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[How To] Track Your Train in Google Maps In India with Rail Radar

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Indian Railways is one of the largest rail networks in the world it operating more than 10,000 trains everyday. Today Rail RadarTM has been launched in order to make Rail travelling a little easier. The  new web app uses Google Maps to track trains on a real-time basis. Currently the service is only available on 6,500 trains.

Rail Radar for Indian Railways

To find out where your train is, simply visit railradar.trainenquiry.com and search for your train name or number and Rail Radar will spot it for you with the exact location details. You can also find trains by entering the name of the station.

For example I searched for the Howrah Chennai Mail Train No 12839, you can see the result below.

Howrah Chennai Mail Rail radar

As you can see my train is currently at Vishakhapatnam and it is On Time.

Blue highlights indicate trains that are on time while red means it’s behind schedule. If you click on a train, it’ll show its entire route from start to finish.

We are thankful to the railway ministry and Indian railways for working together to bring up such nice technology up-to-date project. We hope Indian Railways should also launch a mobile application soon so that we can beat the train on the go.

[Download] Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool

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Microsoft Indic language input tool logo

If you are from India and want to use your own language in various application on your computer, you can select any of the various tools available online. We had earlier covered about Google Transliteration IME. You might have already tried tools like Baraha, Lekhini or Aksharamala etc. In this post we are going to tell you about the lesser known Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool.

Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool:

This tool works with any application in Microsoft Windows or on any webpage. Like Google’s transliteration IME, this too works  on transliteration mechanism with an additional virtual keyboard.

Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool is available in 2 versions:

1) Web Version

2) Desktop Version

The web version like Google IME bookmarklet works on bookmarklet and let you type text on any webpage. The desktop version can be used to input text in Indian languages in any Windows application.

This tool currently supports 10 languages: Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.

Microsoft Indic Language input tool

Find the download link for both the web and desktop versions below.

Download:

Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool

Sony DPF-X95 Digital Photo Frame Launched In India

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Sony DPF-X95 digital photo frame

Sony has launched a digital photo frame DPF-X95 in India, nearly 4 months after its global release. With Sony DPF-X95, you can view all those captured stunning moments of yours on a big 9-inch screen. The photo frame is also coming with multiple playback options and contains 10 slideshow patterns, 17 clock and calendar designs, auto orientation sensor etc.

Sony DPF-X95 digital photo frame standing

Sony DPF-X95 Specifications: Quick View

Display – 9-inch WVGA LED backlite LCD screen
– 800 x 400 pixels
– 16:10 aspect ratio
Memory – Internal: 2GB (up to 4000 pics)
– External: Memory card support (MMC, MS Pro Duo, MS Duo, SD, Compact Flash Type I & Type II)
Formats JPEG/RAW
Extras – Tru Black
– Auto Power on/Off
– Slideshow
– Clock & Calendar

Price And Availability:

The Sony DPF-X95 digital photo frame is now available across all Sony Center stores and selected major gadget showrooms in India at a price of Rs. 11,990 INR (global price: $299).

Airtel Offering Free Facebook Access Till August 31

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Free Facebook on Airtel

India’s leading telecom operator Airtel in an attempt to make youth use its internet services via GPRS (Airtel Live), has announced a free access to the popular social networking site Facebook free till August 31, 2010. During this period, Airtel users can browse the mobile version of the Facebook site, which is currently available in English and Hindi. The company has also said the site will soon be available in five other Indian languages which include Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.

How To Activate:

Just type “FACEBOOK” and send as SMS to 54323 to get started you will soon receive a reply message with the following content:

Free browsing of Facebook! Click on http://m.facebook.com to enjoy Free. To avail the free offer, Save Airtel Live Setting as default. Valid till 31 Aug 2010

Please remember that browsing any site other than Airtel Live portal and Facebook would cost you (pay per data).To surf all the websites, you need to use Airtel RC 98 which gives you unlimited mobile internet (up to 2GB) for 30 days.

It’s worth to note that Uninor, another mobile operator, is also offering similar free (sort of) access to Facebbok, twitter and LinkedIn in a different way for it’s MyConnect unlimited internet users.

Via Airtel PR

Uninor Unlimited Mobile Internet Plans Tariff

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Matching up to the mobile unlimited internet plans of the other mobile operators in India (Airtel RC 98 for instance), Uninor has launched two affordable unlimited mobile internet plans MyConnect 90 and MyConnect 9 for its customers. Uninor is a joint venture of Norway’s Telenor and India’s Unitech group. Debuted in 2009 in India, the mobile network is still relatively considered as infant in a country which is considered as the one of largest countries with high mobile penetration.

Uninor’s new mobile internet plans are in fact far more affordable than Airtel’s RC 98 and unlimited plans of some other mobile operators. If we compare the Airtel’s RC 98 with Uninor MyConnect 90:

Uninor unlimited internet 90

Airtel RC 98 Vs Uninor MyConnect 90

>> Airtel’s data transfer limit is 2 GB where as Uninor’s Rs.90 pack gives internet browsing worth 3 GB for free

>> Uninor is offering free browsing for Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn sites (meaning that the data browsed will not be counted under the data usage limit)  where as Airtel doesn’t. Considering  fact that most of the youth in India spend their browsing these social networking sites, it saves a lot of data

>> Uninor being a relatively new entrant with less subscriber base, hence the network congestion should be less and this in turn should result in a better browsing speeds at least theoretically when compared to Airtel with huge number of users like you trying to access the internet.

Uninor Unlimited internet tariff plans:

Internet Plans Price Benefit Validity Charges
MyConnect 90 Rs. 90 Free internet browsing up to 3 GB 30 days 10p/10kb beyond free usage
MyConnect 9 Rs. 9 Free internet browsing up to 60 MB 3 days 10p/10kb beyond free usage

Advantages:

– Unlimited internet access (3 days for Rs.9 pack, 30 days for Rs. 90 pack)

– Free browsing for social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

Tikona Wi-Bro Dialer [Downloads]

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Tikona logo

We have already posted a review about various tariff plans in Tikona wireless broadband.Tikona broadband tariff plans range from Rs.299 to Rs.4999.Tikona is still much like a start up, without much penetration into the broadband users, so we need to wait and see how much users base it can gather.But there are quite a number of folks out there , already using Tikona.

Tikona Wi-bro dailer

If you have already subscribed to Tikona Wi Bro broadband, you might be knowing that you need a dialer to connect to the Tikona wireless network which would have been already provided to you by the Tikona technicians.However, if you have formatted your computer where the dialer is installed without saving the backup file on any other media, you may want to download the Tikona Wi-Bro dialer software to install.So I’m sharing the Tikona wibro dialer file, which you can download from the link given below:

Download Tikona Wibro Dialer 1.4.9.7 (Size: 6.16 MB)

Password: techrena

LG GU285 Affordable 3G Slider Phone Launched In India

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LG Electronics has announced yet another slider mobile phone handset LG GU285 in India.The phone is a 3G enabled device coupled with a 1.3 Megapixel camera (primary) and an VGA camera (secondary) specially intended for making video calls through 3G.GU285 supports microSD memory cards up to 8GB.Device comes with preloaded fun apps like RockeTalk that connects to various IM service providers like Yahoo, GTalk etc.,

Checkout the pics, specs, review and price:

LG GU 285 Pictures:

LG GU 285 price in india

LG GU285 Full Specifications:

Model LG GU285 aka LG GU280
Size 96 x 45.7 x 14.9 mm
Weight 105 g
Display TFT (256k colors)
176 x 220 pixels, 2”
Camera 1.3 MP
1280 x 1024 p
video rec : 176×144 at 15fps
Memory Internal: 20 MB
External: microSD up to 8GB
Network Details GSM 850/ 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
UMTS 2100
UMTS 850 / 2100 or 850 / 1900 (3G)
Connectivity 3G
Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
microUSB 2.0
Features MP3/eAAc/WMA player
MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
Stereo FM radio
Battery Standard Li-Ion 900 mAh
Talktime: Up to 10hrs mins (2G)
5h 20 mins (3G)
Standby time: Up to 580 hrs
Colors Black, Silver, White & Red, White & Pink, Light Silver

Review :

Pros >>

-Longer talk time

-Up to 8GB microSD support

Cons >>

-Only 1.3 MP camera

-3G without HSDPA

-Lack of 3.5 mm audio jack

Price:

LG GU285 has been priced @ Rs.6,500 INR in India

Our Take:

May be slightly over priced, just compare this with the latest LG GW300 (which doesn’t support 3G though), you’ll get to know that ! The phone does support 3G but don’t expect high speed downloads as it doesn’t support HSDPA.Camera is also a big disappointment should have been  2MP at least, times have changed I’m sure not many people would want to buy a 1.3MP camera phone at such a price these days.

If you want a cheaper branded 3G phone, you may want to have a look at Nokia 2730 Classic 3G which is priced much lower than this model.

Google India Launches New Shopping Tool In Google Search

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nokia e71 price compare google india

Online shopping is yet to gain momentum in India.The high prices in online sites compared to open market  prices is a major barrier for the slow progress of online shopping particularly true in case of gadgets.

However, this is not the case with countries like US where online shopping has revolutionised the market, and the popularity automatically follows huge competition and thus lesser prices even compared to open market prices in such countries.

The reason behind mentioning about online shopping status in India is because Google has just launched a new feature “Shopping tool” in it’s Indian website.This can be accessed from the “Show options” menu when you search for any purchasable item in Google.

How To Use Google Shopping Tool To Find And Compare Prices Online?

Well, Google shopping tool will provide you with some basic information about the price of a particular item and also online price comparisons of the same item in different online shopping sites.

Just search for any item (ex: Nokia 5800) in Google.Click on the “Show options” link to expand the options.

show options in google search shopping

In the options menu click “Shopping” tab

shopping link Google Show options

Now you will have the price details of your item (Nokia 5800 here) according to various online shopping sites.Just review and compare the prices from different online shopping sites.

price compare Google india

You can also filter results by entering custom price range which you can find the in the options menu > Shopping > Prices tab

LG GW620 : LG’s First Android Phone Launched In India

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South Korea’s electronics giant LG has announced the launch of its first ever Android OS powered mobile handset LG GW620 in India on the same day when Motorola released its yet another Android powered smart phone Motorola Milestone.

GW620 has many interesting features including 3” Touchscreen, slide QWERTY keyboard, 3G support, Android OS v1.5 , 5 Megapixel camera with LED flash and much more.

Check out LG GW620 features, specifications, pictures, and price here :

Pictures:

LG gw620 picture 1

LG gw620 slide picture 2

Specifications Review:

Also known As LG Eve, LG InTouch Max GW620 & LG LinkMe
Type Touchscreen with slide QWERTY keyboard
Dimensions 109 X 54.5 X 15.9 mm
Weight 139 g
Display TFT,
320 x 480 pixels, 3″
Operating System Android OS, v1.5 (Cupcake)
Camera 5 MP, LED flash, auto focus, 2560 x 1920 pixels
Memory Internal: 150 MB
External : expandable up to 32GB
Talk time Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 7 h 40 min (3G)
Standby: Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G)
Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
HSDPA 900 / 2100 (3G)
Connectivity Bluetooth v2.0
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
microUSB v2.0
3.5 mm audio jack
A-GPS
Applications – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
– MP4/DviX/WMV/H.263/H.264 player
– Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
– Organizer
– Photo/video editor
– Voice memo
Battery Type Li-Po 1500 mAh

Note: We have made this table similar to that of Motorola Milestone (which is also incidentally launched earlier today in India) so that you can actually compare the features of both the phones.

Price:

LG GW620 has been priced at Rs 16,490 in India & $400 (approx) in US.

Motorola Milestone Available In India @ MRP Rs 32,990

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Motorola Milestone, high-end Android 2.1 powered 3G touchscreen  phone is now available in India.This also has a thinnest 13.7 mm QWERTY slider (has the tag “The world’s thinnest QWERTY slider”).Also has a 5 Megapixel camera with a flash, and with DVD-quality video recording capability.With built-in GPS enhanced with MOTONAV turn-by-turn directions.Motorola Milestone uses data from satellite as well as from cell tower for navigation.You can also install variety of applications available in Android market.

The phone is currently under pre launch booking, dispatch of this product will start from March 30, 2010.

Pictures:

motorola milestone android

motorola milestone android slide view

Specifications:

Review these tech specs before you buy :

Processor 600 Mhz ARM Cortex A8 processor
Operating System Android 2.1 Operating system
Display TFT (Touch screen)
Size 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm
Display : 3.7"; WVGA (480 x 854 pixels); 16:9 widescreen; PPI 267
Camera 5 Megapixel
4x digital zoom
Memory Internal: 133 MB
External : Up to 32 GB expandable memory
Talk time Up to 6 hours 30 mins talk-time
350 hours stand-by time
Network 3G: WCDMA/900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA, GPRS Class 12, WiFi
Connectivity Stereo Bluetooth® Technology v2.1
WiFi
A-GPS
Micro USB 2.0
3.5 mm headset jack
Applications Digital Compass,
Accelerometer sensor,
Proximity sensor,
GOOGLE MAIL™
GOOGLE SEARCH™
GOOGLE TALK™
Battery Type 1400 mAh Li Ion

See full technical specifications at this page

Price:

Motorola Milestone Android phone’s price in India has been fixed at Rs. 32,990.

UK : £379.99

USA : $524.54 (Amazon)

Buy Online:

Indian users can buy this great phone with free shipping & 11% discount at futurebazaar page (@ Rs. 29,500 only)

You can also read about Motorola’s Android phone QUENCH