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Switchfoot - Meant to Live 2007-10-22 09:02:00 Saw this video at the pub today and really liked it. By the way, Happy Birthday Avi! May you live forever! :D
N81 8GB Starts Shipping! 2007-10-22 08:42:00 The super Nokia N81 8GB is now available all over the world. The 8GB model is now available for $615 (approx. Rs. 24500/-) and the 2GB microSD model costs around $515 (Rs. 20500/-) plus taxes.It will come preloaded with three demoes of FIFA 07, Asphalt 3: Street Rules, and Space Impact Light, although these games will be available for download and preview once the N-Gage platform comes online some time in November. Look out guys, this is one heck of a phone! Read more:Shipping
A True Sports Fan 2007-10-21 23:12:00 This article was written by none other than our good ol' friend Chet. It was also published in The Hindu. I will be posting some of his old stuff until he becomes active here. Read on...“A true sports fan would be someone who would consider any sports person to be an underachiever”. Because lets face it any man or woman no matter how gifted he or she is, is bound to be human. And no one is greater or bigger than the game he or she plays. But what happens if we aren't true sports fans. What happens when we as fans too are human? “Is that really Mike Tyson”, the question asked by my dad wasn't really a question but was an expression of surprise. Mike Tyson was being clobbered like a rookie by Evander Hollyfield on TV. I didn't say anything but watched the fight go on. It didn't make a big deal as to who won to me. But I did remember my dad telling me, when I was a kid, that Tyson's specialty was the uppercut knockout punch. Seemed like he had run out of those punch Read more:Sports
Template Change 2007-10-20 05:07:00 Alright, there were some problems with viewing the blog on IE, so had to change the template. Guess there is still some work to be done.Suggestions would be welcome! Read more:Change
The N95 8GB 2007-10-19 00:08:00 Yes, the Symbian goodness at its best is coming soon! I have always liked the N95 and its a great phone, but there were also many crucial deficiencies in the N95. Nokia now makes amends and releases this mother of all phones, the N95 8GB.The letdowns known on the original N95 were its very very limited RAM available after bootup (only 20 MB, sheesh!) and its battery. Nokia has now released its much more sexier black counterpart with these things solved. The new N95 has 8 GB of built-in memory (although the original one purportedly now supports up to 6 GB) but no memory card slot, which might be a turn off for some people as this leaves no room for more expansion. It now has about 84 MB of RAM free to the user, which means actual multitasking. The battery has been upgraded to 1200 mAh, more juice while using GPS, Yay!All in all, another great phone! Keep up the good work, Nokia! It's currently priced at 560 euros (Rs. 31376/-) before taxes.You can compare the old one to this new
MrWesticles 2007-10-18 23:27:00 Recently, when browsing through IMDB, I came across some real hilarious comments made by a guy called mrwesticles. This guy also has a web comic going on at Amazing Super Powers. Check the comments on IMDB for some real laughs.IMDB needs to you register before you can see them
Hmm...Here Goes 2007-10-18 06:09:00 Alright, my first post on Blogger. Nothing much to say here. Let’s see how this goes. I will try to be as active as I can be. You ask me what this is all about? Well, about everything. Hopefully, with a little help from my good friend, Chet, this just could may be turn out to be a decent blog. ;)
Videos! 2007-10-28 11:06:00 This guy called buffalax has subbed some indian songs and the result is outrageously funny. Watch the videos and laugh out loud :DThis next video might remind you of a certain pop superstar's all time hit :D
Moving to Indiarant.in Very Soon! 2007-10-28 01:52:00 Just bought the domain indiarant.in. We will soon be moving to the new place after I figure out how I can do that. We will have a place of our own! Yay! :D Read more:Moving
First Spy Shot of N82 Emerges 2007-10-27 01:06:00 Although there was a rumor about upcoming Nokia handsets including N81 and N82, this is the first live shot of the Nokia N82.Though it's similar to the N73 with a candy bar form factor, the spec sheet looks impressive with quad band GSM/UMTS/HSDPA and a 5-megapixel cam of Carl Zeiss lens with autofocus and 20x digital zoom. It can record up to 30 fps of VGA video. There is enough real estate with a 2.4 inch QVGA display of 16 million colors. It also sports built-in GPS and FM radio. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi (although no word on what flavor yet) and Bluetooth 2.0. It packs 100 mb of built-in memory and a micro-SD memory card slot. All this and weighing in at about 120 grams!No word on price yet, but we can wait till the official announcement on November 2nd, can't we?Sources: Unwired View and Engadget Read more:First
Meebo 2007-10-26 04:50:00 I have been using Meebo
for more than six months now and find it very useful and easy to use. Meebo is a web-based chat application supporting Live Messenger, Yahoo, GTalk, AIM, ICQ, and AOL, all in one page. Having a Meebo user account enables the user to have a single login for multiple IM services, all in one login. Invisible sign-on is another feature, which is not available on some IM clients (like GTalk).The "Meebo Me" widget allows users to embed Meebo on their personal websites. Meebo recently released a Firefox add-on which enables the users to integrate Meebo right into Firefox.
Cow-Powered Generator for Laptops 2007-10-25 23:35:00 An OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Project Foundation team working in a village near Mumbai now looks to generate enough juice to power the low-cost OLPC laptops. Arjun Sarwal of OLPC explains that they used an old Fiat engine and a system of pulleys and belts.The goal is to develop a low-cost energy source that can be used in Indian villages. Working in a village close to Mumbai, Sarwal said the group considered using solar energy but sunlight near Mumbai was not "consistently strong." There was not enough wind or running water nearby to use these as sources of power, and the cost of running a gas-powered motor was too high.OLPC is close to putting its XO laptop into production, but has been beset by delays and rising costs. Originally intended to cost $100 each, the cost has since risen to nearly $200. And production is also moving slowly.After a trial production run in August, OLPC had hoped to start mass production in late September or early October. That date has now slipped to Nov. 1 Read more:Generator
Comics 2007-10-25 10:51:00 Some funny ones I found on Amazing Super PowersEnjoy!! Read more:Comics
Call Any Number for Free! 2007-10-24 10:52:00 Talkster is a free phone service which has been around for a while. It supports free calling for over 25 countries at this point, although the list is growing pretty fast.The free calls are supported by 10-second at the beginning of each call. Calls can be placed via a computer, a mobile phone, or even an SMS! Talkster even supports conference calls.Hope they support India soon! :(Click here to know more Read more:Number
iPhone, invention of the year: Time Magazine 2007-11-01 11:01:00 Apple's iPhone
has been named the invention of the year by The Time Magazine
.The reasons? It's cool design, the innovative multi-touch screen, it's fully featured operating system, and the fact that it's going to get better with time.The iPhone has already sold more than 1.4 million units and is still on a roll.Incidentally, YouTube was Time's Invention of the Year in 2006.Click Here to read more Read more:Time Magazine
Switch your screen from portrait to landscape, just like the iPhone 2007-11-01 00:30:00 rotateMe is a freeware application for Symbian OS 3rd edition devices, which allow you to switch your phone screen
from portrait to landscape and vice versa. It was created by a French developer, By Samir.One of the best things about iPhone
and iTouch is the way it auto-rotates to landscape or portrait mode, depending on the way you hold it. Thanks to By Samir, you can now have this on your N95 too!rotateMe v.20rotateMe apparently uses the motion sensor already available on the N95, which is primarily used by the camera to change orientation when taking pictures.Here is a video of rotateMe at work on N95 (French).Version 2.0 is also available for N73 and N80, although there is no automatic changing due to the lack of motion sensor on these two phones. But you can use a hotkey to switch between landscape and portrait modes.Note: You need to sign the .sis file before you install it.
I Knew You Would Come 2007-10-31 08:15:00 There were two childhood buddies who went through school and college and even joined the army together. War broke out and they were fighting in the same unit. One night they were ambushed. Bullets were flying all over and out of the darkness came a voice, "Harry, please come and help me."Harry immediately recognized the voice of his childhood buddy, Bill. He asked the captain if he could go. The captain said, "No, I can't let you go, I am already short-handed and I cannot afford to lose one more person. Besides, the way Bill sounds he is not going to make it." Harry kept quiet. Again, the voice came, "Harry, please come and help me." Harry sat quietly because the captain had refused earlier. Again and again the voice came. Harry couldn't contain himself any longer and told the captain, "Captain, this is my childhood buddy. I have to go and help." The captain reluctantly let him go. Harry crawled through the darkness and dragged Bill back into the trench. They found that Bill was dead
A good site for N95 2007-10-31 06:48:00 Stumbled across N95 Best Tips & Tricks today. Looks like a cool site with lots of helpful tips. Here are some other useful sites for N95 and Symbian in general.Another useful site completely dedicated to the N95.This is a site with a lot of free apps available for all Symbian phones.A very useful site with lots of freewares, sharewares, exhaustive information on Symbian phones, and a much resourceful forum.Will try to post any other interesting ones I come across.
Concept Phone: N96. If only it was real! 2007-10-30 10:42:00 Nokia fans on a French Spanish forum decided to do a followup to their already cooked up phone, N96, this time as an N-GAGE gaming phone and the result is a stunningly beautiful phone.The "specs" for this would be:Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900) WCDMA 2100, HSDPA6 megapixel camera3.2 inch 16-million color displayWi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0Full QWERTY keyboard and numeric keypadDMB TV and FM RadioFour audio speakersBuilt-in GPSFull touchscreen with motion sensors and joystick navigationDimensions 102.5×56x17.6 mmWeight: 115gNow all we have to do is wait for Nokia to stumble upon the design and make it real. Is that too much to ask? Read more:Concept
First Post on blog.indiarant.in! 2007-10-30 10:33:00 We have finally moved to blog.indiarant.in. I have received reports that the site is real slow. I will try to correct this as soon as possible. Thanks for the support! Read more:First
NVIDIA releases mid-range 8000 series card 2007-10-29 11:59:00 Finally some good news for people who can't afford high-end NVIDIA cards like the GeForce 8800 GTX, GTS, or Ultra. The new 8800 GT is a mid-range graphics card, which will cost around $149 to $249 (approximately Rs. 7800 to 9800), depending on the memory it carries. Rs. 14,900 plus taxes according to TechtreeThe GeForce NX8800 GT, like the other cards in 8000 series
, fully supports DirectX 10 and offloads H.264 directly to the GPU from the processor.You can expect this card to be available in 15 days to a month in India.Click Here for more in-depth details.
Videos! 2007-10-28 11:06:00 This guy called buffalax has subbed some indian songs and the result is outrageously funny. Watch the videos and laugh out loud :DThis next video might remind you of a certain pop superstar's all time hit :D
Moving to Indiarant.in Very Soon! 2007-10-28 01:52:00 Just bought the domain indiarant.in. We will soon be moving to the new place after I figure out how I can do that. We will have a place of our own! Yay! :D Read more:Moving
First Spy Shot of N82 Emerges 2007-10-27 01:06:00 Although there was a rumor about upcoming Nokia handsets including N81 and N82, this is the first live shot of the Nokia N82.Though it's similar to the N73 with a candy bar form factor, the spec sheet looks impressive with quad band GSM/UMTS/HSDPA and a 5-megapixel cam of Carl Zeiss lens with autofocus and 20x digital zoom. It can record up to 30 fps of VGA video. There is enough real estate with a 2.4 inch QVGA display of 16 million colors. It also sports built-in GPS and FM radio. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi (although no word on what flavor yet) and Bluetooth 2.0. It packs 100 mb of built-in memory and a micro-SD memory card slot. All this and weighing in at about 120 grams!No word on price yet, but we can wait till the official announcement on November 2nd, can't we?Sources: Unwired View and Engadget Read more:First
Meebo 2007-10-26 04:50:00 I have been using Meebo
for more than six months now and find it very useful and easy to use. Meebo is a web-based chat application supporting Live Messenger, Yahoo, GTalk, AIM, ICQ, and AOL, all in one page. Having a Meebo user account enables the user to have a single login for multiple IM services, all in one login. Invisible sign-on is another feature, which is not available on some IM clients (like GTalk).The "Meebo Me" widget allows users to embed Meebo on their personal websites. Meebo recently released a Firefox add-on which enables the users to integrate Meebo right into Firefox.
Cow-Powered Generator for Laptops 2007-10-25 23:35:00 An OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Project Foundation team working in a village near Mumbai now looks to generate enough juice to power the low-cost OLPC laptops. Arjun Sarwal of OLPC explains that they used an old Fiat engine and a system of pulleys and belts.The goal is to develop a low-cost energy source that can be used in Indian villages. Working in a village close to Mumbai, Sarwal said the group considered using solar energy but sunlight near Mumbai was not "consistently strong." There was not enough wind or running water nearby to use these as sources of power, and the cost of running a gas-powered motor was too high.OLPC is close to putting its XO laptop into production, but has been beset by delays and rising costs. Originally intended to cost $100 each, the cost has since risen to nearly $200. And production is also moving slowly.After a trial production run in August, OLPC had hoped to start mass production in late September or early October. That date has now slipped to Nov. 1 Read more:Generator
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