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Posted by Vinod Ponmanadiyil on 12/16/08 in
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Here is my (not-so) shiny new toy!. An HTC G1 - The official Google Android Developer Phone 1. She just arrived today via UPS international courier. I had some difficulty connecting to the Google Servers during the initial registration process. But after editing the Airtel APN settings manually and deleting other pre-installed APNs I could connect. I shall post a detailed review later. I am really interested to know about other Android Phone Owners/Developers in India/elsewhere. Please let me know your thoughts in the comments :)

Shameless self promotion: I have started another blog OpenMobileTips - dealing exclusively on Open Mobile Software and Hardware. You are welcome!
Posted by Vinod Ponmanadiyil on 12/16/08 in
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Broadband and mobile broadband prices have been falling rapidly over the last years making these technologies affordable for the mass. The state of mainstream fixed broadband and mobile broadband is continually progressing. Mobile Broadband has started to make stirs in the mobile community as it provides seamless connectivity on-the-go.
BroadBand Experts is a UK based company who provides real expert reviews on how to choose the cheapest broadband connection for your fixed and mobile requirements. There are reviews for USB or PC-Card based mobile broadband connections and 3G based broadband connections. Interesting deals like a free Netbook along with a longtime mobile broadband connection is worth checking out. For the Fixed broadband comparisons you can select between major UK based cheap broadband providers. The website also offers a top-ranking list for mobile/fixed broadband providers.
Another interesting option over the website helps you switch your current broadband provider to another one based on a variety of criteria. If you are new to the broadband concept the website also offers detailed guide to the various broadband options.
If you are need of a broadband connection please keep in mind the following things:-
- The cheapest is not always the best
- Read the reviews of actual users over the blogs and comparison websites
- Ask your best friends; but remember that the same connection’s quality of service levels may vary in your area.
Broadband Experts - UK gives you very specific localized best offers for your broadband requirements. I would suggest you give it a whirl.
Posted by Vinod Ponmanadiyil on 10/28/08 in
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I am taking this opportunity to recommend the services of a Product Releases and News Items Resources Site - Gadget Advisor.
Upon some quick browse over the site, I found interesting posts on some of the Best extensions for Firefox. Though most of which were the ones I’m already using, the Google Cache Checker Firefox extension was a new find!.

This extension helps you see if a particular web page is cached by Google in their servers or not. This might be useful to quickly lookup the Google Cache information, when you cannot find the original information that you were looking for in the actual webpage.
The promise of the site is to publish hand-picked items to be the "best of the best" resource for computer hardware, software (for e.g like the Blaze Media Pro review), gadgets, and technology news. So don’t forget to checkout this interesting new resource site yourself.
Posted by Vinod Ponmanadiyil on 08/7/08 in
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Software,
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iPhone
Apple conspicuously did not provide any Task Management application for the iPhone, even with the latest firmware updates. For some, the default ‘Notes’ application itself provided a simpler way to manage tasks. There was expectations of iPhone featuring a default Task Management application with the MobileMe launch. But that did not happen either. Fortunately, with the AppStore featuring plenty of native Task Management applications, the void has been filled perfectly. One specific Task Management Application which I bought was ToDo by AppiGo. Interestingly You can setup ToDo to Sync perfectly with the Microsoft Outlook too.

First download and install the ToDo app on your iPhone through AppStore. Setup synchronization with the ToodleDo Service. Download the ToodlDo Sync Application and run it along with Microsoft Outlook. Automatically all your tasks will be synced across the iPhone, Cloud and Outlook.

Getting Task Reminders on iPhone!
Presently, Apple iPhone SDK does not provide for running background notification services. Hence by default ToDo will not be able to give Tasks reminders. But there is a simple way out!. You can automatically sync the dated Outlook tasks as a Outlook Calendar Entry using TaskToCal ($19.95). Thereon You get timely reminders of your ToDo’s!
Posted by Vinod Ponmanadiyil on 06/27/08 in
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Productivity,
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Trivia
Xobni is just one heck of a utility!. It is helping me everyday on my corporate email communications. Xobni Organizes email by People. It provides you with excellent statistics and insights in to your Outlook inbox. There is a new update to the Xobni and during the installation process, it presented me with some very interesting Trivia about Corporate email communications. I have noted down a few to share with you.
Xobni Corporate email communication Trivia
- Microsoft Exchange Server has 59% market share in Corporate email
- 46% of all Xobni users Outlook 2007 and 54% use Outlook 2003
- Globally in the next 4 years enterprises will spend around $17 Billion on corporate email
- Enterprise email costs an average of $435.85 per User per Year
- By 2009 workers are expected to spend 41% of their time managing email
- An average human brain is capable of maintaining 150 friendships
- Xobni users communicate with about 1900 different people
- The average Xobni user has around 30,000 emails in Outlook
If you have not tried Xobni yet, I would strongly recommend you to try it once.