Mono Ace Dual SIM Smartphone [still to be edited/added]

Specification according to tradus(who never let my review appear on their site) where I bought it.

Features:

• Android 4.1 OS
• 1GHz Processor
• 2MP Camera
• 256 RAM, 128 ROM
• Bluetooth, Wi-FI, 3G
• Dual Sim

Pros:

Large screen, not bad feedback from screen.

Loud sound (Remember those China phones from few years back?)
Battery life sucks(3200mAh, my #$#)

Cons:

Loud sound not clear.

No accelerometer or sensor.
Android 2.3.6 (modified version which won't let you install Google's apps)




Info to help you if you own this phone.
BSNL detects this phone as GLX W33.
Windows detects it as sprd or Spreadtrum phone.

Aakash: World's cheapest tablet from India

After a lot of speculation the $35 tablet is here, albeit at a higher price. Named Aakash and not Sakshat.

The specs of Aakash tablet are as follows:

Manufacturer:                               Datawind
Price :                                          Rs 2,276 (about $50)
Dimensions:                                 190.5x118.5x15.7mm
Screen:                                        7" resistive touchscreen with 800×480 pixel resolution
Weighs:                                       350gms

Processor:                                   366MHz
Connectivity:                               2 full USB ports
Memory:                                     256MB RAM
Storage:                                      2GB Flash memory + 2GB Micro SD card (expandable to 32GB)
Power and Battery:                     2100mAh, AC adapter 200-240 volt range.   (Lasts 1.5 to 2 hours                                            when watching HD videos & 3 hours on average use)

                                                   Inbuilt cellular modem and SIM to access internet
                                                   Wi-fi enabled
                                                   Plays 1080p HD videos
                                                   Separate application for online YouTube video
                                                  Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack


Operating System:                        Android 2.2 Froyo
Supported Document formats:      DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP
                                                   PDF viewer, Text editor
Image viewer supported formats:  PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF
Supported audio formats:             MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA
Supported video formats:             MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV
Web browser                              Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant

Safety and other standards compliance - CE certification / RoHS certification

Downsides include:
No Android marketplace, has Getjar instead.
Resistive touchscreen.

Opera Mini

Opera Mini happens to be world’s most popular mobile Web browser with over 20 million users. With Opera Mini you can browse any site to the fullest. Checking mail, browsing social networks, using Twitter almost everything is possible on your Java based handset with Opera Mini (OM).

Most notable features of Opera Mini :
Full web: You can browse any Html and similar pages in full view or Mobile view.
Performance: With Opera Mini, pages are compressed before loading which increases browsing speed and saves time as well as your money if you are using Pay-Per-KB Internet services. You can even turn off images to save few more bucks.
Bookmarks: You can save bookmarks for future reference. It also has a Speed-Dial of sort which lets you keep your important and 9 most used link on start page.
Search: You can add many Search engines from different portals very easily.
Screen Orientation: You can even have Opera Mini in Landscape. It has a full screen mode.
History: It has a history like your Full-blown Browser.
Save pages: Yes, you can save pages for later viewing.
Feeds: You can adds feeds to your Opera Mini too for on-the-go reading.
Sync: you can sync with Opera on your desktop for sharing links,notes etc across.
Find : There is a find option to search for a word on a page.
Skins: You can change Skins too.

Opera Mini is a must have app for your Java-based phones. Currently Opera Mini version 4.2 is available and is the best one out there. The best part of all its free to download and use.

Download:
On PC - Here
On Mobile – Point your Mobile default browser to mini.opera.com

Opera Mini site

Until next time.
Regards,

Privacy on Orkut.

There was a time on Orkut when people considered it not so private or not at all private enough to share their photos in album or their thoughts in scrapbook. This was time when Orkut displayed your photos freely to anyone and you scrapbook was you open journal. The only few things that could be hid in profile were your mobile no and few other minor details. Many chided Orkut for this lack of privacy.

Finally, Orkut gave heed and there was a more secure album system where you could leave your photos visible to either you ‘friends’ or ‘friends of friends’ or to everyone. Even a similar option for scrapbook was given.

Then came a bigger change a few days ago when Orkuteers could make an album exclusive to only a set of people or to a definite group they made. (Also, I’d like to tell you now you can even show your photos to person with only an email id irrespective of whether he is in Orkut or not).

Now, the biggest step in privacy came when adding a friend could be done only by email address of the receiving end. Yeah, its functional now. This is a boon for people troubled by unknown buggers with friend requests even after being mentioned that they are not interested in Business Networking or not interested in making friends and would be sufficed to have a closed circle of friends.(I see a lot of happy girls out there now)

Seems like Orkut has marginally scored at being better at privacy than other Social Networking websites for the moment..

Until next time.
Regards,