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BSNL offers unlimited EVDO at Rs 750 pm with free roaming. Why then the 1 Mbps/2Mbps wired broadband plans which are having equivalent/lower speeds are more expensive? These products would lose share to EVDO.

True but my budget is low simply because it will be used by my parent for some occasional surfing/printing documents etc. My home PC is outdated and renovating it would cost 5-6K so better to have an ultra low cost laptop. For 15K mark I am able to find very low spec new laptop online but wanted to check with you all if anything lower than that is there. Tablet does not make sense for reason mentioned above.

Good info.

^ I think Tanveer is talking about AOSPmod 2.2 for hero, AOSP has certain limitations compared to sense. But again, will wait for Tanveer to confirm.

CPU is 550 MHz and battery is 1390 mAh, both too less. Price if 23K too high.

So I guess it's possible the other way round - that is porting a tata number to reliance on a handset registered in reliance True that is what is Hetal suggested some pages back.

Good info +1

Oh OK in the post the seller did not mention about external power adaptor, while in other cheaper listings he has specifically mentioned, so I thought this did not need an external adaptor. Thanks for correcting.

WD 1TB with no external power adaptor http://cgi.ebay.in/Western-Digital-1TB-External-Hard-disk-1-TB-WD-3-5-3YR-/200560953276

Thanks for the information +1, please could you increase the picture size depicting 3G->LTE network, could not read the boxes.

Thanks for the link Dhiraj ji, read many posts on the WP blog of NI. Seems they have a good product but cannot help but feel commercial success will be limited. Operational reasons: 1. lack of PR and an effective shopping/delivery model. They have not tied up with PayPal/Amazon etc. and were taking prebooking on CCAvenue from Visa cardholders only. Mastercard holders could not place orders and seems many people trying to preorder failed due to site down/US banks rejecting as fraud. Preorder E-Mail was sent to people based on who commented earliest on their wordpress blog. Weird. 2. they did not have FCC clearance for US sale. Have got now. Preorders have been massively delayed. 3. selling at same price all over the world means high shipping charges for US/Europe customers, and high customs for India customers. 4. startup so does not have big finances. Rumors of tieup with MDA but not confirmed. Technical reasons: 1. have invested 1 year which is whopping delay in just developing their custom OS called Eden. Is based on 2.2 close to 2.3 but has many advanced features, but because of so much customization they lost long time which has allowed iPad to rule. The hardware for this exact tablet was shown 1 year back at CES, they missed massive opportunity to launch then, instead focused on custom OS/UI. 2. Honeycomb has been shown in CES and this will not get 3.0 till Google releases source, as they have no tieup with Google unlike Motorola for Xoom. 3. no android market, they are developing separate market called Genesis. People are wary why market is not there, reason is Android does not support market for tablets till 3.0. But they are not clearly addressing the customer's concerns through PR. 4. too many variants, no clear details of pricing, pricing does not include S&H, no clear website offering information/specifications/videos. It is all geeky and for tech enthusiasts at the moment, updates are being given via a wordpress blog, which is not very formal and effective way. 5. seen interview with CEO and it seems he is a geek with no clear business blueprint. NI did not have any booth at CES or tieup with partners like AMD to give demo at CES.

1.4 M out of 19 M means around 7.5% have tried to switch in early stage, though it says 0.5M were rejected. High churn must say.

Liked this style of reporting Kamal brother. Our very own news channel.

If it was MDA then yes, but with ADA seems unlikely.

I am looking for a second laptop to keep at home as the desktop is acting up. It will be used sparely and by parents for light browsing so no need of snazzy specifications, mobility is not a big requisite however am looking for a laptop as it occupies less space. My budget is around 10-11K, the lesser the better to be honest, and in this budget I can find only netbooks which I do not want due to smaller display. Please can someone recommend any medium featured laptop around/near this price. Thanks.

The CPU stores pending processes in the cache so that it can retrieve and execute those instructions faster. Cache memory speed > RAM speed > swap memory (on HDD) speed. Unless you are using something resource intensive, a lower cache will not impact much.

A bicycle or any gym/sports club membership is possibly the best idea for that age. You can also gift him a guitar or membership to guitar/piano lessons if he likes music. If these are not feasible then give ipod shuffle. Computers etc. will only make him stay indoors and also distract from studies.

Sorry my bad had got confused, to clarify quoting from OP: 4. It will be 7 days process. 5. MDN will unusable just for 2 hours.

This is good feature and long overdue. BTW Vikas bhai I do not think simply renaming .mp3 to .wav will work, you need to use a format converter.

.....That Bangalore is in West Bengal .....And Kesav has become Moderator, Otherwise how can he edit the header... BTW otherwise very correct observations, Dipan... Rajan bhai, good spot. I am from Kolkata but now staying in Bangalore. And yes my bad, I forgot only mods can edit the header.

Churn will be low even after MNP, according to experience in other countries. High ARPU customers who depend on using particular number will mostly stick to present operator because generally incumbent operator will give some retention offer. But one thing I found good is that the old number will be ported on the same day to new network. In UK it takes 2-3 days.

We are all wrong in slating Lalu for this mess. Infact the operating profit increased manifold under his tenure due to one single reason - focus on freight. Freight is the single largest contributor to revenue in India because passenger revenues are low due to 1) political compulsion of keeping ticket prices low/unchanged and 2) significant loss of revenue due to ticketless passengers. The railways were in black under Lalu. They are in red under the current railway minister. I say this inspite of being from same state as the minister. There has been no focus on freight corridor, only focusing on cheap politics. Launching hundreds of trains and inaugurating new projects each day because assembly elections are near in WB. Just go and see what shambles Calcutta Metro is in under her tenure. The next railway minster will have tough job, but will get that job soon as present railway minister will become chief minister. PS Kesav please edit the bankrupt spelling in the header.

Good one, and this is to be sung to the tune of Voda's BB ad

Thanks for information. Good offer but for limited period.

^ That is some great speed, even ping time is quite low.