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Make Your Television into an Internet Powered Television
January 19, 2012 · Filed Under Android, India, Internet, Mobile, Sri Lanka, Video Post · 2 Comments

If you are a Geek or a Computer addict then this post is not for you. You can close the browser and get back to your work.

If you are someone, a light internet user who likes to have the comfort of browsing internet on your Television then this post is for you.

Vodafone recently launched a gadget which looks like a Keyboard which you can directly plug into your Television. (No HDMI cables, just like old days Audio/Video). Basically Inside the keyboard there is a processor and an Operating system is running. If you want to know the operating system then its none other than Android 2.1.

Webbox from Vodafone

You can place your SIM card into the keyboard and connect to internet via the mobile network. You can connect even in 3G. It uses an optimised version of Opera and it renders and shows web pages very fast compare to ordinary Android browsers. Also you can send SMS, Email, listen to music, watch video and read and edit documents such as Word and PDF. It supports SD card too.

You can see the Home Screen below. It has easy navigation to SMS, Email, Audio Video, Chat etc.

Webbox Home Screen

Now lets come to the availability in Sri Lanaka. Dialog introduces the device here for 12490 LKR. You can also pay in installments (1190 for 12 months OR 650 for 24 months).

Webbox Promo from Dialog

IMHO, I won’t go for this device. Its a low-end Android device with a Physical Keyboard and output to Television. Nothing Much! Even Vodafone itself made it clear that this device is for emerging markets only so its targeted for countries like Sri Lanka, India, Russia, Pakistan etc.

“The Webbox is a simple yet very innovative product. It has the potential to make a powerful difference in the lives of people in emerging markets who have limited access to the internet, but where TV penetration is typically very high. The simplicity of the product is striking – it brings the internet to the TV, be that at home for the family, in schools for education or in small businesses to assist local economic growth.”

But it’d be suitable for Kids and Senior Citizens who have trouble learning computer and geek stuff on Android mobiles.

And a bonus video of Webbox demonstration.

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How to Force Skype to Move from Task Bar to System Tray

January 9, 2012 · Filed Under Internet, Tutorials · Comment

If you are using latest version of the Skype you might have noticed the intrusive behavior of the Skype by placing its presence always on task bar. You can simply get rid of the Skype bar in the Task-bar and keep it running in the system tray just like old days.

To do that do the following.

Open Skype (lol )

Select Tools

Select Options

Now click Advance Option on the left pane

Uncheck “Keep Skype in the taskbar while I’m signed in ”

You may refer the image below.

Get Rid of Intrusive Skype on Task Bar

Happy Skyping guys.

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New Packages from SLT Broadband

January 5, 2012 · Filed Under Internet, Sri Lanka · 2 Comments

I’ve learned that Sri Lanka Telecom has enhanced their broadband speed this new year. Even entre package can go upto 2Mbps speed, which is awesome. The highest speed you can reach via SLT broadband is enhanced to 16Mbps.

In one hand fixed broadband connections are more stable and reliable than mobile broadband. But mobile broadband have the advantage of mobility, affordability and cost effective. So I’m gonna stick with my mobile broadband.

16 Mbps Speed

There was a time broadband means unlimited. But this luxury is no longer available from SLT Net. Early days we used to download even 100Giga bytes per month by running the computer 24*7, but this is no longer possible. New Broadband packages from SLT Net is not only limits the speed but also the usage amount in GB. When you reach the download limit your download speed will go down to 64Kbps and you can restore the speed by paying 250 per GB which is tooo much.

Unlike mobile broadband, SLT’s broadband usage limit is bit fuzzy. Just like you see on voice call tariff sheet, you see Peak and Off-Peak in Mobile broadband price list. Usage is limited based on time also. Those who download torrents while you sleep, I’m sorry to say but these SLT packages are gonna hit you hard on your movie & TV series downloads

SLT net’s Packages starts from as low as 499 and goes upto 20,000. you can check the

list of packages here.

All in all, I love the wide pool of choices available in the new packages but the download limit hits back hard. Sri Lanka’s broadband should mature more to match the developed countries.

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Tablet Prices in Sri Lanka

October 17, 2011 · Filed Under Mobile, Sri Lanka · 5 Comments

As we know electronic gadget prices are crazy in Sri Lanka. Most of the time prices are very much higher than any other countries in the world. These days Tablets are catching up as they are more convenient than Note Book. Tablets are no exception. Prices are too crazy in Sri Lanka. I started to look out for tablets and collected price details. Thought of sharing with rest of the people in Sri Lanka as there are already several people doing the same and it would ease their work.

When it comes to tablets we have 2 main camps

iPad

Android Tablets

iPad

iPad devices are state of art expensive over priced items. At least that’s how most of the Apple products are being sold. There 2 version of iPad available in the market (beside iPad1 and iPad2).

1. With wifi

2. With wifi and 3G

iPad devices are usually priced above 110,000. You can check cellular lanka, for more information

Android Tablets

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

There are mostly two sizes of Androd Tablets are available. 7 inches and 10.1 Inches. To get the real feel of Tablet I’d suggest anyone to go for 10.1 Inches. 7 inches tablet is more like a large screen phone. At least that’s what I feel.

Just like Android phones, there are variety of Android Tablets available in the market. If you are looking for a high end sleek Tablet as better as iPad then I’d suggest you go to for Motorola Xoom or Samsung Tab 10.1. Since Google bought Motorola I hope there will be constant firmware updates available to Xoom.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inches price is around 60,000 LKR and 10.1 inches is around 95,000 LKR

Recently Etisalat featured a Huawei Android Tablet. The cost of the tablet is around 25,000 and with all the commitments you have to make it’ll costs you around 30,000 LKR. But it’ll not be as good as Samsung Galaxy Tab. Obviously you can see the price difference.

Alternatively you can go for a cheap Android Tablet available in Ebay. It’d cost around 15,000 LKR with custom taxes. But the quality would be very cheap. You won’t be able to run high end applications such as Games. Even Angry Birds won’t work properly in these devices. But for reading documents etc you can use this tables.

This article is only a heads up to you. You need to explore more into the type of Tablet you are anticipating to own. Use google and search specific to the tablet you are expecting to buy and decide your buy. Good luck.

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Dialog MMS Settings for Android Mobile

January 30, 2011 · Filed Under Android, Internet, Mobile, Tutorials · 11 Comments

Recently bought LG OPTIMUS GT540 and I manged to figure out the settings for MMS today. It’ll b aplicable for most of the Android mobiles.

Menu

Settings

Wireless Controls

Mobile Network Settings

Access Point Names

Now Create a APN for your data connection.

New APN

Name: Dialog

APN: dialogbb (if you are using data package on mobile)

Save

Now Create another APN for MMS (updated)

New APN

Name : mms

APN: dialogbb

Proxy: 192.168.122.2

Port 8080

MCC : 413

MNC : 12

APN type: mms

Now try send a MMS to your phone.. It should work like magic. If it doesn’t work for you lets discuss. If you are on Mobitel, please check this post on

how to enable MMS for Android.

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