Category Archives: Reviews

Dasavatharam My views

Actually podcast has made me to blog about more stuffs then writing.

THis podcast is about the things that I like/disliked about Kamals Dasavatharam tamil movie. Then I talk about y the cine fans shouldn’t get carried away with actors and support their idols movies @ any cost.

After all its just a movie;fighting,reasoning over the movie doesnt make any sense.

As usual if u have any comments please leave it below.

Plantronics Voyager 520

Its been a long time since I have posted to my blog. I have become more lazy now a days that’s the reason. Well I recently upgraded my Bluetooth headset to Plantronics Voyager 520.

I had a Plantronics Voyager 510 a big fan of that device and the best in the market till to date for the cost. I got the 510 for 45 bugs 18 months before I didn’t have a single problem and lot of my friends got that and are really satisfied with it. But the 510 couldn’t survive my rough handling so the windscreen got broken a month before. Since the Plantronics started offering the voyager 520 I decided to go for it.

It was really tough finding Voyager 520 in stock as it always ran out of stock at many sites I ordered. Finally I got mine from a site called www.chumbo.com for 60$.

Here is a picture of comparing the voyager series size with orbitz chewing gum. The Plantronics voyager 520 has been reviewed by so many time by pros on the web. I will basically tell you the pros and cons of 520 over 510.

Voyager 520 in its desktop Charger

Pros:

  • Its smaller than the Voyager 510.
  • Has a talk time of 8hrs.2 hrs more than 510 although my 510 talk time went down after a 6 months of use to 3 – 4hrs still good.
  • Feels light and won’t even notice it if you R used to wearing the 510 for long time.
  • Seamlessly connects with my Laptop and phones.

Cons:

  • USB charger is not part of package its available as a accessory. It would have been good if they have shipped it along with the package like the Discovery 655 BT headset.
  • No improvements over 510 in range.Still causes static once I cross 20 feet from source.
  • The volume control is little hard to press especially when increasing the volume sometimes I end up disconnecting the call.
  • No big improvements in wind noise canceling same as 510.

If you are looking for a mid range Bluetooth headset that connects with almost any Bluetooth device around the price range of 50$ – 60$ then this is the headset for you. if you have decided to buy Plantronics Voyager 510 then you can certainly buy 520 which has longer talk time and smaller.

I will attach a voice test Mp3 file later.

Thx

AL

AR.Rehman strikes back with "New York Nagaram"

Once again AR.Rehman has proved he is the best music director & singer with the audio release of “Silunu Oru kadhal“.The song that I’m listening for the last 24hrs is none other than the “New York nagaram” sung by AR.

AR is following the footsteps of his guru Illayaraja in this album also,the songs sung by them becomes a hit first then other songs catch up after sometime.There are exception if its a Rajnikanth movie or a song by SPB,Yesudas these 3 outshine any one.

As far as other songs,”Jilunu Oru Kadhal” is good,other songs are not catchy or memorable,but that’s the usual way with AR music.

List of songs sung by AR.Rehman from Raaga.com,check it out all R gr8 hits.

Regards

AL

Windows Live Writer Beta

I’m using Windows Live Writer Beta now to write this Blog.It connected with my blog pretty easily,just a few clicks and here U start blog.One gr8 feature all Microsoft applications have.My first impression,I like it,its easy,its quick and no more editing HTML tags.WordPress Interface was not good..but Windows Live Writer goes a Mile ahead and clearly wins the race.

Me   Me  

Adding 2 pictures of me(for those who don’t know me)..was a click away.

A Picture of Windows Writer in work.

This tool is going to make me more active online. ”A boon to Bloggers”.

With Regards

AL

Web Based IM service-Meebo

Meebo is a web based IM service which connects to AIM,ICQ,YAHOO and MSN messenger and IM people at the same time.I tried there service it was good.This service is usefull for those people who r working in corporates where IM services are blocked;U just need a browser.It uses AJAX so its faster..But i’m not sure abt the security,it shows password encrypting when signing in.

For those who have used Windows Live,Gmail web based IM..its way much better than that..its fast,kewl and carry the provides the same interface as the IM provider..less confusing for the user.

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