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Finally I can connect to my WIFI (netgear router) without trouble but not bedford before I had my set of trouble.

One of the biggest irritation I had was POOR WIFI connectivity of my latest samsung galaxy S with my netgear router. Detection successful… Connection done… Surfing opens a page on ages if you are in luck. And yes don’t count too much on luck for second page.

I waited for… Continue reading

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Started exploring froyo on samsung galaxy s. Here’s first instalment…

1. Input Method …  New pointer makes it really easy to place cursor and do the selection and cut copy operation which was otherwise difficult with finger.

2. Indian languages… Support for jungian languages were conspicuous by its absence. It’s DISAPPOINTING. We were attributing delay in launch partly to this feature :(

3. Contact application… Finally when you pickup contact… Continue reading

Finally the wait is over. Froyo has arrived. After frustrating irritating long wait samsung shipped to it to indian galaxy s models.
Here’s the upgrade experience…

Kies automatically informed about the update as soon as device was connected. Update was smooth… more than expected.

After download it took just a couple of minutes to get installed… Actually more time during first boot.

Now the strange part

After update I got froyo and lost nothing. My… Continue reading

Beginning with android the first question I had is privacy and still don’t have a perfect solution.
But urgency was to hide images from showing up in the gallery.
Solution is create an empty file in the folder you want to exclude from gallery. Name the file .nomedia

Remember a few things:
1. Its excludes media from gallery; not really hides it. A browser can still see it.

2. Name carefully. It shouldn’t have… Continue reading

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18
Nov

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of CANCER.  From world over, he received letters from his fans and obviously he couldn’t reply to every of them. But there was one letter he choose to reply. The letter asked:

"Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?

Arthur choose to reply this one letter. Continue reading

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The story of a priest’s encounter with three islanders who were keen to learn the correct way to pray. Continue reading

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Do you know their existed a singer who was better than Tansen? Tansen and Akbar acknowledged his superiority and Tansen himself explained to Akbar the secret of his (the other singers) perfection and his own limitations. Continue reading

Its a fishy story and a Shark tale. A fascinating secret that tells why fishes needs shark. Its the same reason we need them too. :) Continue reading

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The former President of India, the supreme commander of Indian armed forces was subject to routine security test by a an US Airlines staffs
against Indian protocol on Indian soil. Authorities remained mute for months and their are people who justify it in the name of equal treatment and miss the subtle aspects. Continue reading

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A prayer that has been my favorite ever since I remeber it. Beautifully written by Gurudev, Ravindra Nath Tagore. Here it is with its explanation in English. Continue reading

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