Comments for Wisetechie Blog : Ctrl your Tech Life http://wisetechie.com/blog India's premier Consumer + Tech blog, 1000+ hits a day ! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:09:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Online shopping and getting stuff into India (Customs) by Anonymous http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/07/04/online-shopping-and-getting-stuff-into-india-customs/#comment-31270 Anonymous Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:28:32 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/07/04/online-shopping-and-getting-stuff-into-india-customs/#comment-31270 Hi, What would be the customs duty for cosmetics shipped to India. The value would be approx.Rs.3,000 - Rs.4,000/- Please DO NOT publish my name on the website. Thanks. Hi,

What would be the customs duty for cosmetics shipped to India. The value would be approx.Rs.3,000 - Rs.4,000/-

Please DO NOT publish my name on the website.

Thanks.

]]> Comment on Homeshop 18 Shopping Nightmare by Rahul http://wisetechie.com/blog/2007/12/29/homeshop-18-shopping-nightmare/#comment-31198 Rahul Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:57:16 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2007/12/29/homeshop-18-shopping-nightmare/#comment-31198 The problem with Homeshop18 is that they have 3rd party sellers many of whom are notorious for smuggling chinese stuff into India and then selling it to everyone for huge prices. These Chinese goods are cheap and offer a very low quality. I wouldnt use Homeshop18 ever, i mean just look at the thing they sent u, thats plastic wrap for God's sake, not even proper packing. The problem with Homeshop18 is that they have 3rd party sellers many of whom are notorious for smuggling chinese stuff into India and then selling it to everyone for huge prices. These Chinese goods are cheap and offer a very low quality.

I wouldnt use Homeshop18 ever, i mean just look at the thing they sent u, thats plastic wrap for God’s sake, not even proper packing.

]]> Comment on Proof of Unlocked Iphone running on Airtel and Steps to Unlock Iphone by AJAY http://wisetechie.com/blog/2007/09/19/proof-of-unlocked-iphone-running-on-airtel-and-steps-to-unlock-iphone/#comment-31197 AJAY Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:43:03 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2007/09/19/proof-of-unlocked-iphone-running-on-airtel-and-steps-to-unlock-iphone/#comment-31197 Hi Shriniket, My friend bought a new release of iPhone (not 1.1.4) from US. Can we use the same Ziphone to unlock it. What is the process to do it? Or if i have to use it as 1.1.4, can i directly connect the phone 1.1.4 firmware and unlock it like i did it for my old 1.1.1 version iPhone? Please help. Thanks AJAY Hi Shriniket,

My friend bought a new release of iPhone (not 1.1.4) from US. Can we use the same Ziphone to unlock it. What is the process to do it? Or if i have to use it as 1.1.4, can i directly connect the phone 1.1.4 firmware and unlock it like i did it for my old 1.1.1 version iPhone? Please help.

Thanks
AJAY

]]> Comment on Thank you Sony India Customer Care, but no thanks ! by Rahul http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/09/28/thank-you-sony-but-no-thanks/#comment-31167 Rahul Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:16:35 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/09/28/thank-you-sony-but-no-thanks/#comment-31167 Shame on Sony India ! Man they are a really hopeless company when it comes to customer care, i dont think they deserve your business or mine, quoting Mahatma Gandhi : “A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work - he is the purpose of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us an opportunity to serve him.” Mahatma Gandhi. Shame on Sony India !

Man they are a really hopeless company when it comes to customer care, i dont think they deserve your business or mine, quoting Mahatma Gandhi :

“A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work - he is the purpose of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us an opportunity to serve him.” Mahatma Gandhi.

]]> Comment on Whatever happened to Google Knol ? by Ankur Banerjee http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31159 Ankur Banerjee Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:53:39 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31159 @WiseTechie: Look at this chart generated by Technorati - http://www.technorati.com/chartimg/knol?totalHits=3669&qParams=%26fMinAuthority%3Da4&height=329&width=550&days=70 Shows clearly that the buzz around Knol is dying out. Of course, they don't have ads yet, but I'm very certain that it's right their in Google's roadmap for the future. @WiseTechie: Look at this chart generated by Technorati - http://www.technorati.com/chartimg/knol?totalHits=3669&qParams=%26fMinAuthority%3Da4&height=329&width=550&days=70

Shows clearly that the buzz around Knol is dying out. Of course, they don’t have ads yet, but I’m very certain that it’s right their in Google’s roadmap for the future.

]]> Comment on Whatever happened to Google Knol ? by Ankur Banerjee http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31157 Ankur Banerjee Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:48:46 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31157 LOL. Gmail's still in beta too. :P Maybe Google wants to use beta status as a reason to give excuses for any product. No offense, but Google's track record at giving customer support to people is really bad. LOL. Gmail’s still in beta too. :P Maybe Google wants to use beta status as a reason to give excuses for any product. No offense, but Google’s track record at giving customer support to people is really bad.

]]> Comment on Whatever happened to Google Knol ? by WiseTechie http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31156 WiseTechie Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:45:00 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31156 Hi Michael, Thanks for visiting our blog and reading our feedback and comments. Good to see that content at Knol is increasing pretty fast and that you support 5 languages now. But i sincerely think marketing could be a little better, i mean there is no buzz around Knol anymore (not good for a user generated content website). Thanks for noting my concerns about images and licensing info. Licensing info. is a very important thing (as the youtube division would tell you). There has to be a way to know if an image is free/paid/released for select use or even copied (that way editors can remove such images). Sorry if my comments seem harsh, i read your Knol page, best of luck with your venture. @Ankur - yeah, if you read my last 2 paras , you will get the gist of things. I mean whenever a big company diversifies there are always conspiracy theories. But more free knowledge isnt a bad thing. The ad thingy you mention is one way of looking at it, but i dont see any ads on Knol at this point of time atleast. Wikipedia gets donations, i guess people wont buy it if Google asks them to donate to them :P Hi Michael,

Thanks for visiting our blog and reading our feedback and comments. Good to see that content at Knol is increasing pretty fast and that you support 5 languages now. But i sincerely think marketing could be a little better, i mean there is no buzz around Knol anymore (not good for a user generated content website).

Thanks for noting my concerns about images and licensing info. Licensing info. is a very important thing (as the youtube division would tell you). There has to be a way to know if an image is free/paid/released for select use or even copied (that way editors can remove such images).

Sorry if my comments seem harsh, i read your Knol page, best of luck with your venture.

@Ankur - yeah, if you read my last 2 paras , you will get the gist of things. I mean whenever a big company diversifies there are always conspiracy theories. But more free knowledge isnt a bad thing. The ad thingy you mention is one way of looking at it, but i dont see any ads on Knol at this point of time atleast. Wikipedia gets donations, i guess people wont buy it if Google asks them to donate to them :P

]]> Comment on Whatever happened to Google Knol ? by Ankur Banerjee http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31154 Ankur Banerjee Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:02:59 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31154 I think the only reason why Google started Knol is because they wanted an alternative to Wikipedia from which they could earn ad revenue. They saw the HUGE amount of traffic Wikipedia was getting. They also saw that Wikipedia was non-profit and has stated multiple times that they didn't want to put any kind of ads on their pages. Google was being nothing but greedy when they started Knol, it the hopes that it would corner at least some bit of the online encyclopedia market and then start putting their ads on it. Since Google OWNS Knol, they wouldn't even have to share ad revenue with anyone else. Google is Evil (or becoming so each and every day). I think the only reason why Google started Knol is because they wanted an alternative to Wikipedia from which they could earn ad revenue. They saw the HUGE amount of traffic Wikipedia was getting. They also saw that Wikipedia was non-profit and has stated multiple times that they didn’t want to put any kind of ads on their pages. Google was being nothing but greedy when they started Knol, it the hopes that it would corner at least some bit of the online encyclopedia market and then start putting their ads on it. Since Google OWNS Knol, they wouldn’t even have to share ad revenue with anyone else. Google is Evil (or becoming so each and every day).

]]> Comment on Whatever happened to Google Knol ? by Michael McNally http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31149 Michael McNally Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:43:13 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2008/10/02/whatever-happened-to-google-knol/#comment-31149 You ask "Whatever happened to Google Knol ?". Well, we are an early beta, but in our first ~2 months we've gone from having about 300 pages on the day we launched, to several tens of thousands now, and increasing daily. We've gone from supporting one language, to five languages. We've added a lot of features, and continue to upgrade the product steadily. Content quality and quantity will improve with time. Regarding your specific comment - "the images on Knol did not have separate pages like Wikipedia and had no individual licensing information" -- I've duly noted that as a bug / feature-request. Cheers, Michael McNally (engineer on knol.google.com) You ask “Whatever happened to Google Knol ?”.

Well, we are an early beta, but in our first ~2 months we’ve gone from having about 300 pages on the day we launched, to several tens of thousands now, and increasing daily. We’ve gone from supporting one language, to five languages. We’ve added a lot of features, and continue to upgrade the product steadily. Content quality and quantity will improve with time.

Regarding your specific comment - “the images on Knol did not have separate pages like Wikipedia and had no individual licensing information” — I’ve duly noted that as a bug / feature-request.

Cheers,
Michael McNally
(engineer on knol.google.com)

]]> Comment on Proof of Unlocked Iphone running on Airtel and Steps to Unlock Iphone by Kumar http://wisetechie.com/blog/2007/09/19/proof-of-unlocked-iphone-running-on-airtel-and-steps-to-unlock-iphone/#comment-31131 Kumar Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:41:55 +0000 http://wisetechie.com/blog/2007/09/19/proof-of-unlocked-iphone-running-on-airtel-and-steps-to-unlock-iphone/#comment-31131 The links for the pdf are not working I am getting file of 0kb size. Is there any alternate site? The links for the pdf are not working I am getting file of 0kb size. Is there any alternate site?

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