Twitter Updates for 2010-01-13

• Just opened up my laptop after Jan 12 23:56:58. Haven't beaten this http://twitter.com/shekharg/statuses/4988039771 record yet #
• @aseemsood Next, Chinese will ask for an upgrade to Win7. "Me waaa-na Win-dos sven. Beee a Men" courtesy Russell Peters in reply to aseemsood #
• @vinodunny not very bad. quite seasonal and was expecting it. Have been booting into Win7 #
• @pankaj_shukla I wish u were a doctor and not a politician. Joking. Thank u sir in reply to pankaj_shukla #
• @PrernaMalhotra I bill get bell soon, now since u r wishing for it in reply to PrernaMalhotra #
• @NeerajTripathi Tripathi ji, kya karen, Thanks for the "get well soon" wish in reply to NeerajTripathi #
• @singhinder Inderrrrr. Sahi hai sir, thank u sir. Twadi duaa-ain naaspeete fever ko khatam kar dengee in reply to singhinder #
• Guess our server went inaccessible due to this. Now its up. RT @ServerBeach Network Issue Update: [RESOLVED] http://bit.ly/8f4fYE #
• @aseemsood heard this from you. Wasn't aware of this. This defeats the phone being called "network unlocked". in reply to aseemsood #
• @aseemsood no idea. Will need to read up on this in reply to aseemsood #
• @aseemsood http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2010/01/12/iphone-nexus-buy/ Refer to "Carrier: Unlocked or Subsidized" in reply to aseemsood #
• RT @Zimbra RT @vmware VMware to acquire Zimbra. Read VMware CTO @herrod's blog for more context: http://bit.ly/6b6NdI #
• Applied CyanogenMod-4.2.13 update to my ADP1. Dialer force closes on extended press/touch on a contact in the Call Log @cyanogen #android #
• Heroes Season 4 Episode 15 #
• Skipped Twidroid (twitter client) update 3.0.7 and updated directly to 3.0.8. Works fine #android #
• Thanks! RT @Aissenoid @shekharg It's known and fixed. You can have the fixed apk at http://bit.ly/793e5w in reply to Aissenoid #
• @aseemsood #NexusOne #3G #India http://is.gd/6bjVY http://is.gd/6bjYI (last comment) Google, u r far better with words (keywords) than me #

Twitter Updates for 2009-12-18

• http://short.to/10zau @vasudevg: Oh No! RT @labnol Can someone at @Google please help me.. all my gmail / google apps accounts hacked.. #
• Wish someone nearby had #Android / iPhone to play with @Hoccer http://short.to/10ym2 .Web client http://www.hoccer.com/hoc.html doesn't wor #
• RT @seesmic Twitter known issues http://short.to/10zaz #
• Simple but interesting! Google Browser Size – How % of visitors can see diff. portions of ur web page http://short.to/10ymu #
• Must read RT @vasudevg: Microsoft Application Architecture Guide -free E-book (Pattern and Practices series)- http://bit.ly/6oT39q #
• @vasudevg seems @labnol got back access to his hacked Google accounts http://bit.ly/8jkcMD #
• @bineshkutty @hoshieg in reply to bineshkutty #
• @hoccer is the web client working? I tried it in both IE and Firefox. After upload, I dod not see any file to select in reply to hoccer #
• You may still be smiling from something that recently made you… More for Leo http://twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=5 #
• #Avatar #movie RT @bineshkutty Just bought 3 tickets for Avatar @ 2300 hrs show on @bookmyshow. Watching it with @shekharg & @pankaj_shukla #
• @juhib as I said I can watch Avatar as many times. Havnt seen Rocket Singh or Paa either in reply to juhib #
• @juhib Tosh kya kar rahee hai? in reply to juhib #
• RT @openamplify A sentiment analysis of @Obama's climate speech at #Copenhagen. http://bit.ly/6ypGlz #
• Watching Avata. About 4-5 mins late for the #movie #

Twitter Updates for 2009-12-01

• RT @androinica #android Rumor Mill: Google Phone “is a certainty” now, apparently: Leaks happen. It’s part of our industry, … http://bit. #
• Finally #TweetDeck too supports the new ReTweet http://short.to/yswg Will try updating it on my Fedora laptop, later today. #
• VirtualBox ++ http://short.to/ys5b #
• RT @wordpress WordPress for iPhone 2.1 is now available on the App Store. http://wp.me/pgi3r-94 #
• Watch out the December 2009 issue of PCQuest for my article "Write a Robot for Google Wave" http://bit.ly/4xfNDU #
• You are excited when you think about the future, but it's hard… More for Leo http://twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=5 #
• RT @twidroid time flies – twidroid v3.1 sneak preview http://short.to/mcs #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-23

• It may seem like you can do no wrong today, but even enthusias… More for Leo http://bit.ly/SXp2X #
• RT @google Google Custom Search now available for mobile (Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, Palm Pre): http://bit.ly/rsgL9 #
• Cool! Got invite for #XBox Live Update Preview. This means early access to upcoming features like Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm !!! #
• Earlier if I'm composing new tweet in #Twidroid, switch to another app & come back, tweet text was preserved. Now its not #android #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-21

• Heroes Season 4 Episode 6 #
• Makes some sense w.r.t. flexibility RT @Office Check out these top 10 reasons to use Access with Excel – http://bit.ly/zX2CY ^AG #
• But still nothing for #Android RT @Dropbox my iphone app, now 3.0 friendly! =D http://www.getdropbox.com/iphoneapp #
• Upgraded my #WordPress blog http://www.shekhargovindarajan.com to 2.8.5 #
• @vinodunny yawn in reply to vinodunny #
• Day started with a flat tyre. First time, after a very long time, since my car went tubeless #
• RT @vinodunny Gadget Guru @ 830pm on NDTV Profit. #Windows7 vs. #SnowLeopard. PKR, Kishore & me on the panel. #
• #Google #Audio #

Twitter Updates for 2009-10-07

• #Microsoft #Security Essentials fights #viruses http://bit.ly/155hbO (read Q2) besides #malware. #Free #WinXP download @sharat_j #
• Just now #Twitter website http://www.twitter.com behaved erratically. Page not found, waiting, connection reset #
• Just noticed #dropbox (online storage) has released an #iPhone app. But i have an #Android (hinting a request ) @dropbox #
• An alternative to #Google Search Appliance ? #Free #OmniFind http://bit.ly/tmeOy . Supports #Linux. #IBM #Yahoo #
• RT @scottgu: Great to see! An awesome new 7-part Silverlight 3 getting started tutorial from @timheuer: http://tinyurl.com/slgetstarted #
• @sharat_j ref. thank U: aap par ehsaan karen, itne ehsaan faramosh nahin hain in reply to sharat_j #
• @aseemsood #Tweety extension does not update tweets in #Google #Wave – kinda #Fail .Let me know if it worked/works for you in reply to aseemsood #
• @aseemsood read my tweet again Did #Tweety #Wave update with "this" tweet, automatically? Sending a tweet via #Tweety works. #Twitter #Googl in reply to aseemsood #
• RT @aseemsood @shekharg you r right… #Tweety has issues with picking up the latest tweets. I cant see latest tweets inside #Google #Wave. #
• Leakage in bathroom tap in bedroom with wooden floor. Noticed after 3 days when I went to my new house. Felt like, but men don't cry #
• @swadeshine #Tweety for me, never updated the tweets in the #gwave. I have been trying it with #Google #Wave sandbox in reply to swadeshine #
• There's a workable balance between your intuition and your com… More for Leo http://bit.ly/SXp2X #
• RT @juhib applied WYSIWYG to a non computing situation during an expensive shopping and discovered that what i saw was not what i would get #

Twitter Updates for 2009-09-23

• @kbhargava indeed a #fail . #Tweety extension for #GoogleWave does not refresh tweets. #Google in reply to kbhargava #
• my colorful way of doing a DIV based layout http://twitpic.com/ilxec Float left, float right, float here, float there #css #html #
• RT @google: We don't use 'keywords' metatag in web search ranking – see @mattcutts post and vid here: http://bit.ly/3mDd4n #
• Open Source #viruses and #trojans http://bit.ly/U57hq #
• RT @aseemsood first result on Bing is Alta Vista. RT: @GautamGhosh: first result if you search for "search" on Google is Bing! LOL! #
• #Linux on Desktops http://bit.ly/KF5pt #
• RT @google Push Gmail comes to Google Sync for iPhone and Windows Mobile http://bit.ly/1137UB #

Twitter Updates for 2009-08-27

• Scheduled a SMS @ 8 a.m.(my bed time) 2 stop my carpenter frm proceeding. Some new ideas 4 new house. 'SMS Wishes' app 4 #Android rocks #
• @Saurangshuk yep had been a month. A huge venture in itself, phew. Now trying to get some furnishing done. Phew, phew, phew in reply to Saurangshuk #
• @Saurangshuk yep ggn. sohna road. party for sure in reply to Saurangshuk #
• @Saurangshuk howz work? missing labs? in reply to Saurangshuk #
• Installed #WpTouch plugin http://tinyurl.com/68z8og on my #WordPress blog. Point your #Android / #iPhone to http://tinyurl.com/cfnjxc #
• @robertnlee for other phones I'm using #WordPress Mobile Edition http://short.to/o81j Yet to check if Wptouch conflicts with it. in reply to robertnlee #

Android to India: A Shipping FAQ

Writing this post with an Android Dev Phone 1 (ADP1) lying besides me. Refer to my earlier post for more on ADP1. I bought it through Android Market and it was shipped to New Delhi, India to my residence in about 3 days. While ordering the phone I had doubts and apprehensions, about its cost and shipping to India, which are now quenched – after all I have a working and ringing phone in my hand

I thought it would be a good idea to share the ordering and shipping experience with others – especially those who are wanting to get hold of an ADP1 in India. Instead of writing the entire experience chronologically, I thought I would  jot it as a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). Following were a few questions that bothered me while ordering the phone, while the phone was being shipped and when I got to unbox it: Read the rest of this entry »