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December 11, 2009
What you see is what you search!
Keywords come in different colors, shapes and sizes. Well, at least with Google Goggles, Google's all new visual search. Just click a picture to search the web on your Android phone. Here are some cool examples:
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November 8, 2009
Google Voice Invites... Anyone Interested?
Received a few Google Voice invites, which I don't need right now. Please post a comment if you need one.
UPDATE: Now you can use Google Voice with your existing number
UPDATE: Now you can use Google Voice with your existing number
New Google Wave Invites
I accidentally opened my 'Invite others to Google Wave' wave and found I had 8 new invites. Is Google ready with more invites or these invites are also a part of the initial 100000 Wave Invites?
June 5, 2009
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April 11, 2009
How to save iPhone battery life?
If you own an iPhone, probably you also do a lot of things on it, including checking mails, music, chatting, surfing etc etc. However, it's iPhone battery life that leaves us so scared that we think twice before checking our mail if we are not close to a charger.
Here are a few tips that will help you increase iPhone battery life. You might want to save a link to this page as I would be adding more tips in the future...
1. Avoid Location Based services
GPS sucks a lot of battery. Avoid or don't allow applications to use Location Services as far as possible.
2. Keep that brightness level under control
Goto Settings>Brightness and adjust brightness to the minimum level required. Also, keep auto-brightness on.
3. Make use of Shortcut keys
There are three things you should do to not only save battery life but also make your work a little more easier with iPhone
The only place I use Wi-fi is at home. So when I am leaving home, I disable Wi-fi from Settings and enable it when I am back. It saves a lot of battery. Similarly keep Bluetooth and 3G off when not in use.
5. Lock it when you are done with it
When you are done using your iPhone, just press the power button on top once and screen is automatically locked. Common, but useful.
6. Fetch new data less frequently
Applications such as Mail can be set to fetch data wirelessly at specific intervals. The more frequently email or other data is fetched, the quicker your battery may drain. To fetch new data manually, from the Home screen choose Settings > Fetch New Data and tap Manually. To increase the fetch interval, go to Settings > Fetch New Data and tap Hourly. Note that this is a global setting and applies to all applications that do not support push services.
7. Turn off push mail if you don't need it
If you have a push mail account such as Yahoo!, MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange, turn off push mail when you don’t need it. Go to Settings > Fetch New Data and set Push to Off. Messages sent to your push email accounts will now be received on your phone based on the global Fetch setting rather than as they arrive.
Here are a few tips that will help you increase iPhone battery life. You might want to save a link to this page as I would be adding more tips in the future...
1. Avoid Location Based services
GPS sucks a lot of battery. Avoid or don't allow applications to use Location Services as far as possible.
2. Keep that brightness level under control
Goto Settings>Brightness and adjust brightness to the minimum level required. Also, keep auto-brightness on.
3. Make use of Shortcut keys
There are three things you should do to not only save battery life but also make your work a little more easier with iPhone
- Arrange your Home Screen icons so that your most frequently used icons are on 1st home screen and closer to bottom (that is where your thumb/finger reaches fastest)
- Goto Settings>General>Home Button and set double click on home button to take you to favourites. Have all the frequently dialed numbers in your fav list. So whenever you need to call, double click on home screen and dial. (If this feature is on, you can actually have
some other icon instead of Phone on dock, as double click takes you there)
- When listening to music on headset, use the button on mic. (Yep, there is a button there.. just try pressing your mic). Single Click: Play/Pause (it even switches ON your iPod application). Double Click: Next Track. Triple Click: Previous Track
The only place I use Wi-fi is at home. So when I am leaving home, I disable Wi-fi from Settings and enable it when I am back. It saves a lot of battery. Similarly keep Bluetooth and 3G off when not in use.
5. Lock it when you are done with it
When you are done using your iPhone, just press the power button on top once and screen is automatically locked. Common, but useful.
6. Fetch new data less frequently
Applications such as Mail can be set to fetch data wirelessly at specific intervals. The more frequently email or other data is fetched, the quicker your battery may drain. To fetch new data manually, from the Home screen choose Settings > Fetch New Data and tap Manually. To increase the fetch interval, go to Settings > Fetch New Data and tap Hourly. Note that this is a global setting and applies to all applications that do not support push services.
7. Turn off push mail if you don't need it
If you have a push mail account such as Yahoo!, MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange, turn off push mail when you don’t need it. Go to Settings > Fetch New Data and set Push to Off. Messages sent to your push email accounts will now be received on your phone based on the global Fetch setting rather than as they arrive.
March 22, 2009
3G comes to India
According to an industry source Airtel is launching 3G services in India from 22nd July, 2009. Not very far away. Taking a clue from the history, you can expect Vodafone to launch 3G in the same period.
Countdown to 3G has begun...
Countdown to 3G has begun...
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