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With hordes of inexpensive Android phones coming our way each day, I think it is my duty to inform the uninformed about the perils of a resistive touchscreen - the kinds that some of those cheap Android phones are employing these days. Long story short - Resistive screens were a thing of the past where input on a touchscreen was performed using a thick tooth-pick like object called stylus. The popularity of capacitive screens soared after its use in the iPhone in 2007. Capacitive screens are designed to work well with fingers, not pointy sticks. They also support multi-touch gestures. Since then, all the phone makers have either been trying to do two things - still make resistive screened phones with a tweaked UI that works better with fingers (classic example: the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic). But now most makers have moved on to using capacitive screens in their phones as well. Resistive screens are now finding their way into cheaper phones under Rs. 10,000. While we're not arguing that resistive screens are horrible and absolutely unusable with fingers, the smoothness offered by the capacitive ones is quite noticeable. Don't believe us? Walk into any big electronic store where they let you demo cell-phones (like a Croma or E-Zone), and try out say...the LG Optimus GT540 and the LG Optimus One P500. Make sure that you swipe between home-screens and do other stuff like typing out a long text message. I bet my life (no wait, my helmet) that you are bound to find a superior experience with the capacitive-screen driven Optimus P500. Lastly, Android, as a mobile operating system, was designed with finger usage in mind, not a stylus. Some might argue that resistive screens offer great value for money since they're cheaper. But when the difference is barely of Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000 at most, I believe paying the extra is absolutely worth it. For example, the Micromax Andro A60 sells for Rs. 6,700 while the Samsung Galaxy 5 is for Rs. 8,900. No prizes for guessing which has what kind of screens. As of now, there a couple of such rotten eggs in the market that we have no other option but to bring out to the firing squad: Micromax Andro A60 Dell XCD28 LG Optimus GT540 LG GW620 Acer beTouch E110 HTC Tattoo Source: Techtree

Airtel ties up with Jeevan Blood Bank Ø An initiative taken as part of Airtel's Corporate Social Responsibility Ø Special and easy number for quick access on status of available blood – 96000 97000 Ø Service available for customers on all networks and toll free for Airtel mobile customers Now it has become easier to get the blood we need. All you have to do is just type "BLOOD and send SMS to 96000 97000" (in India ) EX: "BLOOD B+" A BLOOD DONOR WILL CALL YOU within minutes!! So please pass this message to all. It certainly would save many lives. It's a Must to Know & Share Blood_Stock_thorugh_SMS.doc

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh will be witnessing launch of "MTS" mobile servies of Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) group by Diwali next-month, a top company official said. "The company offers its services in 12 circles and there will be an addition of two more circles- UP (east and west) by next month," President and CEO SSTL Vsevolod Rozanov told reporters here. SSTL, which offers mobile services in India under the brand name--MTS--is a joint venture between Russia's Sistema and domestic major, the Shyam Group. "The state of Uttar Pradesh has a lot of potential with a number of educational establishments and untapped broadband sector. We are confident that it will be among top five revenue generators of the Indian operations," he said. The company besides offering mobile services (CDMA) will be offering wireless broadband services. "We will be trying to tap the market of broadband wireless, which has a lot of potential," Rozanov added. The company's CEO said that the data market would be on its focus, as they expect it to be the next big growth sector rather than voice services, which is already overcrowded. "Future of mobile in India would very soon be based on data services," he said. SSTL, which has clocked 35 per cent revenue growth quarter on quarter (Q-o-Q) currently sees 10 per cent of its revenue coming from data services, excluding SMS. Sistema holds a 74 per cent stake in the venture while Shyam holds 23.5 per cent. The balance 2.5 per cent is publicly-held. He said that the broadband penetration is at present hovering around one per cent and it would surely rise with the economic growth and people start demanding wireless internet services. The company currently has about seven million customers from 12 circles. source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/MTS-mobile-services-in-Uttar-Pradesh-by-early-Nov/articleshow/6705102.cms

I have a suggestion for our Administrator Arun. If you notice, many people come here for small problem resolutions and open separate threads for that in respective forums. Most of this people come here just for the resolution of their problems, many just joins and the first post invariably is for resolving some problem. While we all are here to help everyone, the problem is that over a period of time all such threads clutter the respective forums with the effect that useful threads go into background and everytime we are reinventing the wheel for similar problems. And again when some newbie has a problem, he wont bother to search around but will again open a fresh thread and this vicious cycle goes around afresh. And if one notices deeply most of this people will not post anything meaningful or contribute here once the anwsers to their problems are posted by someone and will resurface again only when there is a problem. In this background, isn't it a good idea to develop common help threads topicwise and merge all help requests when someone opens a new thread to the respective help thread. Few examples of Such Common Thread which can be created are, -Reliance Netconnect Help Clinic -Android Mobiles Help Clinic -Reliance Prepaid Issues -Using Imported Mobiles on Indian CDMA Networks Help Clinic I have just put up some illustrative threads in hurry. If admins and smart members puts up their effort together, most of the problem thead topics can be covered in about 10 threads. Over a period of time, this threads will contain good troubleshooting information at one place which one can refer before posting a new thread. And information in one thread can be of great help. Admin, Moderators and Members comments welcome.

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