Which is worse, failing or never trying?

Think!!

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Why the Recent Asteroid Impact news can't be Ignored?

Asteroid, small bodies that wander the infinite space.
Well the recent news of a big asteroid that was on near collision with the earth is a big surprise.
And why this news cannot be ignored!

First of all the discovery time of asteroid was too short.

• The asteroid was spotted just 4 days before it crossed its nearest earth point!!
• Secondly due to such a short notice the size was estimation was wrong and the asteroid was twice as large!! 

In order to prevent a asteroid from colliding with earth we should have early knowledge and probably years before collision to prepare an impact avoidance strategy. 

Had this asteroid collided with earth a large amount of human race would have been wiped out and earth atmosphere would have been affected so bad that nothing would thrive for at least next 100 years

Asteroid are know to have caused mass extinctions on earth.

After the impact takes place large amount dust will spread in to atmosphere which will reduce the amount of sunlight reaching earth. this will result in a cold atmosphere on earth known as impact winter causing
massive damage to both biosphere and humans alike.


When a impact with earth occurs , the amount of damage depends upon the size as well as the speed of the asteroid.
So comets which have high speed can cause more damage than a relatively bigger asteroid.

The most devastation extinction was caused by the asteroid at Chicxulub in Mexico that was 10km in diameter and caused a impact crater of 180 km diameter and is thought to be the main reason for dinosaur extinction. 

One of the best know recent event of asteroid impact is the Tunguska event in Russia in 1908. In this event a large asteroid burst just 6-9 km above earth surface causing the wiping of a thousand of km of forest and if it had occurred over a city it would have destroyed the entire city.

Although this time we have been saved next time we wont be so lucky, so we should devise a strategy and be completley ready to avoid a human extinction event.

Mantralaya , State's Most Important Building Under Fire

Mantralaya the iconic building in Mumbai was under fire on Thursday which is major news relating to security and disaster management in such high valued government buildings.
Also a lot of conspiracy theories have popped up which point to starting fire in order to destroy important papers or to hand over building development to private builders.
Many conspiracy theorist suggest that fire may been started to destroy documents relating to Adarsh scam in which many high profile minister were accused.

A lot of important documents have been burned in the fire. Government was in the process of digitising documents, but as with majority of government work, the process was slow and hence digitization couldn't be completed in time.

This fire in such an important building shows the mess in the disaster management of major govt institution .The fire brigade had problem to douse the fire because of the cars parked in the vicinity.

Chagan Bhujbal has said that it will take three months for the building to be fully operational. Fire Proof plywood and other high quality materials will be used to do the renovation work so to avoid disasters in future. "The proposal on installing fire sprinklers was ready and awaiting a sanction for Rs. 10 crore," he said. had the fire sprinkler been installed the fire would have caused less damage.

As of now to resume work Gt Hospital and MTNL office would be used by Mantralaya officials.

A Crime branch probe has been ordered in to the incident. As of now the Police will check the CCTV footage and interrogate the witness who saw the inferno to determine the cause.
Short circuit in the server room is thought to be the cause of the fire but only after the full investigation will the government issue the cause of fire.

How Petrol Price rise has made Auto Rickshaw more preffered than B.E.S.T. Bus

Oil Price rise is a issue that affects everything and everyone. Recent increase in  Petrol price in India has made everything costlier.


Increase in fuel price increase cost everywhere from industry ,transportation ,travelling, food, and commodity price rise. In other words it affects each and every sphere of our life. 

In Mumbai majority of commuters use Local trains for transport majorly for long distance travel.
Second option is the B.E.S.T. bus.
And for quick and comfortable travel people prefer auto rickshaw.

Due to the massive price rise in petrol, price of B.E.S.T. and rickshaw commute has gone up.
But since the recent B.E.S.T. price rise is steep, I think now rickshaw is a better transport than Bus.

China, The Future Space Leader?

Space is a entity that every country dreams to capture. Majority of them do it for military purposes. Launching Military satellites and communications satellite becomes the first step and then comes near space and further space missions

Currently only USA can be considered as a Space power having developed its space technology a lot and only one to send man on moon. Although NASA ambition may be marred by recent cuts to it and no space shuttle to fly currently , but it has included private players to cope with it.{See : SpaceX}

China the new economic power seems to also bear the ambitious of becoming a major space power. China had done an unmanned space docking recently which was a major success to its ambition of making its own space station and becoming a more sophisticated player in space race

1st Chinese Woman in Space

China few days back launched its first women into orbit making it a monumental event for the country. This is  a big achievement for China National Space Administration (CNSA). Liu Wang  along with two other astronaut has been included in the Shenzhou-9 which is a

Why Investing in Kamothe is a Good Decision

On  last Saturday I went to Mansarovar to get the rent from my room in Kamothe. As it is June black clouds surrounded the sky making the atmosphere cool. I was waiting on Mansarovar Station for my cousin as he was coming by train.  As I was waiting on the platform I was enjoying the cool breeze coming from the undeveloped scenic mountain side of the platform. Workers were covering the newly installed train Indicators with Plastic to prevent them from damaging in rain.

Kamothe can be seen both as Investment Opportunity as Well as Good place to Stay. I had purchased a flat in Kamothe in Jan 2010 at Rs. 2400 psft. and if current pricing is seen I am in Profit!

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Nokia : A Sinking Ship

Nokia, the name synonymous with mobile phones and the worlds largest cellphone vendor of cellphone from 1998 to 2012. Nokia's reign at the topmost position for 14 years was recently snacthed by Samsung. Samsung a underdog earlier became the worlds largest cellphone vendor with the help of Android.

LinkedIn's more than 6 million Passwords Breached

Last major hack that I remember was that of PlayStation hack in which accounts of over 77 million users were compromised. Also credit card data was stolen. Sony shut down is network as a precaution to investigate the attack, this also caused major disappointment among its PlayStation gamers base.

Recent attack on Linked in is as a major security disaster.

Safe House 2012 Movie Review

Tobin Frost:
They're going to put their arm around you and tell you things like, 
"You did a decent job, son. We'll take it from here." 
That's when you know you're screwed.

Safe House directed by Daniel Espinosa shows a low level CIA Agent  agent Matthew Weston (  Ryan Reynolds ) trying to take custody of another dangerous ex-CIA agent Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington ) in Cape Town South Africa.

Weston is assigned a job of staying undercover and operating a safe house in Cape Town by the CIA.
Weston becomes restless as there is no activity since a year.

Use CCleaner to Clean your Computer

Using computer constantly results in a creation of large number of unwanted temporary files. These files take up space on our hard disk and many of these are present in location that we cannot remove or manual removal may lead to instability by accidentally  removing useful system files

That's where CCleaner comes in to play

CCleaner developed by Piriform can be used to remove these temporary files.

Eagerly Waiting for Mumbai Monsoon

I do like summer season but recently the summers are getting hotter and hotter and that really makes me go crazy! And this summer we also had the water cuts for one day ( ya in Mumbai!!). So this time i am waiting badly for the rains.
And after such a hot summer who wouldn't want to get wet in the rains.

Software Project Management May 2012 Question Paper

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Robotics And Machine Intelligence May 2012 Question Paper

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Web Shifting to .anyDomainName

When I was first introduced to Internet in 2004, Computers meant Microsoft Windows and only way to open a webpage was by using Internet Explorer. IE was the default browser that came bundled with Windows. To Open a webpage in IE we had to type the enitre name of the site as it is (just like coding) for eg www.yahoo.com. Any mistake in the url could lead you to a page not found exception. This process also required us to remember complex names like www.mazagondock.gov.in

As I became for more accomplished with Internet it became easy to directly type the site name in Google search bar as Google returned appropriate serach result to the site (Also since google.com used to be the homepage in many cases!). Also as browsers developed modern browser offered the simplicity of enitering  the name in the OMNIBAR (Search  + Address bar ) which offered suggestion as typed and hence you could directly end up on the correct site. Hence the need to remember complex domain names was gone.

Currently we just have majority URL ending in .com or .org or a country specific URL extension like .in for India. But this is going to change and web will be flooded with new domain names.

ICANN will allow companies and organisation to choose any top level domain names they like. Currently only 22 top level domain (TLD) are available which include .com, .org, .net. After  new gTLDs (Generic TLD) come in we will be able to have sites like www.myProduct.myCompanyName . Also these top level domain names can include any characters ie. regional characters will also be allowed making the site name more effective and more close to its real intention.

This will allow companies to increase their brand value on the Internet. As a company can have many products which may not have relation with each other it becomes imperative to have a website for each product. 

Companies can now purchase a TLD and then create website that will have the company name as their extension. This will allow different products to have different website but still be linked to the owner company by its URL extension! This will allow the company to associate  product and its brand name to be in customers memory just by its URL.

Google has applied for 50 TLD according to its official Google Blog which includes .google .youtube and .lol !! domains

UPDATED IMAGE TUTORIAL Hiding Files and Folders in Nokia X200 or any Nokia S40 phone

It is Important that you read the entire tutorial here before going through the image. The tutorial will be of more use

Game Architecture and Programming May 2012 Question Paper

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GAP MAY 2012

Information Storage Management and Disaster Recovery MAY 2012 Question Paper

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ISMDR MAY 2012

Mega Block on Central Railway and Western Railway

Mega Block on Central and Western Railway tomorrow i.e on 27 May 2012 Sunday

CENTRAL RAILWAY

Mega Block

Central Railway will operate Mega Block o­n its suburban sections for carrying out maintenance work o­n Sunday 27.5.2012: -

ON UP SLOW LINE BETWEEN KALYAN AND THANE STATIONS

FROM 11.00 AM TO 4.00 PM

All Up Slow/Semifast services leaving Kalyan from 10.25 am to 3.43 pm will be diverted o­n Up fast line between Kalyan and Mulund stations.  Up slow services will not be available for Thakurli, Kopar, Diva, Mumbra, Kalwa stations.

Passengers are permitted to travel via Dombivli and Thane stations in Dn direction o­n their valid card/season tickets during the block period.

ON UP HARBOUR LINE BETWEEN KURLA AND CHHATRAPTI SHIVAJI TERMNINUS

& o­n UP AND DN HARBOUR LINES BETWEEN VADALA ROAD AND MAHIM STATIONS

FROM 11.00 AM TO 4.00 PM

All Dn Harbour line services leaving for Bandra/Andheri leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus from 10.20 am to 4.04 pm and all Up harbour line services for Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus leaving Bandra/Andheri from 10.40 am to 3.45 pm will remain suspended.

All Up Harbour line services for Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus leaving Kurla from 10.43 am to 3.48 pm will run via main line o­n Up fast line upto Byculla and o­n Up slow line between Byculla and Chhatrpati Shivaji Terminus not halting at Currey Road and Chinchpokli stations.

Harbour line passengers for Bandra/Andheri are permitted to travel via main line and Western Railway o­n their valid card/season tickets from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm o­n 27.5.2012.

Passengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused.

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Date: May 25, 2012

This news comes to you from Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai.

Traffic Block

TRAFFIC BLOCK BETWEEN TITWALA AND KALYAN o­n 27.5.2012

Central Railway will operate a traffic block o­n Up and Dn lines between Titwala-Kalyan from 10.45 am to 2.15 pm o­n 27.5.2012 in connection with launching of steel girders above railway tracks. A SHADOW BLOCK will also be operated between Titwala and Vasind from 11.15 am to 1.45 pm o­n 27.5.2012 for removal of OHE booms. Due to this block the repercussions to train services will be as under.

CANCELLATION OF EXPRESS TRAINS o­n 27.5.2012

12118 Manmad-LTT Exp and 12117 LTT-Manmad Exp

01035 CST-Nasik Road Special and 01036 Nasik Road-CST Special

RESCHEDULING OF TRAINS o­n 27.5.2012

11055 Gorakhpur Exp sch dep LTT at 10.55 am is rescheduled at 1.00 pm

12542 Gorakhpur Exp sch dep LTT at 11.10 am is rescheduled at 1.20 pm

12869 Howrah Exp sch dep CST at 11.05 am is rescheduled at 1.20 pm

11065 Darbhanga Exp sch dep LTT at 12.15 pm is rescheduled at 1.45 pm

11071 Varanasi Exp sch dep LTT at 12.40 pm is rescheduled at 2.05 pm

01019 Lucknow Special sch dep LTT at 1.20 pm is rescheduled at 3.00 pm

01701 Jabalpur Special sch dep CST at 1.30 pm is rescheduled at 4.40 pm

REGULATION & SHORT TERMINATION OF TRAINS o­n 27.5.2012

Mail/Express trains arriving Mumbai area during the block period will suitably be regulated at Khadavli-Igatpuri section and at Dativali and arrive behind schedule by 1 to 3 hrs. 11094 Varanasi-Mumbai Mahanagari Express will be terminated at Dadar at 4.15 pm and 12142 Rajendranagar-Mumbai Express will be terminated at Dadar at 4.45 pm.

SUSPENSION OF SUBURBAN SERVICES o­n 27.5.2012

Dn suburban services towards Titwala/Asangaon/Kasara leaving CST from 9.20 am to 12.58 pm will remain suspended

Up suburban services from Titwala/Asangaon/Kasara leaving Titwala from 10.42 am to 2.00 pm will remain suspended.

Passengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused by this block.

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Date: May 25, 2012

This news comes to you from the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai.

Western Railway

Jumbo Block

JUMBO BLOCK BETWEEN SANTACRUZ AND GOREGAON STATIONS

 To carry out maintenance work of track, signalling & overhead equipments, five hours jumbo block will be taken between Santacruz and Goregaon stations from 11.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs on Sunday i.e 27th May, 2012 on Up & Down local i.e slow lines.

During the block period, all Up & Down local line trains will run on through (i.e. fast) lines between Santacruz and Goregaon stations. All Up and Down 12 car slow trains will take double halt at Vile Parle PF 3/4 on the fast lines. Due to the block, some trains will remain cancelled.

Detailed information to this effect is available with concerned Station Masters. Passengers are requested to take note of the above arrangements.

Maharashtra HSC Result

HSC Examination Result 2012 will be announced today at 1:00 pm. This results can be checked at Maharshtra  Boards Site. All the best for all the students

MAHARASHTRA EXAMINATION RESULTS

The results of other boards can be found here. :-

Click on the Relevant Board Link for your results

CA Exam Results

CBSE Exam Results

Goa Examination Results

Jharkhand Academic Council

Karnataka Examination Results

Kerala Examination Results

Manipur Examination Results

Meghalaya Board Examination Results

Rajasthan Board Examination Results

Tamil Nadu Board Examination Results

Chhattisgarh Board Of Secondary Education

These links were taken from http://results.nic.in. 

Stay updated with the new announcement of results here or http://results.nic.in

Interactive Google Doodle features Moog Synthesizer.

Today Google celebrates Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog's 78th birthday. 

Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog founder of Moog Music, was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.From Wikipedia

Wikipedia: Robert Moog

Google has created a Moog Synthesizer doodle which is very interactive. It has a large number of controls to modify the sound output in all possible ways. The Synthesizer can be played by using mouse or keyboard. At the right of the instrument is recording device. When you press the record button and play the synthesizer recording will start. You can then stop the recording and listen to the tune you created using the Moog Synthesizer. This recording can be shared on Google+ and via a link given to listen to you recording.
A large number of options are given on the top which spell GOOGLE. These dials are interactive and can be varied to tune your music.
This Google Doodle will be in the list of my favorite Google doodles.

SKYFALL Teaser is awesome

Will Samsung beat Nokia in India

In India back in 2006 when I was purchasing my first phone I asked many people about which phone to purchase and there was only one reply Nokia. I compared many phones of those time and found a Motorola phone that provided much more features than Nokia at the same price but still people didnt bother to explore alternatives to Nokia. Be it a person who wanted to purchase a low budget Nokia s40 device or a fat pocket who wanted to purchase a phone with high end features and a s60 software, everyone wanted Nokia. Nokia had built is reputation in India by providing the best hardware possible for its phones. Nokia phones could bear all possible abuse and still perform for years this made it the first choice back then.

Nokia didn't developed is Software just the hardware, high end camera finished looks that's it. Even at Rs.15000 you could only get a S40 or a S60. Apple when manufactured iPhone that's when the downfall of Nokia had begun. With Apple offering the best experience on  iPhone many smartphone user started to shift to iPhone. Second blow to  Nokia came with Android. Google's Android  went to Motorola Samsung HTC and LG, and suddenly the market was filled with high quality Smartphone that Nokia couldn't think of beating with its Outdated Symbian.

As Samsung came to the top worldwide same trend happened in India. Many people started to buy Samsung Smart phones. Also Nokia's competitors introduced low cost phones. Low cost phones with dual sim, mp3 players and camera had started to take away Nokia's low cost market.

Although Nokia has now partnered with Microsoft , still the competition is tough from Samsung And it may not be long when Samsung will beat Nokia in India too.

How To place a Smaller Time on Nokia X2 Home Screen [ STEP by STEP guide with IMAGES ]

Nokia X2 is a awesome phone, but there are a few quirks in it.

Also the icons are quite big in the homescreen.
I am going to show you how to fix the big time display on the homescreen and replace it with a Nice Small Snappier time on the top right hand corner

There are two methods to fix the intimidating time and date from the display of Nokia X2
1. Remove the time and date completely
2. Make the time small and place it on the right hand corner

1. Removing the time and date completely from the display of Nokia X2
Step 1: Go to Menu > Settings

Step 2: Go to Date and Time

Step 3: Go to Date and Time Format

Step 4: Go to Date

Step 5: Make Clock HIDDEN

Step 6:Similarly do it  for Date

THATS IT,

But one drawback is that you cannot see the time now. This is fixed by a BETTER method 2

2. Make the time on the display of Nokia X2 small and place it on the right hand corner





Step 1.Go to Setting > Display

Step 2.Go to Home Screen

 Step 3.Change Home Screen Mode and Set it ON

Step 4.Now Go to Personalize view

Step 5.Personalize it as I have done it

Step 6.Home Screen Key. Set it to Navig. UP and Down

Step 7.Choose Home Scr. Font Col.

Step 8.Go to Settings> MY Shortcut

Step 9.Set Right Selection Key to Names

Step 10.THATS IT

Step 11. Another advantage of this method is that u can set temporary NOTES for yourself that are ALWAYS visible

Link Roundup

Microsoft: 50,000+ iPhones, Androids smoked since CES
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57430198-71/microsoft-50000-iphones-androids-smoked-since-ces/

Nokia partners Airtel, Vodafone for content billing
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article3401054.ece

Google Faces Antitrust Inquiry In India
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/232901564

Airtel launches 4G services in Bangalore
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_airtel-launches-4g-services-in-bangalore_1686014

Google Launches India App Vault
http://www.stocksandshares.tv/google-launches-india-app-vault/32020565

Check out cheapest Android ICS tablets in India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/check-out-cheapest-android-ics-tablets-in-india/articleshow/13062573.cms

Mumbai University Exams Postponed MAY 2012

Mumbai University exams that were going to be held on 9th and the 10th of May 2012 have been postponed to revised dates due to Government MHT-CET Exam
All candidates having exams on 9th and 10th of May 2012 should take a note of this and READ THIS CIRCULAR posted on MUMBAI UNIVERSITY SITE

http://www.mu.ac.in/examsc116.pdf

Radisson Hotel Kajurmarg

New Electronic Meters in Mumbai Rickshaws

Mumbai Central Railway Services go Haywire due to Fire

2 Trains halted between Vikhroli and Kanjurmarg

Local train services in Mumbai Disrupted due to fire at Kurla. Above is a train stranded between Vikhroli and Kanjurmarg.

MY Nokia X200 Review

Nokia X200 is feature packed budget phone from Nokia

I bought it in July 2011 at a price of Rs.4600 along with a 2 GB memory card in Mumbai

This phone is known for its 5MP camera

Since I have been using this phone from last one year I thought of giving you a review

1. Phone features a 5Mp camera

X2 camera very large images due to its high resolution. Images are good in bright day light. And you get no image during night due to the lack of night mode

Camera also has a flash. But the flash is of no use at long distances. Flash is powerful as it is meant to double up as Flashlight or torch.

Due to very powerful Flash the image gets ruined (the problem is fixed here)

Also if you take many images at one time the Phone freezes (theproblem is fixed here)

2. Hardware is strong (like many Nokia Phones)

Keypad is good and easy to use

Music keys on the side are great

The Phone speakers are quite loud.

Much time the music keys get pressed accidentally leading to a surprise and embarrassing loud music noise from the phone.

Also the camera key on the side of the phone gets accidentally pressed during a call.

The Metal finish of the phone gives it a stunning look

The phones FM Radio as an inbuilt antenna

The battery life of the phone is good

3.Phone has Nokia's S40 software

4. Phone needs to be updated

When I purchased the phone back in 2011, it was version 4.9 and it needed to updated read the guide for updating the phone here

Other Nokia X200 or Nokia s40 Articles:

Nokia X200 or Nokia s40 Software Update

Nokia X200 Video Playback Problems (Poor Audio Quality)

Nokia X2-00 is freezing while capturing many photos at atime

Nokia X200 flash is too bright and spoils the image

Hiding Files and Folders in Nokia X200 or any Nokia S40 phone

Well Nokia x2 00 has two main preloaded applications in its main menu

1. Photos

2. Music

The Photos app will show all the images on your memory card at this one place

The Music app will show all the music files and video files on your memory card here

Now many a times we want to hide our personal files from other people

What we can do about it

1. Do not give the phone to other people

                But sometimes someone close to us, a friend or a cousin may ask for the phone and it may sound rude to not give the phone

2. Put a security Guard on the phone

                It is one of the best ways to guard your phone by simply putting a key guard security. But again the above reason stands true

3. Hiding the Folders on the Memory Card

                But still they will be visible in Photos and Music Applications

4. Hiding the Files so that they are completely inaccessible

Hiding the Folders on the Memory Card

1. Create a folder named ABCD.jad (or anyname.jad)

2. Put the files you want to hide in this folder

3. Create a folder named ABCD.jar (or anyname.jar)

4. That’s it the ABCD.jad folder and files in it will not be visible anymore

5. To access the folder back rename ABCD.jar to ABCD.jara (or .ja or .j or anything but not .jar)

6. But these files will still be accessible in the Photos and Music Applications.

Nokia X2 Camera Image Capture Problems: Nokia X200 flash is too bright and spoils the Image

Nokia X200 has a 5MP camera

Note 5MP denotes the number of pixels a image has

Nokia X2 also has a flash light to enhance your  Image

But you may notice that the flash spoils the image

1. It because the flash is too bright as it is meant  doubles up as a torch light

2. Because there is a plastic cover on the lens and camera which spreads the light from the flash on to the image

Solutions

Now many of you may be vary of removing the cover as it may end up giving scratches on the lens (which is really very bad)

So what I did is I used a paper cutter and cut out the lens cover from the flash light and kept the cover on the camera lens as it is

In this manner the problem was solved and even the camera lens won’t get any scratches

Nokia X2 Camera Image Capture Problems: Nokia X2-00 is freezing while capturing many photos at a time

Nokia X200 has a 5Mp camera

Note 5MP denote the number of pixels a image has.

Now since the camera capture the image at 5MP it results in creation of a very large file

After you capture an image you end up with an Image.nrw file this is nothing but the raw image

It is the raw dump of capture image and hence it is very large in size about 5Mb

After the raw file is created the phone starts to compress it in to a .jpg file of about 1mb. This requires processing power from phone

Now if you click many photos at a time it will lead to many raw images being processed at the same time and hence majority of the processing power is consumed here

And now if you click a new photo it tends to take a lot time to save

We don’t have any solution to this

May be you can try to

1. Reduce the image resolution

2. Wait for a few seconds before taking every new image.

Nokia X200 Video Problems

We find than Video Playback quality is acceptable but audio quality is poor and below standards

Many People who have Nokia x2 complain of having good video quality but bad audio quality

This can be fixed

Nokia X200 supports two video Formats .mp4 and .3gp

Generally quality of .mp4 is better than .3gp and size of the .mp4 is more than .3gp

I convert the videos on my pc and transfer it to my phone

I use the following setting for better audio playback (and lower video size)

I use .mp4 for files I watch the most and I like and .3gp for other files

I use ImToo video converter you may use any other video convertor Find and adjust these settings and save them as a new Profile/template for future use

SETTINGS FOR AN .MP4 FILE

VIDEO SETTINGS

Video Codec: MPEG-4

Video Size: 320x240 ( qvga ) (Nokia x200 screen size)

Bitrate : 256K (This produces Good quality video. Lower it down to reduce file size)

Frame Rate: 24Fps

Aspect ratio: 4:3

Zoom: Full (Keep Aspect Ratio)

Encode Mode: VBR (Variable Bitrate)

AUDIO SETTINGS

Audio Codec: MPEG-4 AAC

Sample Rate: 48000.

Bitrates: 192K (This produces Good quality audio. Lower it down to reduce file size)

Channel: MONO (Not STEREO! Very Imp!!)

Volume: 125% (More than 100%)

SETTINGS FOR A .3gp FILE

VIDEO SETTINGS

Video Codec: H.263

Video Size: 320x240(qvga) (Nokia X200 screen size)

Bitrates: 256K (This produces Good quality video. Lower it down to reduce file size)

Frame Rate: 24Fps

Aspect ratio: 4:3

Zoom: Full (Keep Aspect Ratio)

Encode Mode: VBR (Variable Bitrates)

AUDIO SETTINGS

Audio Codec: libamr_nb

Sample Rate: 8000.

Bitrates: 12.2K (This produces Good quality audio. Lower it down to reduce file size)

Channel: MONO (Not STEREO! Very Imp!!)

Volume: 125% (More than 100%)

Nokia X200 Software Update Tutorial

5 Simple Steps to Update Your Nokia Handset

Nokia X200 is another affordable handset from Nokia.

But it also has a lot of problems with it

We will address those problems in time one by one.

Majority of problems can be fixed just by updating your phone

Nokia X200 has 1 software Update

This Post will address the way of Updating your Phone Software

Note: This is the way How I updated my Phone

 Your experience may be completely different. I am not responsible any consequences whatsoever

Step 1

 Check Your Current Version of Nokia Firmware

Press *#0000# on your phone. You will get information about the version number of your phone

For Nokia X200 if it is V 08.25 then you are on the latest version and this tutorial is not for you.

If you are on V 4.90 or any lower version than 8.25 then continue reading.

Step 2

Gathering the Requirements

You need the following things.

1. A Reliable and Always on Internet or Broadband Connection

                Note that we are going to download a file of about 50-70 Mb and your internet connection should not fail during this download!!

2. Nokia Software Updater (This Software Will Update your Phone)

3. Nokia USB Cable.

Step 3

Backup all your data

1. Backup all your photos Videos

2. Backup all your applications

3. Backup your entire memory card

4. Backup all your contacts

5 backup all your messages

Step 4

Updating

1. Run the Nokia Software Updater

2. Follow on Screen Instructions

3. Connect your phone to your PC When Asked

4 Click Update

5. Wait for the Download to Finish

6. Phone will be automatically updated after the download

Step 5

Checking Your Brand New Updated Phone

Hollywood in India

Hilarious comedy video by The2FaceTheory

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Google, The Pirate Bay and ...

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The iPad may give a beating to other hand held as well as video game consoles, since iPad sales are growing at a very fast rate and soon iPad may become a synonym to Tablet.
Zee News:  Apple's new iPad making waves in video game market

Narendra Kumar an IPS officer killed

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Here's more about the story
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Correct Procedure for Mobile Number Portability From Loop Mobile to other Operator

I was a user of Loop Mobile ( Dus ka Gang ) for last three years. Due to a few reasons I wanted to move to Idea Cellular Network.

This post is basically tutorial about  How to Port your number from One Operator To Other 
Since I had given my number to many people MNP was the only option for me. I searched the internet for ways to port out of Loop Mobile and was shocked to find out that a large number of people faced problems to port out.

This Loop Mobile MNP problem had restricted me for months to do the transfer.
Now I am going to tell you the correct way to port out of Loop Mobile


Step 1.
Loop insist that you should be in the BASE plan before porting out.
Just call the customer care and tell him you want to port out ( he may hang up :) !! , just call again! )
He will tell you that you must be in BASE plan and give you the instructions to do so.
Just follow the instructions ( Simple sms like BASE to 50505, but confirm it again!!)
The Plan will change in 3 Hours so wait for three hours


Step 2.
In the BASE Plan.
Once your in the base plan your call rate will be very high.
Mine were Rs.1 per min all calls and Rs.1.50 per SMS!!
Now move to Step 3


Step 3.
Request For Unique Porting Code
Send a Request for Unique Porting Code to 1900
Best way is to got to Mobile Gallery of the operator you want to port your number.
I went to the IDEA gallery in Ghatkopar. He gave me the instruction for getting the UPC ( sms PORT <your 10 digit mobile number> to 1900)
UPC will be recieved immediately.


Step 4.
Filling the new Registration Form 
Take the necessary documents to new Operators Mobile gallery along with UPC and fill the Form ( Usually the sales boy fills it)
Dont make any mistakes here (dont give them a chance for rejecting ur form!)
Pay the new operator charges for New Sim card ( They charged me Rs.25 although TRAI had set maximum charge to Rs.19)


Step 5.
Start Calling your Current Operator's customer care Frequently 
Call the Customer care and ask him when will your number be ported.
One Customer Care Operator told me 7 Days
One told me 90 days!
But I didnt budged I used to call them atleast 3 times in a day!
Don't Lose hope if they hang up your calls.
If they give you bizzare answers tell him about TRAI 7 days policy.
If he tells you 90 days tell him that is never mentioned in the TRAI rules


Step 6.
Call from Loop Mobile regarding your Porting Request
Finally you will get a call from Loop Mobile regarding the porting request you submitted and why you want to port out.
Give any simple reason ( I said all my friends had IDEA  )


Step 7.
Message from 1901 Regarding the NO SERVICE period.
Success. Finally you will get a message regarding No Service period from 1901.
After this period Put your new operators SIM card in your mobile and Enjoy the service of new operator.


Note that this way I ported out my Number from Loop Mobile to IDEA.
Your Experience may be very very different.
These Steps should be used as a Guide and I am not responsible any consequences whatsoever