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I believe India is parliamentary democracy even with it's failings, it would be unjust to term it as kleptocracy as it tars the entire government with same brush.

+ to CID Rajan bhai.

Complained to nodal officer, appellate authority and anil ambani via E-Mail today. The SR raised was closed by them without issue being resolved and the CCE had the audacity to disconnect the call.

Much needed but should not be misused to render RTI bill useless.

Intel will have "quite a bit of tablet demonstrations" at Computex running MeeGo, Windows, and Android operating systems. "We're heads down on a number of designs on tablets on all three of those operating systems," he added. Regarding Android, Intel's fifth CEO said, "We've received Android code – the Honeycomb version of Android source code – from Google, and we're actively doing the port on that, and expect to be able to ramp those machines over the course of this year for a number of customers." - Intel chief Paul S. Otellini Some reports have pegged the processor manufacturer down to announce the release of Intel Android tablets sometime later this year. Their plan, named PRC Plus, will see Intel introducing Android 3.0 running on tablets powered by their processors. With Intel’s CEO announcing that they received the Honeycomb source code when they announced their first-quarter 2011 financial results, this doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Intel x86 processors have been known to outperform their rival ARM chips when it comes to processing power, but Intel hasn’t been able to scale down the technology to make it work with a lower power consumption rate yet – one of the key advantages ARM chips have over Intel’s own chips. But this year things could change, especially since Intel recently launched their Oak Trail processors. Since they also recently released their Oak Trail platform, they have reported that more than 30 tablets and tablet-convertibles were going to be launched by Samsung, Lenovo and other PC heavyweights that would be using their Oak Trail system. And if you believe the report from digital beat site DigiTimes, Intel is going to be employing the Android Honeycomb in a big way in their tablet onslaught. The commitment is so strong Intel is reportedly ready to incentivize their vendors with $10 per tablet shipped for every tablet manufacturer that uses the Intel software package. That could mean a nice little payday if, say, Samsung uses the Oak Trail Platform and sells 100,000 units, which is nothing in the tablet era. A nice little $1 million bonus could attract the attention of many more vendors looking for a platform to build their tablet on, and could tilt the scales in favor of entering the Atom fold rather than using another firm. Google and Intel have reportedly reached this agreement after over a year of negotiations, and have already outlined the entire agreement. Everyone is aware of Intel’s dual and quad core processor success, and the Intel processors are much stronger than the average ARM type processor currently being used in many tablets. There is even the bonus that vendors would probably save money from the cost of Windows and its licensing charges if they choose Intel chips in their tablets. Sure, someone will cry foul, antitrust lawsuits will be entered, and everyone will be upset. But if it is true as rumors indicate that a 1.5 GHz single core Atom tablet processor costs $75 for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). For comparison, the tablet-favorite Nvidia Tegra 2 costs only $20 for OEM buyers, so the $10 subsidy may be the only way to get vendors to take Intel seriously. To justify the higher price, Intel claims long battery life, gaming, web surfing, multimedia, HDMI and Android support will be better with their processors. Source: topcomputertablets.com, ubergizmo.com and engadget.com

True but if Intel does have an exclusivity or preference agreement with Google then it will be half the battle won.

Here is a detailed review.

Then suggest to ask LG service centre to reburn the R-World application and check.

china telecom is not omh compliant Sorry meant RUIM compliant. RUIM has to be there for it to be OMH. My point was as major CDMA market USA is not RUIM compliant so widespread OMH is not there in CDMA.

Certainly want so but we need thousands not hundreds to support this petition to have any effect - disappointed that progress has slowed down after good going first few days. There must be a captive audience of thousands of dissatisfied rcom users, question is how to reach this to them.

Go to Rworld menu in your phone and select "Reset R-Menu" this should clear cache if still not resolved ask LG service centre to reburn the rworld application and check if it works.

^ Please see http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/learningresources/tv/beyondtv/infolink_usersguide.html

Mitashi is Mah based company have used their MP3 players suggest to go for some MNC brand for big purchase like TV.

^ Know this is off topic, but does the method given for incredible not work for fascinate/epic too i.e. adding 3 as a contact and using that to conference?

Apple under pressure over iPhone location tracking Apple is under pressure to explain why the iPhone tracks and stores users' movements in a hidden file. A screenshot from iPhone Tracker, the application designed to illustrate the privacy implications of the hidden file The Information Commissioner today said anyone who is concerned about the log of their whereabouts can make a complaint to his officials, who enforce the Data Protection Act. Overnight US Congressmen led calls for Apple to explain itself over the way the iPhone logs users' coordinates based on the mobile network masts to which they are connected. The Federal Communications Commission meanwhile reportedly said it would look into the matter. The file is stored on both the phone and the computer it is associated with, and is not protected by a password or encryption. The security firm F-Secure also claimed the iPhone reports location data back to Apple twice a day. In a letter to Steve Jobs, the Democratic Senator Al Franken, who leads a Senate privacy panel, said: "Anyone who gains access to this single file could likely determine the location of the user's home, the businesses he frequents, the doctors he visits, the schools his children attend, and the trips he has taken over the past months or even a year." Senator Franken asked the Apple CEO to explain why the data is captured, what it is used for and why it did not seek "affirmative consent" from users. The controversy was sparked yesterday when two British security researchers, Alisdair Allan and Pete Warden, published their findings about the hidden file, which is enigmatically named "consolidated.db". They released a downloadable application that plots users' movements on web-based mapping software to illustrate the privacy implications. In its statement the Information Commissioner's Office said: "All businesses that are collecting people’s data should have clear and accessible privacy notices. This is especially important where users are unlikely to appreciate the privacy implications of a service they are using. "Apple has a legal obligation to make clear how people’s information might be used when customers sign up. Equally, customers should make sure they carefully read through terms and conditions. "Anyone who has a data protection concern can bring their complaint to us and we will look into it.” Apple's privacy policy states that location data "is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by Apple and our partners and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services". But Professor Ross Anderson, a privacy and security expert at the University of Cambridge, argued the location log could not be considered anonymous data. "If your location history were to be kept anonymous, it would have to be broken up into separate segments of a few hours or perhaps even less," Prof. Anderson said. "As it is, if our location histories were to be published without our names on, then anyone who knows where you were at a few definite times in the past can identify your location history from among all the millions of other people's, and then work out where you were at (say) evenings and weekends." Apple has not yet publicly responded to the controversy. Actually, iPhone sends your location to Apple twice a day Forensic researcher Alex Levinson has discovered a way to map out where an iPhone has been. The information comes from a location cache file found on an iPhone (Library/Caches/locationd/consolidated.db). In practice, this file contains your travel history. It should be noted that this file can't be accessed by third-party apps on an iPhone, as you need root rights to reach it. However, the file is copied to your PC or Mac during standard iPhone sync operations and is accessible from there. Yesterday, security researchers Pete Warden and Alasdair Allan released an application that can take such a file and show your movements on a map. Now, this sounds bad from a privacy viewpoint. For example, authorities could gain a court order to do a forensic examination on your phone to figure out where you've been. But why is Apple collecting this information to begin with? We don't know for sure. But we're guessing it's likely related to Apple's global location database. Like Google, Apple maintains a global database of the locations of Wi-Fi networks. They use this to get an estimate of your location without using GPS. For example, if your handset sees three hotspots which have MAC addresses that Apple knows are within a certain city block in London, it's a fair bet you're in that city block. We know how Google collected their location database: they recorded them world-wide while they had their Google Maps Street View cars driving around the globe. Where did Apple get their location database? They used to license it from a company called Skyhook. How did Skyhook obtain this information? Well, they had their own cars drive around the world, just like Google. However, the Skyhook database is expensive. So beginning with iPhone OS 3.2 released in April 2010, Apple started replacing the Skyhook location database with their own location database. And the real question is: How did Apple create their own location database? They did not have cars driving around the world. They didn't need to. They had existing iPhone owners around the world do the work for them. If you run a modern iPhone, it will send your location history to Apple twice a day. This is the default operation of the device. How can they do this? By asking for your permission first. There is an opt-in process during initial iTunes installation, but the prompt is highly misleading: The iTunes prompt talks about helping Apple with Diagnostics information. It says nothing about recording your locations. If you take the time to read Apple's Privacy Policy, it does explain what they are doing: To provide location-based services on Apple products, Apple and our partners and licensees may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Apple computer or device. This location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by Apple and our partners and licensees to provide and improve location-based products and services. We believe the new secret location database found on the devices is connected to this functionality. Apparently iPhones always collect your location information, even if it's not getting sent to Apple. Source: telegraph.co.uk and f-secure.com

Interesting take on the problem plaguing Nokia in an article at telegraph.co.uk. Snake pioneer Nokia has lost its bite Nokia has reported yet another fall in quarterly profits and warned, again, that profits will fall further this coming quarter. More than 350m Nokia users around the world played Snake The Finnish giant’s new Microsoft-trained chief executive, Stephen Elop, has warned staff that they must embrace “radical change” or risk being consumed by “burning flames”. But the only radical change Elop has instilled at the 145-year-old company has been to throw out Nokia’s own (admittedly failing) operating system in favour of jumping into bed with Microsoft’s Windows Phone. The real problem with Nokia is that no-one in western Europe or North America has really wanted a Nokia phone since it released Snake in 1997. It’s sad to admit it but I bought the 3210 solely because I could direct an animated reptile around a 2-inch screen in search of squares of animated food. More than 350m other losers around the world also played Snake, making it the world’s most popular game at the time. Now that Apple, which released another set of mindbending results last night, has got the high-end smartphone market all but sewn up, it’s probably about time Elop set about creating a new snake.

GB will be delayed it seems because Google halted the upgrade for Galaxy S I9000 due to issues. Please see here.

This offers more functionality than GDocs and this service is targeted towards SMB and enterprises which generally use licensed OS so they would not be concerned if MS verifies genuine Windows, personal users might stay away though.

Going by Samsung's track record of rolling out buggy Froyo updates, would suggest you watch XDA for reviews before doing the update. Why is it not coming via OTA, why is a .zip required?

^ Still remains the question why would they want to put it there in the first place. It is not as if Apple is an advertisement driven company like Google which needs location data.

^ Would sell quick if priced correct, the walkman series has amazing music. I like the way Sony/SE is adapting all it's products to fit into the android spectrum - from walkman phone to playstation phone.

The VZW is the banner name, for guide to change banner name see For some apps and games see http://www.rimweb.in/forums/topic/23018-3d-games-and-cracked-apps-on-palm-pre/page__view__findpost__p__228095

One more reason not to buy an iPhone. Apple iPhone tracks users' location in hidden file Apple iPhone users’ movements are being tracked and stored without their knowledge in a file that could easily be accessed by a snooping employer or jealous spouse, security researchers have found. The continually-updated log is held on both the iPhone and the computer it connects to and contains a list of coordinates, and associated timestamps. The records go back to the release of the fourth iteration of the iOS operating system in June last year. The true contents of the enigmatically-named file “consolidated.db” were discovered by two British software developers who were working on ways of visualising location data for websites. “At first we weren’t sure how much data was there, but after we dug further and visualised the extracted data, it became clear that there was a scary amount of detail on our movements,” said Alisdair Allan and Pete Warden. Mr Warden previously worked for Apple in an unrelated area. Mobile network operators keep records of users’ movements based on which masts they are connected to, which police and intelligence agencies can access legally. The data stored by the iPhone could however be accessed by anyone with access to it or the computer it connects to, and is not protected by a password or encryption. Mr Allan and Mr Warden have set up a website to publicise their findings and allow iPhone users to test whether their movements are being recorded. To further highlight the issue they have developed a simple application that plots the coordinates and timestamps on web-based mapping software. Apple’s reason for recording the data is unclear and its spokesmen did not return calls requesting comment. “One guess might be that they have new features in mind that require a history of your location, but that’s pure speculation,” said the researchers, adding that the way the data is copied between the iPhone and computer indicated it was not gathered accidentally. Other technology giants including Facebook and Google encourage users to hand over location data partly because it is potentially valuable to advertisers. Dr Ian Brown, a senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, said: “I certainly think it's something they should have brought much more to the attention of the user, and that it should only be switched on after an explicit user decision.” Daniel Hamilton, director of the privacy lobby group Big Brother Watch said: “iPhone users will rightly be concerned that their movements are being covertly monitored in this way. “Apple has a duty to immediately provide their customers with details about how to disable this invasive software." Source: telegraph.co.uk

Good post Ujjwal. I am thinking that the easiest way for MDA RIL to offer voice would be to buy out an existing voice provider. But, if they do not, can they be a MVNO i.e. offer voice over someone else's network without need to own any spectrum themselves? That would be a the first time of potential pan Indian MVNO in India (Virgin by the way is a MVNO using TTSL network). If they do decide to be MVNO, RCOM seems safest bet to be the network. Read these for MVNO implementation in India (old posts but clarify the benefits nicely). http://www.cellular-news.com/story/36351.php http://voicendata.ciol.com/content/goldbook/goldbook07/107031228.asp http://www.medianama.com/2009/02/223-dot-gives-go-ahead-to-mvnos-in-india-who-has-the-spectrum/ Interesting times.