November 2008 - Posts - Play Things

November 2008 - Posts

Why your Nokia phones last forever - an illustrated guide

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
Eight years ago, when I got my first mobile phone and I had to pay RPG some 16 rupees a minute incoming and several lakhs per minute per SMS, I first draped my fingers around a Nokia 3310 . Remember that model? Of course you do. Some of you probably still use it. If there was one mobile phone you never, EVER, kept using waiting for it to breakdown before...

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Gmail goes bling, Pageflakes goes cheap

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
Gmail , along with most Google products, was all about being minimal and quick. But today we logged into our email account only to find that Gmail was now offering ways of personalizing your account with themes. Yes colours, images, patterns and what have you. If you can't access these options yourself then just click on the setting link on the...

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Ancient Egypt, Economics, and Evil Pharaohs

Posted by Krish Raghav at 
I'll admit it - I'm pretty much addicted. In my defense, how can you not be - when there's this treasure trove of information to obsessively compulse over: That may not really encourage too many people, so here's another one, one that gives you a better idea of what I'm talking about. Nile Online is an Ancient-Egypt themed browser...

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Will the iPhone kill the Wii?

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
When you seriously sit and think about it, the thing that gives the Wii its addictive kick, its Mojo if you will, is the accelerometer in its controllers. So all you really need, to give the Wii a run for its money, is a stack of accelerometers and a game to use it with. Speaking purely in terms of critical elements we mean. Well the iPhone boasts of...

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The new Star Trek movie revealed

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
Science fiction buffs and Trekkies in particular will be waiting with bated breath till May next year when the new Star Trek movie releases. Like Batman and James Bond before it, and possibly Superman soon, the movie will see somewhat of a reboot with the characters all going back to those in the cult original TV series. So we will have a new Kirk,...

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Why did the iPhone flop in India?

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
Interesting article in today's mint about why Apple's launch of the iPhone in India was such a damp squib. I recently discussed the launch with a couple of techies in the UK and they were surprised that despite the high price there were hardly any lines outside Vodafone and Airtel shops to buy the thing. While Apple’s spokesperson in Singapore...

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Elections 2.0

Posted by Ayeshea Perera at 
Normal 0 It’s not just the fact that an African American is the next US President that has made this election special. It is also the unprecedented level of public participation, largely facilitated by the tools of web 2.0 –blogs, twitter feeds (tweets), interactive websites, and social bookmarking sites like delicious and Stumbleupon . In the last...

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