Nokia tries to capture Samsung's Galaxy and how

 

 

 

Sometimes the ad-wars can turn funny, but there is a thin line between acceptable and not aceptable. I found this at ebay India site.

Nokia tries to capture Samsung’s Galaxy and how…What’s your opinion on such ad placements? Fair, Unfair? please comment and let know of your opinion

Bluetooth error in connecting Samsung Kies with Galaxy S

 

I ran into this issue of Samsung Kies not detecting Galaxy S for Bluetooth connections. Samsung Kies is just displaying Windows Mobile and Symbian as the choices! I never thought Samsung also had Symbian phones in their range:

 

This is happening on a Windows 7, 64-bit Home Premium and the Galaxy S is currently on Android 2.1, Eclairs.

On a slightly different note, I also feel that Samsung Kies is not the best of the Mobile-PC Sync software I have seen. Even the Motorola Phone tools released for V3i in 2005/2006 had more features.

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Phishing attack leveraging SMS ban

 

Today morning was just about going as usual till I noticed an email. It seemed to originate from AXIS bank and it had an HTML attachment and it was an important announcement.

The contents of the email looked valid considering Government of India had placed a ban on sending of bulk SMS till 29th. Now I am not sure if such ban holds good for financial institutions. But some smart bloke seems to have capitalized on this ban. The email stated that:

“In view of the Govt. of India directive to mobile operators, all the corporate sms messaging . . . → Read More: Phishing attack leveraging SMS ban

Airtel GPRS Mobile Office Tariffs and Activation Codes

If you look-up for Airtel’s GPRS and Mobile Office connections details on their website, I am sure you will go around in circles. The last resort is their paid support (Yes, Airtel now charges 50 paise per 3 minutes for contacting their customer support via phone). Having been through this, I am posting the following information that you could leverage if you were to avail Airtel’s GPRS services.

Listed below are Airtel’s g various packages, Download limits, tariffs and Activation/De-activation codes. Hope you find them useful.

Airtel-GPRS Pack Download Limit /month Tariff/month SMS Activation Code SMS De-Activation Code Airtel . . . → Read More: Airtel GPRS Mobile Office Tariffs and Activation Codes

Mobile Operator codes in India for SMS

I thought this piece of info would be useful to you all, in-case you have not got hold of these till now:

Service Provider Code Service Area Code Aircel, Dishnet Wireless D Andhra Pradesh A Bharti Airtel A Assam S BSNL B Bihar B BPL Mobile/Loop Telecom L Delhi D Datacom Solutions C Gujarat G HFCL Infotel H Haryana H Idea Cellular I Himachal Pradesh I MTNL M Jammu & Kashmir J Reliance Communications R Karnataka X Reliance Telecom E Kerala L S tel S Kolkata K Shyam Telecom Y Madhya Pradesh Y Spice Telecom P Maharashtra Z Swan . . . → Read More: Mobile Operator codes in India for SMS