Free VOIP calls to US land lines and Mobile phones

Recently stumbled upon this service that offers free VOIP calls to US telephone numbers. Please note that this would still cost you in the form of tariff levied by your broadband provider. No worries for those who have an unlimted Plan.

Download iCall from the Link below
Install it
Register with a UserName and Password.
Now you are all set to call your near and dear ones in the US absolutely free.
I tried calling a friend of mine and the voice quality was comparable if not better than a normal telephone line.

http://www.icall.com/download.php

The down side is every call is limited to 5Min.

Connecting to the internet using Motorola phones as a USB modem

This is a step by step procedure for getting your motorola phone installed as a USB modem and connect to the internet from your PC

Configuring the Modem::

1.Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable.
2.The new device found wizard starts and Use the drivers from here. http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/Handset_USB_Driver/ (if this doesnt work for you, let me know and i will send you the driver which i have)
The phone gets detected as a modem.
3.Now goto control panel => Phones and Modems => Modems Tab => properties => Diagnostic tab
4.Click on Query Modem to check if your modem is properly working.
5.Go to Advanced tab and in the Extra Initilization command text box type at+cgdcont=1,"ip","gprssouth.cellone.in" . Do replace gprssouth.cellone.in with your access point name. gprssouth.cellone.in is specific for south zone BSNL subscribers.

Creating The Dial up Netwotking (DUN) connection for your internet connection::

Control Panel => Network Connections => Create a New Connection => click Next => select Connect to the Internet => click Next=> Select 'Setup Connection Manually' => click Next => select Connect using a dial-up Modem => click Next => Give some ISP Name => click Next => Typy Phone mumber to dial as *99# => click Next => Give your username and password (for BSNL it is usally 91 for both username and password) => click Next => select add a Shortcut to your Desktop check Box => click finsh.

Thats it. You are done. Now locate the short cut in your desktop and run it. Click dial in the window to connect.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50

Finally -- Got my Digital Camera, a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50. This camera can be classified as a bridge camera, meaning its a bridge between the simple point and shoots and the Digital Single lens-reflex cameras (DSLRs). It exactly looks like a dSLR and for the matter even feels like a dSLR and makes you feel like a professional.


What mdae me go fot it?

• Impressive Leica lens. You would have to spend a couple of thousand dollars to get a lens of such quality otherwise.
• Manual zoom and focus rings.
• Excellent build quality.
• Easy handling
• Hot shoe
• Swivel LCD
• Good movie mode

You can have a look at the complete review of the camera here.

Official web-page here.


Haven't had much exposure with this cam. I will write more about this camera some time later after doing a test run of her.

தமிழில் எழுதுவது எப்படி?

However good your command over English you always have that crave in you to write your heart out in Tamil. Here is how you can do it:

தமிழில் எழுதுவது எப்படி?

தமிழில் எழுத கீழ்கண்ட இனயதளத்தை கிளிக் செய்யவும்.

http://www.google.com/transliterate/

Choose tamil as the language from the drop down.

So all the best guyz/galz for happy blogging in Tamil.