Category Archives: Mobiles

Samsung Galaxy Note : Its huge, i mean very very big. Just visit the nearest UniverCell  store to see how huge this device actually is. It looks more like a 7 inch tablet than a mobile.

Looks weird holding it up to the ear for talking.

But strangely i saw three people with in 10 minutes in a mall using it as their mobile device.

I guess in India we want as big as we get for the money we pay. I still would only get iPhone or the galaxy s2 if you are android.

Nokia Lumia 800 : This phone looks really beautiful. The shape of the design is quite unique among the new phones. Feels very good in hand and has the right size.

Windows mobile make this phone a really unique experience.

If you want something different from ios and android give this phone a try.

PS: if you walk into UniverCell stores you can try these phones out. Love the way i can go and see new device and use them at their store. My next mobile purchase will be at an UniverCell.

If you are looking for a cheap way to use internet on your mobile.

Both these companies offer 1 month unlimited gprs plans that cost 97 and 98 Rs per month. You get 2 Gb to 3 Gb with each carriers, after which you will be charged.

But most mobile users will not cross this limit, so for 100 Rs per month you could be connected all the time.

So how to beat them, this is not hack to get free gprs or anything like that. What both these companies do is they automatically deduct money after the 1 month period, no warnings or reminders. If you are not careful you will lose the balance on your mobile.

So to use the internet fully for 98 Rs.

Make sure to recharge only with 100 Rs talk time. That way even if you forget the 1 month limit only 100 Rs will be lost. So recharge with less than 100 Rs talk time at a time. This also helps you keep track of your mobile use.

Also set a reminder to recharge your 98 Rs internet, make sure to set it a day or two earlier than 1 month. That way you will recharge it and you will not lose your talk time balance.

Also install apps to track your data usage like netcounter for android. There are free apps for ios and other platforms too.

By keeping track of your bandwidth you can make sure that your don’t go over the 2 GB or the 3 GB limit set by these carriers.

So use these tips to stay connected all the time. I been burned a few times by forgetting to recharge in time. So these are the tricks I use now to take full advantage of the gprs service provided by both the carriers.

By the way this gprs service is only available for 2G users sorry 3G people, until cheap data plans come i am not switching.

This is a dual sim projector phone from Micromax. It costs around 4800 Rs – 5500 Rs online, depending where you buy it. The phone features are what you expect from a basic phone with one big feature, which is projector.

This phone only has Bluetooth, no WIFI. You can connect it to your computer with the provided USB cable. It also supports Micro SD but only up to 4 GB, it also comes with 80 MB internal memory.

It has a basic 2 mega pixel camera that can take pictures and also record video.

You can use dual Sim’s with this phone on a 2G network. It has all the basic phone facilities, you can only store 100 contacts in the address book which is a downer.

Its interface is quite simple but don’t expect to install apps. It comes with some java apps like, Opera, Facebook, Mundu radio etc. But using them with the 2G speeds can be quite painful.

So why would you buy this phone then, Its a projector phone at 4800 Rs didn’t you read the top of the blog post. At that price you will accept any problems it has.

Taking photos with the 2 mega pixel camera and projecting them and showing it off, how cool is that. Even iPhone can’t do that. You can also project the video taken by the phone. You can also project simple word and excel documents with this phone but don’t expect to open big presentations.

Videos in 3gp format work well with the projector. Images under 1 Mb work well with the projector.

It can project a screen as big as 55 inches TV at 5 feet distance.

So don’t buy this phone thinking you can watch movies with it, you can’t. Even though you can put some videos into the micro sd card and project it. Finding the small size videos which play perfectly well on the phone could be a problem. They should have provided a software or online solution for this problem.

You can show off your photos and videos taken by the phone. If you shoot them at the right condition videos and photos look quite okay.

The battery lasts two days with the just the phone usage and around 1 1/2 hour with the projector turned on.

Using this phone almost feels like you are in future wonderland, just for that if you can afford get this phone.

Click here to see my video review of Micromax X40 projector phone

You can buy Micromax X40 for 4800 Rs at Letsbuy.com