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Thats right amit ! Yes, it should be in the CD that comes with the data cable.

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The astrochatro.com link provided by reply2manish did work for me on RIM.

And talking about Web 2.0, here is an interesting read... Web 2.0: Dawn of the new Internet? Leslie D'Monte in Mumbai | January 02, 2006 10:18 IST - Rediff.com Web 2.0 is causing tremendous excitement while simultaneously raising a heated debate on the Web - enough to throw up more than 10 million citations on the Web till date. The term was coined in a brainstorming session between publisher O'Reilly Media and a marketing company, MediaLive International. Two years have passed since. Yet, bloggers are flogging websites and blogs with arguments for and against the term. While many hail it as the evolution of the Internet, others say it is too early to draw conclusions. Some, though, simply dismiss it as marketing hype. Co-founder of the concept, Tim Orielly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, told Business Standard: "I do think there's some hype, with many startups claiming to be 'Web 2.0' without any real appreciation of the core of what makes something 'Web 2.0'. But like any label, Web 2.0 is just a pointer." Wikipedia defines it as "a second phase of development of the World Wide Web". However, there isn't a consensus on its exact meaning. Web 2.0 loosely includes weblogs, wikis, linklogs, podcasts, RSS feeds and other forms of many-to-many publishing; social software, web APIs, web standards, web services and Ajax. So if this is Web 2.0, what was its earlier avatar - Web 1.0? "Yes, but only by way of contrast. Back when it was happening, it was just 'the web' or the 'dotcom era'," says O'reilly. The earlier avatar, that is Web 1.0, with clearly demarcated content, was fairly static. You could not interact with it, add your comments or leave your mark. You used the software or the content as is and could not collaborate with other users of the same content. If Double Click, Akamai, mp3.com, content management systems and page views are a few examples associated with Web 1.0, Google AdSense, BitTorrent, Napster, Wikipedia, blogging, cost per click and web services would comprise Web 2.0, explains O'reilly. For example, with BitTorrent, the service automatically gets better the more people use it. While Akamai must add servers to improve service, every BitTorrent consumer brings his own resources to the party. Russel Shaw, whose post on ZDNet (a leading technology portal) weblogs, recently raised a storm, differs. He blogs: "Appending a '2.0' to a term does not imply - at least to me - that some sort of the consensus has been reached about the meaning of the term, or even less that it is based on some collection of standards. It originally meant a new rev of a product, which implies a redesign and the rollout of new features." The definition of the Web 2.0 technologies is in the eye of the person labelling, notes Thomas Vander Wal, principle and senior consultant, InfoCloud Solutions. "Web 1.0 is often used satirically. Most often the earlier iteration of the Web is referred to as "the Bubble". The technologies for the Web portion of Web 2.0 are not very different from what has come before it, which is my problem with the term as it is most often used to describe the technologies," he adds. Vander Wal explains that the previous iteration was focused on people using the web as an "I go get" interaction where people mostly just read pages. Now people are expecting more in the "come to me" web. He cautions that "we have a long way to go to get to this end, but what is labeled Web 2.0 is just a stepping stone to the next improvement." But there are those who firmly stand by the concept. Google's PageRank; eBay's organic growth as a collective activity of all its users; Amazon's search that leads with the "most popular" rather than sponsored searches - all are touted as Web 2.0 applications. Gautam Thakar, country manager, eBay India Marketplace, says: "Web 2.0, depending on who you ask, can be titled the Social Web. A key development from Web 2.0 for eBay is that users are much more focused on two-way interaction and collaboration." Ashok Hingorani, CEO, Computact, (and an avid developer) takes it in his stride: "Every product goes through the notorious Version 1 - the Net, Windows, etc. And they are always incomplete, buggy, with gaps. "Above all, they were designed with today's technology in mind, and evolved rather than reengineered every few years. The Net is more than 15 years old. Its architecture does not take care of many things learned from hindsight, nor does it handle security/privacy at all. You have to buy special software to do that."

When broadband providers are on the increase, R-Connect doesn't have any place for home users unless there isn't any broadband providers around. But with the increase in laptops, R-Connect is the default choice for many for wireless connectivity. And it it "good times" ahead for CDMA with EV-DO coming soon later this year hopefully !

Thanks for the mp3 downloading process, shan ! LG RD 6230 is fun only if you buy a miniSD card. So it can prove costlier than Nokia 6235 if you need full functionality in your LG RD 6230.

LOL, 100 indeed !!! I'll PM them all and ask them to recheck their birthdates in their profile.

Happy New Year all !!! May the new year bring in more fun !

Reliance Infocomm gets 1 million new subscribers in December - Rediff.com Rajesh S Kurup in Mumbai | December 31, 2005 09:46 IST CDMA major Reliance Infocomm has registered over one million new connections in December this year, the highest ever recorded by the company after its 'Monsoon Hungama'. This increases the total number of the company's customers to 17 million, making it the leading CDMA player in the Indian telecom sector. "The record increase in customers were due to the various schemes launched by the company during the month, with 1, 2, 3 and lifetime validity offers. The company's full amount refund scheme and full talk time schemes also contributed to the addition of one million users in last month," sources told Business Standard in Mumbai on Friday. This is the second highest subscriber addition for the company, the earlier being during the time of its 'Monsoon Hungama' offer. During the offer period, Reliance Infocomm had garnered over one million users during a 10-day period. Monsoon Hungama, which was launched in July 2003, targeted entry level customers with both a low entry cost and a low monthly spend. The scheme was also instrumental in roping in customers to the newly CDMA services from the monopoly of the GSM service providers in the country. It also helped the company in establishing its presence in the telecom sector, as the scheme has lowered entry barrier to Rs 501. The company has also increased its coverage to over 4,500 towns during the calendar year, from its presence of around 1,500 as on the beginning of 2005. Its network footprint was increased to cover around 300,000 villages during the year from the earlier 120,000 villages, and Infocomm is planning to extend it to over 634,000 villages, they said. These initiatives were under the company's rural foray, and the Anil Ambani-owned company is positioning its entry-level handsets coupled with attractive tariffs to penetrate into the remotest Indian villages. As most of its handsets can access the Net, the company with its R Connect, an Internet application, was looking at providing broadband services in the rural areas.

Terrific year for the telecom sector - Rediff.com December 29, 2005 16:41 IST The country's telecom sector went into an overdrive witnessing among other things a uniform call rate, huge foreign investments as intense competition in the arena led to a drop in tariffs to benefit the consumer. The new National Telecom Policy would unfold next year while the much hyped uniform call rates across India could become a reality in January 2006 where even a Delhi-Mumbai call will be treated as a local call. Or for that matter a call could be made anywhere in the country which would be like a local call. The government is considering implementing uniform call rates across the country in order to bring down per minute STD call rates. Meanwhile the new National Telecom Policy is likely to address issues relating to access, spectrum allocation, technology, telecom equipment manufacturing and others. In the last couple of months global IT and telecom giants have announced their investment plans of more than $8 billion in the country over the next 3-5 years. These investments cover the entire gamut of IT services and telecom equipment manufacturing. By 2006, the FDI in the sector is expected to double to $22 billion. About $9 billion in planned investment has been announced this year, including $3 billion by SemIndia and chipmaker AMD, $1.7 billion by Microsoft Corporation, more than $1 billion each by Intel Corp and Cisco Systems Inc. The last three or four investments have come from the United States mainly from companies like Cisco, AMD, Intel and Microsoft. Meanwhile, almost all global telecom equipment majors such as Ericsson Nortel Networks Corp, and Nokia have already marked their presence in the country. Meanwhile, continuing cheer prevailed in the country's fast growing mobile segment with tariffs sliding by 37 per cent to touch Rs 1.20 per minute by the end of September 2005. In the same period rates for fixed line local calls witnessed a 15 per cent drop to touch 85 paise in September 2005. Meawnhile the gross subscriber base of the fixed and mobile services together reached 113.07 million for the quarter ended September, 2005 as against 104.22 million on June, 2005, registering an increase of around 8.49 per cent. Mobile users also rose over 30 per cent at the end of September 2005, compared with September last year The last quarter also saw the country's teledensity move into double figures to touch 10.36 for the quarter ending September 2005, compared with 9.61 in the previous quarter while the overall teledensity growth for the year was 28.03 per cent. The user base is expected to soar as Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. apart from state owned BSNL are expanding their networks into untapped rural areas where more than two-thirds of the country's billion-plus population lives. Also, falling prices of handsets, partly due to local manufacturing by players such as LG Electronics and even Motorola have also fuelled demand from potential mobile users. Motorola launched its 'Made in India' handset, 'C 115' billed as a common man's mobile at a price tag of Rs 1,700, last month. Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran had stated that the growth will have to shift to rural areas. China has a teledensity of 29 per cent way ahead of India. Another event that has been chasing the telecom sector has been the merging of the two telecom PSUs MTNL and BSNL. But the government has still to make a final move in that front and decisions on the merger front is still awaited. With an average of over 2.5-million mobile phone subscribers added every month, India is currently one of the fastest-growing telecom markets in the world. On another tangent, the department of telecom faced the ire of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, which has asked it to move fast on resolving the spectrum tangle. Let GSM and CDMA co-exist, give both factions spectrum based on international norms and let CDMA have a go at the 1,900 MHz band, the Parliamentary Committee in its latest report said. The committee asked DOT to create conditions for GSM and CDMA operators to roll out 3G at one time. According to the report, DoT has been sitting on the telecom regulator Trai's spectrum recommendations for too long, and it has discussed the release of spectrum with the defence ministry since February, but without results. ''Even after 10 months, the department has not arrived at any final view on the requirement of Defence and the vacation of spectrum including IMT-2000 band,'' the report says. Decisions on spectrum need to be handled carefully, but ''such issues cannot be kept pending forever,'' the report said. TRAI had earlier said that the 1,900 MHz band will not be easy to free from defence control, but the parliamentary report wants DoT to start work on a 'defence interest (spectrum) zone' soon. This will free 1,900 Mhz, which CDMA operators can use with the existing 800 MHz. The GSM faction can also keep its 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands the report said.

And whats in for the year 2006 ? ... Zipping on the telecom highway - Rediff.com Joji Philip Thomas | December 30, 2005 If 2005 saw over Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) in fresh investments on the ground (not financial investments of the Vodafone type), an addition of about 32 million customers to the nation's telecom subscriber base, and foreign direct investment of over Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion), the coming year may better it by a long margin. According to industry and government projections, 2006 will see a 50 per cent increase in investments and over a 100 per cent rise in FDI inflows, with a near doubling of the subscriber base. In just the last six weeks, Tata Telecom has gone into overdrive and netted a million subscribers. Rivals Airtel, Hutch and Reliance have immediately come up with similar lifetime free-incoming offers, reducing effective tariffs even further. Not surprisingly, valuations have risen phenomenally. The value paid per subscriber rose from $570 in Essar's acquisition of BPL Mobile, to $1,000 when Vodafone bought a 10 per cent stake in Bharti. Over the year, the Bharti share, the only one publicly quoted, has risen from Rs 218.90 to Rs 356.45. "2006 should be another landmark year. The most affordable tariffs will help establish India amongst the top five telecom markets with over 170 million subscribers," says Mukund Govind Rajan, president, Association of Unified Service Providers of India and Director, Tata Teleservices. While the industry is now focused on how on the new 3G spectrum policy will play out, since this will spawn a new range of broadband mobile applications like gaming and IP TV, there's a lot more in the works. For those using long distance telephony, Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran's new plan comes into operation in a few days, and will see new players coming in since the licence fee has been slashed -- from Rs 100 crore to Rs 2.5 crore (Rs 1 billion to Rs 25 million) for a National Long Distance licence, and onerous investment obligations have been waived), Skype-type Internet telephony has been permitted and will further crash tariffs, and the long-awaited Carrier Access Code will also be in place -- this will allow subscribers from a Hutch phone, for instance, to dial a code for Reliance Infocomm and use its service to call from Delhi to Mumbai, and will increase subscriber choice. Hutch, Spice and Idea Cellular have already announced their plans on the NLD front, and BSNL and MTNL have joined hands to enter the international long distance sector. The dampener, however, is the cost of the access licence (a fixed line and a mobile phone licence still costs Rs 1,508 crore (Rs 15.08 billion) ) and since Internet telephony can only be offered by those with such a licence, Skype-type players are unlikely to come till this is fixed. Rural telephony is also likely to see action, with the government finalising its plan to change the current USO-system of subsidising each rural line and instead funding infrastructure like mobile phone towers. The coming year will also see manufacturing take centre-stage. Global leaders such as Ericsson, Alcatel, Elcoteq and LG have already set up their manufacturing base in India, while Nokia, Samsung, Flextronics, Siemens, Motorola, Foxcon and Aspcomomp are setting up their production facilities -- all told, $855 million will be invested in this part of the sector. Others such as Alcatel and Cisco have announced plans for R&D investment. The only cloud on the horizon is the emasculation of the regulator.

New in town: Cell phone rage Rediff.com Dr Roopa Nishi Vishwanathan | December 29, 2005 Did you know that psychiatrists the world over are researching the effects of cell phones on users' health? What does psychiatry have to do with cell phones? A lot, says a study conducted by Sergio Chaparro, instructor at Rutgers University, New Jersey. In one assignment, 220 students were asked to turn off their cell phones for three days. Shockingly, only three could do it. The reason: the others panicked. They were genuinely afraid of feeling incomplete without their phones. According to the eighth annual Lemelson-MIT Invention Index report, a study involving new inventions and innovations, nearly 30 per cent of subjects chose the cell phone as the invention they most hated but could not live without. Business executives. Teenagers. IT professionals. Bankers. Stay-at-home moms. They all love their phones. But it is simple to cross that thin line between love and addiction. Cell phone dependency is on the rise, so much so that researchers in Britain found that their subjects referred to the phone as "an essential item, an extension of self". Raghav Ranade, a practicing psychiatrist from Mumbai says, "Emotional dependency on cell phones is common nowadays. The problem with this is there is a backlash and fury against the phones when they refuse to do what users want them to. This could be a form of cell phone rage." Psychiatrist Snehita Paun from New Delhi agrees that cell phones encourage a 'hurry-up, I-want-it-now' attitude in users. "This can lead to a lot of distress when the gratification is not instant. It is like you not wanting to wait until January 1 for your New Year gift and wanting it now instead," she says. Cell phone rage is the annoyance, irritation and frustration that users experience when they feel controlled by the very devices they can't do without. Any one who uses cell phones a lot, or is surrounded by people who do, runs a risk of being affected. Don't you just hate cell phones when: ~ You feel forced to have conversations you really do not want to. (Like the ones with your credit card vendor or private bank representatives calling you at 8 am asking if you need a personal loan). ~ You are not effectively able to use all the features the phone claims to offer. Cell phone companies have a long way to go in making their products user friendly. ~ You type a long SMS and it is somehow deleted before you send it. Or you are expecting an urgent message and don't receive it because of 'network problems'. ~ You are in the middle of an important call and are suddenly cut off because 'you are not within range.' ~ During an important meeting with a client, your maid calls to tell you she will be leaving early today. ~ A car is holding up traffic and, when you pass it, you find the driver busy yapping on his cell phone. ~ You read a news item that attributes a major motor vehicle accident to cell phone usage while driving. ~ You are at a restaurant with your sweetheart trying to enjoy a romantic evening and an offensive man at the next table is screaming away on his phone. ~ You are waiting for the plane to take off and the person next to you whips out his cell phone to find out if the stock market has dropped a few points. This in spite of the fact that several announcements have been made requesting passengers to switch off their cell phones, lest they interfere with airplane navigation. ~ You are suddenly hit by an enormous bill from your cell phone company with lots of charges that are unjustified. All these instances can eventually lead to cases of cell phone rage, especially when the build up occurs quickly. Add to this the fact that cell phones make you an easy target for bullies who can send you anonymous, threatening messages. A study published in the December issue of the Journal of Family and Marriage states that increasing use of cell phones and pagers could be linked to a decrease in family satisfaction and increased stress over a two-year period. This is because phones let people bring their work home and take personal issues to work. Women seem to be the ones more affected. If you think your idea of throwing away your cell phone is crazy, you are not alone. Sheba Talwar, a call center executive from Bangalore, talks about a friend who was trying to patch up with his girlfriend as he was driving and was so upset with his phone not working that he smashed it. Joseph Tecce, an associate professor of psychology at Boston college, has conducted a lot of research in the area of phobias and addictions. He says, "Like substance abuse, cell phone usage can lead to several problems. People who instantly reach for the cell phone every time they feel uneasy or anxious about a problem are relying too much on it." This behaviour not only reduces self-reliance, but also paves the way for cell phone rage because it takes away control of one's behaviour and places it in the hands of an inanimate object known for its inconsistency. So, if you feel addicted to your cell phone, how do you get rid of that dependence? How do you gain control of your life again? How do you return your phone to being what it was intended to be: an instrument you could use at your convenience and for your convenience? Dr Roopa Nishi Viswanathan has an MBBS from KEM Hospital, Mumbai, with a Masters in Nutrition from the University of Texas at Austin.

DoT against number portability December 29, 2005 18:24 IST Last Updated: December 29, 2005 18:33 IST Contrary to recommendations in the draft of the New Telecom Policy prepared by it, the Department of Telecom is not in favour of number portability -- a system that will enable a subscriber to retain the same number even while changing the service provider. With a tele-density of just 11 per cent, number portability is not advisable at this moment. Moreover, this has the possible impact of adding to the overall cost of the network of operators and fuel high call charges, official sources told PTI, saying no action is expected on this front. "If it is so urgent, call forwarding facility should be considered as an alternative on mobile phones where the burden will be minimum on the consumers as well as on the operators," they said. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has fixed January 6 as the last date for receiving comments from operators, after GSM operators association Cellular Operator Association of India sought more time for submitting its views. The draft policy provides for implementation of number portability within 12 months of the policy's announcement. Telecom companies expect their additional spend on infrastructure to go up by about 10 per cent if number portability is implemented. "Offering number portability is good for the country. It will enhance competition and brings benefits like better quality. But while going about this exercise, the government should try to introduce portability in fixed line also," Reliance Infocomm officials said. It has been estimated that mobile number portability will add to infrastructure costs significantly. "We believe that the costs of its introduction would be at least around a few thousand crores," COAI stated. Tata Teleservices, however, welcomed the move saying, "MNP will certainly increase competition among operators and will motivate the service providers to increase the quality of service with the objective of retaining their existing subscribers and discouraging them from moving into other network." According to the Tatas, there will be significant positive impact if services are flawless and efficient. However, if there are issues/defects in service, there will be major dissatisfaction. Handset portability (GSM & CDMA) needs to be addressed and the regulator needs to ensure that operators do not create artificial barriers. State-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam too opposed the introduction of number portability, saying it need not be considered for introduction at present, while Bharat Sanchar Nigam is yet to firm up its views. Number portability can be across services, across networks, across cities and even within a city. There are two alternatives to number portability. One, a simple call forwarding service, which is considered a relatively crude method. The second is to install intelligent networks to identify and route calls. But, there is lack of clarity over who will share the cost of installing the additional network. The consultation paper will seek answers to all questions.

If its memory space that you need, then LG RD 6230 is the one you need ! Otherwise, Nokia 6235 is the better one.

Hello! It’s great to share with you the 2nd Anniversary of RIMweb.in! It has always seemed possible and today we are here celebrating an occasion close to our hearts! With a robust online community of 5700+ members and 45000+ posts for an Indian Forum, speaks for itself! Keeping in sync with the latest happenings in the telecom & communications industry in India, RIMweb.in has always received commendable support from all you members! Not to forget, RIMweb.in is an unbiased independent public discussion forum for the Reliance IndiaMobile (RIM/RIP) Subscribers Community. Today we can proudly say that the discussion forum has managed to help and support fellow members for all their queries, grievances and become a platform for sharing experiences in an efficient and effective manner. With some energetic members on board, the online forum has managed to flow out in the offline mode with regular RIMweb Meets in different parts of the country. With some successful beginnings like the First RIMweb Mumbai Meet and the upcoming RIMweb Meet-II (hats off to our moderator, Mr.Ashok Karkera for organising the event) with an intent of giving back to the society, members of the forum have actually knit together in a large manner to raise an opinion. From RIMweb.com to RIMweb.in, a long plausible journey has left its marks on the Internet and in the hearts of many, individually. For the spirit to be alive, and innovations always on hands; RIMweb.com was moved to a more Indian domain and hence, RIMweb.in! With the new License for Invision Power Board, RIMweb.in is committed to stay here for long and augment the work done by the members. The first ever RIMweb Lotto Contest, forthcoming Monthly Contests (Lotto Contests, Review Rewards, etc.) & other initiatives including a full fledged Mobile (CDMA-GSM) & Mobile Accessories shopping mall website, we hope to always keep the spirit and essence of this community alive! On behalf of all the members & moderators at RIMweb.in, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year too ! Congratulations once again to you, for the 2nd Anniversary of the RIMweb Community! Looking forward to seeing more of you at the forums! With Best Regards, The RIMweb.in Team

Which all applications do you see in your R-World ? There are only a few applications available for LG RD 6230 sine R-World is in BREW. Check out the LG RD 6230 topics in LG forum for more.

Its showing correctly. I'll have a check in your account and will PM you later.

Actually this tech show hosted on CNBC TV 18 copies many parts from old international shows like TV.com, etc. Maybe they have taken permission from them. But some of them like these are old and do not cater to the Indian community.

For me in Tamil Nadu I need to dial atleast 5 times to get connected with a Aircel/Hutch subscriber ! Connections to BSNL have improved a bit now, goes within 2 tries !

We have now purchased a license for Invision Power Board (the forum script) and upgraded IPB to the latest version (2.1.3) today. Having a license would mean access to unlimited number of updates, which in turn would mean more features, functions and stability to the forum. Invision Power Services had released several updates in between, including security patches and we were deprived of them since we did not have a license. Now we can breathe easily and enjoy more features on board, especially in the run up to the much anticipated IPB version 3.0. Moreover, we can now request and receive official technical support directly from IPS incase any issues needs to be fixed on the forum. Even though version 2.1.3 wasn't a major upgrade (from 2.0.0), there are a few new features and lots of bugs fixed. Some of the new features include the Rich Text Editor, Quick Edit, etc. (yes, RIMweb has been AJAXed too !), and a few new features for the moderators which should make their life easier. Other new features include: Other than skin related issues (we have some work to do on it), if you encounter any problems in the forum, please do report them here !

Hello folks ! Welcome to... RIMweb Lotto Contest - Birthday Special ! In conjunction with RIMweb.in's second anniversary, we are kicking off a contest for our beloved members ! Just pick a number and win prizes ! Read on for more information about this contest... How does this contest work ? How do I win prizes ? 'Eligible' members of RIMweb.in can post a reply in this thread with a number of their choice from between 01 and 49. On 23rd December, 2005 (RIMweb.in's second anniversary), the winning numbers will be announced in this thread. If the number you picked is one among the winning number, you are a winner ! How many prize winners will be there ? What are the prizes ? There will be 15 prize winners out of a maximum of 50 participants. The prizes include Reliance India Card worth Rs.110 (14 nos.) and Rs.220 (1 no.). Incase you do not have a RIM/RIP (FWP/FWT), you can have it swapped for a BSNL India Telephone Card worth Rs.100 & Rs.200 respectively. Who are these 'eligible' members ? How can I become eligible ? All 'qualified' Members, Moderators/Super Moderators & Administrators of RIMweb.in, except 'me' ( ), are eligible for this contest. A 'qualified' member should have a minimum of 10 posts and should be active in the forum atleast in the past 1 month (before the lot date). Each member who claims a number slot will be scrutinized by a moderator before his/her vote is accepted. A member who has mostly posts like "thank you", "you are right", copy paste stuff, etc. will not be accepted. The 'quality' of the posts will be judged by a moderator. Posts in all forums are valid. The decision of a moderator will be final and binding ! How will the winning numbers be picked ? The winning number will be picked up using a software (Random Number Picker Pro) on December 23rd, 2005. Other Rules - will be updated as we get more feedback * The number slots will be filled on a 'first come - first serve' basis. * A member can choose only one number of his choice & cannot choose a number which has been claimed already by another member. * A number once claimed by a member & approved by a moderator, cannot be changed under any circumstances. Note: You can reply to this thread with your preferred number. But your reply will be deleted later by a moderator, and your member name along with your chosen number will be added (along with all other participated members & their numbers), in a single post below (by ashoksoft), to keep this thread clean & to make it easier for you. To keep this thread clean from other discussions, you may post your feedback (comments/suggestions/raves) about RIMweb Lotto Contest, here. Thank you and go pick your number now !

Absolutely ! I would have vouched for LG RD 6230 if only it had better sound quality for the MP3s !

Reliance had already launched "Teen saal tak chal chal" in response to TATA earlier. Now they need to think again after Airtel's lifetime plan !

Try later, it opened for me earlier today. Afterall they are hosted on servers !

Here is a short review and comparison. I've just tried LG RD 6230 handset of my friend (he got it for Rs.7600 here in Trivandrum). Lookwise, the LG RD 6230 looks cool, and better than Nokia 6235. Nokia 6235 has a toy like feel and the buttons weren't comfortable. For the camera picture quality LG RD 6230 was comparable with the Nokia, but for the video quality, Nokia wins hands down ! For the MP3 player in LG RD 6230, I didn't like the sound quality much as the sound was kinda lound and lacked bass. Nokia 6235 is better in this department too. For R-World, the number of applications avaialble were not much since it is in BREW. And feature wise, both LG RD 6230 and Nokia 6235 have good features and LG RD 6230 is more easier to navigate and use. One big advantage for Nokia 6235 is that you can upload java applications. But if you need to store more pictures, videos, etc. in your handset for a longer time, LG RD 6230 is the one to opt for since it has 128 MB memory inbuilt and you can expand using miniSD card. Nokia 6230 has only 14 MB and so you need to keep transferring the files to your PC all the time. Attached: Picture taken with LG RD 6230 during day time under shade.