Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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Motorola Moto G Owners Thread

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 02:24 AM PST

Woo. 
 
Check Motorola Moto G Deals on: Flipkart | Amazon

Flipkart: Get Up To 50% Off On Men's Clothing From Locomotive!

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 02:22 AM PST

Galaxy S4 available in 20 Dollars

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 02:18 AM PST

My experience with ACT BB

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 01:48 AM PST

Feedback whether positive or negative should be passed to the appropriate person. That's what I believe in.

 

This is the timeline of how my installation experience has been with ACT BB.

 

11 Nov-2013 - I applied for a new ACT BB connection today in Kundanahalli Gate, Bangalore. I will keep you posted on the developments. 

 

11-Nov-2013 - Cheque payment made to Sales executive, Babu Reddy, details filled on form and submitted to him.
ETA - 3 days for wiring and connection to be activated.

12-Nov-2013 - I got a call from ACT technician today that cabling would be done by end of the day. Got a confirmation call from Customer Care at 1543 hrs, IST today that connection will be activated in 2 days. So far, so good.

 

12-Nov-2013 - At 1616 hrs, IST I receive a call from Mukund who is the ACT technician saying that the wiring has been completed to my apartment on the third floor and i would be receiving a call today at 1700 hrs, IST for username and password. Mukund confirms that I can use my internet connection from tonight.

I would term this as awesome service from an installation perspective, although I would have to wait and watch how stable the connection is post installation.

12-Nov-2013 - Cabling has been completed and just received the credentials for my broadband account at 2059 hrs, IST through email and the registered mobile number. A confirmation call was made from the customer care before the account got activated.I am still out, so I gotta go and check how the connection is. I will keep you posted. 

I have connected the cable from ACT BB to my Netgear WGR614 router.

http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/netgear-wgr614-54-mbps/4505-3319_7-21218238.html

 

In case, someone wants to have the contact details of the sales person & field engineer of ACT for Kundalahalli area, let me know.

Speed test shows rocking upload and download speeds. I am on Act Force plan.

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12-Nov-2013 1159, IST - First level checks indicate amazing speeds with YouTube where I can watch videos without buffering in Full HD.


I will keep posting various workloads I consider to be bandwidth intensive and would update this thread.

 

Any downtime or disconnections will also be reported.

Review of Airtel 4G LTE USB Dongle from Bangalore

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 01:46 AM PST

Hello Everybody

Airtel did a exhibition in our apartment yesterday on Airtel 4G LTE.
We ordered an Airtel 4G LTE USB Dongle yesterday in it.

The price which was offered to us was Rs 2499 with 6 month 999 plan which offers 9GB per month.
Here is the speed i got in a demo shown to us in my Laptop.

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I was really astonished to see such high speed in "our country" for such a price and that too via a wireless solution.
I can understand that the offered bandwidth cap is very much small for such a speed, but even then the speed which Airtel offered was really amazing.
The Airtel gut assured me that they would maintain 10 MBps as minimum speed in the course of time.

I need one clarification from experts in this forum on a moment which made me awestruck.
We can easily get rated speed inside our country when we point speedtest.net to Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai servers.
But the speedtest meter hit back to 40 MBps instantly even if i point to a server which is located in USA.
How can that be possible, please explain me guys.
As i haven't seen more than 4MBps against a USA server in our country.

But the poor Huawei USB Dongle used software compression and modulation.
Because of that my Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 13" Laptop brought to it's knees when i try to watch a Full HD Video in Youtube.
It is certainly not because of playing a Full HD Video in my Laptop created such an impact.

slimmest led tv under 50k

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 01:40 AM PST

Hello friends can you please suggest me a slimmest led tv under 50k available in india? Size > 32 inches.

Decent pings in bsnl

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 01:31 AM PST

i am getting decent pings in bsnl what about yours share it...

 

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after fup my speed as well as ping, i am on 800plan

Google plans to push manufacurer to update the phones with latest version.

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 01:26 AM PST

Spectranet FOX

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 01:21 AM PST

recently i got this spectranet connection. They did underground fiber optic cabling and started the service called spectranet FOX in my area. the plan is 12 to 16 mbps  for 6 months. looking at the speeds they will provide, i got my airtel BB service discontinued.

 

I AM HIGHLY DISSATISFIED WITH THE CONNECTION.

 

 1) promised speeds 12-16 mbps ,you never get the promised speeds throughout the day. even right now i am getting just 3-5 mbps.

     why do ISPs do this? come on! if you dont want to give constant speeds then why the hell do you have to make false promises?

when they visit your home for a demonstration, such good marketing skills, overselling their product, promising this and that. 

but when it comes to the connection, its very poor.

 

2) its a daily glitch in the connection. from timings 9 pm to 12 pm i always get very low speeds like 1 mbps and very high pings touching 200 ms. i've got to play online games , but with such a pathetic ping im not able to play the games properly. and this is very irritating!

and this happens everyday

 

3) when i had the airtel connection i used to watch alot of youtube, surf internet and the data limit was 8 gb. with these activities not even half of my data limit was used, and around 4-5 gb was left unused per month.seldom, i used to download movies because once the data limit was reached, then speed degraded to 256kpbs(reason to change spectranet ISP). using this connection, in last 1 week the 5 gb of data usage has been shown in my spectranet account(5gb data volume used)

i myself have downloaded around 700mb of data THAT'S IT! i can accept even if i had watched 1080p HD videos on youtube, i could accept that i could've consumed data but still cant find what has used 5gb. if it could've been a theft over wi-fi, but whenever i am at home i connect through LAN cable and switch of the wifi service and whenever im not at home i switch off the router. then how come 5 gb of data has been consumed?! and i cant buy this fact that ONLY net surfing at watching videos on youtube would've consumed so much of data. i really find that spectranet is a cheat on this part. 

 

if someone using the same net plans from spectranet and facing the same issues please reply and put forward some solutions to my problem, so as how to get the promised service from my ISP.

 

 

 

Wi-fi Confusion.

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 01:13 AM PST

Hey guys. Let me go straight to my problem here. I have a BSNL connection with the unlimited  6 GB plan, i've recently bought a Galaxy S3 8.0 tablet which has Wi-Fi access.
I have a D-Link wired modem. Can you guys suggest me a decent Wi-Fi router to cover my house. Does it need to be affixed on the wall or is it enough to be in the placed where the modem was intially?

 

Thanks.

Need good quality Micro USB cable.

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 12:37 AM PST

Need good quality micro usb cable for nexus 7/lumia charging.

Sygic & MapmyIndia

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 12:31 AM PST

Dear members

 

IS Sygic & MapmyIndia really free from Play store??

 

I mean app is free but, maps from MaymyIndia also free???? IF so , in future can free version get the update of new maps??

Massive optics laying by reliance in various parts of country

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 12:12 AM PST

Hello friends, I could see massive optic fibre laying in various parts of country. I had seen conduits of various colours laying in Bangalore, Delhi and varanasi. Dont know about other places, can you guys confirm this. I had seen cable laying in as remote places of saarnath temple, Ganga ghat in banaras. Seems like vary strange bec if the connectivity is to provide to 4G sites the it should have not in such massive scale. Seems like they also plans to provide ftth

software updated to 502 version

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:58 PM PST

today my stb updated to 502.....release, some changes what i observed like my account option in menu(but no information is available till now)...audio for sd and hd channels can be with dolby digital, subtitles option removed, somewhat picture and audio quality improved for my liking,changing between the menus bit faster now.,Menu time out option added in user settings, new message screen and channel subscription now with different languages...so there are some improvements , and u can also update via manually...

Microsoft extends Windows 7 shelf life as Windows 8 struggles

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:50 PM PST

Microsoft extends Windows 7 shelf life as Windows 8 struggles

 

 

It seems that Windows 7 will remain on sale to business users until at least early 2015, if not longer, following a change to Microsoft's Windows lifecycle.

 

 

Mastram

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:45 PM PST

LOL

 

Arvind Kejriwal

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:29 PM PST

Emulate Kejriwal, says Pakistani daily — timesofindia.indiatimes.com

A leading Pakistani daily on Sunday called for emulating Arvind Kejriwal, who quit as chief minister of India's national capital, and said that "his simple demeanour and cry against corruption is a model the Pakistani aam aadmi could in time be inspired to try out".
"In Arvind Kejriwal, the aam aadmi, or common man, in Pakistan did not just see an Indian politician out to entertain peeping neighbours with his public antics," said the editorial.
It lauded Kejriwal's "simple demeanour and cry against corruption" and called it "a model the Pakistani aam aadmi could in time be inspired to try out, depending on Kejriwal's journey in New Delhi".
Though the AAP journey in Delhi has been stalled, the editorial said that Kejriwal's tenure lasted "more than Atal Behari Vajpayee's 13-day first stint as prime minister all those years ago".

To Avoid 40 Mins disconnection Use Photon-3G connection & FRC-299

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:58 PM PST

To avoid disconnection I purchased new Photon 3G Prepaid SIM.   It connects in 1st attempt.

I am getting more than 5 hours constant connection. Will put a screenshot of my connection session.

Using this SIM in Samsung Galaxy Core, Huawei wingle E8231 / E8131.

Note: This is a 3G connection and not a CDMA / EVDO connection. 
Voice calling facility is not available after Rs.299/- FRC.

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Below is my plan details:

 

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I did Rs.299/- FRC and got 3GB data for 1 Month.

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Available recharges for my Photon 3G number:

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Hiiii all. Windows 8 tablet suggestion...

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:47 PM PST

HIiii all.

This is a nice forum and I hope i will too get a nice responce.

I want a Tablet Pc win 8 .... kind of hybrids..with a keyboard...or a keyboard case or cover or something like that.

OS-Windows 8

Processor-Atom z3740 and up.

Screen size-10.1 inch or greater.

Multitouch-Yes......of course.

Back camera-Yes......atleast a 5mp

Front camera- Yes....quality...doesn't matter.

BUDGET- UNDER RS.50000.

All suggestions are warmly invited.  :peaceful:

 

 

Flipkart: Women's Clothing - Buy 2 get 1 free

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:30 PM PST

Flipkart: Women's Clothing  - Buy 2 get 1 free

 

Buy 2 get 1 free on Select Women's clothing. See Final List in Cart.

Micromax Canvas 4 - Accessing the Internal storage

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:21 PM PST

Hello

 

My Canvas 4 got delivered yesterday. Pretty cool phone at this price (Rs 14399) loaded with tons of features.

 

However, when I connect the USB to my MAC OS X 10, it does not detect the internal storage. In my HTC one V, it used to detect automatically. Is there any setting I need to turn on to access the storage?

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

 

Thanks in advance

Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:59 PM PST

Check Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition Deals on: Flipkart | Amazon

Samsung's Galaxy S4 Value Edition (GT-I9515) certified by Bluetooth SIG | SamMobile
 

There's not much known about the specifications of the device – we can expect it to carry hardware similar to the flagship Galaxy S4 (5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 600 CPU, 13-megapixel camera, etc.), but with Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box. It's unclear if Samsung will name it the Galaxy S4 Neo upon launch, but I guess we'll find out before this month is over.

 
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Flipkart Motorola Moto G Day 1 Lucky Draw Offer Winners

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:55 PM PST

Tata Sky's Response for the Special Channels category

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:53 PM PST

Somewhere in January when the HBO Defined and Hits channels were introduced as a special category, I had sent an email to TS. The below are some of the excerpts from the email.

 

About special channels category, I was not informed at the time when I renewed for Mega Pack HD. In the advantages of the Mega Packs, Tata Sky has mentioned that any new channels introduced on Tata Sky will be available as part of your Mega Pack at no additional cost. Now you have added a condition where special categories channel are not included. As a consumer I sense that this is total cheating.

 

No matter how many channels you have added but the HD channels which matter are not being made available to Mega Pack HD consumers.

 

There's another advantage of Mega Packs written down there on your website.

 

"No hassles of managing additional packages"

 

Can you tell me how is it relevant now? As you have added several combo packs, annual packs & ala carte for special channels, there's a quite big hassle of managing additional packages. Hence that is still misleading to the customers.

 

When customer subscribes to the Mega Packs, he pretends that new channels will be added as a part of his plan because of the information provided in your advertisements. If the cost of the premium channels are high then you can also increase the price of pack. Price wise even now there's very thin difference between Grand Sports package & Mega package.

 

Now exactly what is wrong with your company's roadmap? Why as a consumer I have to repeatedly point out flaws in such policies & decisions? This is going no where.

 

 

Then the next day which was January 8, I received a response from Tata Sky.

 

Additionally, we would also like to inform you "Tata Sky has been consistently finding ways to overcome the capacity constraint, even at huge cost, to ensure that our subscribers get content of their choice, delivered to them in the best possible quality. Since January this year we have added over 60 new channels, SD & HD and will continue to do so in the coming times too. It is possible that some of these new channels may not be of interest to you due to their language or genre. However, you will appreciate that we have to cater to all audiences across age groups and geographies in the country.


Often we come across very rich, high quality content that we know some of our customers would appreciate. However, in some instances this content comes to us outside of the existing commercial deals we have with the broadcasters. Our options are to either not carry this content or to carry it at the lowest possible price we can negotiate with the owners of this content and leave the option of subscription to our customers.

 

Keeping in mind this opportunity, we thought of creating a Specials category early this year. Our customers who renewed since Feb 13 were informed at the time of renewal and our web sites and other communications also carried information about this.

HBO Defined, HBO Hits HD Channels are also part of Specials that we have introduced; in addition to Star World Premiere HD. Our options are to either not carry this content or to carry it at the lowest possible price we can negotiate with the owners of this content and leave the option of subscription to our customers.
 

HBO Defined and HBO Hits are a High Definition Channel, available only on an a la carte basis @ Rs 90 pm for each channel (HBO Defined: Rs 90 PM and HBO Hits: Rs 90 PM) as part of Specials on Tata Sky

Combo HBO pack at Rs 99 PM, Rs 595 Semi annually and Rs 990 Annually;.


You can simply SMS to 56633 from your Tata Sky RMN with the below SMS codes to activate the channels on your account.

1. HBO Defined: SMS add hbde to 56633


2. HBO Hits: SMS add  hbhi to 56633

3.  Combo HBO Pack:
               Monthly- SMS add cohb to 56633
               S/A-SMS add cohb180 to 56633
               Annual- SMS add cohb365 to 56633


4. LDB Combo HBO Pack:
                  Annual: cohb365
                  Semiannual: cohb180 

 

Now let's hear it from other consumers who have subscribed to these Mega packs. What others have to say for the company response?

Apple iPhone 5s, 5c and other compatible smartphones set to get support for Airtel 4G LTE in Bangalore

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:28 PM PST

"Existing 3G plans will apply to users who will be migrated to 4G for no extra cost. However, they will have to get a SIM card replacement. Voice networks will continue to run on 2G and 3G networks," said Srini Gopalan, Bharti Airtel's director for consumer business. "4G network users will be able to download 10 standard movies within 30 minutes," he claimed. A trial version of 4G-LTE network that ET experienced in Bangalore was gave download speed of about 7.2 MBPS, versus a 2.2 MBPS in a 3G network.

 
Bharti Airtel offers 4G services on mobiles in Bangalore

Last Vegas

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:18 PM PST

 

Three sixty-something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.

 

Xiaomi Redmi

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:14 PM PST

Check Prices on: Flipkart | Amazon

Hugo Barra - Google+ - Redmi in Singapore It's official — Xiaomi's #Redmi  is…

Xiaomi Singapore － Redmi Quad-core 1.5GHz. Dual SIM, Dual Standby

Redmi - xiaomi.com

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CPU frequency: Quad-core 1.5GHz
CPU: MTK MT6589T
GPU: Imagination PowerVR SGX544
RAM: 1GB
​​Flash Memory: ROM 4GB
Max storage expansion: 32GB
Capacity: 2000mAh lithium-ion battery
Display: 4.7 inch display
Screen Material: IPS
Resolution: 1280x720
Camera (back): 8MP
Camera (front): 1.3MP Dual LED
Aperture: A ƒ/2.2 aperture
Video capture: 1080p HD video recording
720p （1280x720）Quasi-definition camera
Gyroscope: Support
Light sensor: Support
Accelerometer: Support
Proximity sensor: Support
Electronic compass: Support

Mr. X

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:10 PM PST

Nokia X (Normandy) likely to launch in March 2014

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:09 PM PST

Check Nokia X Deals on: Flipkart | Amazon

https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/405060430222987264/photo/1
 
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No idea if Asha or Lumia.

Migration from Nokia to Android

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:02 PM PST

Need to shift my contacts and messages from Nokia N73, Symbian s60v3 to Android ( Moto G ).

 

any suggestions of a good app :D One which does it via phone to phone via bluetooth would be nice though.

 

thanks :) 

New Reliance broadband cost including installation charges

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:23 PM PST

Guys I wants to buy a new reliance broadband connection, So i only wants to know that how much it cost including landline phone and modem and installation charges

Airtel to acquire Loop Mobile in Mumbai?

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:08 PM PST

Loop Mobile (formerly BPL Mobile), GSM Mobile operator would perhaps sell out to Airtel. Current owners on Loop wants to exit from Mobile business. Airtel would get access to Spectrum held by Loop Mobile if deal is approved. Loop had also held discussion for sell out of theri business with Aircel, Telnor and Idea.

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-09-02/news/41663255_1_loop-mobile-bharti-airtel-mhz

The Shutdown of the Delhi Gurgaon Expressway Toll Plaza

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:56 PM PST

TEN HD on Tata Sky

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:37 PM PST

Got the below information on Twitter.

UEFA Champion's League, Europa League, Cricket, ATP Tour Tennis, Wrestlemania. Want to watch all this in HD? Stay tuned for a big update!

On 8th Oct, Ten HD comes to Tata Sky & will automatically be added for Mega HD subscribers and subs having Ten Pack with HD Access Fee

Ten HD can also be taken A La Carte, @ Rs 60 pm. (Along with HD Access Fee). Details on how to subscribe to be shared later.

Valve Steam Updates

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:51 PM PST

Valve, VAC, and trust : gaming

 

I missed the story behind this clarification from Gabe. 

Murasaki Baby

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:44 PM PST

Amazon India: HP Slate 21-k100 21.5-inch All-in-One Touchscreen Desktop for Rs. 22499

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:42 PM PST

Deals on Canon EOS 600D

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:41 PM PST

Deals on Chhota Bheem Merchandise

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:40 PM PST

Almost Human

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:30 PM PST

Flipkart: Exchange Skullcandy Headphones & Headsets @ Rs. 300

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:08 PM PST

Flipkart: Exchange Skullcandy Headphones & Headsets @ Rs. 300

 

Return your old Headphones & Headsets and get Rs. 300 discount

Flipkart: Exchange Offer - Lenovo K900

Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:08 PM PST
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