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January 4, 2011January 8, 2011

How to watch Indian Channels in US

This post answers the following questions
1. How to watch Indian Channels in US ?
2. How to get SunTV live streaming , Gemini TV Live streaming ?
3. How to watch ICC World Cup 2011 live streaming ?

The most important pass time in US for Indian House wife’s without a TV is definitely Indian TV. The only operator providing Indian Television channels i.e Hindi , Tamil and Telugu is Dish TV in US. But with Dish TV there comes other issues most apartment complexes wont allow you to install a dish or at least put extra levies so it will become inviable for the consumer.

There are other options like Free channels which take you into infinite clicking of ads and showing some channel at the end. But still there are some free channels , and low monthly rate channels. There are many legal websites showing reasonable quality Indian channels starting from $10 upwards.

Buy ROKU and signup for SunTV ,KTV, Kalaignar TV, Sun Music , Jaya, Star Vijay and other Tamil channels .. Gemini TV and many more Telugu channels through CHannel live below

The following are some of the Sites showing Various Channels and Indian Channels Live Streaming

ChannelLive.tv – Tamil,Telugu and Malayalam

Tamil – Sun TV , Sun Music, KTV, Star Vijay, Kalaignar , Jaya Max , Isai Aruvi – Live streaming + Recorded Content
Telugu – Gemini TV , Teja , ETV, Maa TV , Zee Telugu , Gemini News – Live Streaming + Recorded Content
Malayalam – Surya TV , Kiran Live Streaming
Kannada – Udaya , Udaya Movies , U2

YuppTV.com – Telugu , Marathi, kannada and Hindi

Telugu – Gemini TV , Teja , ETV, Maa TV , Zee Telugu , Gemini News , Raj News , ABN ,Andhra Jothi and More – Live Streaming + Recorded Content
Hindi – Zee TV , Aaj tak , India TV , Zoom TV – Live streaming
Others – headlines Today , NewsX , DD1, ET Now ,Times Now,ETV Oriya , ETV Marathi Live streaming

Tv-desi.com – Hindi,Tamil and other regional channels

Willow.TV – All Live Cricket matches and Highlights + All Indian Cricket matches and ICC world cup 2011 Free live streaming

While buying a TV box dont buy from these providers instead buy from a common provider like ROKU, and combine with offers from Netflix and you can get a great deal on the entire Package.

Buy ROKU for lowest deal and 30 day money back here

January 4, 2011

Nokia C3 Review, Specifications and Comparison

Nokia C3 is a new kid in the Nokia stable, targeting the customers who are planning to upgrade to a smartphone from a basic phone.With a very low price the phone is an must buy for anyone looking to have low cost QWERTY phone. Having proven to be top notch and high user friendliness in the QWERTY space, C3 is a useful addition to Nokia’s QWERTY range. Currently the phone is available for $128 in Amazon and Rs 5500 in India.

Nokia C3 is a smartphone with 2G network, Series 40 software platform and Firmware update over the air application. The phone weighs 114 g, dimensions 115.5 * 58.1 * 13.6 mm, 2.4 inches, TFT (Thin Film Transistor technology) display screen, 262,000 colors, resolution 320 * 240 pixels, landscape QVGA (Quarter Video Graphics Resolution – term used for computer display with 320 * 240) and QWERTY keyboard. It has 55 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM, micro SD memory card slot memory extendable upto 8 GB, hot swappable.

The battery is 1320 mAh Li-Ion standard battery with a standby power of 800 h, talk-time power of 7 h and music playback time of 30 h maximum with offline mode. It has video ringtones, other ringtones like MP3, WMA, MIDI, AAC, eAAC+. It has music player, 3.5 mm audio jack. The camera is of 2 MP, zoom upto 4x digital, can capture video in MPEG-4, QCIF max.

The other features of the phone are stereo FM radio, RDS (Radio Data System – communication protocol where small amount of digital information is embedded in conventional FM broadcasts)., voice commands, Games, GPRS, EDGE, IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi with maximum speed of 11 Mbps/ 54 Mbps, High-speed USB 2.0, Bluetooth v2.1, support for local synchronization, serves as data modem, TCP/IP support, Flight mode, Automatic switching between GSM bands, SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push, . The phone comes in three colors such as golden white, pink and slate grey.

Nokia C3 Specifications and Comparison with Nokia E5, Nokia E72 and Nokia E63 :

Dimensions : 115.5 * 58.1 * 13.6 mm, 2.4 inches, TFT (Thin Film Transistor technology) display screen, 262,000 colors, resolution 320 * 240 pixels, landscape QVGA

comparison :

Nokia E5 – dimensions are 115 * 58.9 * 12.8 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 256,000 colors, resolution 320 * 420 pixels
Nokia E72 – dimensions are 114 * 58 * 10 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 16 M colors, 320 * 240 pixels resolution
Nokia E63 – dimensions are 113 * 59 * 13 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 16 M colors, 320 * 240 pixels resolution

Weight : 114 g

comaprison :

Nokia E5 – 126 g
Nokia E72 – 128 g
Nokia E63 – 126 g

QWERTY keyboard

Memory : 55 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM, micro SD memory card slot memory extendable upto 8 GB, hot swappable

comparison :

Nokia E5 – 250 MB, 256 MB RAM, micro SD memory extendable to 32 GB
Nokia E72 – 250 MB, 128 MB RAM, micro SD memory extendable to 16 GB
Nokia E63 – 120 MB, micro SD memory extendable to 16 GB

Series 40 software platform and Firmware update over the air application

Battery : 1320 mAh Li-Ion standard battery with a standby power of 800 h, talk-time power of 7 h and music playback time of 30 h maximum with offline mode

comparison :

Nokia E5 – 1200 mAh Li-Ion standard battery with a standby power of 670 h, talk-time power of 6 h
Nokia E72 – 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery with standby power of 576 h, talk-time power of 6 h
Nokia E63 – 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery with standby power of 480 h, talk-time power of 5 h

Music player, 3.5 mm audio jack

Video ringtones, other ringtones like MP3, WMA, MIDI, AAC, eAAC+

Camera : 2 MP, zoom upto 4x digital, can capture video in MPEG-4, QCIF max

comparison :

Nokia E5 – 5 MP, LED flash
Nokia E72 – 5 MP, LED flash, auto focus
Nokia E63 – 2 MP, LED flash

Stereo FM radio, RDS

Voice commands

Games

GPRS

EDGE

IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi with maximum speed of 11 Mbps/ 54 Mbps

High-speed USB 2.0

Bluetooth v2.1

Support for local synchronization

Serves as data modem

TCP/IP support

Flight mode

Automatic switching between GSM bands

SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push

Nokia OSS web browser

Web browsers/pages like yahoo mail, gmail, messengers like gtalk, yahoo messenger, Ovi chat and etc for mails and chat,live feeds fron facebook, twitter etc.,

Flash Lite v3.0

Colors : golden white, pink and slate grey

January 2, 2011

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Review and Specifications

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is a smartphone with Android 2.1 (Eclair) OS and ARM Cortex A8 1 GHz processor, High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 7.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of 5.76 Mbps 3G specifications, it weighs 118 g and its dimension is 64.2 * 122.4 * 9.9 mm with Super Active Matrix OLEDs (C-Type) display screen, its resolution is WVGA (480 * 800) and 4.0 inches size, 16 Million colors.

The battery is a standard Li-Ion (Lithium-Ion) 1500 mAh battery with a stand by power of 576 h max and a talk time power of 393 min max. The camera is of 5 Mega Pixels with face detection, smile detection, geo-tagging, etc., Its has 16 GB memory, 512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM, and extendable micro SD till 32 GB. Both MP3 and MP4 players are available, its audio jack is 3.5 mm. The phone comes in two colors such as black and white.

Its other features include Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v3.0 and profiles like GAP, SSP, SDAP, HSP, HFP1.5, A2DP, AVRCP, and etc., EDGE, GPRS, micro USB v2.0, WAP, AGPS, TV-output, FM radio and FM radio RDS, editors for image, video and documents, mobile printing, web pages like Google, Maps, Gmail, Picasa, GTalk, and etc., voice commands, HTML browsers like Chrome Lite, Flash Lite, also has flight mode, SMS, MMS, RSS Feeds, email and IM. Open Mobile Alliance device management (supports provisioning, configuration of device, software upgrades and fault management) and data synchronization are available.

Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Specifications :

Dimensions :
64.2 * 122.4 * 9.9 mm with Super Active Matrix OLEDs (C-Type) display screen, its resolution is WVGA (480 * 800) and 4.0 inches size

when compared to : Nokia N8 its dimensions are 113.5 * 59.1 * 12.9 mm with Active Matrix OLEDs capacitive touchscreen, and 3.5 inches

iPhone its dimensions are 115.2 * 56.8 * 9.3 mm, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 3.5 inches

Blackberry Torch its dimensions are 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm with TFT capacitive screen, 3.2 inches

Weight : 118g

when compared to : Nokia N8 weighs 135 g , iPhone weighs 137 g , Blackberry Torch weighs 161 g

3G : High Speed Downlink Packet Access of 7.2 Mbps and High Speed Uplink Packet Access of 5.76 Mbps which is same for all mobiles compared above

16 million colors

Battery :

standard Li-Ion (Lithium-Ion) 1500 mAh battery with a stand by power of 576 h max and a talk time power of 393 min max

when compared to : Nokia N8 has standard Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery with stand by power of 400 h and talk time power of 6 h

iPhone has standard Li-Po 1420 mAh battery with stand by power of 3oo h and talk time power of 7 h

Blackberry Torch has standard Li-Ion 1300 mAh standard battery with stand by power of 340 h and talk time power of 6 h

Camera :

5 Mega Pixels with face detection, smile detection, geo-tagging, etc., whereas Nokia N8 has 12 MP camera

Memory :

16 GB memory, 512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM, and extendable micro SD till 32 GB

when compared to : Nokia N8 has 16 GB, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM

Blacknerry Torch has 4 GB, 512 MB RAM and ROM

MP3 and MP4 players

3.5 mm audio jack

Colors : black, white

Wi-Fi : IEEE 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth v3.0 and profiles like GAP, SSP, SDAP, HSP, HFP1.5, A2DP, AVRCP, and etc.,
EDGE
GPRS
Micro USB v2.0
WAP, AGPS
TV-output
FM radio and FM radio RDS
Editors for image, video and documents, mobile printing, web pages like Google, Maps, Gmail, Picasa, GTalk, and etc.,
Voice commands
HTML browsers like Chrome Lite
Flash Lite
Flight mode
SMS, MMS, RSS Feeds, email and IM
Open Mobile Alliance device management (supports provisioning, configuration of device, software upgrades and fault management) and data synchronization are available.