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Just a poll to see the ratio of happy and sad customers. 

http://goo.gl/sllnFp

 

As much as I love Surface Pro 2, I have a new main machine now, and it's Surface 2. It feels amazing and is even lighter, thinner, and has longer battery life than before. We have fundamentally revamped Surface 2 to make it the most productive personal tablet ever. Trust me here. It is much faster – now with 72 graphics cores, twice the internet speed, and USB 3.0. It is even more beautiful – with an enticing new color that reflects the true color of Magnesium, a full HD screen, and a thinner and lighter design. And most importantly, it is even more productive – now with Outlook RT which is how I do email, a 3.5MP front-facing camera optimized for Skype for my video calls home or video messages when we can't connect. To ensure that you get the most out of your device, we're including free Skype calling to landlines 60 countries and free Skype WiFi at over two million hotspots for a year, as well as 200GB of SkyDrivestorage for two years. The Skype and SkyDrive offers are for both Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2!

It's listed on play store for 29,999

http://www.google.co.in/nexus/10/

Hi All,

I am from Bangalore and have been a customer of Airtel for so many years now and have been mainly using it for online gaming and heavy downloading along with browsing. Ever since FUP was introduced I started my dislike for Airtel as it started to affect my download requirements. I need to download atleast 300GB per month and I also need good pings to online Gaming servers in Asia. Airtel provides the latter but not the former.

So I am considering the 4mbps Tikona unlimited broadband plan (1499 Rs). There is no ACT/You broadand in my area. Few questions on the same

1. Does Tikona have good pings to Asian servers for smooth online gaming?

2. Tikona's terms and conditions says 1:20 contention ratio for FUP of 80GB and upto 1:50 post that . Can anyone tell me what is the speed folks get after the fup limit?

3. When the Tikona engineer comes for demo what all should I check because Tikona employs wireless connection?

4. What about the signal quality and service quality of Tikona in Bangalore?

Hrithik Roshan talks about his latest upcoming release Krrish 3 during a Rado Watch event. Hrithik Roshan tells us more about his daily routine during the making of Krrish 3. Hrithik Roshan hopes that Krrish 3 is better than Shah Rukh Khan's Ra.One movie.

P.S. Im not sure whether it applies pan India.

Need help guys...

My modem stops working as soon as i use my telephone. I have two parallel connections for phone and on one modem is connected via splitter. As soon as i use my phone when my modem is on internet stops working. Also I can hear noise in my telephone when modem is swithched on, it goes when modem is switched off. Called airtel support they eamined and said no issue with the connection.

Telephone headset - binatone basic

Modem - Adsl 220bx

 

A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez.

I have applied for BB FN Combo 600 plan.But why does my account information in self-care shows  FIXED MONTHLY CHARGE COMBO PLUS 500.

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HI All,

Suggestion required - External TV Tuner HD and recording functionality

please suggest a good External TV Tuner HD with recording functionality......supporting windows 7

hi

i am a hathway banglore user(a very happy one) but now i am changing apartment(bommanahalli) and dont have hathway,act you or anything except airtel or bsnl which r too much above my budget with pathetic FUP's

so only solution is tikona(yeah even after reading all the scary reviews....but fate is a b****)

so how is tikona internet??

my questions r

in hathway i have  a login which is pain in bottom but it can be done through my mobile or any device...does tikona has something like that login

also...how many devices can i connect wirelessly...right now i am connecting a pc through lan and 4 other wirelessly....does tikona block multiple devices??

how is the ping and netspeed (i am a online gamer and need good ping)

last but not least how is the service and connection drops??if it rains or is cloudy  then will the internet stop or pathetically slow down??

i connect my hathway cable modem to a wireless router and connect all other devices does tikona give a wireless router which can do that or they give only wired one with a single rj45 port??

thanks

Hi i am using DSL-2750U WIFI router and this was connected to Cyberoam and whenever i want to connect this wifi the connection will be connecting but unable to connect inetrnet, If we put ip then only we can access internet, Even i checked whether DHCP is enabled or no, DHCP is enable.

Please help me from this issue.

I wanted to start a new experience thread simply to discuss MTNL VDSL.

Some things to consider before/after taking a new VDSL connection

SNR margins (SNRM)
Below 9 dB : Poor experience with lots of HEC and CRC errors. Line will disconnect frequently.
9   - 11  dB : Ok but not ideal. Disconnections will be there if some unexpected variance is introduced by rains, humidity in the wire.
12 - 16  dB : Ideal and realistic value. Expect almost no disconnections as the line has more wiggle room for tolerating variances.
17 dB and up : God Mode. Lucky few get this on VDSL synced at 30 mbps and up. So far I have seen various stats and no one has reported this SNRM (That is because VDSL sync rates are always higher)

Higher you sync rate, lower the SNRM will be. Lower the SNRM, lower the connection reliability. Lower reliability means frequent disconnections. Hence ISP's have a setting in DSLAM to artificially increase SNRM value for a particular phone line. Hence you sync at lower rate and line automagically becomes stable.

Attenuation may not be that important after all. It reduces sync speeds over a distance but is not an indicator of connection reliability. (You can roughly calculate your line length from it. Do it here)

Apply for VDSL connection only if you are within half km. Otherwise you will get ADSL like sync rates.

I will update this entry with some of our findings. Since VDSL is somewhat new to India, this thread can help some early adopters.

Currently the speeds are decent for fast servers. But single streams are slow due to a bottleneck somewhere.

So, this one is now looking as the potential rival to Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom and Nokia Lumia 1020 (EOS).

http://goo.gl/PDPs2

This is a conceptual render and not a leaked image. 

 

With a 5 inch 1080 x 1920 resolution screen, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 under the hood, it all sounds like your every day mid-2013 top-shelf model. That is, until you get to the camera on back. The rear-facing camera on the Sony i1 is a 20/13MP camera with an Exmor RS sensor, G Lens, Cybershot, dual LED and Xenon flash, Mobile BIONZ Image processing and interchangeable lens.

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Awesome. 

Guys who own this model please get this update..it's really good...will provide some changes that I feel awesome.

http://www.moneylife.in/article/rbi-asks-banks-to-bear-the-cost-of-deploying-e-kyc-of-aadhaar/34641.html
 

 

In yet another example of burdening bank customers, RBI has asked banks to deploy infrastructure at own cost for using UIDAI's Aadhaar biometric authentication for KYC

 

Quad-core 2.0GHz processor.
1.5GB RAM, expandable memory with 32GB built-in.
4.65-inch Super AMOLED III display developed specially for this phone with an odd 1280 x 1024 resolution, which will give it a pixel density of 352-PPI, the highest on a smartphone so far.
10 megapixel camera capable of recording 1080p videos at 60fps.
Metal body with 9mm thickness and a 2,250mAh battery.
Built-in NFC.

Samsung is planning to announce the device at MWC 2012 with a worldwide release planned sometime in mid-2012.

is is better to visit the office to apply for a new connection of the final say by the agent is good enough to get a connection

Kareena Kapoor and Imran Khan are getting back together again for an upcoming movie called Gori Tere Pyaar Mein. Imran Khan will start shooting for this movie as soon as he is done with his previous project!

again a title from the 80s. :\

This looks like the global edition of Moto X... 

 

Motorola Moto G: S4 Pro (1.5GHz x 4), 4.7" 720p, 8GB or 16GB, 8MP, LG-made 1950mAh, starts free on contract [via tip]

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Flipkart: Philips HP8315 Hair Straightener for Rs. 1395

The much-rumored iPhone 5S and a 5-inch iPhone 6 have shown up at an Apple supplier in China, according to a post on a Chinese microblogging site.
The models could be released this year, according to a post by a Sina Tech user called Old Yao. He reports that a friend of his at a supplier has seen the models and says that the iPhone 5S resembles the iPhone 5, while the iPhone 6 is wider, longer, and thinner.

http://www.readability.com/articles/xultiac6

The telecom company will offer unlimited voice calls, SMS and 3G data for a fixed monthly fee ranging between Rs 2,500 and Rs 2,800. The subscriber will be locked in to RCom's network under a two-year contract. Under the scheme, the 16 GB iPhone 5c, priced without subsidy at Rs 41,900, will be available for a monthly fee of Rs 2,500 while the 5s, priced at Rs 53,500, will be on offer for around Rs 2,800 a month. The 32GB version will come with an upfront fee of Rs 10,000 in addition to the monthly charges. The 64GB model, priced at Rs 71,500 off the shelf, will be on offer for an upfront fee of Rs 18,000.

So, basically... 16GB models for free. 32GB model for 10K. 64GB model for 18K. 

I placed an order for Micromax Canvas 2 Plus via Snapdeal this Sunday. Since this was my first order from them so I thought of going with COD option. The order was dispatched on Monday via Delhivery. Item reached Delhi on the Tuesday night(6th). Since then its roaming across several of Delhivery's offices. Yesterday I contacted them to enquire about my delivery. The lady at the phone specifically mentioned that the delay was caused because the package got misplaced. Its natural for me to get suspicious. I wanted to open the package before handing them over the money.

Anyways, today afternoon the package landed finally at the center nearest(Janakpuri Hub) to my home. Phew. I had already called them before to enquire upon which I was reassured that it will be disapatched as soon as it arrives at their Janakpuri hub. It landed there at 3:15 pm. By 5:10 pm it had not arrived. I called them again and learnt from the talks behind the handset that there was no one to deliver it. WOW. I heard the following conversation:
 
"Yaar us phone waale package ka kya hua? Badi transaction hai. Yaar koi hai ni deliver karne ke liye. Yaar jaldi karwa. Okay."  Awesome attitude from a company which is specialised in handling logistics for e-commerce companies.
 
Now I got a bit angry. I called them again at 6 to tell ki bhaiyaa agar aaj de rahe ho toh theek hai warna apne paas rakhna. Because I won't be able to collect it tomorrow. He said, sir we will deliver it. Now uptil now the status page kept saying that its at Janakpuri center. Just 1 minute after the call, the following status appeared:
 

Dispatched | Aug. 8, 2013, 6:10 p.m. | Dispatched for Delivery | Janakpuri (Delhi) | Delhivery

Wow. It worked. Around 6:20 I got a call from the delivery boy who was asking, sir package leke aa jaaoon? I literally facepalmed and said yaar ab bhi puchega. He said, sir I had to confirm since its a COD Item. He also mentioned that he will be able to hand over the package only when I will hand him the money. I said I will check the package first since you had yesterday mentioned about it getting misplaced. I mean how can I? I had the cash with change ready but I wanted to be sure. I said, anyways come and we will see.
 
Around 15 minutes later these messages were posted.
 

Returned | Aug. 8, 2013, 6:29 p.m. | Wanted to open the package before payment | Janakpuri (Delhi) | Delhivery
Dispatched | Aug. 8, 2013, 6:30 p.m. | Consignee did not have cash | Janakpuri (Delhi) | Delhivery
Pending | Aug. 8, 2013, 6:26 p.m. | Consignee did not have cash | Janakpuri (Delhi) | Delhivery

Blatant Lies. How do they know sitting at their office that I don't have the money? Also the item never got dispatched. Liars. That's how they washed off their responsbility and put the whole blame on the customer. I just wanted to confirm. Its okay if they can't do that. I understand but atleast stop lying. I called them in anger and asked how can they lie. They had hardly any justification. More so because I was angry I was not even in a mood to listen. I said I am complaining to Snapdeal and their superiors. He said, Kardo and disconnected.

I called Snapdeal and explained them the situation. He said me to wait for 1 more day. And just now Snapdeal has closed the order saying "Item returned by customer."

Facepalm.

Lessons Learnt: COD is a mess. Avoid Delhivery and Snapdeal.

What amount you guys paid when you first took the connection? and what was exact first bill amount?

For now, I just took the connection (installation still pending) and paid Rs1300/- for combo 800 ULD plan. I want to know what are the charges on the first bill? Exchange people got me confused for landline and whatnot charges. I don't want landline but they said you gotta have it as it's must. They asked if I want the landline instrument and told me it will cost 300 rupees, I said no I don't want it.

Answers please?