tech trends india

hullo there

Talking about trends in technology,its more often the case of here today,gone tomorrow.Delving deeper into the countless tech review sites scattered all over the cyberscape,most of us find the tech gibberish on most sites talking about new tech products or technology changes that are very high end and which may take years or sometimes never see the light of the day.

But a few tech trends are pretty low tech and very usable by both the tech junkie as well as the man on the street.A couple of these are the mobile ebooks and wireless music devices.Right now mobibooks are pretty big in japan and the americas and wireless music is one very hot trend becoming huge fast.

First of all,the mobile ebooks are basically full length or sometimes condensed versions of novels,magazines,etc.They come in a number of mobile formats like pdb,rdb,etc and can be read on the ubiquitous java enabled colour mobile handsets.The convenience of carrying these ebooks occupying very less mobile phone memory space is further amplified as most of the urban population can read while commuting(which takes a large chunk of most people's time).

This trend is fast catching up in our very own bharat thanks to the advent of inexpensive colour java enabled mobile phones .There are a number of freely downloadable softwares on the net like the tequilacatreader,mobipocket reader,etc which are available on sites like esnips.com,ipmart-forum.com,etc.

The books themselves as recent as the latest potter book can be downloaded free(encourage piracy,the authors are rich enough)from esnips.com and ipmart-forum.com.

One more emerging trend is that of wireless music.This basically is music played from a stereo bluetooth enabled mobile phone or an ipod or any other mp3 player

to a pair of stereo bluetooth wireless head/earphones.The usp of this trend is the complete absence of wires which eliminates the hassles of irritating wires coming in the way of a pleasurable music experience.Now for all of you wondering about the devices which actually can do the above functions,motorola and nokia have many phones in their line up supporting a2dp which stands for advanced audio distribution profile through bluetooth.Many of you might recall the actor abhishek bachhan swaying to wireless music in the motorokr ad doing the rounds on most tv channels.The most inexpensive nokia phone which supports a2dp is the nokia 3110 which retails for about 6000 indian-rupees.Motorola has the moto rizr selling for about 7000 rupees.Other mobile brands like sony ericsson,samsung,lg,etc have this a2dp technology only in their high end phones.Importantly this feature of all these phones can be made use of only with a stereo bluetooth headset like the motorola s9 bluetooth headphones which retails for around 4500 rupees in the white market.As for the ipods,a bluetooth adapter like the jabra a125 0r the motorola naviplay adapters(available in india,cost around 3k) can be used to make it stereo bt compliant.This along with a bluetooth headphone like the s9 would make working out or jogging with music very neat.Keep watchin this space for more tech to make life better.

just read these lyrics_rockstar;nickelback and try to find and listen to this song

I'm through with standing in line to clubs
we'll never get in
It's like the bottom of the ninth
and I'm never gonna win
This life hasn't turned outquite the way I want it to be
I want a brand new houseon an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enoughfor ten plus me
I'll need a credit card that's got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high clubAt thirty-seven thousand feet
I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
Somewhere between Cher andJames Dean is fine for me
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger'sGonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunnyWith her bleach blond hair
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free
I think I'm gonna dress my asswith the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
Gonna date a centerfold that loves toblow my money for me
I'm gonna trade this lifeFor fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hairAnd change my name
'Cause we all justwanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop housesdriving fifteen cars
The girls come easy andthe drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger'sgonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunnywith her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary andtoday's who's who
They'll get you anythingwith that evil smile
Everybody's got adrug dealer on speed dial
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
I'm gonna sing those songs that offend the censors
Gonna pop my pillsfrom a pez dispenser
I'll get washed-up singers writing all my songs
Lip sync em every night so I don't get 'em wrong
Then listen to the fans tell me how damn good I am
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name
Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hillltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
Every playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

WHY INDIA IS A PERENNIAL UNDERPERFORMER AT THE OLYMPICS

osaka,japan..the long jump event...the athletics world championship,

Anju bobby george,our olympic medal hopeful,well she has been a hopeful with all of us,fellow indians hoping, for quite a few years now has failed yet again.
Miss.,.,.nope make it missus anju finished an absymal ninth with a jump 0f 6.53m.
Winning and losing is a part of every sport,why sports,even life is a win-loss story.
ALright then,Miss anju fails yet again,so what the F<>"?
What piques me is the reason miss anju gives after losing,whereas maintaining a stoic silence would have done her and everyone else more good.
Miss anju goes on to face the now omnipresent indian media's camera to give an obnoxious reason for not jumping long enough.
She says"i wasn't prepared for this competition and i had very little time before coming into the wc's".
My goddamn question is,then why the hell did she have to participate just for the heck of it.
Most of the athelete's in the land of the gandhi complain about the indian junta's lack of interest in sports other than cricket and tennis(due to a certain miss mirza).
Now why do Indians prefer cricket and to a lesser extent tennis over other sports?
The reason is loud and clear.There are very few icons or demigods or role model, as the media may brand our cricketers,for the indian sport watching public to root for or iconize or even worship.
This is not because cricket or tennis as a game is more interesting or has a better format as maybe football,hockey or even formula1.
The reason fair and square is due to the fact that the indian masses do not have heroes in other sports like they do in cricket or tennis to idolize.
Now the atheletes of the other sports start moaning that they don't get infrastructure to become eminent in their areas of sport thus not attracting big sponsors.But it may be very well to remind them that cricket and tennis also didn't receive special treatment and sponsors during its fledgling years.
Another frequently aired grouse is that there is not enough money involved in other sports or that it is not a viable career option.What beats me is whether a sportsperson plays a game for the love of it or for the sake of making money out of it or even for the glamour attached a particular sport.Take for example,An olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore.Major Rathore,employed by the indian army went on to win an olympic silver at the greece olympics.Similarly many atheletes of various sports are employed by various PSU's and even a few corporates mainly due to their sporting prowess.So what is the big hue and cry about not being able to make a livelihood playing a particular sport when getting employed because of their sporting background is a good feasible option.

True that the basic sporting infrastructure in our country has to be revamped at the earliest.But,at the same time it is very imperative for the atheletes of some of the lesser popular sports of our country to buck up,get their acts together and deliver.A flash here and a dash there will not do.Consistent superlative performances are key.Only this and nothing else will get them to be real heroes and icons in the land of a billion plus and also signal an end to their woes of not attracting
enough cash,support or even glamour.The recent HINDI(balls to bollywood)movie chak de was refreshingly nice and crisp and a few media reports(god knows the veracity of these claims)that the sale of hockey sticks have actually increased post chak de are heartening.And comments like anju bobby george's are a definite no-no.They are discouraging and pathetic and do more damage to the sport and the morale of the armchair enthusiasts.So lets hope we have a few more medals than the last olympics.and hopefully anju bobby george is not named anju booby george.nevermind.
P.S:Though Chak-de might have increased the sale of hockey sticks,the formation of a competitive hockey league at mumbai had virtually zero response.
As someone rightly remarked-the more things change,the more they remain the same.lol