Nokia Unleashes Super-Phone

For all those who thought that the convergence has reached its apogee with the phones like the Nokia N95 & N81(8gb) or the Apple Iphone will be utterly abashed to know that they were counterfactual about the mobile convergence.The reason being Nokia N96 and as action speaks louder than word....See it for your own self:

And if that was not enough for you people then lets have a good insight of the specifications of the undisputed leader of the Phone-Industry the Nokia N96:

Technical Profile•System:WCDMA900/2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)•User Interface:S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2Multimedia Menu•Dimensions:103 x 55 x 18* mm (L x W x H)(* local depth up to 20 mm)•Weight:125 g•Display:2.8 inch QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) with up to 16 million colours•Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh

Media•Memory:16GB on-board memory,expandable via microSD memory card slot•Video playback:MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264,up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution (scaled max QVGA on device, SDTV on TV-out)RealVideo up to QCIF @ 30 fps Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in browser•Music playback:MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA

Main Camera•Lens:Carl Zeiss Tessar™•Image capture:Up to 5 megapixels (2592 x 1944) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit colour)•Video capture:MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps•Aperture:F2.8•Focal length:5.2 mm •Flash:Dual LED camera flash and video light

Operating Times•Talk time:Up to 150 min (3G), 220 min (GSM)•Standby time:Up to 200 hrs (3G), 220 hrs (GSM) •Video playback:Up to 5 hours (offline mode)•Music playback:Up to 14 hours (offline mode)•TV playback:Up to 4 hours

Connectivity & Data Services•WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support •Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0•DVB-H class C, 470-750MHz•3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC)•Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR)•GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)

Still craving to know more about it,If yes then you would be delighted to know that I got more :

Nokia Nseries Experiences

Video and TV•Watch high-quality video on the 2.8 inch display•Store up to 40 hrs of video on the 16 gigabytes of memory, and expand storage further with the microSD card slot•Video playback at 30 fps, for a wide array of formats•Access internet video feeds through Nokia Video Center•Transfer videos from compatible PC, using Hi-Speed USB 2.0•Watch Live TV (operator service using DVB-H or streaming over 3G, where available)

Music•Enjoy great audio through standard 3.5 mm jack headphones, built-in 3D stereo speakers or Bluetooth technology•Easily control playback with the dedicated media keys•Digital music player with support for playlist editing, equalizer and categorized access to your music collection•Podcasts, stereo FM Radio with RDS and Internet Radio •Search, browse and purchase songs online in Nokia Music Store (for availability, please visit www.music.nokia.com)

Maps and Navigation•A-GPS receiver, downloadable maps and satellite images*•Multimedia city guides and navigation services available* for purchase. Drive: voice guided car navigation, or Walk: pedestrian-optimised turn-by-turn guidance.* Availability varies by country –see www.maps.nokia.com

Photos•Location tagging of pictures captured, and online sharing•Organize photos by albums and tags, and synchronize with PC•Easy playback of videos and photos on compatible TV using TV-out cable or WLAN/UPnP

Explore•True internet experience with Nokia web browser, featuring visual history, mini-map, Flash video and progressive download•Get the latest headlines with RSS web feeds•Nokia Search (local & internet search) •Ready for N-Gage (when compatible version is available for download)•Email (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), MMS, SMS.

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The person who is not hungry says that the coconut has a hard shell.
African Tribal Saying

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HOTEL KERALA-FONIA

Here is a our own desi take on the Cult-Classic hit Hotel California by The Eagles.Its simply hilarious....It seems that its from down south according to the name,funny lyrics and the way its sung....Listen to it and have a great laugh :-)

On the road to Trivandrum
Coconut oil in my hair
Warm smell of avial
Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a bright pink tube-light
My tummy rumbled, I felt weak and thin
I had to stop for a bite
There he stood in the doorway
Flicked his mundu in style
And I was thinking to myself
I don’t like the look of his smile
Then he lit up a petromax
Muttering “No power today”
More Mallus down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel Kerala-fonia
Such a lousy place,
Such a lousy place (background)
Such a sad disgrace,
Plenty of bugs at the Hotel Kerala-fonia
Any time of year
Any time of year (background)
It’s infested here
It’s infested here

His finger’s stuck up his nostril
He’s got a big, thick mustache
He makes an ugly, ugly noise
But that’s just his laugh
Buxom girls clad in pavada
Eating banana chips
Some roll their eyes, and
Some roll their hips
I said to the manager
My room’s full of mice
He said,
Don’t worry, saar,I sending you
meen karri, brandy and ice
And still those voices were crying from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them pray

Save us from the Hotel Kerala-fonia
Such a lousy place,
Such a lousy place (background)
Such a sad disgrace
Trying to live at the Hotel Kerala-fonia
It is no surprise
It is no surprise (background)
That it swarms with flies

The blind man was pouring
Stale sambar on rice
And he said
We are all just actors here
In Silk Smitha-disguise
And in the dining chamber
We gathered for the feast
We stab it with our steely knives
But we just can’t cut that beef
Last thing I remember
I was writhing on the floor
That cockroach in my appam-stew was the culprit,
I am sure
Relax, said the watchman
This enema will make you well
And his friends laughed as they held me down
God’s Own Country? Oh, Hell!

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A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the advice. - Billy Cosby

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Apple Does It Yet Again....

Quite expected by an Apple product lover like me.Time and time Apple has proved itself with launching revolutionary products and becoming a pioneer each time,this time too its no exception.Alright,I guess it getting to much so I should let out the big secret...

MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don’t lose inches and pounds overnight. It’s the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wireless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook Air, mobile computing suddenly has a new standard.

Design

What makes the Air so thin?

MacBook Air is nearly as thin as your index finger. Practically every detail that could be streamlined has been. Yet it still has a 13.3-inch widescreen LED display, full-size keyboard, and large multi-touch trackpad. It’s incomparably portable without the usual ultraportable screen and keyboard compromises.

 

Features

So many innovations.So little space.

The incredible thinness of MacBook Air is the result of numerous size- and weight-shaving innovations. From a slimmer hard drive to strategically hidden I/O ports to a lower-profile battery, everything has been considered and reconsidered with thinness in mind.

What else on Earth would you need from your laptop...Nothing for me atleast and if you think the same as I do then grab a copy as soon as possible because it goes on sale from today(30/1/2008).

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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
--Lucius Annæus Seneca

If Aamir Khan did not make Taare Zameen Par

"If you want to know how good Taare is, just go to your nearest theater and watch the people coming out after the show. The cacophony that surrounds a crowd exiting a theater will be missing. Some would be walking in slow motion. Some would look petrified.. At least that's what happened in the theater I went to. Not a single soul was talking after the movie, probably because what everyone saw on screen was not fiction, but a semi-biography of his/her own life. In fact, the normally rowdiest gang in a theatre (ie my friends and I) that is uber vocal at the end of a film left the theater in pin drop silence. The first thing we said to each other - ' Aamir Bhai has done it again.'
Indeed, Aamir Khan had done it again. I have a gut feeling that Taare would change people like no other movie has previously done.

I know only Aamir can make a film like Taare. But let us assume he did not make it (dream on!). What would the film have been like?

1.If Karan Johar made Taare Zameen Par  
Obvious starcast:
Shah Rukh Khan as the arts teacher (duh duh duh!!).
Aryan Khan as the dyslexic child(even if he could not act for nuts).
Rani Mukerjee as the kid's mom(assuming Kajol is unavailable).
Abhishek Bachchan as the kid's dad.
Amitabh Bachchan as the school principal (who cares if the role is ultra minute, he can afford it).
It would be shot in New York to appeal to the NRI audience.
The story line would obviously be different. SRK would fall for the dyslexic kid's mom. The last scene would have the mom running to the teacher rather than the kid. And again, like in so many other movies, SRK would get someone else's girl.
It would have one dance number.
The film would be titled 'Kuch Taare Zameen Par.'

2.If Sanjay Leela Bhansali made Taare Zameen Par

Obvious starcast:
Salman as the teacher.
Rani as the mother.
Of course the whole film would be shot on elaborate sets. The school would be nothing short of Harvard university.
An orchestra would play every time anyone cried.
Slow motion, different camera angles for every scene.
The school uniforms would match the classroom walls even though that does not make a *beep* difference.
The film would cost 60 crores.

3.If Farah Khan made Taare Zameen Par
Obvious starcast:
SRK as the teacher (yawn). 
In the original Taare, Aamir makes an entry at the interval point. In Farah's version, SRK would be on screen on for 2.30 hrs out of the 2.45 hrs and would be introduced in the first scene itself.
The story would be changed to make sure the above happened.The focus of the film would be a teacher who helps a kid fight dyslexia.
To make it a complete entertainer, there would be a romantic angle, comedy, and action thrown in. Oh idea!! Nikumbh's character likes another teacher and the kiddo helps him.. throw in some comedy moments there and you have romance and comedy settled. For action.. hmm.. lemme see... oh yah, the kid gets kidnapped and the teacher fights the baddies to save him. Wow!! I'm quite an imaginative writer. I can see how Farah can write a film from scratch in two weeks straight.
The film posters would have a big SRK with the tiny image of the kid in the background.

4.If Rakesh Roshan made Taare Zameen Par
Obvious starcast:
Hrithik Roshan as the teacher.
Since Rakesh Roshan cannot think beyond science fiction these days, this film would have that too. Instead of dyslexia, the kid would have alienositis or something, a condition induced due to him witnessing an alien abduction.Instead of Nikumbh being an arts teacher, he would be a physics teacher, and instead of asking kids to be creative, he would ask them to challenge the science we know.
In the scene where Nikumbh asks the kids to open their minds and make whatever they want outdoors, the kid Ishaan, instead of making a boat, would end up making a working spaceship prototype.
Nikumbh would cure the kids problem by making a full fledged version of the kid's prototype, traveling to the alien planet, and asking them to give the kid his powers back.
The film would have music by Rajesh Roshan ripped off from some world music.
The film's name would again start with a K.. probably 'Kuch Aliens Taaron se Zameen Par'.
The director would make sure Hrithik gets to show all his abilities. This would mean a scene with Roshan jr flexing his muscles, and a dance competition in the end, instead of an arts competition.

5.If Priyadarshan made Taare Zameen Par:
Obvious starcast:
Akshay Kumar as the teacher.
Paresh Rawal as the kid's dad.
It would be a brainless comedy. The kid's dyslexia would be made fun of. Half the times the parents will be running after the kid from one room to the other and that, in the director's opinion, would be funny.
The film will be full of sex jokes. So for example, when Akshay would come to the parents telling them that their son has dyslexia, the ignorant father would say something inappropriate like 'iss umar mein? par kaise, woh to hamesha boys school mein padha hai!'. And yes, the director would think it is funny.
In the climax of the film all the characters in the film would run around in the amphitheater for no reason, spilling colors on each other. That's where the film will end, without any logical conclusion.
And of course, Paresh Rawal would emote like an epileptic himself making us question the boy's mental abilities anyway.
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I know there are a lot of other directors, but I choose these guys because I feel they are the most gutless or overrated directors we have today. They keep doing the same *beep* again and again and more often than not depend on the stars to carry a *beep* film forward. They have no courage to try something non-nonsense, something that can use the medium of cinema for a little more than just entertainment, in spite of being the most sought after directors in the country
The reason I am making this comparison at all is to show how Aamir (and Amol Gupte) has made a pure film, without giving into the temptation of masala or 'what would the audience like to see' philosophy; for giving chance to fantastic yet unknown actors like Vipin Sharma and Tisca Chopra (I love Tisca); for riding against the tide; for not trying to hog the limelight in the film by happily playing second fiddle to the boy (even Aamir Khan's name comes after Darsheel Sarfi, the boy, in the credits); for giving the audience something different once again as an entertainer; and for truly caring about the society and using the medium to bring a change.
I remember earlier this year SRK made a statement: 'films are for entertainment; messages are for post offices.' Well Aamir Khan has proved that cinema is probably the best medium for giving a message and I can say that looking at the face of every person in the cinema hall. Not only that, he has proved (yet again!) that a message can be entertaining.
Behold bollywood bigshots, Aamir the director has arrived. With just one film, he has set the bar higher than most of you can only dream of reaching."

 

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The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
--Anonymous

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Driving License in IRAQ

After posting for Personal & Technology section, I've decided to spice up the blog with some Humour...hehehe , I mean who doesn't want that and the first post in the Fun & Entertainment section says it all :

Have a look at a genuine driving license of Fatima in Iraq and like me wish that you could posses it as one license would be more than enough for all the females in the Family or the whole neighbourhood : -

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The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom.
--Arthur Schopenhauer

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32 Reasons That Would Make You Hate The Apple Iphone

Believe it or not but its true....The most sought after phone/gizmo/gadget the Apple Iphone is a fluke and it seems that the computer giants Apple Inc launched an alpha or a beta version for the public in a hurry to capture the market share.The gimmick would convince none but the most credulous.Now lets have a look at the following reasons to know why it really SUCKS :

1. At $599, it is ridiculously expensive. (Add in the cost of an AT&T contract and you get close to $1500)

2. Those who want to buy one must sell their soul to evil mega-corporation AT&T.

3. Japan already has technologically superior phones, and they’re far cheaper.

4. Slower Internet than the commercials show: “The data experience is going to be very slow. If you’re on a cellular network, [using the Internet] is going to be very slow.”

5. Initial reports indicate that YouTube is slow and crappy using cellular network Internet/EDGE. It’s nothing like in the commercials.

6. You cannot remove its battery. Thanks for replicating one of the biggest complaints about the ipod, Apple!

7. The glass touch screen of the iPhone guarantees that thousands of customers who drop their phones will have cracked screens.

8. The touchscreen keyboard sucks, according to those who have used the phone.

9. It can’t send MMS picture messages.

10. The camera has little or no options, and the pictures it takes aren’t very good.

11. It lacks proper support for Flash websites. So much for the Internet.

12. It can’t record video.

13. “Pinching” pictures to zoom might look neat in commercials, but many reviewers are saying it actually sucks.

14. It lacks 3G high-speed data transfer.

15. No songs as ringtones.

16. No GPS.

17. It doesn’t work under 64-bit Windows XP / Windows Vista!!!!!!! Thanks for not including that in your Windows System Requirements, Apple!

18. It only allows for a maximum of 1 picture to be attached to each e-mail you send.

19. It doesn’t have a file browser/organizer.

20. Its default ringtones suck.

21. You can not save documents on it: documents can only be viewed as attachments when they’re sent to your e-mail address.

22. No games!!

23. Its “quick list” dialling sucks compared to traditional speed dialling, which it lacks..

24. Long activation waits: many new iPhone users are reporting that they are being told to wait hours or even days to activate service for their phone. Thanks, AT&T!

25. Heat issues: the iPhone can get very hot when it is in use.

26. Deceptive Ads: Apple has been using models with gigantic hands in their advertisements for the iPhone in an effort to trick consumers into believing it is more compact.

27. Many of the positive press reports about the iPhone are influenced by newspapers and TV networks that simply want to profit from the hypefest, or even worse, reporters who are looking to sell books about the iPhone.

28. It creates incredibly annoying iPhone fanboys.

29. No Bluetooth file transfer (pictures, music, videos), which is a pre-requisite for any phone.

30. Can't copy-paste text

31. Downloading audio and pictures and saving them from safari browser is not allowed, you can only play mp3's not save them.

32.Ironical but can't select and delete multiple messages at once or even send a message to multiple people.

So, be the judge yourself and spend your hard-earned money on a blunder like this.

Quote of the Day:
Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.
--Dr. E. Land