Archive for August, 2008

Tirumala Darshan by Helicopter

Tirumala the Bhuloka Vaikunta can bless you faster when you fly by Helicopter. Yes a private airline company Indra Air has plans to take pilgrims in a helicopter to Tirumala and make arrangements to give a priority Darshan of Lord Venkatesa. A 300 crore money is ready for the project. The helicopter will land on helipads near housetops and other helipads near Tirumala.

I wish the ticket price be kept around Rs10,000/-. I will sure have a darshan by helicopter.

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Tata Hype and Fraud over Nano

The announcement of one lakh car from Tata came around five years back. All the automobile manufacturers in India and the World were surprised and kept mum. Even China with the cheapest car did not get excited. Then Ratan Tata drove the proto Nano in the expo and created a sensation.

Now TATA has released Vista in 5 models starting from 3.5 lakhs. How is it possible? TATA has all the production facilities to launch new models and the existing ones. Nano is just a hype and fraud to create a name for TATA and confuse the people and other manufacturers. Just like our politicians promise jobs for millions and upliftment of the poor or the Obama’s promise of a Dream America!

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30 flaws in Indian iPhone

1.  You cannot forward a SMS message, you have to retype it.
2.  Mediocre camera. The worst camera I’ve ever seen….. photos look like they have come out of a VGA camera. Nokia N95 has a 5 mega pixel camera and full screen video recording and TV-out.
3.  Bluteooth is only limited to headset use. No file transfer.
4.  No camera settings what so ever, No autofocus, No flash.
5.  No 3g video calls over 3g network.
6.  No copy paste function.
7.  No songs as ring tones!
8.  Plastic casing. Earlier it was metallic casing.
9.  No FM RADIO –hah hah hah… you are at stone age.
10. No video recording.
11. Overpriced in India by 4 times. It costs around Rs.30,000/-
12. Safari web browser does not support flash & java. No sync between notes & to do’s.
14. No office document editor.
15  No AD2P on the Bluetooth.
16  No removable battery. You cannot change battery. Have to send it to apple outlet.. Come on now!…This is not an iPod. Its a phone. You cannot live without phone for 2-3 days. Emergency gone, ur left utterly helpless…u throw this piece out.
17  Cannot send MMS.
18. Cannot use as external storage device. 16 GB of utter waste.
19. Cant share any mp3, images,video files via Bluetooth.
20. Can’t use as a wireless modem. You pay ridiculous data charges to activate internet on your phone, but cannot connect it to it.
21  Can’t receive MMS messages!
22. It lacks proper support for Flash websites.
23. It only allows for a maximum of 1 picture to be attached to each e-mail you send!
24.  You cannot save documents on it. Documents can only be viewed as attachments when they’re sent to your e-mail address
25. No Voice Dialing!
26. You can’t send your contacts as business card.
27  Its not fingure print resistant- as iPhone is a touch screen phone, it is bound to get your fingure print everytime you touch so it will get dirty very easily.
28. You can’t pair it with stereo bluetooth headset, yes its true iPhone inspite of being a music phone does not support A2DP.
29. It doesn’t have a file browser and organizer!
30. THE BIGGEST ONE - ONCE YOU ARE ON 3G NETWORK, YOU CANNOT MAKE CALLS TO A PHONE ON 2G NETWORK. SO IF YOU WANT TO CALL A PERSON WHO IS NOT HAVING A 3G PHONE, SORRY, YOU HAVE TO FING A PCO!

STILL WANT TO BUY? Do not think of buying 3G iPhone even if you want to have it as the standby.

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Medical Fiction

It has been some time I read some Medical Fiction. Recently I read ‘Natural Causes’ by Michael Palmer who is an M.D. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. He had spent 20 years as a full-time practitioner of internal and emergency medicine, and is now an associate director of the Massachusetts Medical Society’s physician health program. He has written many medical fictions.

The book Natural Causes mainly deals with a Obs/Gyn M.D. Lady doctor who is well versed in Alternative Healing and Modern Medical Methods. The book combines the challenge that Medical Professionals face, Court Drama, Murder, Pre Natal Vitamins, Ayurveda, Acupuncture, Genes, Virus, Malpractice, DIC and Hospital Management.

Sometimes books are more engrossing than a movie. And not to mention the recent Tamil flops. I heard that out of 77 Tamil movies released this year only Subramanyapuram and Dasavatharam had been a commercial hit. The Tamil crowd knows what they want, the minimum being a good story and screenplay.

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Toyota Hybrid Cars

Alternative fuel and technology will play a major role in transportation due to cost and pollution. Already electric cars are becoming popular but public response in India and World is slow due to cumbersome recharging of baterries from an electric outlet.
A Hybrid Car is the solution. Hybrid car uses elctric motor and petrol engine to recharge the battery. Click below to view the video of Hybrid Car from Toyota!

Toyota Hybrid Car

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