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October 7th, 2008 — Gadgets
Yesterday I saw an advertisement of the new Honda City in “The Week” and I found the new design interesting. This is the third major design change for Honda City in India. This one has some power packed features also.
A quick look at the features
| Engine |
1.5L (SOHC) 4 cylinder, 16 valve i-VTEC |
| Length |
4420 mm |
| Width |
1695 mm |
| Height |
1480 mm |
| Max. Power (PS/rpm) |
118 / 6600 |
| Max. Torque, Nm @ rpm |
146 @ 4800 |
| Ground Clearance |
160 |
The vehicle comes with both manual and automatic gear shift options. A major feature is the advanced fully integrated audio system that can play from any media.
It also has ABS with brake assist and dual airbags and crush proof survival zone with G-Force technology. To safeguard from theft the new Honda city is equipped with a vehicle immobilizer system.
The vehicle has 6 different color selection and is priced between 8 Lakhs are 9 Lakhs.
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August 21st, 2008 — Experiences, Gadgets, Mobile
Airtel and Vodafone are all set for the final kill with both of them announcing prices and dates for Iphone launch. When the most awaited Iphone comes to India tomorrow, most of us are disappointed. The pricing matches business class phones.
The 8GB version is priced at Rs 31000 and the 16 GB version is priced at Rs 36100. Both prices are a disapponitment considering the fact that my friend owns an Iphone which he unlocked and it only cost him 20000.
In the US AT&T is selling Iphone with a 2 year contract for 199$ (~ Rs 9000). Even the unlocked phones there costs only some close to Rs 25000. Then why should I buy from Airtel of Vodafone ?
Both the operators have started sending out SMS and emails to those who have booked the phones. Vodafone is asking for a deposit of Rs 10000 to get the phone before other do. Looks like they are squeezing it out.
Now whats left to see is that, how many will spend that much money on a phone, which is already having a negative review in the Indian market.
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April 1st, 2008 — Gadgets, Hardware
Configuring the BSNL Evdo USB Broadband in linux is very much similar to configuring any USB modem in Linux. 3 steps are involved.
- Detecting the device
- Configuring wvdial.conf
- Dialling
In most cases the hardware is auto detected and drivers are automatically loaded. You can check your /dev/ directory for any of these files.
ttyusb0, ttyusb1, ttyusb2 ……
After plugging in he modem, a new device should appear. In most cases it ttyusb0. If no file is appearing then you will have to manually load the drivers by issuing the following command.
modprobe usbserial vendor=0×05c6 product=0×6000
This will load the drivers and make your new device visible in /dev/
Now add the following lines to your wvdial.conf
[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 = <your username>
Password = <your password>
Phone = #777
Stupid Mode = 1
Now try the command wvdial in your terminal. It should work.
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January 22nd, 2008 — Gadgets, Mobile
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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January 21st, 2008 — Gadgets, Software
Widgets and gadgets were something I wanted to try out for quite some time. Its only today that I got a chance. I run the latest Ubuntu 7.10 on my laptop.
To my disappointment I found out that most of the widget platform providers dont support linux. The google gadgets and the yahoo widgets dont support linux.
Some forums talk about another service provider, but his domain is now parked, looks like he went bankrupt.
If anyone knows how to run google gadgets or yahoo widgets on linux, please comment.
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