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India’s $35 Tablet Runs on Google’s Android OS ?

dinu — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:27:50 +0000

I am sure you guys have already noticed the Indian government’s plan to launch a $35 tablet PC for students. They are planning to bring it down to $10 in near future. Many of the big gadget websites have covered it.

Is this tablet running on Android Operating system by Google ? Or a modified version of it ? Okay, lets check out two screenshots.

First Screenshot is from a random Android phone. Search android UI in Google and you will find many of them.

Now, let us see how a screen capture from a video report on a National channel about our Indian tablet, ( wish it had a name !! ).

Click on the image above, to view full size. I’ve added the original video also, in case you don’t believe this .. So now you tell me, Is Indian government’s new Tablet PC running Android ? Did they announce on the press meet ?

Why Android, and Not Google Chrome OS ?

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Awesome Cartoon on Twitter – Jesus and Peter

dinu — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:07:55 +0000

Awesome cartoon, thought I will share it here …

Source : TNW

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Another Geek Post, But I Am Aorry Flipboard Is Too Awesome

dinu — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:14:08 +0000

Okay guys, I tried to stop posting techhy things here. I am doing enough of it here. But, I won’t get sleep without posting this one at least today. This picture is my wallpaper now.

This thing makes me feel like, hmm .. I should get an iPad soon. ( So, if there is anyone getting ready to buy me a gift, you know what to buy )

Now, here is the deal. Flipboard is an iPad app which will present your social media content in a magazine format. Watch the video to know how it looks like, and once you are done, tell me if you feel like getting an iPad

I have no idea when they are planning to release it in India, the iPad that is, and how much it is going to cost, but iPad looks like a good deal to me. Anyone else planning to buy one ? Can I borrow the money please ?

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It’s Time, Again …

dinu — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:53:35 +0000

It’s been a while since I wrote something here. I did blog a couple of entries last month, but nothing of real writing happened here for a quite long time. If I have to apologize to someone, it’s just me, because, I was hurting myself by not writing anything here.

Everything started from this blog ( even though it changed the domain name couple of times, and even the blog name ). I got the energy and the passion to do other blogs, like the one I am concentrating on now, from this very old personal blog of mine. Slowly, it lost the personal touch, and ended up being something, which I don’t have a name to call.

I don’t have a fix for it yet, I am not going to make any big promises to myself, or you. I am trying again, to give this blog a personal touch, and bring it back to life. I may not be able to write frequently, most of my posts may become nothing but ramblings, but still, its good to be here, in good company.

I’ve to thank “Wake Up Sid” here. I saw this movie 7th time today. I am not getting bored with this movie at all. For some reason, I am getting more and more attracted to it, and it always gives me a positive energy and inspiration to do something fresh and cool, this crude rambling being one of them !

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Cisco Entering Tablet Market with Android-Based Device – Cius

dinu — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:17:52 +0000

We have a new player in the Android Tablet game, but this one is little different. Cisco announced today the Cius, an Android-based seven inch tablet computer aimed at the enterprise.

The device will feature both front and rear facing cameras, Cisco TelePresence compatible video conferencing and access to applications such as AnyConnect Security VPN Client, Cisco Quad and WebEx, as well as access to the Android app store.

Features

Weight : 1.15lbs
Wifi
3G / 4G Data
Bluetooth
HD Audio & Video
Phone Docking Station
Bluetooth based Keyboard and Mice

Cisco says the tablet will be available for customer trials Q3 2010, followed by general availability Q1 2011. Interested ?

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Video – Windows XP Running on an iPhone

dinu — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:08:57 +0000

Oh yea, I am not joking ! Here is a iPhone running windows xp on it. Now, here is the secret, as explained in the end of the video, he is running XP on a mac as a virtual machine and sharing the screen on a second display using a program, and the second display is his iPhone !

So, here you go …

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“Google Me” is Google’s Own “Facebook” ?

dinu — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:08:43 +0000

Rumor has it that Google is planning a Facebook like social media networking platform, named “Google Me”. This news comes after their failed experiment with “buzz” which was supposed to be a twitter competitor. So, its better not to have too much of expectations about this

The news came out through a tweet by Kevin Rose, found of digg.com, which according to him, was from a credible source. Well, let’s hope so !

Well, Google, one question though, do you remember Orkut.com ?

In another news, Facebook hired the Guy Who Built Google’s Chrome OS. And Facebook is going to open it’s first office in Asia – 500 member facility in Hyderabad. ( news not to fresh )

Are you excited about Google Me ? ( if there is going to be a Google Me, that is ! )

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Google’s HTML5 plans for Gmail include 1 second-to-Inbox startup

dinu — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:51:38 +0000

Gmail will be the most used website, or webapp and we always wait patiently wait for it to load, we understand the pain it takes to load all our emails chats and attachments right ?

You said Yes ?

Really ?

I thought so, gmail is loading slower these days with all the new features and extensions added to it and if you have offline gmail enabled, it will take much longer for gmail to load. Well, Google also knows this patience test that we go through every time we open gmail and they are working on a 1 second to inbox startup solution.

Google is planning to do this with the latest HTML5 technology which is gaining popularity these days. ( Apple, iPhone, Flash is evil – got the puzzle ? )

Thanks to HTML5, we will soon have advanced features on more webapps, and gmail will be on of the best platforms for HTML5 to show its strength.

Good move, Google !

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Do you Use Photoshop ? You will love the “Content Aware Fill”

dinu — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:02:33 +0000

Do you use photoshop to edit photos, say, some touchup work after you click them ? There is a really huge thing getting ready, for the next release of photoshop. Here is a video on how it works. Its called Content Aware Fill.

Now see a funny take on this feature

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The Web 2.0 Customer Care Awesomeness – Thanks to Twitter

dinu — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:47:13 +0000

Customer Service is what I do for a living, and Web 2.0 is my passion. That should be the reason why the following Tweet caught my attention, and even made me write this blog post !

Anand Mahindra is the Vice Chairman and Manging Director of the Mahindra group, a leading business group here in India. He is an active twitter user and yea, I remember him asking one of the twitter founders if he can buy some stocks in the company ( yea, on show organized by NDTV )

But Sir, I have seen many companies setting up twitter and facebook accounts, but saw only very few doing something in a way twitter users expect them too.

Good One Sir !

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