Safari 1.37 is faster than previous versions 05.04.08
Safari upgrade happened and suddenly the quality of my browsing experience is much better. And… double clicking to open a new tab is now ON in Safari. That was one feature I used to miss.
Fantastic News! 85 Watts Power Adapter on a Macbook 04.04.08
It seems that the 85W Magsafe Adapter reads output levels of both 18.5V - 4.6A and 16.5V - 3.65A. Since there are NO switches, it automatically detects the power levels for the appropriate laptop.
Sony Ericsson K850i - The 6 Months Story - The Phone Sucks 04.04.08
The phone sucks worser than a kid sucking on a toffee
I’ve had the Sony Ericsson K850i for the past 6 months now and I’m not a happy customer. I’ve had the Sony K610i, Sony Ericsson K700i, Sony Ericsson D750i, Sony Ericsson P910i and still have the Sony Ericsson P990i as my business phone. So far the worst phone is the K850i.
BEING AN APPLE CUSTOMER IN INDIA IS JUST NOT WORTH IT 03.04.08
OPEN LETTER:
My name is Ashok Govindaraju. I own an Apple Black Macbook. I am currently in India and I have a problem. A serious problem.
A few days back, my Apple Macbook Power Adapter conked out on me and I called Apple Care. They booked a case number and I sent it across to Ample Technologies, one of the two apple service centres in Chennai. They gave me an obnoxious reason for not fixing my power adapter- Liquid Discharge from the adapter, and scratch marks. The Apapter was exactly 8 months old and I do not see any reason for liquid discharge in the adapter.
Now, I would like to purchase a new adapter for Rs. 5100( $ 135) and the person concerned does not even talk to me. Mr. Vijay, who is the service consultant with Ample Technologies told me 2 days back that I would have to wait at least 5-10 days to buy the adapter from them. Today, I am ready to BUY an adapter but the receptionist picks up the call at Ample Technologies and Mr. Vijay refuses to even talk to me. My laptop is really important to me as I use it for business purposes and I have not been able to use it because of non availability of apple power adapters. I have also tried another Dealer in Chennai, namely DATALOGICS INDIA and to NO AVAIL.
Here are some reasons why I think customers must NOT buy an apple product in India.
1) Apple do NOT have a company owned Service Centre in India and so called third party service centres just do NOT want to help customers.
2) Apple do NOT have a store in India and a customer has to WAIT 10 days to buy an accessory. This is also possible ONLY IF THE CUSTOMER GETS ACROSS TO THE SERVICE CENTRE’s LOCATION, FILLS OUT AND SIGNS A PURCHASE ORDER and PAYS UP A 100 PERCENT ADVANCE and wait for 10 days.
3) Due to the involvement of 2-3 dealers the price of an adapter which is $70-100 in the US costs $130 in INDIA. Likewise all accessories cost more.
4) Apple-Care warranty on the product is just pure highway robbery, because even if I did have applecare warranty I do NOT have faster access to stuff I want to BUY.
One thing seems very clear. Something here is really wrong because I am NOT able to use my laptop for my business purpose for the past 10 days. I am sure I would not be able to use it for a considerable amount of time.
Dealers Concerned :
Ample Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
#3, 1st Street, Sivagamipuram,
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600041
India.
Tel No.: +91-044-24528123 / 24528124 / 24520125 / 24528126
Fax: +91-044-24528124
#3, 1st Street, Sivagamipuram,
Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600041
India.
Tel No.: +91-044-24528123 / 24528124 / 24520125 / 24528126
Fax: +91-044-24528124
Datalogics India Pvt.Ltd.
H.O. 54, KB Dasan road,
Teynampet, Chennai India 600 018.
Chennai - 600 050.
TELEPHONE NO
91-44-24321683 / 84
H.O. 54, KB Dasan road,
Teynampet, Chennai India 600 018.
Chennai - 600 050.
TELEPHONE NO
91-44-24321683 / 84
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Video/Audio Encoder for Apple Mac 31.03.08
My search for a Video/Audio Encoder for my Apple Mac finally ended with FFMPEGX
Its a brilliance lies in its simplicity. Lets take a look at what it can do.
Upgrades/ Disruptions 31.03.08
My apologies to the readers who have been visiting Chillpilgrim, the last few days. I’ve been upgrading my backend wordpress engine and I’ve had some screw-ups. Actually I was expecting a lot more and at one point I was in danger of losing all my data. It was scary and painful.
How much can happen in 10 Days! 24.03.08
1) American Stock Market is on the verge of collapse… Bear Shearns bank goes down to being sold for $2!!
2) One of my favourite actors Raghuvaran is no more. I’ll remember him by when I see Baasha on TV.
3) Prashanth has been gifted a building which houses one of biggest gold showrooms(like Joy Alukkas) in the world by his Dad, Thiyagarajan. Something to keep his out of work son, no doubt.
4) Salman Khan makes a dash for some latin-american bimbo, leaving his now gf, tomorrow ex-gf Katrina Kaif’s love life in tatters.
5) A colleague at work who has abstained from alcohol, cigarettes and meat is finally gorging on all three after Easter Sunday. Crazy Bugger!! God would love you more if you were yourself.
6) HCL Opens new offshore development centre in Egypt. I knew these cut throat IT Companies would not hesitate to move jobs from India to another country if need be.
7) Some dandy tollywood telugu dude who used to be one of TN’s former minister’s sidekicks has died.
Gold reached a record high of Rs.1300 per 10 grams and came down 140 bucks just 3 days later. Man, markets ARE volatile.
9) People are finally talking about India’s Impending Slowdown on Economy. Would Real Estate prices fall so much so EVEN I could afford a house?
10) Last but not the least Rakhi Sawant competes with Shah Rukh and Hritik Roshan on an Item Number in Krazzy 4! Each have their own item number in the movie… that makes it 3 songs… what do the other actors in the movie do?
