My Wannabe Gadget

I have been an ardent Nokia fan for years and still use one. It had certainly helped me to connect with the world pretty easily and with great mobility. However after 3 years my mobile did start to hang up now and then. Recognizing its service over the course and also with an indent towards a newer piece I started my search. It was here that I found a new breed of Sony Ericsson mobiles. Xperia X1 is touted to be the next biz thing.

Xperia X1 is a mobile which has an arc slider. This impressed to some extent as this is the first time that a mobile has come up with an experimental slider which makes it very easy to handle and navigate. I say navigate as, through sliding one gets to a QWERTY key board which can be used to cover all the functions. To top this it also has a “finger touch” screen panel and can accommodate up to 9 panels at the same time. Isn’t it fabulous? Well this does excite me as it is providing best of the PDA and B Fone features.

A mobile phone would be expected to provide a great display. Well this phone has a 3 inch wide WVGA display screen and projects pictures in DVD quality. In short a 65,536 color TFT display is what we get to view our multi media, on the move. It also has optical joystick and 4-way key for easy navigations.

Add to this a beautiful auto focus 3.2 mega pixel camera for taking great clarity pictures and video. Xperia X1 is pre loaded with Windows Mobile Operating System 6.1, added with Outlook Mobile and Office mobile packages. To better this, it also contains a Handwriting Recognition software and aGPS which helps in knowing the routes in pre selected cities. The music system is being sung to be a surprise package. And the normal stuffs like, Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP), Media player, Music tones, 3D games and FM radio are as well provided.

It contains an in built phone memory of 400 MB and microSD™ memory card support is as well provided. It comes in two color variants, Black and Silver. Video calling and Predictive text input features might excite more than one. Weighing 158 gms, it contains a Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41) and is expected to provide a decent enough talk time back up.

With all these features, and a few more customized ones, we have a great mobile in the offing. I am eagerly awaiting its release in 2nd or 3rd quarter of this year. Price tag is expected to be around 40 K INR. Though its huge money, this master piece is worth the price. What are you waiting, log into to http://www.sonyericsson.com/x1/?lc=en&cc=in and get to know more about this beauty.

Now this is fully loaded for me.

Web Inputs from:

www.GSMArena.com and http://www.sonyericsson.com/x1/?lc=en&cc=in

Joyous Fun

Thomas Alva Edison once said, “If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves”. Sensing any misadventure, one would just halt the proceeding confounding to vicious thoughts of ones minds. Are we doing any justice to ourselves by halting our progress? Or is it mandatory to look at every expedition with an eye on success? Every day throws up a new pleasuring challenge, which when worked upon to the fullest, one can find both success and pleasure.

While defining success one has to understand that, success gives you pleasure: but not every pleasure gives you success. A happy day does imply that you have been successful in living that day, which most of the time we forget. Few simple things can make a lot of difference. Enjoying whatever we do forms the crux for most of the pleasure. How far are we successful in doing that? Hardly any! We keep forgetting that we have a life to lead and we won’t get our days back. Agreed, it’s easier said than done. Agreed, there are many priorities in life. Does that mean that life doesn’t fall in the priority list? If that’s the case then think once again, we might not be seeing the blue light of Pleasure, Fun and Joy.

Worst of the times is said to get the best out of man. In the times of adversity one has to maintain ones cool and try to find a solution to come out of the troublesome spots. Well its here that we can get to see a lot of people fall. Nothing comes on a platter. Then why expect pleasure and success to be picked so easily. Expectations such as these make one to think down and loose focus. Counting the cards, it’s neither the time nor the problem that makes a man strong. It’s the strength and the will that helps one. A positive and a never say die attitude, mixed with a glimmer of confidence and abundance of fun would help in reaching the goals and achieving life.

The tougher things can be taken a bit lightly. The funny side of a situation at times relaxes and makes us look at the problem reduced to a proportional size. Its here that the easier path to solving the problems begins, a lighter mind can come out with many solutions. Most of the times the optimal ones, a cool mind set does help in many ways and would as well give all the troubles a run for the money.

The culmination seems to be in, thus enjoying and having fun at whatever the situation we are facing. Being thrown into a tough situation teaches us a new lesson and in turn gives us an opportunity to see the funny side of the problems. All of us are capable enough to enjoy our lives. Just by living the life to the fullest by being joyful and enriching it with fun, we can astound everyone with no complications of life.

It’s quite simple, just smile, laugh, enjoy and have a great life. Not everyone gets a second chance. And the first ones are not that bad either. Make the most of every given opportunity. So let’s rock and have Fun!!!!!

“Life is like Saturday Night let’s do Balle Balle!!”

Alfaaz Dil ke.....

नशा चड़ा जो दिल में
रुबाब प्यार की
मज़ा चकादिया हमें
फिजा यह आपकी

रुदाद-ऐ-दिल से खून-ऐ-अश्क
बहा थो भूले अपने जश्न
भूले खुदको आप में
मगर न भूले हम यह कश

उल्फ़ते-ऐ-अंजुमन
ये कैसे है इर्फानियाँ
ऐ सारे कैफो आज़मी
ये वादियाँ वीरानियां

फलक ऐ चान्दिनी ज़रा
तलक ऐ रौशनी सदा
ऐ कैसे उन्स दरबदर
क्या कायनात क्या फरह

Happy Minds at “Ananda Dhama”

There is a starting trouble for me as an Indian. Beginning any article I would ponder to get a right combination of words and activities which suit the scenario. However, I am not finding words to explain the feeling of what it was on a day’s outing to Ananda Dhama, by the entire team of LANSA.

Ananda Dhama is a place located around 110 km from Bangalore. It is princely located, what with a set of trees which shoots taller as the day grows down: saying they are up for us. River Kaveri is guzzling around, providing us a flowing thought of cool waters amidst heated star. Add to that a few ducklings and some tents, you have got a lot to enjoy for a day.

An early morning start ensured a lot of energy. The bus started with a buzz of the time of travel. All settled in a moment or two. As we started to move away from our very own concrete jungle, Shylock a campus mind from October batch was called upon for a song. He is a great guitarist with a soothing voice. To the utter disbelief of one and all, he started of a with a Kannada smash hit- “Anisutide Yaako Indu”. This kicked off a spat of songs ranging from Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. The ball was set on a roll and the tempo was upped.

The organizers had got things right. Zameer had to compensate for coming late, he did so by providing chocolates and Vishnu pitched in with fruit juice. Zameer had to double up collecting the garbage and made a huge baggage of such collections. Sandhya started of Antakshari and Mrudhul was the border. Thus everyone had a part to play and ensured that a 3 hour long drive didn’t look quite that long.

Having reached the destination, everyone chilled out with a welcome drink. Breakfast was served once everyone had freshened up. The real fun began thus forth. A trek in the woods is always a nice way to rejoice with friends. The path was covered with some he trees and a stream here and there. There was some sweat released, what with the sun baking down. The team, powered by 33 Minds, had a nice pit stop near a small fall. The location was sweet and the water was neat. One could release the body heat in the cool waters and refresh for the next stage.

Some did sit down at the same location. Others had higher highs to scale. Senthil and Co. reached the summit, if I may call so. Rest of us just waited near a small cave for them to return as well as surpass the stress of the climb. After having some breathers, we climbed down the hill to complete a trek which contained moments of fun, ignited by sounds and creeps by these “Junglee” Minds.

The lunch was awaiting our arrival. We could see another set of MindTree Minds in the resort who also had come for the same thing. The lunch was laced with a mixture of north and south Indian cuisine. Eating after a trek is always fulfilling. Lunch was followed by a small cricket practice session. Everyone had a ball, and followed that with a bat. Having had a heart full, everyone ventured into some fun filled activities.

The resort locals call it the Jungle Gym. Well we made some near gymnasium and tried to emulate Tarzans of the group. The games were well planned out. The list had, balancing walk, rope swings, archery and ditch jump. It was in the ditch jump that most had fun. We had the joy of a lifetime when our own Joy alias Mrudhul Joy provided a great jump to cross the water in the ditch and landed the ditch what with water sprinkling all around. After having come back we would have watched the video at least 10 times and have had a great laugh.

This was the moment which all of us were waiting for. Hitting the waters was desperation to most of us. The river looked calm and nature pretty pleasant. The sun had a different direction to travel and we had one way left. That was the direction of the water flow. Boating was enjoyed with some water being splashed by the others. It was more of a raft than a boat.

In the waters, we had our catching skills being honed and refined. Having a catch, and swim was very much mutual in nature. An hour and a half in the river left many with sprains and cramps. But the spirit was maintained as the snacks and tea was served hot and fresh.

After having a change, some still had it in them to play cricket. Sandhya was ready with the bat and the bowlers followed suit. As the dark drenched upon us, it was time to leave “Ananda Dhama”. Everyone had great memories to take back home. The bus started and headed towards Bangalore. Tired bodies were rested, and hungry souls got to satiate at “Inchara” on reaching Bangalore.

All said and done, the outing was to freshen the minds. What turned out was freshening of both minds and the body. Everyone enjoyed the 15 odd hours spent with enjoyment and entertainment. Now we have many ears which are eagerly awaiting the sound which calls them for another “Ananda” time.