Here is the digital version of it : http://www.flickr.com/photos/saifudeen/2340519438/ (not a great photo though)

Malayala Manorama Metro Daily

Regards
Saif

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Today Yousef Tuqan kicked off a super hit trend in twitter ‘#dubaiexpat‘. Hundreds participated in it and he rolled out the best 10 while drooling at champagne & oysters at Yalumba.

Let’s have a quick look on the tweets. Here we go..

• 10. You call the shop in your building to deliver a can of Coke. (By @dxbluey)
• 9. You scold your maid for not putting things in the right place. (By @meredithcarson)
• 8. You go to more leaving parties than birthday parties. (By @jaczc)
• 7. You automatically assume cab drivers don’t know where you live or work. (By @willmccdxb)
• 6. You can’t take anything said in a Russian accent seriously. (By @scottamboyd)
• 5. You valet-park your car at Mall of The Emirates. (By @Alexi13)
• 4. You get 50,000 AED in speeding tickets on an AED 20,000 car. (By @RamiSaad)
• 3. You stand at supermarket checkouts waiting for people to pack your bags. (By @bakerlicioius)
• 2. You think the lowest level of credit card is gold. (By @megadonbetamax)
• 1. You get called sir and respond “That’s ‘ma’am sir’ to you!” (By @nickwhetham)

That’s it. Have a nice weekend.
Saif

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.. and see some Vintage mobile phones on display.

Image: ChinaDaily

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Symptoms

• The device shows no Wi-Fi address or Bluetooth address (Tap Settings > General > About and scroll down to Wi-Fi Address or Bluetooth).
• iPhone or iPod touch appears to be connected to a Wi-Fi network but cannot use Wi-Fi for checking email, surfing the Internet, or other data transactions.
• iPhone or iPod touch showing WiFi or Bluetooth icon on device as grayed out.
• iPhone not able to pair with Bluetooth device or accessory.
• When you tap Settings > WiFi and then tap next to the network, no values or entries for IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, or DNS appear.

So those who face same issues with wifi signals, I suggest to restore using OS3.1.2.

Happy Customer!

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The one stop shop website offers key information and helpful tools such as a journey planner and fare calculator, information about each station stop as well as downloadable pocket maps.

“We saw a gap in the market where people, including ourselves, were curious and hungry for more information about the Metro,” said Yousef Tuqan Tuqan, CEO, Flip Media.

Dinesh Lalvani, Managing Partner of Flip added, “We’re bringing the best of web and technology to help people discover not only the basic information about the services available, but also help connect with fellow commuters. The idea is to make the metro not just about the destination but also about the journey and experience.”

The community portal gives users to post comments, blog and share photos and useful tips about the metro. The website is scalable, allowing for the addition of new technology and tools.

Source: Flip Media, flipcorp.com

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Today I have an entirely different topic to blog. Excuse me for this regional music post.

Let me introduce this melodious singer – Yasir Sali, Asianet Sangeetha Saagaram fame. He hails from the capital city of God’s own country – Trivandrum, now living Dubai, working as Business Consultant, having great passion for music.

Magical Trio! Music Director Ousepachan Sir, Yasir Sali & Stephen Devassy

5 years back, for a musical program in Asianet called ‘Sangeetha Sagaram’, he got an opportunity to sing few songs in Ravindran maash’s episode, where the music maestro Ravindran mash was interviewed. Ravindran mash was really impressed with Yasir’s songs and gave more chances to share the mic which took his musical career to heights!

Hope you all (Malayalee friends) heard about new Dileep movie by Fazil ‘Moss N Cat’. Music Director Ousepachan Sir gave him the break through to film industry with the song ‘Thottaal Pookkum’. The audio is released on April 6th. I am so happy to see him in the limelight.

You can listen the song here (40 seconds)

(If you are not able to play the song, please download)

I am sure – after listening to this song, you will definitely search to buy the Audio CD of ‘Moss and Cat’ online. If anyone wish to get its Original Audio CD, please click here to buy it online.

Please feel free to drop him a few words – yasirsali@gmail.com

All the best Yasir, see you soon!
Saif

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What made me write this ?
Yesterday I happened to use my old Hotmail account in my iPhone. It was such a shocking experience to see Microsoft is well behind in web technologies and they couldnt understand the needs of this generation.

What I am targeting ?
I want Microsoft to improve their UI for mobile phones. I believe there are still a few Hotmail users left in this world. I am dedicating this post for them.

Screenshots and comparison are .. ?
.. real, took from my iPhone. (Screenshots are in the order Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail)

Can someone re post this ?
Yes of course, drop a courtesy link to my Blog.

So here we go..

1. Login

Gmail: Perfect one. Simple layout and consistent color combi.
Yahoo: Simple but weird. See the footer! No save password, create id, forgot password links.
Hotmail: Good interface. But there is no default zoom for text fields.

2. Inbox

Gmail: Simple, Readable, Usable. More items in single view and i love it
Yahoo: Wierd, space not managed, poor usability (Menu)
Hotmail: Pathetic. Even I can’t see what’s happening in my inbox! There is no default zoom. Very bad UI. I didn’t have to mask any of my personal details (as if I could read)

3. Read

Gmail: Simple, Readable, Usable. But the header hogged a bit of space. Inbox, Archive, More, Delete could come in 1 row
Yahoo: Wierd. Header banner could have avoided. Not a pleasing UI
Hotmail: Pathetic UI. Can’t read even a single word. No default Zoom. Why are they having such a mobile theme?

4. Reply

Gmail: Good stuff. Again the header space is more. Rest is just perfect.
Yahoo: Poor usability. Disturbing textarea font size. No default zoom. Cant save draft, edit subject. Smaller textarea.
Hotmail: Oh my god! What is this theme for ? No zoom! A reply window showing the title ‘New message’ ? My finger is not small enough to touch this screen. Horrible stuff.

5. Folders

Gmail: Simple, typical palm device interface.
Yahoo: Simple but wierd. Hopefully 8,4,5,0 are shortcuts. How will I do that in a touch screen phone ?
Hotmail: I cant predict which text will be selected if I try to touch any of the links. It’s that small! .. and pathetic footer.

6. Footer

Gmail: Simple, perfect and has got only required items.
Yahoo: Simple but not readable. Poor usability.
Hotmail: inconsistency is the key to extreme failure! Same poor UI, not readable and bad usability.

Now it’s up to the readers to correct me. You an try this out in your own iPhone. I have only one message to Microsoft – Please don’t take mobile users for granted!

That’s all
Saif

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Martin Diessner Completes 6 Years in Flip Media

.. and a few words about Flip Media – Two men from opposite sides of the globe, brought together by destiny. What did fate have in store for them? Yes! Martin along with Dinesh floated the company as FZ-LLC in Dubai Media City. Flip has become the No.1 of its kind in a very short span of time. Martin is more into Finance and Dinesh is fully glued to Creatives!

Flip Holdings Ltd headed by Martin Diessner and Dinesh Lalvani
Flip Media Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar Operations headed by Yousef Tuqan Tuqan
Flip Media UK, Neo Digital headed by David Sheridan
Flip Media India Operations headed by Sameer Shetye
Flip Media South Africa operations headed by Martin Diessner

Digital Buddies - Martin Diessner and Dinesh Lalvani

Watch out this space to read how Trivandrum office got ‘Flipped’!

Regards
Saif

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Happy Birthday Twitter

Surprised to realize that Twitter is 3 years old. This micro-blogging application is so cool to be in touch with your friends. Most of the twitterers are lazy bloggers. I can see some of the regular bloggers are not updating their blogs and they are very much active in Twitter. Twitter is a real time application which sometimes works as a human chain search engine service. If you have any 3rd party twitter applications (Twitterific, Twitterfox), its just matter of seconds to share your quick tips or ask doubts to your tech friends circle.

See the first Tweet by Co-Founder Jack Dorsey. Twitter – The social media company has grown over 1300% in last 10 months.

Go on twitter!

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