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LG USB Deviations
I have been struggling for a while to connect my Karbonn A21 Android phone to the computer using a Standard USB-B Mini cable. The phone just would not get detected no matter how much I tinkered with the settings on the computer and the phone. Mahender Lala, a tech-geek friend from Mumbai was visiting and […]
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Review of Karbonn A21
This probably is the shortest review on my blog. Simple reason being the phone’s similarity to it’s sibling – the Karbonn A9+, which has been reviewed extensively on this blog. Display The principal difference between the A21 and the A9+ is the larger screen on the A21. While the A9+ display measures 52 mm x […]
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Review of Karbonn A9+
“You are a fool”. That generally is the exclamation my closest friends utter, when they discover that I have purchased yet another gadget from a company of unknown lineage. My Nokia / Samsung / Motorola / Apple / Blackberry friends let me know, without mincing any words, how productive they are on their phones. They […]
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Computer CPU Selector
Buying a computer; be it a desktop or a laptop, can be challenging. Apart from the obvious factors such as Look & Feel, Size, Weight, Price, Freebies, there’s the confusion about what is the performance of the CPU we are buying and how does it stack up against the computer that we know we cannot […]
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Review of Sony T Series 13.3″ Ultrabook
Officially launched in June 2012 in India, Sony’s ultrabook offerings can be easily mistaken to be their regular products. Traditionally, Sony’s offerings have been light & slim notebooks either covered in aluminum or textured plastic. Sony had taken the initiative of launching thin/lightweight products decades before Intel woke-up and coined the term ‘Ultrabook’. I landed […]
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Airtel GPRS is a Rip-Off
Got royally burned by Airtel GPRS. For starters, anyone who has an Airtel SIM in their mobile phone, automatically receives Airtel GPRS Settings and they are saved as ‘Mobile Office’. Practically all phones sold today are in the category of Smart-Phones, even the budget Chinese origin ones. The phones also come packed with applications (some […]
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Download Nokia Map Data for India
If like me, you are a fan of GPS and find reassurance in it’s ability to help you find your location and directions anywhere in the world, you will most certainly want your GPS device to report some map data and not just coordinates. Fortunately, Nokia Maps is not only an excellent application that offers […]
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Basic Photography Terms
Article explains the 5 basic concepts of ISO, Shutter Speed, Aperture Value, Drive Mode and Exposure Mode so that the reader has better understanding of the fundamentals of technical aspects of photography.
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Review of Acer 5755G Laptop
I must have done something right for a mentor/friend to gift a laptop to me. His instructions were clear: I was to pick whatever stuck my fancy. Without seeming exploitative, I wanted a computer equal to or better than what I currently have – An Acer 5745 (Core i5). There was an Asus Laptop I […]
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Beginners Guide to Macro Photography
It’s a natural urge for any person wielding a camera to attempt to take close-up shots of objects around theme. Close-ups of small objects, when viewed at the full multi-megapixel resolution of modern cameras, appear surrealistic and reveal details that we had not previously imagined to be present. Close Up Photography vs. Macro Photography vs. […]