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Want to know a movie showtime in Mumbai and you don’t have any source to get it then just call Google.
The pilot ‘phone search project’ of Google India has now led to the launch of “Google Phone Search” in Mumbai and Bangalore.
Google phone search provides information on the go when you don’t have access to your PC.All you need to do is call Google at 1-800-41-999-999.
A already described BSNL WAP settings are used for Internet access on mobile.Irrespective of a mobile model,BSNL WAP settings are usually the same for all.What differs in each mobile model is place to put settings,i.e. in some mobiles we have to enter it in configuration and in some mobile it has to be put in connection settings.
Here I have outlined the basic WAP settings applicable for all mobiles.
Here manual settings for BSNL GPRS access is presented for Nokia 3230.These settings will work on other mobiles with Series 60, 2nd edition Feature pack 1 platform which include Nokia 7610,6670,6260 and 6620.
Internet on Mobile
You are advised to put manual settings only when you fail to get Internet access using automatic configuration.Before manual settings read automatic configuration settings and FAQs.
If you have already messed up with settings ,then it’s also advised to reset your phone to factory defaults after taking backup.Now here are the settings for BSNL GPRS access. read more…
A new search engine is up for testing.Sagoon Inc. headquartered in Washington DC has launched beta version of its search engine “sagoon.com”.The search engine stats,”Bring and Organize Online Information” as their goal.It’s founded by two IT professionals Mr. Govinda Giri and Mr. Shiba Dhakal .
Sagoon features ‘semantic and natural language processing’ which means that it can understand if you say “Who is the president of America’” as a question and will try to search for answers. read more…
There are plenty of resources for BSNL related queries on the Internet.The primary reason being the lack of customer care support.Seems like BSNL is unable to handle such a large number of requests.
However being the largest Telecom Provider in India,it provides almost all services in the nation.Broadband has been provisioned in many parts of India but thousands of villages have still to get it.And there comes GPRS to the rescue.
Automatic configuration method has already been described.But if that fails to make your mobile able to access GPRS,you will need to feed manual settings.In the coming posts I will give manual settings,but before that it’s necessary to digest some jargon and methods. read more…
Usually every GPRS enabled mobile comes with an embedded web browsers.However they are just vanilla flavored browsers which offer only basic web browsing.You may not be able to browse your bank’s site just because it doesn’t offer encryption.In this web 2.0 era everybody wants to work on Internet seamlessly independent of the device used ,i.e. any web page should look, feel and work in the same way in a PC/Laptop or mobile .
Searching for a good mobile web browsers, I came across some very popular browsers like Opera mini and some of the less known like Tea shark.Some of the browsers were paid ones.But here I have listed only Freely available browsers. read more…
Not so long before Google made it possible to view pdf right inside the browser. This can be done when you get a pdf file in your Gmail.However if you are browsing any other site and get a word or pdf document , clicking it will open your local MS word /Adobe Reader application.But what if you want to open all such files in Google docs? read more…
If you are a BSNL mobile subscriber and want to get Internet on your mobile through GPRS then you will need to configure your mobile for GPRS access.
But before configuring, you need to get GPRS services activated for your mobile.Earlier this year BSNL has activated GPRS on all prepaid mobiles.So you just need to configure your mobile and go surfing.Postpaid users will need to activate it as there are different plans for postpaid users. read more…
Sometimes you may need to copy contents from a command prompt window. Doing this is simple and I have already posted posted about it.
However problem may arise if you want to copy a large chunk of text from command prompt.For example if you want to get list of all files under system32 directory of Windows ,the above trick will be a pain to apply. read more…
On January 7,Microsoft launched beta of it’s own 2D Bar code system called Microsoft Tag.The basic difference between more popular QR or Data matrix codes and Microsoft tag is the format.Tag uses “High Capacity Color Bar codes ” or HCCB format,making the code much smaller than QR or data matrix code.
2D code
Those not familiar with 2D codes codes can get it here.Basically 2D codes are just an extension to highly popular Bar Codes which you can see on almost every product you buy.Usually bar codes are used for product information like serial number and are extensively deployed for shopping automation.Mobile Tagging is a relatively new system which uses 2D bar codes.Present 2D codes in use are QR code and Data Matrix code.