Even Bill Gates says "frustrated" iPad users can't type or create documents

Bill Gates says "frustrated" iPad users can't type or create documents

Just when we thought that the 'iPad can't do productive stuff' debate was over, Microsoft co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates, has fired fresh salvos at the world's best selling tablet.

During an interview with CNBC, speaking on the declining PC market, Gates said that people using iPad-like devices were frustrated because "they can't type, create documents, and don't have Office." He said that tablets were becoming more popular and that the line between PCs and tablets was becoming thinner.

He also praised the Surface, Microsoft's own tablet, for integrating the "portability of the tablet with the richness of the PC."

Microsoft launched Windows RT in October 2012, along with the Surface tablet (Review). The software runs on a few tablets from other manufacturers as well. Windows RT is designed to run on phone-style chips, of the kind used in the iPad, rather than PC-style chips, which tend to use more energy and require bigger batteries. Using Windows RT means the tablets can be thinner and lighter, but it also means regular Windows programs won't run on Windows RT. That's caused some confusion and limited the appeal of Windows RT, analysts say.

However, the market response to Microsoft's Windows RT powered tablets has been anything but good. Researchers at IDC said manufacturers shipped 200,000 tablets running Windows RT, the special version of Windows for iPad-style tablets, in the January to March period, down from about 900,000 shipped in the fourth quarter.

It's worth pointing out that Apple still remains the top tablet seller although Android tablets are showing increased presence thanks to low cost devices from Asian sellers. Tablet shipments reached 49.2 million units in the January-to-March period, according to IDC. Apple's iPads accounted for 19.5 million units out of these. Android tablets accounted for 56.5 percent of shipments in the March quarter, compared to 39.6 percent for iPads. Tablets running Microsoft's new Windows and Windows RT platforms accounted for 3.7 percent of total shipments.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 first impressions in online

Samsung Galaxy S4 first impressions

 

          Samsung has launched its flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, in the Indian market. We were able to experience the phone for a brief period on the sidelines of the Samsung India launch event.

          The phone is available in two colours - Black Mist and White Frost. The first thing that you notice when you pick up the phone is that it doesn't feel bulky. For a device that has a 5-inch screen, the Galaxy S4 feels more like a phone and less like a phablet since its dimensions similar are to the Galaxy S III. It's pretty lightweight.

           You see a power button on the right side of the phone, volume rocker on the left, a 3.5mm headset jack and Infrared receiver on the top and Micro-USB at the bottom. The SIM card, microSD card slot, and battery are accessible when you remove the back cover.

          The front of the phone still features a physical Home button and two capacitive touch buttons for Menu and Back controls. The different sensors, front camera, notification light and earpiece grill sit above the screen.

               The back features the 13-megapixel camera, with the LED flash right below it. The back (of the Black coloured model) still has that pseudo matte finish on the glossy plastic surface that attracts fingerprints. The White coloured model doesn't have the pseudo matte finish and instead sports a different dotted pattern which we found a little better. The Indian version doesn't feature the Galaxy S4 branding at the back. There's a small speaker outlet towards the bottom. Overall, the phone looks better than the Galaxy S III as it features a narrow body and thin bezel but doesn't feel alluring when compared to the like of the iPhone 5 and HTC One due to the use of polycarbonate (read plastic) materials.


            The Galaxy S4's display is gorgeous with the HD screen rendering sharp images and text, although the colours are still a little saturated and look far from natural. Navigating through  phone's menus and home screens is a smooth experience thanks to all the power under the hood.

          We also got to experience some of Samsung's motion control and hand gestures. The Smart Pause gesture works well while watching videos and pauses them when you're looking away. We also tried the Air View gesture that lets you explore content on the screen without actually touching it. We found that this worked partially- we were able to hover over a video playback timeline and preview upcoming content through it but the mode didn't work for previewing images in the gallery. The other Air Gesture that lets you browse content when you wave your hand over the screen also works partially. We were able to browse through photos in the gallery in landscape mode with the gesture but it doesn't work as well in the portrait mode. Smart scroll also works intermittently letting you scroll through webpages when you tilt the screen. To be honest, the average user will end up spending more time trying to get these features to work than actually getting the task done.

            The WatchOn TV remote software did not have India under the list of supported countries but one can manually configure individual devices to use the phone as a remote control. Samsung also offers content through its Music and Video hubs. The usual TouchWiz bells and whistles including the multi-window and pop up play are also present in the Galaxy S4. At times you really get overwhelmed with the number of settings, menus and controls that are present in this phone which might be a bad thing for new smartphone users. Samsung offers the option to hide advanced settings for newbies though.

            Overall, the smart features are gimmicky and a lot of users will perhaps forget about them after the initial honeymoon period with the phone. They're mainly for salesmen to demonstrate in order to pull potential customers. Having said that, it's still one of the most feature rich Android smartphones available today. We'll have more with our review of the Samsung Galaxy S4 very soon.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 India launch and hands on

Samsung Galaxy Core smartphone with dual-SIM option officially announced

          Samsung has officially taken wraps of its new mid-range Android smartphone, Galaxy Core. The phone, which was leaked online, last week, sports a 4.3-inch screen with a 480x800 pixels resolution. Powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, the smartphone has 1GB of RAM and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and feature Samsung's TouchWiz interface layer on top.

          The phone sports a 5-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front facing camera. It offers 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded through a microSD card. It also offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS connectivity options. The phone comes with an 1800 mAh battery.

          Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Core will be available in two different versions - a single-SIM version which would be available from July and a dual-SIM version that would start selling from May, depending on the market. There's no specific information about availability and pricing in India.

          The phone will offer some new smart features borrowed from some of its high-end sibling including Smart Stay that recognizes when a user is looking at the phone, and saves battery life when a user looks away by dimming the screen and powering down using advanced facial recognition, Smart Alert that alerts the user to missed calls and messages when the device is picked up, Motion UI that activates common functions such as refresh or mute with simple motion commands and S Voice, Samsung's own voice assistant.

          Unlike Samsung's flagship Galaxy S4, the phone will come with FM Radio functionality.

Tennis player tweets about Samsung Galaxy S4's awesomeness from his iPhone

          Most brands consider celebrity endorsements as a way to break away from the clutter and drive home the message about their products. However, celebrities and brand associations don't always work out, especially when you throw in social media to the mix.

          Samsung roped in Spanish tennis player and current world number 4 David Ferrer to harp about its latest flagship Galaxy S4. On April 30, Ferrer took to micro-blogging website Twitter to say that he was mighty impressed with the S Health feature of Samsung Galaxy S4 and that this feature was helping him train.
While that seems a perfectly appropriate message to get people talking about the Galaxy S4, there was one small problem: Ferrer used an iPhone to send this tweet.
            
             While Ferrer later deleted this tweet, it was captured by an alert user and later shared by TUAW website.

              Ferrer is not the first celebrity to be caught with the proverbial foot in his mouth. Earlier this year, Alicia Keys found herself in a similar situation. At the launch of BlackBerry Z10, Keys took centre stage with BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins as the company announced that she will be the new Creative Director for BlackBerry.

                However, a few days post her announcement, Keys was spotted sending tweets through Tweetdeck app on her iPhone. Though Keys later tried to clear the air by claiming those tweets were not her own but posted by a third-party on her behalf, the damage had already been done. Critics even pointed out that Keys had been posting photos using Instagram, an app which was not available on BlackBerry 10 smartphones at that time.

                Even Oprah Winfrey had to face similar embarrassment. Winfrey went gung-ho praising Microsoft's Surface tablet saying on her website that "The Surface, Microsoft's first tablet, feels like a Mercedes-Benz to me, people!" and later took the micro-blogging website Twitter to inform her followers that she had bought 12 Microsoft Surface tablets as Christmas gifts. However, this tweet of hers had been posted from an iPad.

               Some of the Indian celebrities too have been spotted making similar gaffes. One such example is that of Sonam Kapoor who was seen using Ubersocial Twitter app from her BlackBerry smartphone while she was still associated with S Mobility (Spice).

iPhone 5S rumoured to be announced 

on June 20

The next generation iPhone could be announced as soon as June 20 if a new report is to be believed.

French publication NoWhereElse.fr (via UberGizmo) claims to have got access to a document from Japanese mobile carrier, KDDI, which mentions that Apple's next iPhone, iPhone 5S, will be announced on June 20 and will go on sale by July.

The document also suggests that the phone will run iOS 7 (of course), the next iteration of Apple's mobile operating system and feature an upgraded 13-megapixel camera lens.

We'd advise you to take this information with a heap of salt as it's difficult to authenticate the reliability of the document.

While earlier rumours had suggested that we could see a summer announcement for the iPhone, new reports point towards a late release. Just a few days back, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo came out with a new research report that said that the Phone 5S, low-cost iPhone and iPad mini 2 will begin shipping later than what was previously expected. Ming-Chi Kuo had not shared any specific time frame for the new iPhone's launch.

Recently, iMore's Rene Ritchie also said that the next iPhone, iPhone 5S, is likely to release in August. But John Gruber of Daring Fireball had mentioned that iOS 7 was running behind.

Prior to that Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty had released a report, in which she predicted that Apple will launch the new iPhone in September 2013 after previewing the iOS 7 in June at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

The only thing that goes in favour of the report is that the alleged announcement date is pretty close to the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). Apple is widely expected to showcase iOS 7 at WWDC, which will be held between June 10 and 14 at its usual venue, Moscone West in San Francisco, California.

It's worth noting that Apple had shipped its last two phones, the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, in fall. Apple CEO Tim Cook also stressed the fall period of this year during a Q&A after this quarter's earnings call, saying,  "I'm just saying we've got some really great stuff coming in the fall and across all of 2014."

POWER OF A POSITIVE ATTITUDE

           How we handle stress depends upon our attitude.  Attitude can also affect the way stress handles us.  Optimists are able to cope more effectively with stress.  It also reduces their chances of developing a stress-related illness.  When optimistic people do become ill, they tend to recover more quickly.

            Pessimists are likely to deny the problem, distance themselves from the stressful event, focus on stressful feelings, or allow the stressor to in interfere with achieving a goal.  People with a more pessimistic attitude tend to report poorer health compared to people with optimistic attitudes.

            People with positive attitudes view situations differently from those with negative attitudes.  Here are some general statements. Think about how you would respond to them.

·         In times of uncertainty,

o        I usually expect the best.

o        I usually expect the worst.

·         I look on the,

o        Bright side of things.

o        Dark side of things.

·         I,

o        Hardly ever expect things to go my way.

o        Do not always expect things to go my way; when they don’t, I try to learn something from the experience.

Attitudes can even be detected in the words we use.  For example, “I won’t,” indicates choice, whereas “I can’t” indicates powerlessness.

            Our attitudes develop from the time we are children.  It is difficult for pessimists to change overnight.  One way to start developing a more positive attitude is through “thought stopping.”  Start by noticing your attitude in various situations to see if you have a more pessimistic view.

            The next time you are thinking or saying a pessimistic comment, picture a big, red STOP sign stopping the negative thought.  Then replace that thought, or the statement, with a more positive or optimistic statement, with a more positive or optimistic statement.

            If you feel that your negative attitude toward life could be affecting your health, there are several books on positive thinking available in the market that may give you a lot of help.

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Maintaining a Positive Attitude

Ten Strategies

“Have a positive attitude.”  How many times have we heard that one?  While our emotions cannot cause fibromyalgia (chronic fatigue syndrome), they no doubt affect our symptoms.  But how can we maintain good thoughts when our bodies feel so lousy?  This challenge, of course, does not pertain exclusively to chronic illness, but to any time when things do not go as we wish.  But in the case of ongoing illness, seeing the positive presents a continuous struggle.

Yet our moods are not perfectly correlated with our physical state.  Most likely we can all recall times that despite much pain or fatigue, we were able to cope and even achieve high spirit.  Perhaps the weather was perfect, good friends visited, we just accomplished something or helped somebody, making us feel good about ourselves.  At other times, depression seems of take hold even when our physical discomfort is at a manageable level.  Why is this?  Answering this question is the key to finding optimism.

To me, the vicissitudes of fibromyalgia feel like a swim in the turbulent sea – sometimes it seems we have fallen and the waves continue to crash on our heads, as we fight to rise, only to be knocked down yet again.  But that same ocean sometimes allows us to find a wave we can ride smoothly to the shore.

What can we do when we feel under the waves?  How can we find the strength to climb back on top, and the patience to know that we will?  Here are ten cognitive exercises I use to maintain the most positive attitude I can.

1.         Expect bumps!  It is important to acknowledge that we will sometimes feel down.  Who wouldn’t in our condition?  But by expecting rather than dreading down time, such periods become more tolerable.  In addition, recognizing that we will have blue periods helps keep them in perspective.  We will be able to say to ourselves, “I was depressed before, and got out of it; this time, too, it will pass.”  It is easy to forget that before our illness, there were times we felt down.  Now these periods are wrapped up in our medical problems; but everyone gets depressed some of the time.  After accepting that we will sometimes feel sad, and even experience self-pity, we can concentrate on ways to shorten these periods and make them fewer and farther between.

2.         Track the changes.  Keeping track of moods helps put ups and downs into perspective.  During your best times, make a conscious attempt to capture the feeling.  Leave notes on your wall attesting to the way you feel.  Living with chronic illness easily creates a Jekyll-and-Hyde persona, where your optimistic self and your flare-up self are not sufficiently acquainted.  When we feel bad, it becomes quite difficult to imagine that things can be otherwise.  Similarly, during times of improvement, it’s amazing how quickly we may forget how bad a previous period was, making subsequent flare-ups not only intolerable but shocking.  Counting and measuring the duration of the bad times – as well as the good ones- can put them into perspective.  It may be that over time, our worst occurs about once a month, although it feels much more frequent.   This knowledge is empowering, because we can remind ourselves that a bad flare is, for example, our monthly temporary setback, and find ways to ride it out until our baseline returns.

3.         Stockpile fun distractions.  We all need to keep lists handy of the things that make us happy.  One of the cruelties of our condition is that when we need distractions most, we are least equipped to seek them out.  For this reason it is important to compile a list of our favorite activities when we are feeling optimistic to be used when we most need them.  People with fibromyalgia often describe how even their worst pain can be put on a back burner, so to speak, when they become engrossed in an activity. This is not only a psychological but also a physiological response:  our brains can only process so much input at once.  When we are engrossed in a beautiful movie, talking to a good friend on the phone, or listening to our favorite music while lying on a heating pad or in the bathtub, we can trick our pain receptors into leaving us alone! Meanwhile improvements in spirit have an added impact on our entire well-being.  Laughter is good medicine; while dwelling on our grumbles tends to compound them.

4.         Shape your perspective.  Is the glass half empty or half full?  Perspective determines, quite literally, how we view the world.  Having a chronic illness creates an ambiguous construction of reality for us.  Am I, for example, a successful cripple or an unsuccessful professional?  Developing a condition that makes us feel more dependent and less productive is likely to be a huge disappointment.  Yet as we get older, it becomes more likely that we, or somebody close to us, will experience debilitating problems.  People are often forced to adapt to sudden, new conditions by adopting a perspective that accommodates change.  Our perspectives are shaped by the comparisons we make and the expectations they create.  Consider for example, the immigrant who had been practicing medicine in his home country, but flees to, say, the US to escape a repressive political regime.  After years of medical study, he works as a janitor. He has lost a rewarding occupation.  Yet he is thankful for the opportunity to work and wakes each day driven by hope, perhaps, of a better future for his children.  Yet his difficulties are also quite apparent.  What keeps his spirits up and makes him thankful rather than bitter?  His perspective.

5.         Create a new self.  If we hang on tightly to the “old self’ we were, finding the value of our “new self” becomes increasingly difficult.  (We may even exaggerate how fit that person was:  “I didn’t need any sleep, I never felt bad, I could do anything!’).  This does not mean we should totally discard our previous conception of self; rather, we need to find a way to integrate the two.  In other words, we should seek to find in our new bodies, new ways to enjoy and experience the things that we had done before.  Consider all the aspects of yourself that you like, and the things that you most want to do; then step by step, find ways to achieve as many of these as you can.  At the same time, recognize that our expectations must shift so that we can once again meet them.

6.          Don’t forget the good stuff.  While the physical symptoms of fibromyalgia can feel all encompassing, there are other parts of our life – our social relationships, passions, family – that also exist.  By focusing on the positive aspects of our life, we become more aware of how many there are: the friends that stuck by us, the things we still enjoy, and the accomplishments we have been able to make, however small, under very different conditions.  Because each task now represents a challenge, we should celebrate whatever we manage to accomplish.  As we have been told many times, if we shorten the list and pace ourselves whatever we do eventually adds up to something to be very proud of.

7.         “Oy, it could be worse.”  As comparisons shape our view, it is helpful to find comparisons that will provide a fuller appreciation for what has befallen us.  OK, the “eat because children are starving in (fill in the developing country)” did not work for you as a child.  But try to think of it this way: many bad things happen in the world.  The odds are that some of them will happen to us.  Not because of anything that we have done, but because, as the saying goes, shit happens.  It takes only a short view of the evening news to remind us of the horrors occurring every day.  So, this is what has happened to us.  We too were caught.  Let us examine what we have: (a) We know our condition is not terminal, so we need not begin contemplating our pending mortality.  (b) As bad as we sometimes feel, our underlying condition is not going to get worse.  We have already experienced the worst, and to our credit, have gotten through it.  (c) Although few people achieve permanent remission, many improve significantly.  As we understand how our actions and emotions influence our general well being, we can find ways to partake in more and more activities.              

8.          Keep the hope alive!  There is so much room for hope.  It has only been since the 1990s that our condition has acquired any legitimacy from the medical community.  We are in a far better position than the generations before us who suffered without ever receiving validation.  We know much more about the important roles of exercise, medication, stretching, pacing and meditation to bring relief and a sense of control.  Furthermore, as medical research increase, it is only a matter of time before better therapies (and perhaps even a cure!) are introduced.

9.          Lean on me!  A single most important predictor of how we do is the support network we create.  We certainly appreciate what it means when someone helps us when we feel especially lousy.  Make sure to give.  During a good moment, write to a friend that you are thinking about her.  Help your family and friends find ways to maintain their relationship with you.  Invite them to your place to eliminate traveling (and do not worry what your place looks like! They came to see you, not your housecleaning abilities).  Try to be open with family members, while at the same time supportive of their needs.  Put yourself is their shoes as often as possible – it can be scary to have someone you love be sick!  Also make sure to seek help outside of your immediate circle so as not to drain your closest friends and family.  In short ‘network’ with family and friends.

10.                 Indulge whenever you can.  We have lots of time to focus on our thoughts.  Most people do not have the luxury of taking time to relax and think.  OK, we did not ask for these “time outs.”  They are demanded by the needs of our bodies.  Nevertheless, we have control over how we use this extra time.  Instead of dwelling on what our bodies are not doing, give your fantasy full liberty.  Turn these rest periods around to be indulgent time.  In our mental playground, we can practice dance steps we used to know (for there will be some times we can dance!).  We can use the time to think through problems we face and how we want to spend time when we are feeling ready, or we can analyze a movie we recently saw, say prayers, or mentally write a letter to a friend. 

            The article you have just read is a product of a spell in the middle of the night, when I lay in bed, unable to sleep.  After taking steps to make myself more comfortable, I decided to think about what I would write next.  I figured that if I fell asleep, great!  But if not, I’d have thought through my next articles.  It was about this point when I, satisfied, went off to dreamland.

New Story of the Hare and Tortoise...

New Story of the Hare and Tortoise

Lessons in Organisational Behaviour

 Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race. The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race. He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ. The hare woke up and realised that he'd lost the race. The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race. This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.

But then recently, a more interesting version of this story has emerged. It continues…..

The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some analysis. He realised that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed. This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.

The moral of the story? Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady.

 

If you have two people in your organisation, one slow, methodical and reliable, and the other fast and still reliable at what he does, the fast and reliable chap will consistently climb the organisational ladder faster than the slow, methodical chap.

It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable. 

But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise did some thinking this time, and realised that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted. He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route. The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river. The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the river. The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.

The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.

In an organisation, if you are a good speaker, make sure you create opportunities to give presentations that enable the senior management to notice you.

If your strength is analysis, make sure you do some sort of research, make a report and send it upstairs. Working to your strengths will not only get you noticed but will also create opportunities for growth and advancement.

The story still hasn't ended.

The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realised that the last race could have been run much better. So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time. They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on his back. On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier. 

The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.

Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.

There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.

Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures. The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure.

The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could. In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort. 

Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different. And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.

The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.

When Roberto Goizueta took over as CEO of Coca-Cola in the 1980s, he was faced with intense competition from Pepsi that was eating into Coke's growth. 

His executives were Pepsi-focussed and intent on increasing market share 0.1 per cent a time. 

Goizueta decided to stop competing against Pepsi and instead compete against the situation of 0.1 per cent growth.

He asked his executives what was the average fluid intake of an American per day? The answer was 14 ounces. What was Coke's share of that? Two ounces. Goizueta said Coke needed a larger share of that market. 

The competition wasn't Pepsi. It was the water, tea, coffee, milk and fruit juices that went into the remaining 12 ounces. The public should reach for a Coke whenever they felt like drinking something.

To this end, Coke put up vending machines at every street corner. Sales took a quantum jump and Pepsi has never quite caught up since.

To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches us many things. Important lessons are:

• that fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady.
• work to your competencies.
• pooling resources and working as a team will always beat individual performers.
• never give up when faced with failure.
• and finally, compete against the situation. Not against a rival.

In Short, BE STRATEGIC!

A student asks a teacher:

A student asks a teacher: What is love?

The teacher said: in order to answer your question, go to the paddy field and choose the biggest paddy and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick. The student went to the field, go through first row, he saw one big paddy,but he wonders.... may be there is a bigger one later. Then he saw another bigger one... but may be there is an even bigger one waiting for him Later, when he finished more than half of the paddy field, he start to realize that the paddy is not as big as the previous one he saw, he know he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted. So, he ended up went back to the teacher with empty hand. The teacher told him, this is love... you keep looking for a better one, but when later you realize, you have already missed the person.

The student asked: What is marriage then?

The teacher said: In order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick. The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, when he reach the middle of the field, he has picked one medium corn that he feel satisfied, and came back to the teacher. The teacher told him, this time you bring back a corn.... you looked for one that is just nice, and you had faith and belief this is the best one you can get.... this is marriage

Aakash 3 Release Date

 

Aakash 3 tablet is expected to announce in mid 2013. It will feature a SIM calling facility.

Release date in India: Q4 2013(Expected)

Price India: Rs 3,000 – Rs 5,000 (Expected)

Aakash 3 Feature:

• SIM calling facility

• Wi-Fi

• Other feature will be updated when announced

LG Optimus GK Release Date India

LG announced high end android smartphone, a competitor to Galaxy S4, Sony Xperia Z and HTC One. It feature a 5-inch full HD display, powered by 1.7GHz Qualcomm processor, 13-megapixel rear camera and 2GB of RAM.

Release date in India: Unknown(Announced for South Korea)

Price India : Rs 40,000(Expected)

Market Status: Not available in India

LG Optimus GK Specs:

• Size: 139.1 x 69.9 x 9.9 mm

• 5-inch Full HD IPS display (1920 x 1080p) with Zerogap Touch

• 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor

• 13 MP rear, 2.1 MP front cameras

• Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean

• 2GB DDR2 RAM, 16GB eMMC, microSD slot support (64GB)

• 3,100 mAh built-in battery

• Weight: 156g

• 3G HSPA + network 4G LTE

• Colours: Platinum White (Platinum White), Black Indigo (Indigo Black)

• Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi, NFC , SlimPort