HACK: Using 3G on a 2G Plan[AIRTEL]

We all want to use 3G when we are out of the house and have no WiFi but face the fact remain it is too damn expensive. So here is a hack on how to get 3G on a 2G data plan.
First of all send a SMS to 3G to 121 to activate and make sure that 3G is disabled in Settings. Once 3G has been activated after 1 hour turn on your 3G and start browsing. If you have 2g data plan then it will deduct balance from the 2G plan.

Whenever yo get a new data plan recharge make sure that 3G is turned off in settings. Once you have recharged then turn it on!  

Vodafone and Airtel announce new BBM plans

Vodafone and Airtel have announced new plans for RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger Service. Both the telecom operators tout an Rs 129 per month plan for unlimited BBM services on postpaid connections, but Airtel’s plan will also provide users additional 300 national SMSs free of cost. In addition to the Rs 129 per month plan, Vodafone has announced an Rs 5 per day plan for its prepaid customers enabling them unlimited BBM access through out a day. Vodafone has also announced that subscribers, who purchase the BlackBerry Curve 8520 and BlackBerry Curve 9300 by the end of February 2012, will avail unlimited BBM services for a year from the date of purchase.

[Via bgr]

Benchmarks For Intel 's Latest mobile "atom" chip

Summing it up intel did it again , first by conquering the world by its sandybridge by beating AMD's so called Bulldozer and in the mobile chip segment also , we surely hope the A6 chip by apple to be as fast this

New Intel chip makes iPhone and Galaxy Nexus jelly !!

Intel's new chip for phones is surprising in many respects, but the biggest shocker is speed.

The "Medfield" Atom Z2460 chip for smartphones, announced at CES, handily beats some of the fastest phones on the market including the iphone 4s and Samsung's latest baby the Galaxy Nexus, review site Anandtech said in this post. Stay tuned for the benchmarks

White Galaxy Nexus ?

Samsung is all set for an early launch of its white icy Galaxy Nexus . The front still has a black bezel around itself . Looks like Apple did create an exclusive "White Phone" class and we can predict that the pricing in India to be around 34-41k

Top 3 Educational Apps for the iPad and iPhone

Most iPhone & iPad apps are wildly popular among all people of all age groups. Unlike other popular operating systems such as Android teeming with myriad apps, each app belonging to iOS is a gem. Every app created by Apple is a symbol of perfection with no flaws whatsoever. So, here is a list of the top 3 best iPhone, iPad apps for students and learners

1-iStudiez Pro
Available at $2.99, this is an app that teaches organization which all students require. It is in fact quite useful to teachers as well. It helps us keep track of lectures, lab schedules and also, manages homework, project and other tasks, etc. With detailed color coded class schedules, this is a must have app for all students.
http://itunes.apple.com/in/app/istudiez-pro/id310636441?mt=8

2-Evernote
This is a highly recommended app that has many awards to its name. An ever useful app; one can record videos, take photos, notes, etc. to remember important information. One can also sync up notes to an online account. In fact, the app is so user friendly that the notes can be accessed almost anywhere. The app has some integrated nifty features such as Twitter integration, geo location and the ability to search text within photos.
http://itunes.apple.com/in/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8


3-PDF Reader Pro <5.99$>
The best pdf reader in the AppStore and when we say the best we mean it . It lets you convert  files to and from pdf files and is pretfy fast at conversion too and it also lets you edit the pdf like you see in the galaxy note . Problem samsung ?
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdf-reader-pro/id300298606?mt=8

Apple invites media for ‘education announcement’ in New York

Yesterday I wrote a post in which i predicted that there will be no paper back books. I guess that day is not far as Apple has just rolled out invitations to the media for an education announcement in New York, next Thursday, Jan 19.

The invite arrives following a flurry of speculation pertaining to the nature of the event, which was first hinted by AllThingsD. The publication reported on Jan. 2 that Apple’s presser will not be huge —at least not compared to the company’s splashy theatrical announcements—nor will it cover any iPad or Apple TV hardware news.

Instead, it will focus on iBooks, another report said. With education the focus, this leaves iBooks and perhaps textbooks, another market Jobs wanted to disrupt, as the main attraction. 

According to an excerpt from the authorized Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, Jobs wanted to disrupt the school textbook business:

He held meetings with major publishers about partnering with Apple, the book says. If textbooks were given away free on iPads he thought the publishers could get around the state certification of textbooks. Mr. Isaacson said Mr. Jobs believed that states would struggle with a weak economy for at least a decade. “We can give them an opportunity to circumvent that whole process and save money,” he told Mr. Isaacson.