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NOKIA 6630 -- upgrade or change...!!! Hi dear and most respectable and knowledgeable mobile gurus... I am Sunando from Kolkata India and am requesting please guide me with my folloiwng queries. My Current situation: I have one Nokia 6630 mobile phone which I am having from last close to two years. This is having currently default memory card of 64MB. What I want: I was fairly simple mobile user. But now in last two years my requirements and needs have grown manifold times. I have to travel both nationally and internationally a lot and am working in IT. My entire life line now is Internet and my laptop and phone. Apart from many needs and help that I am looking for mrom my mobile; in particular I am looking for -- 1. Ability to speak hands free as most of times i am on long calls and speaking by holidng mobile phone for long is causing too much pain. 2. If needed ability to surf through mobile phone although i would like to do internet on laptop mostly but still if needed can browse web. 3. Record all conversations happening through my mobile both incoming and outgoing to keep track as I am missing on many points in work and at times relistening helps. PLEASE SUGGEST: Whether I should purchase a new handset which can give me the best currently in terms of all features above and if yes which model and why do you recommend it...??? Else will it be possible to have all that is needed in my current model 6630 in which case please suggest the following: a. Which is best hands free available with Nokia 6630 in india...??? b. How much memory maximum can i upgrade and which card do i need to purchase...??? c. Which best be it hardware or software is needed to record all conversations...??? d. Any other recomended accessories etc...??? I know there are so many mobile gurus here and suggestions from them will guide me best. Please help in guiding so that I can ease my life at earliest. Thanks for your time pateince and effort. Please feel free to suggest...!!! With highest regards sunando sunandoghosh at gmail dot com P.S. In addition please also suggest if i can record landline conversations by some additional hardware in landline.

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USB TO IDE CASING/ENCLOSURE - FRUSTRATED...ABOUT TO GIVE UP...!!!! Respected Tech gurus (and USB gurus) and dear fellow forum members... Ok here goes the situation: WHAT I DID: I have recently purchased a frontech 3.5 " HDD Enclosure/Casing. I also purchased one Hard disk seagate PATA 80 GB. I initially connected the above seagate 80 GB PATA Hard disk internally in my desktop PC IDE and installed windows xp (without any service packs). ALso saved some data. Now disconnected this hard disk and put inside the above frontech 3.5 " HDD Enclosure/Casing. Now I have already one Seagate SATA 120 GB internally having windows xp installed (without any service packs). WHAT IS HAPPENING: Now when I plug in the USB cable from external enclosure to either USB 1.1 or USB 2.0....The 80 GB PATA hard disk (inside the enclosure) is not getting detected. Also the mouse cursor is temporarily every now and then vanishing and then returning of itw own. The driver CD that came along with the frontech enclosure has driver only for windows 98. So i presume windows xp or windws 2000 server should recognize it by default. Also under "Disk management" there is no such external hard disk getting detected. However when i see "device mangare" NOT under "disk drives" but rather under "USB Controllers" an icon is appearing saying USB Mass storage Device with a yellow Exclamation mark. WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR: All i want is that i should be able to 1. access data on such external hard disk 0f 80 Gb in external casing 2. eventually be able to directly boot from such external hard disk in external casing FEW QUESTIONS: 1. am I MISSING SOMETHING OR DOING SOMETHING WRONGLY...????? 2. HAVE I COMMITTED A MISTAKE BY PURCHASING FRONTECH'S EXTERNAL CASING....????? IS THERE ANY BETTER COMPANY AVAILABLE WHOSE EXTERNAL CASING S MORE RELIABLE AND THE PRODUCT IS AVAILABLE IN INDIA...???? 3. IS WINDOWS HAVING NO DRIVER INBUILT FOR SUCH IDE TO USB DEVICE...???? ANy help/suggestion/guidance will be deeply appreciated... Please reply in detail indicating what should i do.... thanks in advance for ur help and suggestions.... regards sunando sunandoghosh (at) redifmail (dot) com India p.s. by the way i am using intel motherboard D865GBF _________________

GRAND COMBINATION - POSSIBLE OR NOT...????? LAPTOP - USING ONLY MONITOR + KEYBOARD + MOUSE (SEPARATELY USB ATTACHED) PLUS DESKTOP COMPUTER CASE/CABINET ONLY - CONSISTING OF MOTHERBOARD, HARD DISK, RAM Respected Tech gurus nerds and dear friends Well I am having a desktop presently with 2 GB of RAM. (I am very soon upgrading to 4 GB of RAM) Also I have 400 GB hard disk with certain heavy applications like SAP, Oracle, CRM, XI, Netweaver etc on it. Also I use 915 Intel cheapset. Now I am habituated to this high end machine. However the laptop has just 40 Gb of hard disk and 256 MB of Ram. WHAT I AM PLANNING: I want to just carry in my suitcase the cabinet (consisting of 915 Intel Motherboard + 4 GB RAM + 400 GB HDD). AND i want to use my laptop's monitor, keyboard and mouse (usb attached)....along with the above cabinet MY QUESTION: CAN I REPLACE DESKTOP'S MONITOR/KEYBOARD WITH LAPTOP....????????? Hope i have been able to express my requirements...?? Plz reply with suggestions/ ideas/ways................ regards sunando sunandoghosh (at) rediffmail (dot) com

External hard disk - important issues to be considered Dear friends and respected tech gurus...!!! I have a compaq presario laptop with 40 GB hard disk inbuilt. I purchased it almost three years back. The hard disk contains very important critical data and therefore i am thinking of having an external hard disk for backing up my hard disk of laptop. I would also like the external hard disk / storage device to draw power from the USB itself without need for extra power adapter. In this context please answer the following queries... 1. Should i purchase one external hard disk of 40 Gb...??? If yes which company's hard disk is preferable and reliable and affordable...??? 2. Should i purchase external hard disk enclosure and external hard disk separately...??? 3. Should i purchase 2.5 " or 3.5 " hard disk...??? 4. Is firewire a better option than USB 2...??? 5. How do i know whether my desktop computer (Intel motherboard 865GBF) and Comapq Presario laptop (purchased roughly three years back) have firewire ports or not...???? If yes then is it 400 or 800 ...??? Will cloning internal hard disk to such external hard disk be possible through USB...???? Please suggest keeping in view the above details. Also if u wish to add anything please feel free to do so. if u think i am missing something or try otherwise or a better solution exists, please do let me know. Thanks in advance for help and support. Happy Diwali and Id to everyone!!!! best regards sunando sunandoghosh at rediffmail dot com

EXPERT OPINION URGENTLY NEEDED...!!!!!! Respected Members I want to purchase a mobile handset which meets the following requirements: 1. Has EDGE class 10 so that i can expereince highest internet speed on my computer using it as modem. 2. Has bluetooth. 3. Can be used to surf net on it directly (i believe that its better if we have wider screen). This is however a secondary requirement. 4. Want to stick to Nokia / blackberry. (unless some other company's handset is exceptional) Now budget is NOT a constraint as I am willing to spend Rs 20000 to Rs 25000. But yes the product must be a value for money. I plan to take Airtel Mobile Office Connection and use along with it. I have gone through features of so many handsets but the more i research the more i confuse. Ultimately I think I need expert opinion as to what should be my choice. Please please suggest the particular model number keeping in mind my above requirements preferably with reasons as to why I should go for the one you suggest. Thank you in advance Regards Sunando sunandoghosh at rediffmail dot com

NOKIA handset + EDGDE enabled of highest class...in India!!! Hi mobile geeks (as well as computer geeks)... I am planning to purchase a NOKIA handset very soon may be in next 4-5 days... WHAT I WANT: a. MOST IMPORATNT MUST FEATURE: The nokia handset must be EDGE enabled (not merely GPRS) and that too of highest class (those who r aware even EDGE and GPRS are of various classes like 3,4, 10 etc etc) available in India. The above is the most important feature required and may be the only feature required apart from being bluettoth enabled. b. Preferably (second requirement: imporatnt but not MUST): bluetooth enabled. MISCELLANEOUS: All other features whether they r there or not does not matter to me in any way...if they r there good...if not no regrets.... As u must have understood I am planning to use internet access on computer through mobile office airtel through Nokia EDGE handset. Please advice considering that two features a. EDGE of highest class in India...AND b. Bluetooth must be present and COST should be minimum for above two features. Rest features do not matter at all. But yes if by spending more say rs 1000 or say rs 2000; i can get substantial other features than what i want...then please advise that also... My budget is quite quite flexible but want something around rs 8000 - 10000 maximum (although its flexible and can be increased)... --------------- Also which bluetooth dongle and bluetooth enabled headset is best...???? for the headset advised above by you..?????????? If you want to add something or suggest otherwise or for that matter anything please feel free to do so; so that informed decision making is possible. Thanks as always for valuable insights and help. Best regards <TOPIC MOVED!>

Frustrated with AIRTEL + NOKIA + everything else + myself...!!! Respected dear fellow members and honourable geeks, My life is messed up with this airtel mobile office Rs 249 and Nokia 6610i... REASON... 1. Unable to access internet on computer through it. 2. Unable to get help from 4777 (Supposedely Airtel Mobile Office Customer Care) from last 7-8 days. 3. Tried everything possible from my side. WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING... a. I downloaded and installed first the Nokia Cable Connectivity driver. b. Also downloaded PC suite software and installed. c. Got my airtel settings done from airtel people by visiting their service centre (dont what centre it is but airtel is having a big showroom where i went) to City Centre, Saltlake, Kolkata. d. It shows google home page on mobile phone when pressed I but not able to access internet through it on computer. WHAT I THINK: a. The screenshoot of the process where I am facing problem is attached herewith... Actually after pressing next on this screen (of course after attaching cable to computer and phone)...there is nothing happening... WHAT I WANT: I humbly and most sincerely request some knowledgeable forum member to please assist me if he/she feels that there is some way out or any hint as to what i should be doing. AGAIN I must thank for reading this long story of mine and may be possibly helping... Thanks again Bets regards to everyone... Cheers sunando << POST MERGED >>

AIRTEL + SAMSUNG sgh-c100 + GPRS (mobile office)...!!! I have got one samsung sgh c - 100 mobile handset and have got enabled mobile office in kolkata for rs 249 per month. I have purchased the data cable and downloaded the driver from samsung site... But I dont know the necessary settings...and from last three days whenever i call on airtel customer care number in kolkata...they ask me to call on 4777; which is meant for gprs settings... Problem is I have never been able to get on 4777 as its always engaged.... Can someone be kind enough to share the settings on samsung airtel combination for accessing internet on computer through mobile...????????????? I am really frustrated.... Regards sunando sunandoghosh at rediffmail dot com

Hi computer gurus, geeks, nerds, technocarts, Well finally i have decided to go for bsnl dataone broadband: But as always i have few queries and would be happy if anyone can come forward and share his/her wisdom: A little info: A little info about relevant hardware in my PC which i believe may help u in giving accuracte advice (i got the hardware details through device manager): "SmartLink 56K voice modem standrad 19200 bps modem" I think these are inbuilt modems on the motherboard also it shows: realtek RTL 8139 Family PCI Fast ethernet NIC (network adapters) MY QUESTIONS: 1. The bsnl dataone broadband site says (among other things) "What kind of PC do I need to run ADSL? Network Interface Card(NIC) with 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port with RJ45 socket" How do i know whether my NIC is compatible with above????? (The link is www.bsnl.co.in/faq/faq...y=Broadban d) 2. It seems that i have the option to purchase the adsl modem from them or of my own. Can anyone say what modem they provide and is it actually worth rs 2000? Or should i go for one from the market? If yes which one? Also can the modem be usable in case in future i wish not to use bsnl dataone braodband? ( i visited the following link but unable to reach any decision www.dlink.co.in/dlink/...modem.htm) 3. Is the installation very diffuclt (seems so as they charge rs 500) or can it be done by me...plz assume that i know how to surf net and check emails only...????? 4. also the faq says "I want to connect more than one computer to my Broadband line to share my internet connection. How do I do this? Yes, if you choose the right broadband plan, you would be permitted to connect more than one computer. However, all the users will share the bandwidth allocated to you. " www.bsnl.co.in/service...tariff.htm I plan to take Business 1200 single user - it seems i cannot use it for two connections at home????? 5. What is a HUb and why it is used? I know i am asking too many questions but i tried to contact bsnl "Where can I get help about DataOne service? You can call 24 hours helpline number: 1600 424 1600" You know what when i press 1 after dialling the above number, the call says its getting transferred to officer and then disconnects everytime i tried in last 4 days from kolkata. I hope someone will be able to throw light so that i can take the connection. thanks and regards, sunando sunandoghosh (at) rediffmail (dot) com

Hi everyone, I have been using email of rediff from last many years... I have several thousands of every important emails and data saved in my rediffmail account... Now i want to take a back up of all the emails in my rediffmail...but unfortunately there is no free pop access...its only paid... I know gamil offers free pop but its not possible to change to gmail now since my rediffmail id is distributed to all friends, offices, companies, relatives...and there are already thosands of emails in my rediffmail account.... cna anyone suggest how to have pop up access or download all rediffmail emails without paying for popup 3 access... saving each email individually is impossible...any options... Thanks any suggestions, comments, ideas, opinions will be more than appreciated... thanks in advance sunando (sunandoghosh@rediffmail.com)

Hi...........everyone...... At last i found this forum........thank GOD.............best forum so far i have come around..........thansks to moderator and everyone else here... Plzzzzzzz does anyone have any knowledge of affordable high speed say 256 or 512 Kbps in Kolkata...........i am stuck with my current situation...............plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I dont want volume based (limiting to 500 MB or 1 GB per month) or time based (25 hrs at 512kbps per month)..... i want unlimited monthly at 512kbps or 256 kbps which is affordable........thankssss in advanceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee sunandoghosh@rediffmail.com -------------------- sunandoghosh@rediffmail.com