1 in 3 Smartphones Sold is Android

  ComScore research institution has just announced their latest survey.As a result, it was revealed that the Android-based phone continues to grab market share of mobile phone competitors.Now, in the United States, the Android-based smartphone operating system reaches 33 percent. Research In Motion is a producer who most feel the impact of the surge of interest in Android. Its market share fell 4.1 percent in the period November 2010 to February 2011. However, the company still control 28.9 percent share of U.S. smartphone market. Another
operating system market share decline is Microsoft and Palm. Microsoft has decreased 1.3 percent to 7.7 percent of total market while Palm fell 1.1 percent to 2.8 percent of total market in February 2011. Although 1 in 3 smartphone sold in the U.S. is Android smartphone, but thanks to iPhone 4, Apple managed to survive. Its market share actually rose 0.2 percent in that period of time. However, recent findings comScore is not describing the overall market. "In the U.S., Android pretty awesome, rose 7 percent between November 2011 and February 2011. However, the operating system market is actually stronger in developing countries, "said Fred Wilson, an analyst from Union Square Ventures, as quoted by PC Magazine, April 3, 2011. In addition, Wilson said, most of the growth of smartphones in 5 to 10 years will come from developing countries.Still, according to Henry Blodget, an analyst with Business Insider, an increase in the Android market is still going to endanger the position of Apple in the future. "The growth of Android is the result of standardization in the market of a system. Just like Microsoft in the desktop PC segment, or up in the world of social networking, "he said. Blodget said, if Google successfully provides the de facto operating system for a significant number of users, the developer will focus on the making of an application for Android first before making applications for other operating systems.. "Google's strategy with Android in the smartphone operating systems such as shotgun," said Blodget. "Unlike Apple who prefer strategies such as laser weapons," he said.
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How to unlock a blackberry phone in 10 simple steps

We got a blackberry from US and didn’t feel the need to unlock the phone till my E51 refused to power up after a total battery drain. I was left with no cell phone situation – which trust me is a very bad condition in the era of smartphones and 3G on almost all carriers (even if I was going to be in home all day long). So the blackberry was taken out from its 6 month long hibernation and I was initially doubtful if it would even charge up for use. Thankfully, the blackberry didn’t let me down! Next step was to unlock the phone. There are several guys in India in every gully who claim to unlock US phones of any make/model/carrier. Few of them might just do it right but in most cases, they end up removing the basic software and corrupting the phone along with all those dear apps or return the phone to you saying it can’t be done with this model – after holding your phone for at least a couple of weeks. We had a bad experience with two such guys with our iPhone – it still yearns to be unlocked!

So this time I decided that I was going to give it a try myself with the help of Google and YouTube. I took the bold step because, I had two blackberry of the same make but with a single battery (so in any case I could just use one blackberry at a time), therefore even if I screwed one up, there was a backup anyway! I was amazed to find that there were so many vendors who could help me unlock the blackberry and I must say I was mistrusting initially but nevertheless took the chance and I am really happy that I took the chance! Here is the steps that I followed to unlock the blackberry.

How I unlocked the blackberry

Step #1: Find the IMEI number of your mobile phone. This can be done by typing *#06# on the key pad

Step #2: Go to the below website:  www.unlockcellphonecode.com. The best part about using unlockcellphonecode.com is that they are the cheapest amongst all others on the internet. The cost for my blackberry was just $9.99 which is pretty cheap compared to what the local unlock-wallas ask for. Here you will see a form where you have to enter the following details:

 

 

 

* Select the country and carrier database  from the drop down list

* Select the right carrier/provider of your mobile

* Select the right blackberry model

* Enter the IMEI number – I was a little apprehensive about giving out the IMEI number- but now I know it was completely safe to do so.

Step #3: Click on Add to Cart

Step #4: You can pay through PayPal or through Google checkout

You will get a confirmation upon payment along with an invoice number and you will also get an email confirmation. You will also receive a user name and password along with the link where you can check the code. Follow the instructions in the email. This e-mail will be where you will also get the unlock code.

Then comes the waiting part.  Since this was an online transaction and as there was no contact number available on the website, the waiting part was a bit scary I must admit. They say that codes are available in 2-4 hours time, but it took 8 hours in my case. So don’t panic if you don’t see the code in you inbox within 4 or 6 hours.

Once you get the code, you will have to do 2 simple steps to unlock the phone:

Step #5: Remove the old SIM card from the blackberry and power it on (You can either have the new SIM card inserted or you can do this with no SIM in the phone – that makes no difference)

Step #6: Go to Options –> Advanced Options –> SIM Card. Now enter the following in the keypad: meppd

You will see that the Network option shows “Active”. This means that the phone is locked to the network of the provider

Step #7: Now enter the following on your keypad: mepp alt2 without any space between them. 

Step #8: You will see “Enter Network MEP Code (256 left)” This number 256 is the number of attempts for you to enter the MEP Code. You are lucky if you have these many attempts left. But if you exhaust all of those attempts, the phone gets hard locked to the carrier and there will the nothing you can do to unlock the phone.

Step #9: Enter the unlock code that you received in the email. This will unlock the phone and you will now see that the Network also shows “Disabled”. This is perfectly alright, it just means your phone is no longer tied to the carrier

Step#10: If you had not inserted the new SIM card earlier, do it now. Usually the right carrier gets selected automatically. If it does not go to Options—> Mobile Network and search for available network and choose the right carrier from among the list.

Now you will have an unlocked Blackberry!!

Did this help you? Have you unlocked through any other better way? Do share your thoughts!

Introducing the world of 3G to Indian mobile consumers–A review of 3G service providers and their tariffs

After mobile number portability it is now time for the telecom industry to woo the customers to the latest in the industry. Yes indeed, 3G is the talk of the town. With 3G available from all the major service providers both for their pre-paid and post-paid consumers, everyone can now experience ‘on the go’ internet experience from their smart phones. What remains to be seen is how the Indian consumers are going to embrace this technological advance. And this to a great extend will depend on the data plans and tariffs that the service providers will offer. I have compiled a list of major 3G service providers along with the details of their post paid charges (wherever available).

Comparison of the tariffs and service

Of all these, Vodafone’s deal is currently the best as one gets to try the 3G experience ‘at no extra cost’. But when Vodafone will start charging for the service, I guess BNL will get back to be he best again. Not only are the charges vey nominal, the service is also good. I find Airtel to be the costliest amongst the lot (They even charge you at 50paise per minute on Customer service calls – that’s pathetic!). I have personally tried Airtel and BSNL and from my experience, I find BSNL beat Airtel hands down I terms of cost, browsing speed and issueless connectivity. Airtel has intermittent breaks in connection and is relatively slow in comparison. Vodafone, I heard lives up to the ‘Super man’ zoo-zoo levels of expectation. (Again Vodafone did come up with the best series of Ads for 3G – they seem to have on hell of a creative team)

State wise list of service providers:

Here is the details of 3G service provides in different states:

State	Service provider
Andhra Pradesh	Bharati Airtel, Idea, Aircel
Assam	Reliance Telecom, Bharati Airtel, Aircel
Bihar	Bharati Airtel, STel, Aircel, Reliance Telecom
Delhi	Bharati Airtel, Reliance Telecom, Vodafone
Gujarat	Idea, Vodafone, Docomo
Haryana	Idea, Vodafone, Docomo
Himachal Pradesh	R C0m, Idea, STel, Bharati Airtel
Jammu & Kashmir	Aircel, Reliance Telecom, Bharati Airtel, Idea
Karnataka	Bharati Airtel, Docomo, Aircel
Kerala	Idea, Docomo, Aircel
Kolkata	Reliance Telecom, Vodafone, Aircel
Madhya Pradesh	Idea, Docomo, Reliance Telecom
Maharashtra	Idea, Docomo, Vodafone
Mumbai	Bharati Airtel, Reliance telecom, Vodafone
North East	R com, Bharati Airtel, Aircel
Orissa	STel, Aircel, R com
Punjab	Docomo, Idea, Reliance Telecom, Aircel
Rajasthan	Docomo, Reliance Telecom, Bharti Airtel
Tamil Nadu	Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel
Uttar Pradesh (East)	Aircel, Idea, Vodafone
Uttar Pradesh (west)	Docomo, Bharti Airtel, Idea
West Bengal	Bharti Airtel, Reliance Telecom, Vodafone, Aircel

 

Even though 3G is  the hot cake now, the usage will greatly depend on competitive pricing. Also as a smart phone (like iPhone, android models or Nokia smart phones) is a basic necessity for this service, that will also act as a dampening factor. Nevertheless, I believe that this revolutionary technology will reach the masses very soon even if the service is priced quite on the higher side now. I am sure the charges will settle down to customer friendly rates within a short time – remember when cellphones came to India, incoming calls were charged at Rs.65 per min and today we are paying homage to 1 paise/min!

What do you think? Do you have 3G enabled handsets? What 3G service do you use and how do you like it – Please share your views!

Preposition

Definition: Prepositions are a class of words that indicate relationships between nouns, pronouns and other words in a sentence. Most often they come before a noun. They never change their form, regardless of the case, gender etc. of the word they are referring to.

Some common prepositions are:

about above across after against along among around at before behind below beneath beside between beyond but

by despite down during except for from in inside into like near of off on onto out

outside over past since through throughout till to toward under underneath until up upon with within without.

Prepositions typically come before a noun:
For example:

• after class
• at home
• before Tuesday
• in London
• on fire
• with pleasure

A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.
For example:

• The book is on the table.
• The book is beside the table.
• She read the book during class.
In each of the preceding sentences, a preposition locates the noun "book" in space or in time.

Prepositions are classified as simple or compound.
Simple prepositions
Simple prepositions are single word prepositions. These are all showed above.
For example:

• The book is on the table.

Compound prepositions

Compound prepositions are more than one word. in between and because of are prepositions made up of two words - in front of, on behalf of are prepositions made up of three words.
For example:

• The book is in between War and Peace and The Lord of the Rings.
• The book is in front of the clock.

Examples:

• The children climbed the mountain without fear.
• There was rejoicing throughout the land when the government was defeated.
• The spider crawled slowly along the banister.

Source : www.englishlanguageguide.com

How much wealth of Bill Gates?

Wealth Bill Gates in a matter..
One source with a thorough attempt to describe how rich Bill Gates.
- Since Microsoft was founded in 1975, with the assumption that Bill Gates worked 14 hours every day working then their income is 300 USD every second of it ... .. Its earnings in dollars are: 1 seconds = 2.5 million; 1 minute = 153 million; 1 hour = 9.1 billion; 1 day = 220 billion; 1 week = 1.54 trillion; 1 month = 6.1 trillion: 1 year = 74 trillion.   
- With interest rates around 5% / year, then Bill Gates will get 300 billion of interest each month (cut admin costs around Rp. 5000 course)
- With the above calculation, then Bill Gates only takes less than 1 second to buy an Xbox or PS2, or about 3 seconds, then he will get the Xbox, PS2, Gamecube complete with The TV ... To bring a car deer, he just takes time 80 seconds. Maybe he can exchange pleasantries of his chat with SPG for 80 seconds while waiting for their income reached 200 million dollars.

- Tickets Boeing 747-400 aircraft approximately USD 1200 (approximately Rp. 10 million), Bill Gates can afford to buy 261 aircraft instead of the ticket ... ..- If Bill Gates went to multiplayer rental rates to about 5000 per hour, then with all his money to play for more than 77,625 centuries.
- If the price GameStation magazine about Rp. 20,000, then the Bill could buy as much as 17 billion examplar. (the office may be purchased ...) The price was also relatively similar to the price of pirated cd, so he could buy the 17 billion pieces of cd.
- Bill 133 billion to buy Windows XP Professional that cost 300 dollars. 
- NASA shuttle aircraft worth approximately 1.7 billion dollars (14.5 trillion rp). Bill Gates could buy 23 pieces and still menyisahkan 7.6 trillion.
- The film Titanic cost $ 200 million, Bill Gates could make it 200 times ...
- Surf with Telkomnet Instant, at a rate of about Rp. 10000 / h, then Bill Gates can surf the 38,812 NON-STOP century. 
- By using a 5 U.S. Dollar banknotes, Bill Gates's wealth could cover Manhattan, New York.
- When using 1 U.S. dollar banknotes, with as much money as Bill Gates could have connecting these bills along 8x the distance of the earth to the moon. If the currency denomination of Rp 1000, then it could be 68x the distance along the earth to the moon.
- The population of Earth March 17, 2003 is 6,280,902,951. Bill could give approximately Rp. 54 000 for each person and still menyisahkan 831 billion for himself and his family.
- Roman Abramovich, Russian oil tycoon who bought Chelsea, has a wealth of around 5.7 billion dollars (about 48.5 trillion rp). Bill Gates Wealth approximately 7x Roman. So if Bill bought a ball club, he could spend more than the Roman 7x. Analogues if Chelsea spending 100 million dollars to buy players, the club purchased Bill Gates will spend 700 million dollars, enough to make the club the players ALL classmates Zidane, Figo, Ferdinand, Ronaldo, etc ....

- Houses Bill Gates in Seattle, built on 5 hectares of land and swallow 53 million dollars. The house has 7 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms with 10 of them are very luxurious, 6 kitchens, 6 fireplace, cinema, library, playroom family, better health facilities than is usual in clubs there. Cinema space of 1500 sq. feet with 20 seats and popcorn machine. Indoor swimming pool equipped with underwater music system. The house was of course equipped with highly sophisticated computerized, many scattered optical fiber cable.   
sourcehttp://elninomunandar.blogspot.com
  

 

Fukushima and Chernobyl Only Difference Two stripe.

  

   Bad news is increasingly prominent. The reason, Japan has raised the level of nuclear radiation hazards due to the destruction of Fukushima Daiichi reactor from level four to five on the standard scale of gravity of the international atomic accident. As a result, according to AP news agency AFP and Kyodo on Friday (18/03/2011), this change put the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facilities, two levels below the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine in 1986.
  Head of the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, Yukiya Amano in Tokyo warned that the struggle to stabilize at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facilities damaged by the quake are racing with time.
Japan's nuclear crisis triggered by an earthquake last week (03/11/2011) bermagnitud 9.0 and subsequent tsunami.

  Military trucks spraying water back into the nuclear complex at the Fukushima Daiichi. It's the second day of this step done. While the team of technicians trying to reconnect power to the cooling system that stalled last week after the earthquake. However, nuclear power reactor operators said the reactor was buried under layers of concrete and sand may be an option to prevent disastrous leak of radiation. 
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