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The N-Gage QD has been the first phone in my life. I have been a faithful user of the N-gage QD since I bought it in last Feb. ’06. I bought it after reviewing almost half a dozen phones in the market. It had almost everything I needed like a Symbian OS, MMC Support, Truetones, out-of-ordinary looks, ease of use and the sturdiness of a military device. It has been almost a year now, good time for writing a review on the long time use of a phone, right? But unfortunately the phone is no longer available in the market and there are rumours that there will not be a part-3 of the N-Gage Series.

Nokia seems to be in a serious mood to compete in the hand-held gaming market with Nintendo and Sony. The initial try with the N-Gage was almost a complete failure, it was a piece of “junk” as many called it.

Though the first N-Gage sold far less than what the company expected, there was loads that they could learn from the whole experience. The first device tried too hard to please everyone, it had a mp3 player, a FM radio, a gaming console and a cell-phone feature which looked like it was added up to the design in the last minute as an after-thought. Its use as a phone earned it the nickname – “Elephant Ears” for its awkward holding position.

Today I was doing what every teenager does online, using the most popular social networking site on the net – Orkut.
But what was different today was a new button on the sidebar – Video. Naturally curious, I went on to check it out, I was surprised, it enabled users to share videos. It is out, Orkut and YouTube have been merged. I tried to read the official “Learn More” page, it was empty when I tried, what did you read?

YouTube is now following the trends of a internet economic network like the Agloco, Revver and others. Its founder Chad Hurley, announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday that it is considering sharing its revenue with its users. This could mean a lot for the users of the most popular video sharing site on the internet.

Enjoy Airtel Broadband now with unlimited download limits and speeds more than 512kbps.

And I mean FREE as in “Freedom”.

The other day while aimlessly surfing the web, I came across a forum which discussed about Airtel Broadband Services. It contained a topic by a user in which he asks

i know that the login name is my phone number itself… but is my adsl link really identified as my number?
suppose…. i’ve been using a lot of NCR high speed accounts lately….
but have never heard from airtel… can they really trace me..

Adsense updated their TOS [Terms Of Service] with a few changes that shows how much they hate competition!

Competitive Ads and Services In order to prevent user confusion, we do not permit Google ads or search boxes to be published on websites that also contain other ads or services formatted to use the same layout and colors as the Google ads or search boxes on that site. Although you may sell ads directly on your site, it is your responsibility to ensure these ads cannot be confused with Google ads.

Implications?

If you have not got into the new Yahoo! Mail Beta yet, now is the best time to do it. It is a very hip and rocking mail client, very different from anything provided by anyone. Here is a cool tip to get your self into the new beta with a little bit of hacking.;-)This is a cool little trick by which you can Join Yahoo Beta, without an invitation1. log in to your yahoo mail account2. on the top left, besides mail button, there is one down arrow, click there…3. go to option

4. on the left panel, click on account information