Daily Archives: July 3, 2007

I sleep under the sky watching stars, so can you

Posted on July 3, 2007 by prasanth

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I am a make magazine kind of guy. I always wanted to make the night sky in my room so I can watch the stars while I sleep. So in order to do this I tried it first in my bathroom which is small, if something goes wrong I don’t have to worry because I am not going to look up in my bathroom that much. So I painted the roof black and stuck a few radium stars. It was really nice. But ended up costing like 500 Rs or so and was very hard work painting my bathroom roof black.

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But recently I bought a packet of star magic that said it would do the same thing for just 50 Rs. So I thought why not give it a try. So I stuck the stickers all over my room and put the light for one or two hours and when I switched the lights off. There it was the space with stars and everything. I event stuck few stars  that looked like the really constellation. Like the row of three bright stars and a constellation that looks like a spoon. All in all for 50 Rs and around half hour work now I sleep under beautiful bright stars every night. So go ahead and give it a try. I couldn’t take the photo of my room because when i put the lights on the stars disappear. So put yourself and be prepared to be stunned.

A tip to stick the stars to the room’s ceiling  just open the sticker and place them in a way that the gum face the roof . Put them on a stick and just put them on to the ceiling that way you can do it faster and you don’t have to get up to the roof. good luck

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Iphone really costs only $220 to make

Posted on July 3, 2007 by prasanth

I promise this is my last iphone post for now at least. The really cost for making an iphone is only $220 adding $80 more for assembly and shipping and advertising included will only make it $300. So apple is making $300 on every 8gb and $280on every 4Gb phone they are selling. That’s huge margin, this also gives apples a good margin to drop the price later if the demand comes down.  Read more here about iphone costs.

Everyone is talking about how fast iphone is selling etc. To put this into perspective the best phone ever sold was Motorola Razr.

Motorola Razr

750,000 in first month and in 5 years 50 million units worldwide

Iphone

700000 in first week so can it beat the Razr, I personally think it will not because Razr was subsidized by the provider and iphone will not be so not many people will be buying $600 phones. At least not 50 million of them.

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This is how I get online in India and prices are

Posted on July 3, 2007 by prasanth

I will share the way I get on to the Internet. May be you will find a good deal and have an idea of how much it will cost or just to see how cheaper you are getting your Internet compared to mine.Mobile Internet: Bsnl Gprs Unlimited package It allows me to use Internet on my dopod 818pro windows mobile. It cost 200 Rs every month, I can use Internet as much as I want on my mobile.  The only thing I don’t like about this plan is that once you start roaming you have to pay 10 Rs per 1 Mb use that’s when I need unlimited connection most but the they charge me then.Price : To get this offer you have to be a post paid customer of Bsnl cellone service , if you have a prepaid connection you will have to make it post paid and then go for this offer. Which is what I did, there is a 2500 Rs one time deposit but that’s the cost for getting a postpaid connection. Grand Total is 2500 Rs + a voice package there are three different packages to choose from if you choose the package I choose it will cost 2500 Rs + 500 Rs 1 month bill (its without any call that’s just the minimum). Total comes to 3000 RsSpeed : 2 kb in the speed test, it could go few bits more when the network is not busy. Getting online takes like 5 seconds. its okay to read rss feeds and check email. But not fast enough for video or radio. To download 1 Mb takes like 20 minutes.Should you get it: If you are news junkie like me yes its worth it. I can use Internet without this plan but it will cost me 10 Rs every 1 Mb. I at least use 100 Mb on mobile so its worth it for me. If you check mail or cricket scores or news etc every few minutes its totally worth it.  And use operamini browser which is free to get the best experience.Wireless Internet: Reliance Data Card Platinum Plan It allows me to connect to Internet on my laptop anywhere in India where reliance mobile works. No roaming charges anywhere in India.Price: It cost 1500 Rs but add another 200 Rs for taxes etc which makes it 1700 Rs per month. When you buy for the first time you will have to get a modem from them which cost around 4000 Rs and a phone connection which costs around 500 Rs so to get it started.Grand Total is 4500 Rs + 1st month bill 1700 Rs = 6100 RsSpeed : 18 kb in the speed test. Getting online takes like 5 seconds. Its better than dial up and for web radio too. To download 1 Mb takes like 5 minutes. You have to use a special application they provide to connect to the Internet.Should you get it: If you want a connection that is wires free, that works anywhere in India when you are traveling yes you should get it. just put the PCMCIA card into your laptop and you are good to go. There is also a USB modem version available. I used 16 GB in one month and it took me 340 hours to download that much data. There are cheaper packages but platinum is the unlimited package. So get the unlimited package and have fun. Until faster connections like edge or mobile broadband come along. So let me know if you are using a cheaper connection. And what type of connection do you use. I am also planning to get BSNL broadband unlimited package soon I will let you know about that as soon as I get that package working.

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