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DIY: convert your SIM to Micro-SIM

2011-10-19T00:43:00.004+05:30

for all you DIYrs , here is a template to cut your normal SIM to a Micro SIM form factor. Micro SIM is supported by many handset manufacturer.A simple template is available here as PDF, go ahead and give it a try.Original post: http://www.stochasticgeometry.ie/2011/10/13/n9-unboxing/you have to Scroll down to see this DIY. P.S. do read his other post, really interesting blog.

vahIna: search for vehicle Information

2011-10-12T16:34:00.009+05:30

Another simple application developed in my spare time. This app can be used to search for vehicle information by entering the Vehicle registration number. Works for Karnataka registered vehicles.Update:Application is available in the android market, below is the linkDirect linkhttps://market.android.com/details?id=com.vinay.vahinaWho can use this application?- Second hand Car/ bike dealers or

simple Android app to search Indian Central Acts

2011-10-11T21:58:00.011+05:30

I have developed a simple Android based application to search for Central Acts of Parliament as on Date right from 1836 onwards. The data includes all the Sections, Schedules, Short Title,Enactment Date and also very significant Foot-Notes in every act.Search facility is available on the fllowing fields:1. Act Number2. Free Text SearchBelow are the screen shots of the application.Main view ,

NAS@home

2011-07-23T21:30:00.001+05:30

Finally Debian is up and running on my NSLU. It took 12hrs to get it working, with power cuts in the middle of installation i was scared that i would brick my device. luckily all went well.Current Setup,NSLU running on debian lennyOpenSSHMediatombsambamotion - for webcamtodo:3gUSBModem supportDynDNS - so that i can access my NAS and security cam from internet

DIY gorilla-pod

2011-06-06T00:00:00.009+05:30

On a casual visit to SP Road, found a shop selling Loc-Line modular hose at Rs 99/pc. Couldn't resist to start off my DIY tripod build. Parts:3 modular hose at Rs 99/pcBolt and Nut matching the size of the camera mount. Typically a standard size for most of the cameras.small piece of Acrylic Sheet. I had few pieces left from my previous projects,it a 6mm sheet. A drill to make the holes for the

My new toy

2011-05-12T23:30:00.000+05:30

Just bought this, there was an Indian made available in local electronics market, but the build quality was way to0 bad.

Google Realtime + Google Alert = Push Twitter... sort of

2011-01-16T23:21:00.005+05:30

"It lets you see up-to-the-second social updates, news articles and blog posts about hot topics around the world" This is what Google has to say about its offering called RealTime Search. This has a very good feature where in an email alert can be created for social updated or new topic discussion happening around the world and in outerspace ;) One example use case would be to set an alert such

Sony W90 under my knife

2010-11-21T00:26:00.003+05:30

A water damaged sony W90. few drops of sea water was enough to corrupt its circuitry.

Google Reader and Twitter

2010-10-17T00:17:00.002+05:30

I am more addicted to Google Reader than twitter. Once nice feature in Reader is that you can get instant update from twitter, Just Go to "Add Subscription" enter the twitter handle name, and do a search. The updates are now in my Google Reader :)

samsung mobile innovator 2009: bangalore

2009-11-15T15:25:00.003+05:30

Samsung held a samsung mobile innovator 2009 core member meet on 13th November in Bangalore. Agend of the meetingrelease of Java SDK ,Windows SDK, Sansung App store called the A-Store and a small announcement of their new platform Bada.Though Bada was in already big debate with why samsung would try to get a new platform into already crowded mobile OS space, Samsung kept it very low saying that

My last blog post as....

2009-10-24T01:08:00.003+05:30

and tomorrow i will be a "married man" ,and will be more responsible... hopefully

2009-10-08T00:12:00.010+05:30

He has got right moves :) i <3 asmio

moon..

2009-07-20T23:50:00.004+05:30

and yeah... India has joined the elite group of countries who have "left a sovereign" on the surgace of moonthanks to goole earth/moon for reminding me of this...images from google earth/moon Share on twitter

Monsoon till now..

2009-07-19T14:19:00.004+05:30

Monsoon and my garden:Bramha kamala blossoms in my garden:The red whiskered bulbul's nest and eggfew days and the egg...thats it for now

Liveandroid on vmware

2009-07-15T23:24:00.002+05:30

Android on my vmware... why i have this? well.. i dont know, may be am just crazy about virtualization :p

Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 for S60

2009-06-30T22:51:00.006+05:30

Nokia Beta Labs anounced the availabilty of Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 for S60. And action point for meDownloadInstallBlog about it :)but "I" failed at the Second step.here is my short story."My device is 2 months old.Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 was announced Today 30June 2009And when i tried to install on my 5800, i got to see this"My device detailsI am confused and totaly clueless.Have i been using the

the phone killer

2009-06-22T23:12:00.011+05:30

The mighty iPhone has a newer cousin "iPhone 3G S" Time and again Apple has proved that style matters than the content, presentation matters than the subject and "simplicity rocks"We all know when iphone was launched, iPhone couldn't handle video recordingcouldn't run multiple application simultaneouslyNo MMSyet it was coined to be the killer smart phone. I was wondering how can a non smart

5800: SMS "group by" option

2009-06-07T23:35:00.008+05:30

I am an aditcitve texter, i tend to have sms well over 3k in all my mobile devices. But never it has been easy for me to keep track of information if any sent to me via SMS , so i need to use symbian 'search' application to search sms contents....Now i have a s60 5th ed device and one cool thing i noticed was "show messages in groups" This is the view i see now :) and i feel gud :D

Putty on Nokia 5800

2009-06-06T20:19:00.009+05:30

5800 will be my favorite device.. until i get my hands on a "Android Phone" but for now the reality is I have a Nokia 5800 for few more weeksLets face it, Nokia is not yet ready with there Touch capability phones yet, certainly impresses an onlooker but not geeks or "iPhone" fans. Still i Love nokia and i partially like 5800.One application i hvb'n trying out on this device is Putty for s60. Its

:) nice

2009-05-24T00:49:00.001+05:30

Hi from Multitouch Barcelona on Vimeo.

s60 5th ed SDK installation

2009-04-24T23:39:00.003+05:30

what seemed to be a basic task turned to be "nightmare"I thought of upgrading from developing s60 3rd to s60 5th ed, for this i would just need to install the new s60 5th ed SDK v1.0 right?...errr.., not quitThe new SDK v1.0 just wouldnt install on my system.having been spending 2 yrs developing with s60 and consulting for mobile development for a while, these ERRORs d tested my nerves. instead

Symbian + S60 on an Intel Atom Board = ?

2009-04-17T23:57:00.003+05:30

Symbian + S60 on an intel Atom Board = ?1. Symbook2. Nokiabook2. ASK themi dont know, but guys at SOSCO has a differnet story to tellLet’s not replicate the PC, Wintel, Netbook model, but instead really showcase the power of our code base, and an ecosystem of highly skilled providers of mobile technology.i just love this news. Gr8 work symbian guys.

Information is priceless

2009-02-21T01:59:00.003+05:30

And google knows this bestHave a look at this/** * Listens for GPS and cell/wifi changes and anonymously uploads to server for * improving quality of service of NetworkLocationProvider. This service is only enabled when * the user has enabled the network location provider. * * {@hide} */

How to browse Android source code tree?

2009-02-20T23:30:00.002+05:30

I always try to look for a better, faster and on the fly solution for most of the problems.This time my problem was: How do I browse the Android Source code tree? [ Ya, I know the obvious solution for this, but some how downloading it on to my laptop or on to my desk top was not feasible since both were short on disc space :p ] and I am not a linux user :xWhile going thru google labs I found this

Love thy intel

2009-02-13T00:15:00.000+05:30

Eye catching Math

2009-01-24T23:42:00.004+05:30

The (Power of software + Zooming power of G10 ) * creativity = This Amazing Picture a brilliant 1,474 megapixels PhotogarphMore Info here

The Evil of On device debugging

2009-01-20T20:37:00.011+05:30

With the announcement of Carbide v2.0 Nokia saw a broad smile on developers face. With a huge list of improvements and new features.Few thing which caught attention was Free For all featuresOn device DebuggingUI designerFor me On device debugging appeals the most being it Free.But still there are few features which I believe has gone un noticed, first the on device debugging over Bluetooth.

Under the Knife

2008-12-25T02:23:00.006+05:30

From this ->To this -> For this ->

New...in my life.

2008-12-07T14:25:00.004+05:30

its been so long...a PPC in my life

2008-10-11T05:36:00.004+05:30

Its been 8 months since i posted some really geeky things. Its been a hard time or me to doing things which doesn't impress me, as its been said "Complexity ignites me" at the same time what am been doing just scares my geek quotient, i wonder is it still active? few more days and it will dead :| To over come the fear of losings my gIQ I thought of getting my hands dirty with Linux and my being a

Dead lock Explained - HINDI

2008-08-16T15:03:00.003+05:30

One of the most popular terminology in computer science is "DEAD LOCK" its so simple to understand yet so hard to Explain , But for people who can understand Hindi, Here is a 3 minute video explaining dead lock in bollywood style ;)

Kiwis first

2008-07-08T09:38:00.003+05:30

I was in a country where iphone was never announced, and now i am in a country which is the first in the world to get iPhone 3G officially;vodofone New Zealand press releaseHi, This Friday 11 July at 00:01, the new iPhone 3G hits the shelves in three Vodafone stores nationwide. They are:

And jobs said, Let there be 3G in iPhone

2008-06-10T07:39:00.005+05:30

Finally the god spoke, and this time its form Jobs's tongueJobs in WWDC June 10th announced the availability of iPhone3G buy July 11.Good points about iPhone 3GWi-Fi (802.11b/g) + Bluetooth 2.0+EDR2 MP cameraProximity sensorGPSall at half the price of previous iphone and another Nokia phone with similar functionalityBad points2 MP camera - Not good enoughembedded BatteryAT&T, Vodafone... Blah..

Good news for all iPhone freaks..

2008-06-05T05:04:00.002+05:30

I found this and was happy for all my friends back in india and friends here in NZ. Most adored mobile phone, gadget of the decade will be available [ Legally] in INDIA and NZ from Vodafone.Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece,

Object of desire

2008-05-02T12:12:00.002+05:30

Web and the mobile world

2008-04-20T23:17:00.003+05:30

There is no measure for love between web and the mobile world...Keeping it short...Check out http://m.orkut.com [Obviously using your mobile.. lol :) ]Official Google Blog entry

symbian - critics say . . . . .

2008-03-31T21:27:00.009+05:30

Symbian, among programmers is known for its complexity, this is the reason why i love programming for this platform. Analysts do write about the design flaws, unnecessarily complicating simple things like string handling. In fact symbian has the best implementation of multitasking which is very efficient for a small memory devices compared to multi threading.Though symbina is considered to be

Sir Richard Branson, Welcome to india

2008-03-04T18:28:00.003+05:30

One more global Player among Mobile operators lands in the "worlds fastest growing mobile segment".Yes, ‘Virgin Mobile’ services are being offered to consumers by Tata Teleservices through a brand franchise with the Virgin Group. Virgin Mobile India is an association between Virgin Group and Tata Teleservices which will facilitate Tata Teleservices with its experience and expertise in designing,

Anouncement: Nokia+Microsoft & Google Loves Web and Mobile

2008-03-04T16:14:00.004+05:30

Two major announcements from two giants in there own senseNokia announced Microsoft's silverlight availability for S60 and S40Nokia today announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on Symbian OS, the world's leading smartphone software(1), as well as for Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets. Adding support for Silverlight will extend opportunities for developers to

Weekend Masti: 3250 under my knife, finally

2008-03-02T16:34:00.006+05:30

My Sunday afternoon went in fixing my Nokia 3250It had a strange problem!! CAll ,Disconnect and The Center Enter button of Joy stick weren't responding. SO took the risk of ripping it open and see for my self, what the heck was wrong? #$@%.After disassembling completely got know tghat the connect had got loosened a little bit of tweaking and there it was working like a charm now :)After months of

Google Android: Looks Impressive, Finally

2008-02-29T00:53:00.001+05:30

Should you hop-on or hold-on?

2008-02-19T12:42:00.004+05:30

A Bit of dvice

Mobile world Congress: S60 May steal the show

2008-02-04T00:58:00.000+05:30

The most awaited Demo of the year [so far] will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress , Barcelona Spain. Yes Nokia to demo S60 Touch UI at Mobile World Congress 2008.S60 Touch is Nokia's response to the iPhone's revolutionary UI .Watch out for Nokia's demo along with a host of other Mobile innovationrelated post: S60 UI announcedS60 UI in detailS60 and Symbian go hand-in-hand

News that shook the software world

2008-02-02T00:21:00.000+05:30

Motorola Considers Separating its Mobile Devices Unit: [ Moto pressrelease ]Or selling to its compitator?? [ should SE buy Moto ]Microsoft to buy yahoo ?Nokia acquires Trolltech

What we did not know about iphone

2008-01-10T16:53:00.003+05:30

By far the most impressive Story about iPhone, the most loved phone mankind had ever seen.Fred Vogelstein form http://www.wired.com has written a 4 page story about iPhone and i liked the way he address this: "How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry"I do agree on this point :"For decades, wireless carriers have treated manufacturers like serfs, using access to their networks as leverage to

A Master Stroke

2008-01-04T22:50:00.000+05:30

Tare Zameen ParTAARE ZAMEEN PAR-M...Taare_Zameen_Par.m...

Upgrade to SMS2.0

2008-01-02T18:06:00.000+05:30

New Year brings new features. On December 31 2007 Airtel announced the launch of SMS2.0 service. The best part is ITS ABSOLUTELY FREE.Currently this services is limited to Nokia phones powered by symbian [sounds too technical then have look at the supported devices]Sadly this feature is not available for the S60 3rd Edition users.I haven't used this service since i have a 3250 :| but going

A Picture speaks a Giga words

2008-01-02T00:01:00.000+05:30

we have seen HD TV HDDVD HD stands for High Definition. Have you ever heard of HD imagery!!If you really want to know what High Definition means don't just Visit Wiki, give a visit to this sitehttp://www.haltadefinizione.com/en/portfolio.aspAmazing "High Definition" images, When i say HD images i really mean HIGH DEFINITIONsome of them are whooping 8.9GPIX in short its 149.307 x 65.984 image :)A

A year that was ...2007

2008-01-01T23:07:00.000+05:30

Year 2007 was an Innovative yearSome of the gadgets which kept bloggers, tech enthusiasts around the world busy are . . . .

Encounter: JOBS across the GATE"s"

2007-12-21T19:18:00.000+05:30

Steve Jobs of Apple fame and Bill Gates the person who could not come out of his Winodws , crossing each others track during the journey of their fame.

India and the mobile market

2007-12-19T13:45:00.000+05:30

some time back i had written a "single line post" about mobile phone market in India.This search query came in as a icing on the cake. Just do a quick Google for "fastest growing mobile phone market" and there you have it :)

coming soon: MFSFA*

2007-12-17T23:27:00.000+05:30

The bad part of innovation is " being first matters" , and at the same time innovation doesn't just mean creating new things, it also involve doing it better. A very good example for this is Google. Google did not invent search engine, yet Google become the leaders of web based search providers. Well the context of this post is entirely unrelated to Google, it has to deal with My first freeware

Nokia PC phone: New generation PC connectivity for Nokia Phones

2007-12-14T01:40:00.000+05:30

Finally Nokia hears to the S60 users Plea and grants them with Nokia PC phone. This is a smart interface by which user can make calls, send SMS messages and manage contacts from PC browser!The Nokia PC phone is a browser extension/plug-in and it works with Firefox 2.x. Internet Explorer 7.x will be supported soonI have been struggling with Nokia PC suite to send SMS and to manage Contacts and i

New and Improved Gmail chat features

2007-11-30T23:54:00.000+05:30

Google has improved there "Gmail chat" interface. Though u cannot make a voice call form with in the "Gmail chat" there are 2 main enhancements.First being the Group chat option: Now you can chat with multiple contacts in the same window. i.e. conference. finally the feature which i was awaiting to have in my Gchat.The second one is about the smiley :) yes, now you go can from B-) to to Best

India spearing into Space age with ISRO and TATA's Fuel cell car

2007-11-26T23:22:00.000+05:30

TATA and ISRO tie up to propel INDIA in to the space age, this time its not the rockets but the automobile. Tata in alliance with ISRO is gearing up to bring out the prototype of hydrogen based CAR. This Car would run on hydrogen and the exhaust would be JUST water vapour. This is the reason why it has earned the title of "World's most Greenest car"The technology behind hydrogen based: Though

wonder blunder

2007-11-23T23:29:00.000+05:30

Today morning i received a mail from my bank to my residential address.I was shocked!! How on earth, i could receive this mail? NO, I wasn't worried about the content of the mail, but the address!!!Look at the pic belowDo we have Berlin in Karnataka, INDIA???I am amazed, how could a bank

N95 Application wishlist : Golgoli Game

2007-11-23T14:00:00.001+05:30

From the day Nokia announced there N95 mobile, I have been madly following the reviews, User opinion and Nokia's post marketing support.Every thing seems to be perfect except for the battery and RAM hiccups.Lately, we are seeing loads of freeware application based on Accelerometer floating around.They look amazing viz. NokMote, Y-Inclinometer, LightsaberBut what i am eagerly waiting is for an

BCB5: Brainchunk->Attendence(EAbsent);

2007-11-17T21:49:00.000+05:30

Due to some unavoidable circumstances I have to skip BCB5.So I can not keep up the updates. Apologias to not able to keep up my words.I will try to get the feedback from fellow bloggers, and if i can understand there experience :) i would try to elaborate on the same

Android: First impression

2007-11-14T03:06:00.000+05:30

"The Droid is out"Everyone on this planet is talking about it, the most awaited "MOBILE PHONE PLATFORM' was introduced to us on 11/05/2007 and days after this we got to see it live in this video.what was all the hype about? well "When God sneezes! the earth tumbles!!" I think this is what happened in the case of Gphone. When google showed interest in coming into mobile handset market, there

Nokia Research: The unsung hero

2007-11-10T00:57:00.000+05:30

In the case of many heroes, warriors and saints, we only praise and adore there capabilities and achievements. We don't really care about who inspired them, who shaped them to achieve what they are now. Same applies even to the field 0f technology and research. Usually we fail to recognize the men behind the most cutting edge technology coming out in the market, for example Nokia Research Center

Happy diwali from orkut

2007-11-09T23:58:00.000+05:30

Happy deepavali to every oneBiggest surprise to me for this dewali came from an unexpected source.I have been busy from last 2dyas and was away from my computer.Today when i log into orkut i saw a special tap on the top right banner.Guess what! orkut wanted to wish us in the best way it could by giving us a new THEME. Enjoy this gift from the worlds most used social networking site.This is the

"Google, Where is my phone?"

2007-11-06T02:28:00.000+05:30

All Road leads to "Open Platform".The speculations, hypes and hoax about the Gphone stops at ANDROID, an open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices, which includes includesAn operating system, user-interface and applications -- all of the software to run a mobile phone, but without the proprietary obstacles that have hindered mobile innovation. This acquisition 2 years back payed off.This

Adobe Flashlite 3 on my 3250

2007-11-06T01:50:00.000+05:30

Adobe's next gen runtime engine for mobile Flashlite 3 succeeds FL2.1 with enhanced features like Flash video a.k.a FLV format , MMI extensions for UI design and also as a plug-in to the web browsers.In short this means, we would be able to watch FLV on s60 phones.I got my developer edition FL3 player couple of days back.The most interesting part is that its running on my Nokia 3250 which is a

Screenplay, Freeway illustrated by symbain

2007-10-30T01:51:00.000+05:30

Remember in my other post i had mentioned about the 2 new technology symbian introduced to us.well, if words weren’t enough to explain such a beautiful concept , here are the video illustration of the same. Points to be note: Note the home screen, do u recognize that icon on the top left of the screen JNotice the tap on the screen to receive the incoming call? Have you seen a similar big

Windows Desktop Search uninstall

2007-10-29T23:51:00.000+05:30

In my previous post related to windows Desktop search, i did not recommend to install WDS. But some took the "pleasure" of doing this and from the day they have installed there life has become hell. Believe me they are "REALLY ANGRY" on me for that little post. They should be, because once you install this. its not that easy to get ride of WDS. This was supposed to happen and you know why ;).OK

Symbian Dissected

2007-10-28T02:30:00.001+05:30

The greatest and the most unassailable software fortress has been broken.I am talking about about Symbian's Platform Security.This has come as a shock to everyone.The impregnable platform is no more safe and has amazed all veterens of symbian os.This has opened the doors and paved way for all the 3rd part software to easyly access the system files which symbian never wanted.As a symbian developer

Geeks: God of the modern times

2007-10-26T01:14:00.000+05:30

Geeks in my opinion are the Gods of ElEctronik erra. They are set of people who expect even their shoe to have some sort of wireless connectivity :pFew days back , my friend came to visit me, just then he had bought a new wallet, and i was having a look at it.My reaction was "cool!! what does it do?" He jumped out of his chair and laughed over my foolish question. he said "DUDE its a wallet!!! do

Symbian Programming horror

2007-10-23T20:52:00.000+05:30

Lot of my colleagues ask me "why is symbian so tough to understand and program?"well symbian programming is not that tough but its not that easy either. Symbain's EVP David Woods in a book written by him titled "Symbian for Software Leaders" talks about a document he wrote during the early days of Symbian, During the developement of EPOC.The document "Goals for a ERA software development"

Up close with s60 touch

2007-10-23T01:58:00.000+05:30

I found these flash illustration of Nokia's New S60 touch interfaceSeeing these, i am quite disappointed, its no where near the Rich User Experiance offerd by iPhone.But hey! this can play direct-youtube i.e. flv thanks to Adobe's Flashlite3 [a powerful runtime engine for mobile]And i would also like to bring this in to the lime light. if you closely observer the clicks on the button , the

BCB5 hitting Bangalore

2007-10-19T23:18:00.000+05:30

What - Barcamp Bangalore 2007 winter edition [in short "Geeks day out"]Where - Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB)When - 17th and 18th November 2007 I Will be there, Follow me on twitter

faster symbian

2007-10-18T00:48:00.000+05:30

We talk about windows xp vista, Apple MAC os tiger leopard. SUSE, ubuntu,RED hat all these are power full operating systems. But talk about OS for an handheld device like a mobile phone there is only one name that stands out : SYMBIANAnd now the most popular Smartphone OS is getting more Smarter , Sexier and Sophisticated.Smarter symbian:with new features introduced from symbian 9.x onwards

Nokia gets an Apple touch

2007-10-13T22:55:00.000+05:30

Nokia the mobile giants gets the ipod's Click Wheel kind off interface on to there multimedia beast. Nokia likes to call it the navi™ WheelNokia introduced this interface with the new Nokia N81 mobileNote: the original provider is synaptics visit here for more detailssee the videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dZ5krLWcq4also visithttp://europe.nokia.com/A4577199

safari like fonts on windows xp

2007-10-03T14:56:00.000+05:30

I was having a chat with my friend comparing MAC OS and your's truly windows XP. we were discussing about why some love MAC and the rest prefer a PC [windows/Linux].My answer was simple,WINDOWS is for mugglesLINUX is for wizardsand,MAC is for artiststake a look hereThe argument was not over , the discussion continued with , the new safari browser for windows.we are so excited with this move of

windows desktop search

2007-09-26T21:40:00.000+05:30

what's so great about microsoft?..well.. in short they want to copy everything.there moto: "make it , if you cant buy it" every product with some potential, they want it under there umbrella.....Now i'll stop being a devils advocate.The topic of this post is about windows xp search 3.0 . its much like the desktop search features [and less] to google desktop search. but this time they are making

Mobile Display pops out, literally

2007-09-26T13:00:00.000+05:30

race for a bigger mobile display is on,where does Nokia's QVGA the 2.5 and later 2.8 inch screen, Apple's iphone all screen mobile stand in front of thissource:engadget

india truly getting connected

2007-09-25T19:29:00.000+05:30

The number of Indian mobile phone subscribers has passed the 200 million markread on

IIS / MYSQL / PHP config

2007-08-26T00:49:00.000+05:30

web servers and database are my new horse. am trying to tame both with all the help from the developer world wide and with lil help from my god, it's not that hard :)from last night am trying sooo hard to configure my PHP to work with MySQL server. Every thing seems to be perfect but still php_info() was failing to display mysql information .i fallowed all the instruction in PHP faq but no

orkut - getting a facelift

2007-08-25T23:20:00.000+05:30

i have always been a fan of google. and of course i like orkut apart from its adverse effects, orkut is a nice way to keep in touch[ i am not a strong supporter either].orkut being googel's offering, i was expecting some good interface. After 3 years there are a loads of features added like video and now the multimedia scrap, which i think is a "cool feature" but little was done to enhance the

Nokia 5310 xpressmusic™

2007-08-23T14:17:00.001+05:30

This device is been in the news for quite sometime and today i got to see the device for real, and doesn't this silence all the symbian freaks!!This is an AWSOME device with S40 5th Edition, A2DP support and a 320 x 240 screen.It will also include 2 megapixel camera and microSDHC support!!!!And the best part is, its gonna be very cheap. So guys look out for this amazing kid on the non-smartphone

Kalam at his best

2007-08-17T22:56:00.000+05:30

yesterday, 17th August 2007,incidentally i came across this interview of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam by prannoy Roy on NDTV. Students were allowed to ask all sorts of questions to the Missile Man.i would like to quote few lines from the interviewKalam: "Thomas Alva Edison gave a meaning to the electricity" we all know Edison as the inventor of the electric bulb, Kalam with few words

iPhone's multitouch technology

2007-08-16T12:42:00.000+05:30

"Free as in Freedom "

2007-08-15T01:05:00.001+05:30

even a video on the Indian independence has restrictions [:)]i want to know what the "owner" of this video wants to convey by having such an restrictionis it "some rights reserved" :)

Recall mania

2007-08-14T18:26:00.000+05:30

Prestigious Mobile manufacturing company Nokia joins the "Product Recall League" [Dell, sony...]Batteries used in a range of Nokia handsets potentially experience over heating initiated by a short circuit while charging,causing the battery to dislodge. Of 300 million BL-5C batteries manufactured last year, 46 million belong to the dodgy batch.Nokia blames it on to their suppliers like Matsushita,

unconferences

2007-07-27T12:45:00.000+05:30

Will be there

My country's Pride

2007-07-26T15:54:00.000+05:30

Here is t he Last speech from Abdul Kalam as "President of India" Salutes to The Missile Man with a Heart of Gold.Vision 2020: we will make it happen

Where is the Phone?

2007-07-16T14:55:00.000+05:30

Nokia Concept Phone "Aeon"

What if?

2007-07-11T17:41:00.001+05:30

what if the most successful marriage in the smartphone industry breaks?I am pointing to Nokia-symbian success story. This duo started the smartphone race and now they are the leader in this space.Symbian the most powerful, sophisticated mobile operating system.Nokia, Currently the world's largest manufacturer of mobile handset.Success of the symbian as a powerful OS can not be narrated with out

small dedication to our iCon

2007-06-29T18:48:00.000+05:30

From this --------------------------------- To this reason for this little transition ?Well Black backgrounds may save lot of energy for a CRT monitor usersbut the reason behind have this, has an altogether a different meaning.To mark the official release of the most awaited gadget, i am having the color Apple loves the most ;)Hey even i love

It's an art

2007-06-29T11:53:00.000+05:30

Dismantling any electronic device doesn't need special skills but if you want to practice that on something like a mobile phone, you need to give it a thought before even you get your glouse on.Recently i found this old video on youtube and seeing this i must say "Dismantling is an art"and here, it is Executed with perfection.These devices are engineering masterpieces

Need to say anything?

2007-06-27T13:10:00.000+05:30

is this is thefinal verdict?You never know how people react to the techno wars between the big gunsApple known for its innovative ideas and of course the fancy design has won the hearts of million with there "i"devices [iMac, iPod ] and now the new cake in the row is the iPhone. it has already created a big wave in the smartphone market.But is it worth all the hype??Look at this Wonder -this is

Filtering the file from a Directory listing :symbian

2007-06-22T12:19:00.001+05:30

//Declared in main class ---- CMyclass.hRArray iFileList;RArray iDirList;//_LIT(KFileExtension,"mp3");_LIT(KDirPath,"c:\\Nokia\\Sounds\\Digital\\");void CMyclass::ListDirectory( ){ CDir* dirs = 0; CDir* files = 0; User::LeaveIfError(iFsSession.GetDir(KDirPath,KEntryAttNormal,ESortByName,files, dirs)); TFindFile FindFiles(iFsSession()); TInt err = FindFiles.FindWildByDir(

Been waiting for this

2007-06-12T17:15:00.000+05:30

Much appreciated browser enters the windows world..I have only one word--EXCITED--

Mobile ,.....What am i running!!!!

2007-06-12T01:30:00.000+05:30

When ever my mobile goes into my pocket (which I rarely do), I need to close all the running apps. I do this by manually checking the current running application [ long press of menu key]*.I will be running all kind of application including browser, calendar, IM, yahoo…. And many times I forget what i have some apps running and I simply lock the keypad.Running application eat up a lot of battery

Six hurdles a symbian developer need to cross

2007-05-22T15:16:00.000+05:30

To build a symbian c++ program we use bldmake bldfiles [Commnad Line] and we get a abld.bat batch file. To actually build the application we run this batch file abld build What happens when we run this file is something worth investigating. On close examining this file [\\epocroot\S60_2nd_FP3\Epoc32\tools\abld.pl] reveals some interesting insight of the build command.BUILD=>{build=>1,program=>1,

Dll Freeze in Symbian

2007-05-07T13:55:00.000+05:30

Symbian application development best practice suggests keeping the main engine and gui part separately. A good design should avoid creating unnecessary dependencies between components.Also, maximizing code reuse so that common functional requirements can be satisfied from shared libraries is very desirable. The engine for the intended application should be a functional unit that stands apart from

I Speak ....

2007-05-07T13:44:00.000+05:30

I almost forgot …i speak god's own language symbian from past 2yr has been my only passion in Programming world. I must say this is one of the best OS for embedded devices like mobile and implemented to perfection. I feel proud to be in this space.

Era of convergence

2007-04-10T17:53:00.000+05:30

from the beginning of the smartphone era we are commenting on things like "why do we need a smartphone?, the sole purpuse of having a phone is make a call-talk-disconnect!.." practically this is what phones are meant for, but the mobile technology has matured so that it has combined 3 different world. we use to carry gadgets like a phone to be connected, a music player to be entertained on the

Font hunt.

2007-04-09T12:30:00.000+05:30

Well, I almost forgot the main theme. I wanted to write about the scripting and the font style but lost completely in those talking-writing things :) Writing is a form of communication and also a form of art. The art of writing known to be originated from China involved tools and special form of ink. For this computer-savvy era, we see the art in electronic formats. There are some

I talk U talk...

2007-04-09T11:51:00.000+05:30

History of communication on wiki says Human communication was revolutionized with speech about 200,000 years ago. Symbols were developed about 30,000 years ago, and writing about 7,000 man!! isn’t that astonishing, well i see it the other way round. When we say human communication does it mean speech or literature? If this is true, then does it mean that animals don’t communicate!!! If even if

Don't MIND

2007-04-07T01:22:00.000+05:30

I don’t know why this happens with me always, what ever I start with I will never end up completing it. Forget about finishing I don’t even start properly :) this has never changed but I desperately want to come out of this. Of course this is no a curse it’s just in the mind set.At this point I remember answering my lecturer “My mind was not prepared” , actually I was giving him the reason for