Tuesday, February 24, 2009

N95 - Camera point


Did you know that you can take quick photos with your n95 without
waiting for Carl-Zeiss to finish his autofocussing ?

There are 3 ways to take a picture:

¤Slightly press the shutter button until the autofocussing box turns
green and then fully press the button.
¤Do the same in a single flow and the camera will automatically wait
for the autofocussing to complete and take the picture unless the
autofocus box turns red.
¤Press the button hard and the camera will take a quick picture
irrespective of the status of focus.

Try it out on your phone !

Monday, February 23, 2009

The Curious Case of Nokia Care


In some places Nokia users are all praise for Nokia's customer case
service - in fact the way they do it makes me question the
authenticity of my "friendly" neighbourhood care center. I've already
posted about my last encounter with them before.

This time around I decided to pay them a visit because i was concerned
about my N95. The OEM panel was virtually shredded, and the keypads
had light leaking all around the keys. I'd bought a replacement panel
kit and just wanted them to fix it onto my phone. They agreed to do
it. For 40$. And that doesn't include the top/bottom covers or the
slider. A service charge of 50$ to remove a coupla screws ? They gotta
be kidding me ! But "no" they say, infact they justified their price
saying that it was a risky procedure that involved a "lot of screws"
and components.
So i walked out , and came back home. Then i took hold of a pair of
Torx screwdrivers and got to work.

Half an hour later - I carefully put it all back together and switched
on the phone. Voila ! It was alive and running !!
I even firmed up the slider with some Scotch tape. It looked and felt
as good as new !! Happy me .. I must have saved around 60 bucks for
the job. Now I'll go spend it on another NGage game =)

Sunday, February 22, 2009

3G in India by our very own BSNL


Everybody out there check out today's Back page of The Hindu
newspaper.. BSNL has announced it's 3G service in India with the full
package of video calls, online gaming, and wireless broadband. I'm so
happy !! :)
No word on the rates though - but i'll keep you all updated as soon as
i get anything about it.

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