan Football ground, Austin Town, the mela will be a pot-pourri of "Fun, Frolic and Games, Skit and Cultural Performances" and the crowd favorite, "Gorkhali Khana".

There are over 20 games in fray including traditional games such as "Khopee", "Hooplah" and the interesting "Estimate the weight of the Bhaaley[Cock]" competition.

Pricing Details:

Donor passes are currently available at a nominal price of Rs. 100. Please note that passes are not available at the venue.

For Donor passes, contact:

bgwabangalore@gmail.com or Arnav(9886738638)/Sachin(9008028162)/Bishal(9844097690)

माफ गर्नुहोला सबैले तर यो पोस्टर चै यहाँ ताँग्नु वाध्य नै पर्‍यो।
सबै आउनु होला मेलामा। छुँगी, खोप्पी, दाइशहरु सबै छ। खाना-पिना पनि लोभलाग्दो छ, सुँगुरको मासु बाहेक!

National Games Village Koramangala Bangalore Swimming pool- A review!

Located at the NGV complex(close to the new passport office), this pool is a delightful respite for almost everyone, looking for a decent pool and without the need to pay a lakh+ for membership.

From Indian pool standards, one can say that the pool is maintained just about fine. Weekly maintenance is done every Monday. They recycle the water but one can still find slippery floor at certain areas inside the pool. It has showers but the change room is pretty dirty. The toilets aren't clean either.

I find the rules funny. One is allowed swim without proper swimming gears but if you land up at half past an hour, you need to wait till it reaches the hour because one batch is scheduled at every hour. If "half-pant" crowd are not allowed then there wont be a need to have the waiting time. I have raised this concern in the past but action hasn't been taken till date.

A snacks counter is present close to swimming pool where you can buy ice creams and popcorn. Beer might also be available-I haven’t asked but at times have seen people drinking!

During summer season, there are swimming camps for kids and adults. The pool opens at six and closes by seven, except on Monday.

The hourly swimming rates have now increased to Rs. 100 from Rs. 70. This is pretty expensive on evaluating the overall satisfaction metrics. You can also avail a monthly pass at Rs. 1500.

MORE ON NGV…

I learnt swimming in NGV pool. My immediate friend circle is a big group of 10-12 people and most of us didn’t know to swim. So, in the year 2007 early spring, we came to know of this pool in NGV. And within some days, all of us knew how to swim.

Here are the videos of me swimming, some dates back to the year 2007:-

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Google mail(GMAIL) finally has an insert image inline feature

It is finally here! Google Labs has now introduced the feature of attaching photos directly in the e-mail body.

To enable this feature, navigate to Labs->Settings of your g-mail account and enable the "Inserting Images" feature.





Note that you must enable rich text formatting mode. Now, you will observe that the image icon will appear on the text-toolbar. You are now ready to embed pictures on the body of your e-mail either by selecting a picture from your computer or choosing one from the web.

Gorkha Mela on 31st May 2009 at Nandan Football Ground, Austin Town, Bangalore

Since 1981, Bharatiya Gorkhali Welfare Association (BGWA), a social non-political outfit based in Bangalore has been working extensively for a progressive Gorkha community.

From helping those in need, to providing insurance for low income personnel or sponsoring and mentoring under privileged students, BGWA has been the forefront force for welfare activities.

In 2008, it organized the first "Gorkha Saanjh" in Bangalore to a rousing reception.


Now, for the first time in Bangalore, BGWA is organizing "Gorkha Mela" on 31st May 2009.

A full day's event at Nandan Football ground, Austin Town, the mela will be a pot-pourri of "Fun, Frolic and Games, Skit and Cultural Performances" and the crowd favorite, "Gorkhali Khana".




There are over 20 games in the list including traditional games such as "Khopee", "Hooplah" and the interesting "Weigh the Bhaaley" competition.

Donor passes are currently available at a nominal price of Rs. 100 which includes game coupons worth Rs. 90 .

To avail donor passes, please contact bgwabangalore@gmail.com and someone will call you back. Note that tickets are not available at the venue.

Adultcare Assistance Homecare : A welcome solution.

It is an open truth that the liberty to live at one’s own home is cherished by everyone, irrespective of age. But, for caring sons, daughters or relatives who have a busy schedule and are unable to take care of their elderly loved ones at home, this truth become a point of contemplation. Luckily, Homecare Phoenix is in place as a solution.




Research has shown that about 90% of older people prefer to live independently at home. However, some need extra attention as compared to others and these are mainly related to health. Home Care Phoenix solves these concerns by offering diverse medical professionals including certified nurses, caregivers or even health-aids.


Phoenix Homecare almost caters to every service that your loved ones needs. From monitoring medications, light housekeeping, laundry work to even being a supportive friend. The most satisfying aspect of this offering is that your loved ones are happy and safe at home. Needless to say, it is imminent that the caregivers would be checked for their past and criminal background. Further, the criteria for selection of a caregiver would be based on his/her emotional quotients like friendliness, patience or compassion along with skills.


Adultcare Assistance Homecare is one such agency that provides Homecare services. Approved and recognized by many well known establishments, the firm does a thorough background check on caregivers before referral. They also supplement specific health care services like Alzheimer's or Dementia care


A great solution and I would say a wise choice!

Online Reputation Management- A discussion.

In this age of information superhighway and the internet, it is easy and quick for anyone to malign the Online Reputation of your company or your business. Needless to say, in the world of business, everything depends upon reputation. The “Satyam” story in India is one such example. There are however cases when people use the internet for slandering an organization out of personal motives or aspirations. A bad publicity or rumor will certainly invite feedback and reviews. The worst nightmare for entrepreneurs is when a prospective client types the company's name in "Google" or "Yahoo" and an article with negative-feedback appears at the top of the list.



To set this right, many companies have resorted to a reputation management approach or Online Reputation Management. This approach involves restoring damaged online reputation or feedback by moving the negative searches and replacing it with the positive search results. To achieve this, specialists on Internet marketing and promotion, public relations and search engine optimization are hired.

The approach to Reputation Management technique agrees that it will not be possible for negative searches to be deleted from the search engine. However, statistics have shown that most users will not be looking past the first page. So by introducing positive contents, which will be entirely client directed or conceptualized, these positive results would be streamlined to rank higher in the search engines results.

Other approaches include improvising on branding or filing a defamation suit by hiring a lawyer who specializes on reputation issues.

The only risk I see here and a potential one for everyone is that phony companies may employ the services of online reputation restoration companies. My view is that these concerns must have been raised in the past and have already been addressed.

"DanceaGoGo Sexy NightClub Workout" for Women- A review!

The age of fitness finesse is here. Fitness has a new name and it is sexy, improvised and hot.
Andrea Lin, an extremely talented, beautiful and innovative performer has created a style of dance fitness regimen that will soon and certainly be a buzz-word in the world of women's fitness.

"DanceaGoGo Nightclub Workout" is not only a standard body-toning workout formula but it is also about having fun and inculcating women to flaunt her sexiness.

Andrea Lin, an alumni of NTUT, Taiwan is an acclaimed stage performer who has worked with celebrities like Britney, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Puff Daddy, Lenny Kravitz, to name a few.

She has streamlined all her experience and ingeniousness to her style of dance fitness- the "DanceaGoGo NightClub Workout".

Her 60 minutes of workout is extremely well paced and encompasses all the recognized dance forms and moves.

It has three routines as mentioned below:-

a) Routine 1 : Music Video Dance Workout
b) Routine 2: Latin Groove
c) Routine 3: NightClub Fun


In routine 1, Andre's shares her knowledge and imagination, gained out of experiences as a troupe dancer to the targeted audience. She has combined fragments of free style, jazz, hip-hop, old school, burlesque, pop and infused it with sexiness, creativity and balance.

The second routine is for strengthening the lower half of a woman's body. Based on the underlying principle of Rumba Ballroom Basic, the moves are sensuous and blends strip tease, salsa, ballet, folk and belly dancing into an art-form.

The third routine is a brilliant offshoot of the two routines, blessed with originality and teaches the "little extra" move that every party loving woman desires. These moves can be mastered with practice and is a definite eye-catcher at night clubs and parties.

Andrea also explains how her techniques can be mastered.

This series definitely brings in a zephyr for women who are bored with normal aerobics or normal workouts.

The entire workout regime is available in the form of a DVD which can be ordered online through the website www.DanceaGoGo.com. The DVD also consists of extras like Photo-Gallery and "Behind-the-Scene" acts.

For starters, users can download a free preview of the DVD from website.
Last but not the least, check-out the sexy wallpapers on the website.

A Wednesday- A short snapshot of the bollyhood movie.

I sat down to watch the movie "A Wednesday" on a late Tuesday and did not rue my decision in the end.


The movie is great, the story may not be different but the end certainly has a twist.

Anupam Kher and Naseruddin Shah have stolen the show with their captivating performance.

Jimmy Shergill is good as well.

I would rate it 4 /5

Anyday, watch "A Wednesday"!

Nokia E50 Review

I will not be writing about the technical specifications for the phone. The details are easily available on the Internet. Rather, I would be talking about my end-user experience.



a) Looks: Good, slim for a smartphone, compact vis-a-vis the Blackberry's. The cover that comes along with the phone is pretty cool.

b) Keys: Easy for people who can type really quickly with both hands.

c) Joystick: I had a Sony Ericsson K500i which gave me a traumatic joystick experience. I trust Nokia blindly and it looks to be good till date. Scrolling might be a problem though.
If you have thick fingers, this is probably not the joystick phone you are looking for.

d)Battery: Bad, especially if you use Bluetooth handsfree.

d)Utilities: Install Mail for Exchange and configure your office e-mails easily(Microsoft Exchange)

e)Wait time: As you increase the number of applications, the phone tends to become slower. So, install only those applications that you can't live without.

f) Software and Utilities: WWW.DOTSIS.COM is a good forum for the applications.

g) FM out: FM radio is missing??!!

My rating:
Good for Rs 8000+ INR(Approx. 188 USD) but be ready to carry your charger everywhere you go.

I will give it 2.75 out of 5 and would recommend Nokia E51 based on my experience.