Entries from January 2008 ↓

Many of us have USB internet dongles from TataIndicom or Reliance. Here is how you can configure it to work with linux.

Edit the /etc/wvdial.conf file to add these extra lines.

[Dialer Defaults]

Modem=/dev/ttyUSB0
Baud=115200
Dial Command = ATDT
Baud=115200
Dial Command = ATDT
init1=ATZ
init2=AT+CRM=1
Flow Control= Hardware (CRTSCTS)
Username = internet
Password = internet
Phone = #777
Stupid Mode = 1

The line  Modem=/dev/ttyUSB0  needs to be changed according to your machine settings. To find out the exact device, follow the procedure.

1.  unplug the device
2. goto /dev/
3. plug the device
4. type ls and find the latest device detected
5. replace the /dev/ttyUSB0 with the new device path

For TataIndicom all the above settings including the phone number, username and password are correct. You need not change anything except for the modem name.

Ping me if you have any troubles configuring your wireless modem.

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The SMS widget we were testing for the last 2 weeks is now open to public for free signup and usage. Prema received more emails than she could handle in past days. Now you need not mail prema, instead you can goto

http://www.widget.fastalerts.in/

and register there.

Also you can customise the widget to match your blogs theme.  Bloggers, please share this link with fellow bloggers also.

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Mobme is a complete web 2.0 company and our products and services follow the philosophy of user participation and enhanced end user experience. Now here is another product from us that makes events go 2.0.

The product, still unnamed can be installed on a PC or a laptop with a bluetooth dongle or built in bluetooth device. Once installed mobile users near the PC or laptop can send in pictures via bluetooth this software and after screening the image will appear on the projector screen.

If a college event uses this software, the audience can also participate by sending in pictures taken live at the event or pictures that are relevant to the event to be shown on the projector. Now thats really Events 2.0.

This is one usage scenario and users are free to come up with more ideas. After using the software, please report bugs. New feature requests are also welcome.

This software requires the latest version of .NET Framework. Install it before you install the software.

Here is the download link.

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The mobile market in India and outside are very different due to the inherent nature of the users and the population. Premium services are slow to pick up in India and operators are focused only on increasing their subscriber base.

Iphone is all set to change all that. Targeting a premium set of users and focusing on the data usage rather than calls or sms, and then with their cool interface and PR stunts they have taken the control from the operator.

Iphone, for the first time in the history of handsets is choosing which operator to partner with. Till now it was the other way round. Operators sqeezed money out of handset manufacturers. Reliance is the best example. There are even rumors that Reliance caused an insurance company to go bankrupt with their handset insurance schemes.

Iphone makes money not only by selling the phone. Apple gets a share of the data revenues from Iphone users. Now that explains the applications that come pre installed with the Iphone. They all are data hungry.

The Iphone phenomena caused the change of power from operator to handset manufacturer and the consumer. Iphone is coming to India soon and it will really upset the existing handset market.

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