HTC users at and near by Trivandrum who are looking for a service center, there is one at Pattom.

Address :
Mathew Enterprises
C.M Stephen Memorial Building
Pottakuzhy Junction
Pattom
Trivandrum – 695004

Phone : 91 471 3056305
Email : htcservice.tvm@gmail.com

My HTC Legend usually used to give a battery backup of more than a day,  on Zain network @ Kuwait.

This vacation as I was in Kerala, activated BSNL 3G and then I started facing the weird issue. Battery was draining out like anything, like if i had a Full battery @ 10 PM night, by morning the battery will be totally drained to 10% (Note that the phone is just in IDLE mode whole night).

So my initial thought was that some thing is wrong with the battery and should be replaced with a new one. So searched for a HTC service Center and found one @ Pattom , Trivandrum.

The moment I told the issue to the Techincal guy, He just asked me “Are you on BSNL” , and i said “Yes”, and he concluded “just change to some other network and it will be fine”.

He said lots of people are coming complaining with the same issue(eg HTC wildfire users). And so i did the same and Yes the battery was working fine .

So the verdict, Some thing is wrong with BSNL 3G network or HTC

Few days back I came across this article http://gizmodo.com/5740076/giz-explains-why-your-call-dropped , and it was wriiten that

“On just about any 3G network, carriers transmit voice signals with CDMA, or code division multiple access. (Yep, this includes HSPA 3G, which is often referred to as GSM.) What this means is that multiple phones can transmit over the same radio frequencies, and their signals are differentiated by code. (Disclaimer: this is a brutal simplification.) As one network engineer told me, sharing a cell tower is like sharing a room with a bunch of people that speak different languages. Different people can hold concurrent conversations, but everyone can understand what they need to—their brains block out the rest of the conversations, because to them, it’s all just gibberish anyway.

Just like in this shared room, though, as a tower gets more crowded, the volume starts to rise. The more everyone speaks, the louder one has to talk to be understood. Likewise, the more people that are using a cell tower, the more power each phone needs to be “heard” by the tower. This actually results in a contraction of the cell’s coverage area. “

So it should be the BSNL 3G network which is eating the battery as there are one or two tower which is 3G enabled in a  district,   HELL who knows.

BTW am back on Zain network and battery life is back as usuall

Track List

1. Main Tera Dhadkan Teri – K.K., Sunidhi Chauhan & Hard Kaur – (00:04:34)
2. Tu Jaane Na -  Atif Aslam – (00:05:42)
3. Oh By God – Mika & Sunidhi Chauhan -(00:04:59)
4. Tera Hone Laga Hoon – Atif Aslam & Alisha Chinoy – (00:05:00)
5. Prem Ki Naiyya -Neeraj Shridhar & Suzzane D’Mello – (00:04:11)
6. Aa Jao Meri Tamanna – Javed Ali & Jojo  – (00:04:06)
7. Follow Me – Hard Kaur – (00:02:52)
8. Tu Jaane Na (Reprise) – Soham, Rana Mazumdar & Ashish Pandit – (00:05:33)
9. Main Tera Dhadkan Teri (Remix)-  K.K., Sunidhi Chauhan & Hard Kaur – (00:05:04)
10. Tu Jaane Na (Remix) – Atif Aslam -  (00:06:06)
11. Prem Ki Naiyya (Remix) – Neeraj Shridhar & Suzzane D’Mello  -  (00:04:31)
12. Tera Hone Laga Hoon (Remix) – Atif Aslam & Alisha Chinoy  – (00:04:46)
13. Aa Jao Meri Tamanna (Remix) -  Javed Ali & Jojo – (00:03:45)
14. Tu Jaane Na (Unplugged Version) -  Kailash Kher, Paresh & Naresh – (00:05:43)

The only song that sounds good is Tu Jaane Na by Atif aslam. Rest of the tracks has nothing special in it .

Will give 6/10

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Track List

1. Hasile Fisile -  Karthik, Harini, Burn, Maya
2. Yeno Yeno Panithuli – Shail Hada, Sudha Ragunathan, Andrea
3. Vaarayo Vaarayo – Unnikrishnan,Chinmayee, Mega
4. Dekho Dekho – Suvi Suresh, Sandhya, Sri Charan
5. Maasi Maasi – Mano, Mega

All tracks are good, Hasili Fisiliye & Damakku Damakku are going to drive this movie.  Hasili Fisiliye,Yeno Yeno Panithuli, Vaarayao Vaarayao & Damakku Damakku  are my favourite tracks from this movie. Hasili Fisiliye & Vaarayao Vaarayao  are very slow tracks which  would make a charming mood.

Will give 7.5/10

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Track List

1. Tum Mile – Neeraj Shridhar
2. Dil Ibadat – KK
3. Tu Hi Haqeeqat – Javed Ali
4. Is Jahaan Mein – Mohit Chauhan
5. Tum Mile (Love Reprise) – Javed Ali
6. O Meri Jaan – KK
7. Dil Ibaadat (Rock) – KK
8. Tum Mile (Rock) – Shafqat Amanat Ali
9. Soul of Tum Mile – Instrumental

This album sounds good. Every song has its own mood. The title song ‘Tum mile’ & ‘Is Jahaan Mein’ is a bit fast , title song is sung by Neeraj Shridhar. ‘Dil Ibadat’ and ‘Tu Hi Haqeeqa’ are slow track. ‘Tu Hi Haqeeqa’ is my favourite track from this movie. Tum mile songs remind me of the songs of the movie Life in a metro.

Will give 7.5/10

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Track List

1. Chiggy Wiggy – Kylie Minogue, Sonu Nigam
2. Aaj Dil Gustakh Hai – Shreya Ghoshal, Sukhwinder Singh
3. Fiqrana – Shreya Ghoshal, Vijay Prakash
4. Bhoola Tujhe – Rashid Ali
5. Blue Theme – Blaaze, Raqeeb Alam, Sonu Kakkar, Jaspreet Singh
6. Rehnuma – Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam
7. Yaar Mila Tha – Udit Narayan, Madhushree

Music by A R Rahman,  Variety music with unheard tunes makes each track from the movie variant.My Favourite tracks from the movie are Fiqrara, Bhoola Tujhe, Chiggy Wiggy, Blue Theme, Aaj Dil Gustakh Hai .

Will give 8/10

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Was planning to buy a  laptop with a decent configuration for a long time.  A one month online research  ended me in to  Dell Studio series. Dell Studio was the only one that could  be in my budget with the required configuration. My budget was for about Half a lakh indian rupees and dell studio was starting on 42,500 INR range  on its base model.  The configuration i was looking  for was a core 2 duo processor, RAM more than 2 GB,  256MB graphics card , 250GB Hardisk, 9 cell batteries for more backup, 15″+ screen with higher resolution.

Buying Process:

Went to dell.co.in ->laptop->studio. Choose the base model from its preconfigured models and started customizing the laptop. Customizing the laptop is a good option that Dell provides to its customers. So after customizing i ended up in the below given configuration

• Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T6500 (2.10GHz/ 800 FSB/ 2MB Cache)
• Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Premium 32 bit SP1 Edition (English)
• 15.6 ” Full HD(1080p)WLED (1920 x 1080)Display with TrueLife
• Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Web Cam
• 4GB Dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM
• 320GB SATA 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive
• Slot Load 8X DVD + /-RW Drive with DVD + R double layer write capability
• 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
• Artic Silver Palmrest
• Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 (802.11a/g/n) Half Mini-card
• Integrated Stereo Sound with Subwoofer
• Dell(TM) Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module
• 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
• -1 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
• Integrated Fast Ethernet 10/100/1000
• 34mm ExpressCard Slot, (DOES NOT SUPPORT PC CARDS)

Amount : Rs 46,318.50
BCD/CVD/Excise Duty : Rs 3,268.01
VAT/CST/WCT 4% :  Rs 1,983.46
Total Rs : 1,983.46
Total before Discount :  Rs 51,569.97
Less Discount:  Rs 1,983.46

Total Amount:  Rs 49,586.51

After adding it to the cart, a form was given where i added my contact details and it was written than a dell executive would be contacting me. Mean while a pdf file with the customized configuration was e-mailed to me. Next day evening got the call from dell executive, it was from Chennai  and the customer executives name was Girish Krishnan .  He confirmed my order with the amount and asked me by which way i would make the payment,  he said if i do it via credit card the VAT would be waved off and also if  i do it on that day itself i would also get a DELL laser mouse and a Creative earphones as compensation. I told him to call me back after half-an hour so that i could make necessary arrangements. He again called after 30 Minutes and for the credit transfer he connected me to a IVR service in which i had to type the credit card details right through the phone.  After successful credit transfer he said that the laptop would be shipped to my given address in 7 days and told me to reply back to a mail that he just emailed me. The email was a kind of declaration form that i filled  and mailed him back

There was a delivery status  portal at dell.co.in that keeps track of the laptop delivery . Logging in to it with the reference details would show at what process  the laptop. is   I waited for 7  days and it wasn’t delivered on time, the delivery status  portal was  showing 14 days late delivery time. I just wrote back to the customer executive  but didn’t get any response from him. On the 10th day got a SMS from BlueDart(courier service) that its dispatched from Chennai, so on 12th day ie. on 11th September’09 i got the laptop delivered. It had a cartoon with a bunch of documents .After it  i didnt get a call back from the dell Customer service either asking if the laptop was delivered or is the laptop working well .

The Courier Pack with the Bill

The first Deck which has the accessories

The Second Deck with the laptop

At last in my hand. My first look

The Hood Logo

The right side with Power on switch, A/C port, USB port, Card Reader port

The left side with HDMI port, VGA port, LAN port, e-SATA port, USB port ,1394 port, mic jack  and 2 speaker-out jack(can be used for 5+1 speaker output)

The right side bottom view

Open View

The Keyboard

The power Button on right side

My Experience:

Well as i worked on it i think its a small beast. With 4 GB RAM almost all heavy RAM eating  application where running like a charm, the 7,200RPM hardisk also has a big hand on this performance.  The HD screen  with 1920 *1080 pixel resolution the desktop looked very lively and crystal clear.The 9 Cell battery is giving almost 4+ hours backup. Saying about its looks it looks real simple not that stylish, Well i wasn’t looking for look i was looking for performance . Tried playing  NFS undercover [ATI Radeon HD4570 with 512RAM ] and it  ran good on medium settings . Half-life 2 and Counter Strike was running good on high resolution. Playing games on 1920 *1080 is a bit amazing. The laptop speakers are giving a pretty good output..  loud and clear, i haven’t heard   anything  better than this on any other laptop.

Vista Base Score for this system is: 5

CRAP:

As the laptop was shipped with a preloaded vista it had only two partitioned drives. One was of about 270 GB(OS loaded) and another 15GB(recovery drive). But i needed it all partitioned to about 80GB drive each . So tried shrinking the drives with the default disk management utility from vista itself. But the 270GB disk wasn’t shrinking  beyond 170GB. The last option left was to use Partition magic for re partitioning . So i loaded Partition Magic 10 and as i opened the application it showed warning saying that there is a error in the disk and press yes to fix it, I had no other choice because without clicking YES the Partition Magic wont proceed . I Hit the YES button and all of sudden my desktop  ended in a blank screen . After a reset i found i lost my Vista. Checking the hard disk table, found that the whole 270GB drive was lost.WHAT THE CRAP,  Hopefully the vista installation disk was shipped with the package. Without wasting time used The Hiren bootable CD to partition the disk  to my desired size  and then installed Vista.  In almost 2 Hours finished installing both vista and its drivers.

My desktop

A delightful movie for the mallu film industry. Its a kind of experiment i think. No malayalam movie before Ritu has ever sneaked in to a IT Professionals lifestyle. The movie is a kind of an art movie… in some parts, the movie is really draggy… you might loose your patience

The story is about three Techi friends and there friendship. Much of the scenes are shot inside Technopark [IT park in Kerala]. The story and the way it has been shoot is impressive. The real life of an IT professional has been showed off.   Rima Kallingal (Runner-up Miss Kerala 2008), one of the Techie looks sizzling in the movie. The other two Techies Nishan & Asif Ali are brand new faces and have done a good job from there part.

The songs are really awesome. It’s a big boost to the movie. Highly recommended to be watched by an IT proffesional.

Will give 7.5/10

Have to say lovely song. Nice compositions by Rahul Raj. As the  movie say  “Trust us: it would be refreshing and revealing” and  it is true

Track List

• Venal Kattil
• Pularumo
• Ku Ku Koo
• Chanjalam
• Love Kills
• Venal Kattil (Karaoke)

Favorite track :  all of them

Will give 8.2/10

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Pularumo

Chanjalam

Love Kills

Venal Kattil

This one turned to be a disappointing movie. Promos  made me feel that this one would be a good-one but alas. Camera works and the film style has to be appreciated but the script and the theme wasn’t that appealing.  Richa Pallod , as Mamooties wife seemed to be over acting. Mammooty as usual is in his cool dude  lookz, but in a couple  of songs he has made himself look like a real  buffoon.  The songs from the movie also  didnt make a hipe in the music industry.

Director of this movie – Aashiq abu , its his first movie. I guess he can come with more good movies in future. Well nice try and better luck for his next movie

Will give 6/10

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