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April 25th, 2008 — Experiences, Mobile
I recently read a long feature about the harm caused by mobile phones in “Vanitha“, a local womens magazine which is very popular. The main argument was that students are using mobile phone to view and share porn. The article is written in such a manner that no parent will dare to buy a mobile phone for his son or daughter.
This is not the first time that Vanitha is writing against mobile phones. A few years back, it was the cable TV and then the internet and now mobile phones. I know many families who decided no to buy a computer or take an internet connection just because of some stupid article in Vanitha or the newspapers.
All the features that came in Vanitha about the internet or the mobile phone had many touching stories in them, supposed to be true, where some boys are using mobile phones to share porn, or some kid who lost interest in studies because of the internet.
Some schools and colleges have banned mobile phones. I still dont A college student is expected to be the responsible head of a family after a few years. If we cant trust him/her with a mobile phone, how are we going to trust him/her with a family.
We all make mistakes. Its very true that the internet and mobile phones can be misused. We can misuse cable TV, anyone watched MTV grind or the FTV ? Why are we not banning cable TV ? Id say its double standards cos we all want to watch the silly serials where every husband has a secret affair and all the young girls are roaming around with other boys.
Vanitha dont have the moral right to speak about the harm caused by phones or the internet, cos they are the part of a Malayala Manorama group, which owns another “M” publication which publishes all sorts of tingling stories. Just take a look at the drawings in those magazines and you will understand what I am saying.
Why dont they review the effects of such stories and drawings on the youth in Kerala, rather than fighting a war against the technologies that are feeding millions and have changed the world so much.
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February 8th, 2008 — Experiences, Mobile
I am sure most of you are unaware of this little secret feature that most of the mobile phones have. This can cause fights with the warranty and customer care team of your mobile company. I had a bad experience with Motorola.
There is a small white dot on your mobile, mostly under the back cover. Open your phone and check. Most mobiles have it as a white dot, some has it as a white square or rectangle. If you have found it, and if its white, then its ok. But if its red, that means your mobile warranty is void.
This is a feature that phone manufacturers have put to detect whether your phone has fallen into water. When this dot comes into contact with water, the dot turns red and the company will deny warranty.
One day my moto ming shutdown and would never turn back on. I took it to the customer care and those fellows told me that I wont get warranty cos the dot is red. I am sure that my phone has not got in touch with water.
Thanks to my friend Hari, his skills to negotiate proved useful, when he could make them open the phone and check for any signs of water slash. They also were surprised the see the phone internals neat and with no signs of any water splash. We called up the higher authorities and got my phone repaired.
So the lesson is that, DONT BELIEVE THE RED DOT.
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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 1st, 2008 — Mobile, Web 2.0
Mobitop is the product I am talking about. Its a mobile phone application development platform that combines the power of the web and the native features on a mobile phone. I met the guys behind this cool product in the modemo event.
Mobitop allows you to create rich web 2.0 mobile applications. With mobitop, a mobile application developer can develop applications very fast using standard web technologies and minimize porting problems.
The product is cool, but the fellows are not giving it the publicity needed. Also the licensing procedures are not very friendly. I hope some big company will acquire them and make this product free for development.
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December 16th, 2007 — Mobile
Modemo is a one day event aimed at being a place to demo the coolest and futuristic wireless, mobile applications and products. The event is open to everyone with a compulsory registration. The venue is ThoughWorks Bangalore (16th Dec)
Some of the Demos that I am interested in follows
- Mobile Map Application that does not require GPS
- Mobile Video Streaming
- Mango Application Framework
- Mobitop Application Framework
- Enterprise Tracking with Mobile and LBS
See you there…….
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