Just Tech 2.0.

Are you a Product Developer relying on Microsoft to give the finishing touches of your Product Installation Setup Program ? Time to say Goodbye to Microsoft and embrace Third Party Product - Smart Install Maker Version 5.02.

Smart Install Maker provides an extremely smooth and fast way to create setup files for easy installation of applications. As a developer, you don't have to learn complex installation programs or awkward Microsoft scripting languages.

You might want to Try Smart Install Manager for your product packaging over the weekend. It is available of FREE if you download and install within the next 19 hours. Do let us know your views.

Google AdSense the World's only Successful Contextual Advertising Network, which has been on a cycle of innovation providing more tools for Advertisers has released Google AdManager - a powerful tool in the hands of medium and Small Publishers to enhance and optimize their campaign for better ROI, Inventory Forecasting, etc. For large Advertisers, Google has taken over Doubleclick and you might want to peek there.

In our research we have found that Google is the Best Advertising network as most other networks have failed to embrace the blackened technology what Google has built. Microsoft with its vocal claims since 2005 is yet to release a Contextual Advertising system while Yahoo! has been trying with little results. More details on Google AdManager here.

The beauty of Google Adsense is the philosophy of Google [Do No Evil] - Advertise without irritating the reader. Google Scientists have gone few extra miles to analyze the landing page of each Advertiser to make sure that they are taking readers to a really safe website. [Other day I was served an Ad from Clicksor (A pop-up) which when dismissed installed an Adware on the system] The difference is non-Google Advertising Networks don't have the Technology to filter out badware and do back end analysis.

We had reported yesterday that Bharti Airtel and Vodafone would launch iPhone in India on Thursday Night. Here is the first iPhone buyer in India - Swati, a student from Delhi waiting beside the countdown clock at Airtel outlet Sahara Mall, Gurgaon.
Delhi Photo Courtesy: Rajat Agrawal More Pictures here.


Mumbai Photo Courtesy: Brajeshwar More Pictures Here


Bangalore Photo Courtesy: Arup has uploaded photos of Vodafone's iPhone launch in Bangalore.

If you have read in the news about folks standing in the Queue in New York to pick up their iPhone or XBox 360 gaming devices, the hype is now in India too. Apple's iPhone 3G will be launched by Bharti Airtel in India at the stroke of 12:00 tonight [Friday Morning]. You can book and reserve the phone right away by paying for Rs 5,000 at anyone of the following outlets.

In India the following variations of iPhone are available.

• 8 GB (Black) for Rs 31,000
• 16GB (White or Black) for Rs 36,100

The phone will be available for you to pick-up by payment against cash / credit card purchase in only one store in Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai.

Bangalore:
Airtel Brand shop,
Divya Shree Towers,55,Bannerghatta Road,
Opp Jayadeva Hospital, Bangalore

Delhi & Mumbai Readers:
Call your customer care and find out. You can update the place where it will be sold tonight as a comment.

Kindly note that their are serious issues with iPhone 3G w.r.t call dropping and low voice reception even after updates from Apple in the past 24 hours.

Labels: iPhone-Issues

Just like how Airtel started booking for the coolest electronic gadget of the year 2007 - iPhone, Nokia's marketing strategists after announcing the launch of Nokia N96 Phone have opened the booking for the entertainment phone N96 [Yes it is available on first come first serve and you may have to deposit Rs 4,000 as booking amount]

Are you envy of the guy sitting next to you in the Hotel and watching Live Cricket on his low quality Chinese Manufactured Handset carrying Live TV signal feeds ? Don't be so, Nokia N96 is now capable of showing Live TV.

It comes with a 16 GB Flash Memory [Nokia N81 was the first one to have 8GB Flash in Nokia N series of phones]. However, with Dual ARM 9 264 MHz CPU and comes with 128MB RAM, we don't expect the phone to be slow at all. List of all the features and review of N96 is available here.

Isn't it really nice to see how Nokia and iPhone will now compete in India - Thanks to open and free market :-)

Steve Ballmer is well known for chanting the Developers, Developers Mantra and yet failed to produce a tool good for any Designers - Engineers to Fashion Designers. Sigh! Edraw Max has plugged the Microsoft loophole and has produced a really cool tool using which you can create your UML Designs [State, Interaction Diagrams etc], Flowcharts, Org Charts, Network Diagrams , Electrical Circuits, Program Structures, Database Designs etc.

There are more than 4,500 built-in symbols to make that dream design / presentation. As a limited offer, you can have this $80 worth software for FREE if you download and install within the next 20 hours. Feel free to write in your critics if any.

Convergence India has written that India's Telecom Regulator has recommended for making VoIP calls legal within India. Until now only ILD VoIP calls were legal. Henceforth you can start calling your friend's mobile or land line from Yahoo! messenger or any other Internet Chat Client or a VoIP handset to be provided by service providers.

You can also make calls from Mobile IM clients like Mundu thus saving on your mobile / wireline telephone bills. This is a real blessing for long distance Romeos and Juliets to talk unlimited hours. Until now only Reliance offered Onnet unlimited talk-time on certain plans, however, it is likely that most Telecom companies will now introduce calling cards to grab market share.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has joined hands with BBC to protect the health of Millions of Indians combating the spread of HIV. In order to increase the awareness, the foundation is cashing in on India's largest Digital Platform - the Mobile Phones and has released a free condom-condom ring tone.

If you have any questions related to HIV and related topics, there is an NGO from Mumbai Saadhan which has established a helpline - 022 2389 2222 [anonymous and confidential]

We have heard many complaints about Microsoft Windows and its unstable operating system with literally no customer support. The IT community has done an excellent job and has developed solutions to Microsoft's problems.

If you have had a bad partition when your Windows fails to boot, you can now think of Partition Recovery Bootable CD. This software boots up from a CD and can recover lost / corrupt partitions in FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3 partitions on IDE, SCSI, SATA, ATA and removable hardware.

This $35 worth software is now available for FREE if you download and install within the next 23 hours.

Motorola has expended its offering in the entry level Music and Camera enabled handsets with the launch of ROKR EM25, ROKR EM28 and ROKR EM30. All are GSM based handsets.
ROKR EM25: It is a Sliding phone with FM Radio and SongID technology to identify a song. It is Bluetooth enable, supports microSD card and comes with a 1.3MP camera.

ROKR EM28: It is clamshell phone with emphasis on Music. The front of the phone shows the Song and name of Artist so that users don't have to open the handset. It has 3D sound effects and an equalizer. Supports FM Radio and has a 1.3 MP camera as well.

ROKR EM30: The most colorful handset in this launch is EM30. Bundled with illuminating keyboard, really especially the music ones which is illuminated when the music is being played. Support Windows media 11 and other features. Supports Bluetooth and microSD card. It also has 2 MP camera.

Here is another tool - StarBurn Network to organize your HDD and media Backups to CD/DVD/HD-DVD or Blue Ray Discs. It supports the following formats CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, HD-DVD-R/RW, Dual layer DVD-R & DVD+R, BD-R/RE across variety of hardware that is in the market today.

Some of the elegant features of StarBurn Network are,

• Decryptor with AACS key Databases and Blue Ray Decryptor Wizzard
  
• UDF 2.0 / Unicode Imaging
• Vista Signed Executables for total compliance and Network burning unlocked

You can download this $495 piece [Network burning enabled] for FREE within the next 23 hours. It has to be installed within this time as well. However, if you are a home user, you can use the standalone FREE version available here.