Archive for the ‘Latest Tech’ Category

Nokia 5800 (Tube) - no longer cheap !

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Have been going through Nokia 5800 reviews , pictures and videos for soo long now . The Indian price was supposed to be below 20K . Would have got it by year end . Not any longer . Its 25K now due to the global financial crisis :(

For those still unaware of Nokia 5800 . Heres some pics :

Official Nokia Site : 5800 (Tube )
Best Review : Mobile-Review.Com

Conditional tags in Wordpress

Friday, November 7th, 2008

This is why i love wordpress sooo much . Theres no limit to what can be done with it .

Just got to know about this brilliant thing called ‘ conditional tags’ . It basically creates a dynamic environment in your blog by which you can have category/tag/sidebar (and others) content depending upon which page/post you are in .

It works on the simple If - Else structure. really simple to use .

Check out Wordpress Conditional Tags for detailed instructions  .

Will be updating this post with pics and a small tutorial later .

Happy editing :)

Google updates PR

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Goggle updates PR status .. check yours now .

This blog got PR1 :)

Let me know how your blog / site did this time.

(more…)

How To : Embed HQ Youtube link

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Was trying to add a high quality youtube link in one of my posts , there isnt any direct way to do that . so heres the work around .

If you’re posting/linking direct to a YouTube URL, add &fmt=18 to the end of the URL and it’ll play in the HQ version .
(more…)

Finally .. 3G & Number portability !

Monday, August 4th, 2008

New 3G policy has been issued by the government. The bidding will start soon and industry experts say consumers will be able to avail the services from end december. I think thats been too optimistic, we all know how ‘fast’ things happen in here. So dont expect it before january- february (thats the earliest).

Coming of iPhone is one of the factors which may quicken the process. iPhone 3g is expected to release here around 18th august. Most of us talk about iPhone when it comes to 3G, but there are far too many other phones which also support 3G. Why dont we talk about them for a change ? To start it off, my Nokia N81 supports 3g. So does all the new high end Nokia , Sony Ericsson , Motorola and Samsung phones.

As for 3G in india, BSNL officials say they have the facilities to provide 3G by year end (more…)

Ubuntu

Friday, July 25th, 2008

” Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. ” - This is how the folks at Ubuntu describe this awesome OS.

I have been using it for the past 2 months . Didnt have any major problem switching from Vista , liked ubuntu so much that i deleted Vista and now i have Ubuntu having a gala time on my HP . (more…)