Archive for November, 2008
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Upgrading iPhone to Firmware 2.2
Apple just released the latest firmware 2.2. I have successfully upgraded my original iPhone to the new firmware. My iPhone came with firmware 1.1 and was updated to 1.1.4. Standard disclaimer applies: If you end up with a fancy looking brick, don’t blame me. This is also known to work only on the older iPhone […]
13 Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Hyundai i20 coming soon
After successfully launching the Hyundai i10, the team at Hyundai is busy putting their final touches to the i20. Like the i10, the i20 will be manufactured in India and exported globally. The i20 be positioned in the premium hatchback segment (B sgement), just as the Getz. This car with replace the Getz worldwide except […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Cars by Prakash
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Linux development cost statistics
The Linux Foundation published this excellent article:Â Estimating the Total Development Cost of a Linux Distribution Some very interesting stats : Linux is the most popular open source operating system today, didn’t you know that already? Total development cost of a Linux distribution in 2002: $1.2 billion Cost to build Fedora 9 in 2008: $10.8 […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Syncing your iPhone on Linux.
Most end users wanting to move to Linux, expect to play MP3 music and sync their music with their iPods, iPhone, and XXX (put your favourite mp3 player here.) Apple does not have iTunes for Linux, its only available for Windows and Mac, I wonder why. iPhone being extremely proprietary, makes it incredibly difficult to […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,Linux by Prakash
Friday, November 21st, 2008
Review of Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
Digital Camera Resource Page (DCRP) has a review of the Panasonic Lumix G1. I had blogged about this earlier, when it was launched. Very interesting camera is you are looking to buy an SLR.
No Comments » - Posted in Photography by Prakash
Monday, November 17th, 2008
Did Apple get its India strategy wrong?
Mint has this nice article on how Apple got its India strategy wrong for the iPhone launch: Lost Opportunity | How Apple got its strategy wrong To add to this, Apple charges its customers in India full charges for the handset, which means no subsidisation from the service provide and yet the handset it locked […]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Saturday, November 15th, 2008
High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography
High Dynamic Range or HDR photography is the latest craze in Digital Photography. How often do you have photos, where parts of the photos were over exposed, while others were underexposed? With HDR you take the same photos at different exposure levels, combine them to get very perfectly exposed photos. See some nice examples of […]
No Comments » - Posted in Photography by Prakash
Friday, November 14th, 2008
IPhone 2.2 Firmware coming
Apple is about to release iPhone 2.2 firmware soon. The Beta is already out. It has Google street view, and the most requested feature: turn off auto correct. Apart from several bug fixes. Cut and Paste is noticeably absent, which was suppose to be added in this release. Read More. It apparently can be jailbroken, […]
