loss of being an "early adopter" - letter to HTC

Long one, but tells the frustration of an avid "early adopter" of HTC products - who now lives every moment hating his decision to purchase so early.

Well I purchased the HTC Touch HD as soon as it got launched in India - in April end - unfortunately on my birthday as a gift for myself. Costing Rs 44,000 I assumed it to be a perfect gift for myself until now when looking at what HTC has offered as HD2 at a much cheaper price, making me think why did I tried to be an "early adopter" for this HTC product?

Within 8 months my gift is well Rs 8,000 expensive (as HD2 is coming in 36,000), is 0.5 inch smaller screen, 160MB less RAM, has one downgraded version of OS (Win 6.1 in HD while 6.5 in HD2) and above all is 496 MHz slower (almost half the speed of HD2). Looking at these numbers I just can't console myself that what I assumed to be a phone from HTC which would not die out in years have become obsolete within just 8 months and the next generation phone is way too far ahead.

Above all it has changed my perception and view about the company. From being a advocate for HTC products, I now have moved to a stage where I would definitely recommend everyone planning to purchase their next new phone to wait and not grab the current best one as the next best is just a few months away.

I would definitely like to hear what the company officials have to say about this. Waiting to hear from them.

an ex-HTC fan

Biased reporting - CNN-IBN too in that league

Read this news about the death of a schoolgirl in the school: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/asthmatic-student-dies-delhi-school-faces-ire/90826-3.html and then this one: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/delhi-schoolgirl-in-coma-after-punishment/90482-3.html

Find any similarity in the news? Well both report the unfortunate death of schoolgirl in the school in Delhi and both these happened around the same time.

Did you find any dissimilarity? If you would have read carefully you would observe that in one of the news article the school name and location is not mentioned whereas for the other school almost the entire address is mentioned.

The school details which are not mentioned are for an "elite" Delhi school while all the details are mentioned about the municipal school where the other accident happened.

Clearly double standards by the CNN-IBN also. Goes on length to prove that news channels are definitely biased in their reporting.

It will definitely take a long time for me to start believing that CNN-IBN news are not biased.

Note: I left these comments on the CNN–IBN site, but looks like they don't like taking feedback on their biased reporting.

Just observed TOI's report mentions complete details - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Aakritis-parents-seek-action-against-school/articleshow/4437405.cms

A day in Hyderabad...

another blog on the fly. well this one is while coming back from Hyderabad. yeah came here for few hours, well started from Chennai after bunking my extra class and reached here in the morning. For those who are still wondering how come I started bunking the class, I came here to meet my sister

Well Hyderabad pretty much looks like Bhopal as in the old Hyderabad city. With the latest addition of hitech city it is much bigger than Bhopal. The thing which brought the similarities of the two cities was people speaking urdu, watching signs in urdu and hindi (a sweet break from Chennai where finding someone speaking urdu is one of the great achievement you can count) and well the Necklace road seeing which I only think of bada talaab and the lake view drive.

This time it was just an 'overview' visit, where I did not go out at all. hoping to have a proper trip someday.

its time to blogout and go to sleep...

report indicts armymen for killing two civilians....

The magisterial inquiry has indicted armymen for killing of two civilians in Sopore earlier in Feb 2009.

But the biggest irony of this case (and which also is there in Manipur) is that these army men cannot be prosecuted by the state as the army in J&K enjoy impunity for their actions under Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.

Let us see what the army and the defense ministry does to the murderers in army dress.

On Wiki
Bomai killing: J-K govt inquiry commission indicts Army

and then they say, they are anti-India

Once more Army has done it. Throughout the world, the army personals do indulge in violation of human rights and get away with it. Be it US army personals in Iraq & Afghanistan or be it our own Army personals in J & K or North East. Time and again they have violated the human rights because of which people do not believe in their integrity. It is time for Army to think beyond that they are supreme and look into the humane aspect.

From CNN-IBN: Sunday Feb 22, 2009

Case registered against Armymen for Kashmir shootout

New Delhi: A case was registered against troopers of the Rashtriya Rifles for a shootout in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town Saturday that killed two civilians. The town remained tense Sunday as authorities imposed strict restrictions to prevent protests, officials said.

"An FIR has been lodged in the Sopore police station against troopers of 22 Rashtriya Rifles allegedly involved in the unprovoked firing on a group of youth in which two were killed and another critically wounded," a police officer said here.

Heavy deployment of police and paramilitary central reserve police force (CRPF) was made in Sopore, 50 km from here, in the wake of the indiscriminate firing by unidentified assailants in army uniforms.

"There are strict curfew-like restrictions throughout Sopore and our movement is being disallowed," Gulam Muhammad, a resident of Sopore, told IANS over telephone.

Protests, meanwhile, continued in Bumai village on the outskirts of Sopore town where the shooting incident took place Saturday. Hundreds of angry mourners shouted slogans against the army during the burial of one of the slain youth.

Locals had alleged that several youth were returning from a Sufi shrine when personnel of the Rashtriya Rifles fired upon them without any reason.

"The situation is tense, but under control. Those responsible for the unfortunate shooting incident would be brought to book," a police official said.

A magisterial enquiry has been ordered into the firing incident and will be carried out by the the sub-divisional magistrate of Sopore within a fortnight, officials said.

Mumbai: 164 v/s Chennai: 180

Well this one was pending for past 3 months.... here it goes...

To this cricket crazy nation, this title would look like Ranji match or lately IPL/ICL score. Though some would recognize correctly what Mumbai - 164 means and very few souls would ever get what Chennai - 180 means. I would not further hurt your ignorant mind and will divulge, Mumbai - 164 is the number of people who died in one of the most daring terrorist attacks on Indian soil. Chennai 180, well is the number of people who died in and around Chennai due to cyclone Nisha around same time as Mumbai attacks were being covered "live" by all prestigious and other gossip channels (read hindi news channels).

Well you might think I am again one of those who is blogging to write "Enough is enough". Not precisely, I am writing here vent my anger on all those people who felt outraged by Mumbai incident. Why were they not outraged when terrorists bombed Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur in recent times and where were they when so many innocent people have died till now. Just because the attacks happened in Taj and Oberoi where who's who of rich people are found does not mean that "Enough is enough". Media hijacked the whole thing that any other thing which happened in the country was ignored. Well 180 (16 more than Mumbai) died due to cyclone Nisha around the same time, so what, we should not sympathize with them just because those died here were mostly poor and because they died of natural calamity? No, a human life is equal and this should be remembered by all including the people who felt outraged by the deaths in Mumbai. For me, these 164 people who died are in the queue of names who I feel should get justice, list is very large, for me it starts with tens and thousands of people who died in Bhopal, tens and thousands who have died in terrorist attacks and thousands of innocent souls who have lost their lives in numerous riots in the country. Then these 164 people who lost their lives stands.

May Allah give them peace. and provide justice to all.

unknown people driving the republic...

one of my blogs on the run.... am just waiting for my office bus. One of the traffic policeman walks to the middle of the road and waves to a bus to stop. I was still in process of thinking what the driver had done wrong, I realised he has stopped the bus for a foreigner who was standing on the roadside.

yeah I know what you are thinking, what if that driver had stopped for an Indian to get on. we would have been pissed. but this is the beauty of Indian culture - athithi devo bhava. some nationalists will hit me back saying we never get this treatment when we are in some other country, but we need to realise that there culture is not same as ours. that should not stop us from following the greatness what has been taught to us generation after generations.

small thing right, me too thought similarly but then it occurred to me that these small things often gets missed and we only criticise them on the mismanagement which happens on city roads. these small things by unknown people has only kept the country going. in CNN-IBN words these are the people who drives the republic.