google on my cell ....

no no no this is not yet another google oriented blog (actually even the earlier one wasn't but if u felt so :p)

ohh before you begin reading this entry, FYI ... i changed my blog template so now you can listen / watch any song from my playlist (its just few of my fav picks) while you read this space. i wanted to put this at the end of the entry but.... by then you'd almost be done with it so you would'n be able to enjoy the songs :) n hey i've also added "track your visitor" map at the end of the page. so now even if you dun put a comment i can see traces ;) its kool isn't it?

recently i downloaded google maps for my cell. its really kool. especially for ppl like me who lack road sense ;) ye i have hard time figuring out roads n maps not that im a traveller but even the city alleys can be confusing considering im still new to pune :) so hopefully this will make life easy. hehehe although i wont be using this thing often as i can afford to get lost n pay for the cab than to see those GPRS bills ;) lol just kidding. but this is really cool stuff. using *i-fi makes you feel good. i still remember i bought my old nokia 6610i with an intent to develop some j2me apps but that was way back in 2004 but unfortunately i cud not really nurture the idea. n today i have a much better cellphone but i still lack the dedication to make productive use of it. anyways someday ill write my own utils. as of now lets jus download n hav fun :D

just when i was finished with google maps exploration, i started searching for random apps / utilities and i found whole bunch of them. i found small utils right from some office apps, converters bla bla bla to some hacker stuff like discharging the cell battery, using the light to dim-bright n exploit the battery. of course i did not try those as my cell is too precious to test all these nifty little utilities ;) if u wanna try, lemme know ill pass on the URL. (disclaimer: try this at your own risk) even today i dont own a 3G phone but EDGE works for me. not all that bad. so if you are checking the real-time satellite images in the google maps it may take a while before it actually shows up but that's ok.

this mobile market is goin crazy. especially with such a HUGE customer base in asian countries, all the n/w providers are making loads of $$$$. imagine countries like india, china, japan singapore, malaysia they can provide GREAT market potential. that is why you can see all biggies entering this segment already. even yahoo has launched Yahoo! Go. you can expect some tie-ups with the mobile manufacturing companies. you wouldn't even imagine the amount of money these telecom providers make just with those stupid SMS to some 4 digit shortcodes for some contests, votes etc. well lets keep all that aside considering the positive aspect that its helping (contributing) in lot of other ways including economical growth.

yesterday i saw Die Hard 4.0 ... what was that? i mean c'mon have they started immitating bollywood ? hehehe. seriously it started out pretty well. it was al about cyber attacks into the public services. it wasn't all that unrealistic but later on it completely turned into the typical dumb movie. pretty sad huh. it was good to see F35 take off ;) but the whole concept was stupid. F35 tracing a VOLVO truck wow looks like choppers do not excite the general public anymore .... action effects are good but again some are really illogical. there was some guy who was even swifter than spiderman lmao. why cant we have some intelligent action movies. keep it simple but logical.

well thats all for the action this week ;)

- signing off
ameyas7