08 Feb 10 Nokia N79…..Damn you!!!!
Now, My old reliable Moto Razer ferrari edition, had out lived its life expectancy, it recently broke down and I had to get a new one. Post paid mobiles with plans are not my thing as I tend to feel tied down to one carrier and I have problems keeping with in my plan
So I called up my old aide, my dad, and asked him to buy me a cellphone.He luckily had one lying around. He read the name out to me….N-o-k-i-a N…NNNNNN 97.
“What kind of name is Nokia ?” He askes me… I am not sure what to reply… Finnish I thought!
Looks Wicked... Touch screen And a slide out Keyboard
N97…The most advanced phone that Nokia had to offer….wow!! this must be my lucky day I thought.
A few moons later the packet arrived. I was so excited about the packet that I kept my room mates up all night(all 3 of them) …. .I went through all the forums on the internet, watched all the reviews of NOKIA N97 on the youtube and was some how hoping that my dad made a mistake of reading the model number right and some how it was Nokia N900 “The geek phone”
The Ultimate geek Phone.....:drool:
The packet arrived… I jumped up and opened the packet….My dad indeed had made a mistake…It was not Nokia N 97…..It was a Nokia N79….Damn!!!!! “Why does every one in my family have to be “cellphone”ically challenged!!! ?
NO slide out Keyboard!!!!!Damn You Nokia ...Damn you!!!!!
O man… N 79… I rather get my old faith ful out and get it repaired.What does the N79 have that The old faithful din’t have. Probably a GPS but that is it… what good is a GPS anyway?. My old faithful was a head turner, like me…..Stylish and Black.
“Riddly this, Riddly that,
Whose afraid of the big black bat?” – The Riddler, Some Bat man movie.
My old faithful... My Moto Razer!!!! I miss you! Damn you N97!
Now I am stuck with the N79…. The OVI suite is outdated, Does not install properly, the online sync does not work properly, The phone is not recognized properly on the computer, I am yet to figure out how to disable the phone from using 3G,restarted my PC some 10 times today…. All this is not helping ….Damn you NOKIA n79.
Although they had given a instruction manual with the phone, but the OVI suite was of 2008, it has been updated some 10 times in the span of 2 years, GPS maps are free and what not.
At this point of time after un-installing and installing my OVi suite some 10 times, a quote from my friend, Rahul Sharma, comes to my mind
“If at first you dont succeed, try, try again, and then if it still doesnt work get a hammer, then if it still doesnt work after that…….READ THE MANUAL, then go buy a new one and do it right the first time!”
How do I feel right now?……Amm …. let me say if you are expecting a Black Berry and are given a Nokia 1100 and that too with the torch disabled….. That is exactly how I am feeling.!!!
Damn you NOKIA N79…You rott in helll!
Having said all that …any one wanna trade a Nokia 79 to a Nokia N97 or a N 900 ?
Tags: Blackberry, Ferrari, Moto, N79, N97, Nokia, OVI, Razer, Reviews
22 Jun 09 Watch TV over internet for free
For people who know me ,they can say that i hardly watch TV.
The only time i watch tv is if India is playing some finals or a couple of times here and there to watch news or watch watch karan thaper kick the congress ass
Well now that I am in Australia and do not have access to Indian new channels I have found a s/w which allows me to watch India play final and cnn ibn when ever I want.
here is the s/w link.
it is called TVU player and it works
you download it install it and open it and type the name of the channel you want to watch
for example
Cnn ibn
Star tv (Saas bahu)
Telugu
Oriya
Punjabi,
Well virtually all the news channels available in the indian subcontinent
and the best part it is free.
If you are in your office and want to watch TV using the free office internet…then here is your solution
A few screen shots to convince you that i am not lying
Watch TV over internet for free
The side bar in the left will help you search for channels …you name it they have it
And one more in the full screen mode
CNNIBNin full screen mode
20 Jun 09 Acer Laptops
Acer Laptops Review
Aspire 5735 4624
The need.
I need a laptop to watch movie, surf the internet and do my assignments
Namely
VLC Media Player
Itunes
Mozilla Firefox
Ms Word
MS Excel
I want my laptop to be decent in opening these applications, responsive and well cheap
With my computer knowledge i came down to
2 gb ram …the processor did not really matter to me as it never does,,,,what matter is the RAM,the more RAM you have the faser you get.
100-200 gb hdd As these are standard these days
A dvd writer (i’d like to back up my data and burn a few movies now and then)
A Keypad in the keyboard should be nice…. A lot of excel is involved in reservoir engineering calculation..Al full fledged key board will be a advantage
It should look good…My last laptop Sahara laptop was poked to be as use less as me (Ouch!)
Wifi should be there…my sahara robbed me of a wifi
The Answer
Make way for Acer Aspire….
It looks so high class …bluish cover, polished glossy screen, man this bastard is a looker.
A perfect solution to my question
2 gb ram
160 gb hdd
Intel Pentium dual core …(what ever it means)
A wifi with a signal up (apparently the signal remains up,,,daah)
A wide screen with a glossy rich look and wow now its as good looking as me (:P)
The draw backs
Windows Vista… I could have used a XP or a Ubuntu
The Plastic…feels like a bit cranky…I can live with that
The mouse buttons on the keyboard…they click too loudly
Apart from these I love my Lappy.
I could have used a webcam but then i can live with out a webcam and I have hardly had a webcam chat with anyone till now,,,, Aussie internet sucks
The battery life is decent enough and because its been over a year it seems to be coming down.
See a lappy is at least 5-6 years of investment so better chose something according to your needs.I chose mine according to my needs,,,,,if you play games extensively on your laptop then you might want to chose this
I chose this because it fit my Pocket and i got everything and I wanted.
I also play quake 3 and tomb raider every now and then on this baby with a very decent frame rate.
So chose..Don’t go for useless things like …O this button does this….this button makes that light glow…these this become redundant after a few hours
If you are a student …do check out the Acer aspire series as it scores better over Dell in terms of looks and neatness
It costs only $299 (USD) at BestBuy which equal to some Rs 12,000..killer or what
