SYGIC best navigation available for India

SYGIC is the best navigation available in India. Google maps is great with great detailing. But the huge disadvantage is that you can not use the Google Maps offline. So you need a GPRS connection for the Google Maps.
Ovi Maps is also a great solution and supports map viewing offline, but unfortunately the map detailing is not good enough for India.



A GPS navigation system can only be so good as the underlying map data.

If the maps are not detailed, accurate and updated, the GPS device is not very useful. Mapmyindia's award-winning maps have been built over the last 15 years, and have been successfully validated by over 500 of our enterprise customers and lakhs of individual consumers.

With MapmyIndia Maps, you get unparalled breadth and depth coverage across India.
Anywhere to everywhere travel in India
• 401 cities with complete details of streets, localities, sub-localities and points of interest
• 4,10,000 towns and villages connected by national and state highways
• 9,45,000 point of interests across multiple tourist and business categories such as petrol pumps, ATM's restaurants, hospitals, etc.
Discover lakhs of points of interest
MapmyIndia Navigator provides complete details of streets, localities, sub-localities and points of interest in 401 cities across India.

The Desi iPAD

Are Tablets really the next big thing in computing? May be, may be not (need to wait for sales figures to answer this)! However, Apple's iPad has surely created a buzz around Tablets. You have HP, Dell and all other PC vendors of every size and shape readying a Tablet PC.

In the content is a Desi Tablet too, Adam. Designed by an alumunus of National Institute of Design, Makarand Kulkarni, Nokion Ink's Adam is being billed as an iPad killer. Here's looking into what Apple's iPad has that our Adam lacks and vice versa. And how the two compare on various specs like memory, display, connectivity, pricing and more.

Windows Phone 7 Series Official Videos

Well just as expected, Microsoft today launched its latest version of Windows Mobile system, the Windows Phone 7 Series at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona.

Here are the official demo videos of the Windows Phone 7 series. Check it out!

Gmail coming hard on Facebook and Twitter

With the fast growing market for Facebook and Twitter, Google is definitely feeling the heat. Google is gearing up to give serious competition to Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites. The search giant's free email service Gmail is reportedly planning to make Gmail more social by allowing users to exchange status updates with friends and share Web content links.

Intex iSmart Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) Mobile Phone

A dual sim phone, with a QWERTY keyboard, great form factor, dual camera at Rs.4700/-. This is no joke. Intex launched its new iSmart to shock the market. Like its predecessor, IN 6611 Ace iSmart also boast of a good QWERTY keyboard. The formfactor makes it look like BlackBerry Curve 8900 which comes at around Rs.31K.

Image Searching in internet

How many times have you tried to search images in internet? How many clicks did you go before getting the actual image you are looking for? You can actually get the image with a single click, but you have to be very lucky.

Google may be the undoubtedly the best search engine, even if Microsoft doesnot like it. But when it comes to image search the landscape changes dramatically.

Truly said, images speaks more than a thousand words. But is http://images.google.com/ is your only answer? Does yahoo or bing do it better?

Nokia Launches Custom Dictionary for Predictive Text

Have you ever wanted to change the words the S60 Predictive Dictionary had? Then, Nokia Custom Dictionary is the app you must have!

The new Nokia Custom Dictionary app from Nokia Beta Labs, allows you edit the list of words used by the phone for text prediction and also transfer it between phones.

Twitter blocked in China?

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams today said he had been told that his microblogging service has been partially blocked in China but had no confirmation.

"That's what I've been told," he said, adding that he had "heard reports on that" but that the company did not have direct confirmation.

Williams said that China can use a firewall to block access to the service.

"There are ways for users to get around it, but I'm not an expert on that," he said, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

When asked about media reports that Twitter was developing ways to get around the firewall, Williams said he had been "misquoted."

"We're not actively developing any way to get around it," he said, although he stressed that "we're for the free exchange of information."

Asked if his company had noticed any cyber attacks, such as those launched against search engine giant Google from China, he said that no such moves had been detected.

A good iPAD killer from Dell

Dell has its own answer to Apple's iPAD. Steve you have competition. iPad can be sleek but this is more powerful. Running on Android, supports SIM, so can actually call. A wifi, 3G data service. 5MP autofocus camera, front video calling camera, multitasking, in browser flash support. HDMI output. I think Dell got it right where Apple went wrong, and you can actually take it out from your court pocket.

9 iPad misses

After three years Apple is back to what it is known to be best at -- launch new product. The computing giant launched iPad, a sleek table that aims to revolutionise the publishing business the same way as Apple iPod transformed the music industry and iPhone transformed the telecom industry.

But can iPad really do what iPod and iPhone could in their respective domains? While there are many who are going gaga over Apple's new launch and see it as a disruptive technology. There are others who are cautious and apprehensive.

The critics are lamenting the absence of some features which they feel are basic for any product of iPad's category. So what is it that is missing from Apple's big launch?

Hands on and video: Lenovo’s Lephone

Hands on Lephone at CES2010

Free Turn-by-Turn Voice Guided Navigation with Ovi Maps

We were hoping something like this would happen but we would be lying to you if we claim to have smelled this before Nokia left this cat out a couple of days ago.  Yeah, we are talking about the new avatar of Ovi Maps offering  free turn-by-tun voice guided navigation across 74 countries in 46 languages.

The latest move by Nokia is taking the navigation tools competition to a new level, a level very few services can sustain. Google started the trend with its similar free service in the US with its android app but Nokia beat them hands down, by offering a similar service across the globe and going by the present market penetration of Nokia devices, it’s anybody’s guess which is going to shape the navigation industry in the long-run.

Apple ditching Google Search for Microsoft Bing on iPhone

According to reports , Apple and Microsoft are in talks to replace Google Search with MS Bing as the Default search engine for the iPhone.

Skyfire the fastest browser for Symbian

Skyfire just released an updated version of their browser for Symbian phones. You can download the version  1.5 of the Skyfire browser for both S60 v3 phones and S60 v5 touch phones. This update follows the launch of Skyfire 1. 5 for Windows Mobile in December 2009. The browser for S60 3rd edition brings Smooth Scrolling , Updated UI for 3rd edition devices and Performance tweaks.

The S60 5th Edition Beta brings a Finger friendly UI with Kinetic scrolling. You can now also browse in Fullscreen mode. There is Auto-Rotate too which users your phone’s accelerometer

6 Problems with Nexus One

Is Google's 'super phone' Nexus One turned out to be a super flop? The company is flooded with complaints relating to its first branded smartphone. In numbers too, mobile research firm Flurry estimates that Google sold around 20,000 units of Nexus One phone in its first week, the sales figure is well behind that of competing smartphones.

Nexus One is reportedly giving users tough time with Google's support forums full of customer complaints regarding company's poor service.

Here's looking into what is troubling Google Nexus One.

Huawei Attempts to bring 3G Experience over EDGE

The Chinese Telecom and Network solutions company has managed to achieve record speeds of 564 Kb/s over 2G Networks
In a recent trial conducted for EDGE / Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution Huawei managed to clock 564 Kb/s which is roughly 2 times the current speeds possible over EDGE.
It’s an attempt to bring 3G experience over 2G networks which can bring services like Video Streaming etc.
He Gang, president of GSM/UMTS product line for Huawei commented: “This milestone demonstrates Huawei’ s continued commitment towards driving GSM evolution, the world’ s most widely deployed technical standard with the largest mobile subscriber base. Huawei’ s advanced EDGE+ technology enhances flexibility for operators building their 3G networks and provides a seamless high-speed data service experience.”
Huawei is calling this technology EDGE+ or we call it EDGE on Steroids !
If such a solution is implemented by Operators in India where we barely get 100Kb/s even in the middle of the night it would be more than welcome.  With large scale 3G deployment in India still a distant dream possibilities like the above are a ray of hope .

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Five great free S60v5 applications

With the fast increasing mobile applications for Iphones and Android, don't be sad for your Symbian S60v5 phones. There are similar mind blowing applications for Symbian as well.

Here is a quick look at the 5 best applications for Symbian S60v5, and of-course all of them are free...

Which touch phone to buy within Rs.10K

After Apple showed the world, the magic of touch, there are several players who have ventured this avenue. So, today we have so many touch phones in market that it makes one confused which phone to buy.

Apple comes at around Rs.30K, which is quite large for everyone. This is where Apple has gone wrong. If they reduce the price then other players will surely be eliminated.

I will give you a detailed review on which touch phone to go for, and yes below 10K. There are so many players, that I am also confused whom to include and whom to not.

Five Nokia Touchscreen Smartphone at a glance

	Nokia X6	Nokia N97 Mini	Nokia 5800XM	Nokia 5530XM	Nokia 5230
Network	GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) UMTS tri-band global 3G (2100/1900/900 MHz)	GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) UMTS tri-band global 3G (2100/1900/900 MHz)	GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) UMTS dual-band American 3G (1900/850 MHz) European version has UMTS 900/2100 MHz; Other version is GSM only	GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)	GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) UMTS dual-band European/Asian 3G (2100/900 MHz) Other versions support UMTS 850/2100 MHz
Dimensions	4.37 x 2.01 x 0.54 inches (111 x 51 x 13.8 mm)	4.45 x 2.07 x 0.56 inches (113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm)	4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 inches (111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm)	4.09 x 1.93 x 0.51 inches (104 x 49 x 13 mm)	4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 inches (111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm)
Display	Color, 16,777,216 colors, 360 x 640 pixels	Color, 16,777,216 colors, 360 x 640 pixels	Color, 16,777,216 colors, 360 x 640 pixels	Color, 16,777,216 colors, 360 x 640 pixels	Color, 16,777,216 colors, 360 x 640 pixels
Camera	5 MP with Flash	5 MP with Flash	3.2 MP with Flash	3.2 MP with Flash	2 MP
Battery Life	401 hours (17 days) of Stand-by time 8.5 hours (510 mins) of Talk time	320 hours (13 days) of Stand-by time 7.16 hours (430 mins) of Talk time	406 hours (17 days) of Stand-by time 8.8 hours (528 mins) of Talk time	336 hours (14 days) of Stand-by time 4.9 hours (294 mins) of Talk time	438 hours (18 days) of Stand-by time 7 hours (420 mins) of Talk time
OS	Symbian S60v5 9.4	Symbian S60v5 9.7	Symbian S60v5 9.6	Symbian S60v5 9.8	Symbian S60v5 9.5

Another new Mobile company Movil

Bling Telecom has launched its new brand Movil in the Indian market. Movil Mobile has recently launched the MT1 as part of its first handset range.

The Movil MT1 has a price of Rs 5,500 in India.

Has Google Nexus One failed?

Mobile application analyst Flurry estimates that Google sold around 20,000 units of its recently released Nexus One phone in the first week of the device going on sale, putting initial Nexus One sales well behind those of smart phone devices made by other competitors.

How to install softwares in Samsung Star

Samsung came up with three new touch screen phones, Samsung Star, Samsung Star 3g, Samsung Corby. Great phones and great price. But unfortunately these are not smartphones, so you cannot install softwares and change your normal phone to something extraordinary.

But the phones support J2ME apps, so you can install jars and still get a feel of apps. Download new java apps from http://www.getjar.com. But there is another problem, just putting the jar file in the memory card doesnot solve the purpose. There is no way to install these jars. I will teach you a way to install these apps to you Samsung phones.

How to install unsigned app in S60

There are several mind blowing applications on the internet, but most of them are unsignd. Most of us wonder what does this means. For a application to be installed on S60 mobiles, it has to be certified or signed.

There are several ways to sign these unsigned apps. But, for most of them you need to hack your phone. Now hacking your phone is risky, as it violates the warranty. So, I will show you a way to sign your apps in a computer and install it. So no hacking of you precious phone. Zero risk.

How to change Product Code for Nokia

Every Nokia mobile has a Product Code, and the updates are released based on this Product Code. So, sometime there are updates which are not installed on your mobile as it was not released for your Product Code. You can know your product code after removing the battery.

You can update via OTA (Over The Air) or NSU (Nokia Software Updater).
To update via OTA, dial *#0000#. If you are able to select Options, you may Check for updates immediately and update.

Otherwise use NSU, connect using the USB and check for updates. If Update is available, it will be downloaded.

Nokia 5800 new firmware update v40

At last after long wait, Nokia announces the much awaited firmware update v40. Yes, yes this has the much longed Kinetic Scrolling. Wait for the detailed updated features.

via DailyMobile

• Kinetic scrolling everywhere except: main menu, application menu (not even in list mode), browser;
• Home style widget with Nokia 5530;
• QWERTY Keyboard Auto Rotation (on text input screens);
• Refresh Icons "Sharing Online", "Configuring Accessories", "Configure Phone";
• New screen alarm, but only when the screen is locked;
• Improved application "Updating Applications", which also renames Upgrade SW;
• The application "Data transfer" was also implemented in "Settings";
• Real Player Updated to 12 October 2009;
• Ovi Contacts installed;
• Removed Download! (Ovi Store still available)
• Touch more responsive;
• Improved stability;
• Slide to Unlock during call
• New contact & music widget.
• New screen alarm, but only when the screen is locked.
• New screen incoming call, also only when the screen is locked.