Earlier it was We now its just Me n my Smartphone !!!

Long long ago, in a small town of West Bengal, there lived a group of kids. All of them were from the same padda (locality). This paltan (पलटन) of kids used to go to same school, play together, meet daily and used to do lot of outdoor activities. There schedule was like

• Wake up for School
• There was no alarm.
• One of the Family Member used to make us wake up.
  
   

• Once kids were ready for school at a specific time
• There parents used to get a Rickshaw wallahs to drop them to school
• They had to call Rickshaw wallahs 
• They used to talk with Auto-wallah and bargain, and even talk other things while kids used to delay their arrival to board
• Kids used to love those colour full Rickshaws. Every one of them with their own paintings and style.

• While Kids were gone & in school
• One of Family member used to go for buying Fresh vegetable & fruits
• Again Rickshaw wallahs used to come into picture.
• There was No Ola & UBER
• If the member was in hurry, they will ask rickshaw wallah to ride faster.
• There were lot of other talks while rickshaw used to move
• Different family members used to do different things like: preparing food, washing clothes, cleaning utensils, cleaning home, work at office, etc.

• Once Kids are back from school
• They used to have food & may be have a light sleep
• In Evening all the friends used to come out of home.
• Play Time
• For playtime, one who starts first used to go another's house and call him loud
• While the friend is coming, they used to talk with others in friends house.
• Some giving lecture on how to study and how to be a good kid, and blah blah. But there used to be some talk
• Once the Baltan has assembled, they used to play.
• There was not whatsapp or mobile phones to call each other directly.

• Seasonal activities
• Kite flying season

• TV Time
• They used to watch some serials in Doordarshan
• There was no remote control to change channels
• There was no fight to change channel
• There was just one option - one channel
• Some disruptions used to make people go and play with antenna to get a proper TV signal
• We used to shout from roof - "Aaya? Dekho .. Aaya kya?"

• Telephone
• There was just one telephone for a family. Sometimes one between many neighbours.
• Not everyone used to call daily, as it happens today.
• Once a call used to come - "Tringgg... Tringgg... Tringgg.."
• Most probably it won't be of the person who picks up.
• Then there used to be big loud shout for the person -- " Jaldi Aao ... tumhara phone aaya hai.... "

• Night Time Serials
• While having food, we used to watch Surabhi
• They used have quiz and we used to send answers in Post Card
• There we no SMS or Tweet your answers options

• Bed Time
• It was peaceful
• There were no notifications tone from mobile ringing
• There were no worries to put mobile devices to charge

Now time has changed. 20 years from that time, kids & parents behave differently. 

I don't deny that everyone is lured with nice features of smart phone. But how it has changed the life now.

• Now every one is so busy with their own work individually
• There is no family telephone - Everyone has their own mobile and direct contact
• Family members hardly know your friends and vice versa
• Postcards are not used that much. Now the letters or emails are a private affair
• Every one has own choice & preferences
• While watching TV, even in a smaller family of 3-4 , everyone wants their own channel to be viewed.
• Everyone chooses their own dresses from their smart phone. There is no one person who buys for whole family.
• Low interaction with the unknown folks
• People now no longer look for rickshaw wallahs and negotiate. They now have Ola & Uber. The only reason they want to know the name of cab wallah is to complain and not talk.
• People hardly talk to Sabzi wallahs daily for the fresh vegetables. They will order one weeks grocery through smart apps like Big Basket, etc
• The season and festivals have become more like a deal season to buy goods from apps in your smartphone - Amazon, Flipkart, etc

The present time is well pictured in the video below 

I believe though the times have changed. We still need to have a real touch and real interaction with folks around us. We need to start enjoying the real togetherness. Lets break the shackles of the digital world and connect with people directly. Lets start enjoying the feeling and share emotions directly one to one, without any mediator (digital world). Lets build a kissanpur around us.

Asus Bangalore Divas Meet.

Well, I happen to attend a Divas meet. Yes, I am not a Diva. But was forced to attend. Courtesy one of two most important Divas in my life, My wife. She was invited to one of All-Girls only affair blogger meet at Taj Vivanta, Bangalore by ASUS. She wanted me to also come there as our 10 months son, Akshaj, need to be taken care of and at the same time Akshaj wanted his mother's company. In all this affair of mother, son and Asus a poor dad, that's me, got involved.

After a lot of reluctance, I had a call to the organisers and they agreed that it was fine if I can accompany my wife. This gave more ammunition to my diva for life to convince and attend. Well, I finally succumbed to all the emotional "attyachars" and we went ahead with our plans to attend. I have to admit the event was really good, even though I was initially reluctant to be part of it as it was a Diva meet.

We reached the venue - Taj Vivanta, M G Road, Bangalore on 13th Aug 2015. We were late by 30 mins, courtesy Bangalore traffic and heavy rains which took place. Event started a bit late too probably for the same reason. I utilized the time to go over to counters which had the Zen Phones displayed. One of the counters had Zenny - the ASUS mascot. There were some Zenny Pen drives too.

The other counter had all the new Zen phones getting launched. I got chance to get hands on all of them.

Arindham & Komal from Team ASUS gave all the guests a brief overview of ASUS and what this event was all about.

Peter Chang, MD of Asus India, took over the centre stage and gave more details about the devices launched in the ZenFestival by ASUS. Steffi later on gave a live demo of the devices from the Zenfone portfolio.

Anusha Dandekar, one of the most popular VJs was the surprise for the divas. She gave them a good know how on make-up tips and poses required for perfect selfies. Divas also had a Selfie Ramp walk & group Selfie contest anchored by Anusha. All the exercise were really liked by the guests present at the venue.

Winners of both the contests were given Asus Zenny pen-drive and a Lolli Flash accessory from Asus. At end, ZenTalk, a platform to connect with ASUS users,  was introduced. Nice Dinner was also served there.

The phones at display were:

ZenFone 2 Deluxe This device delivers powerful all-round performance. It has a gorgeous new multifaceted polygonal finish accentuating the signature ZenFone 2 Ergonomic Arc design. It features a display size of 5.5-inch with Full HD IPS display, 13MP/5MP Pixel cameras, 2.3GHz  processor and 4G/LTE connectivity. With 4GB RAM, the device's responsiveness was really good. It has a fast-charge technology which can charge for 60% capacity in just 39 minutes. 

ZenFone 2 Laser had a powerful 13MP camera with an f/2.0 wide-aperture lens to capture stunning, high-resolution photos with zero shutter lag — augmented by laser auto-focus technology that empowers users to capture perfect clarity in just 0.3 seconds.  It is Available in 5-inch (ZE500KL), 5.5-inch (ZE550KL) and 6.0-inch (ZE601KL) versions with up to 1920 x 1080-pixel Full HD resolution. It has Corning Gorilla Glass 4 and also boasts an up to octa-core 64-bit Snapdragon processor with up to 3 GB of fast memory for unwavering performance.

ZenFone Selfie (ZD551KL) has a dual 13MP cameras, dual-color, dual-LED Real Tone flash both front and rear, plus laser auto-focus for ultra-fast shots with complete clarity. Ergonomic Arc design and intuitive rear key makes capturing selfies much easier than ever before. It has a huge 13MP resolution and an f/2.2-aperture, 88-degree wide-angle lens to capture more of every smile in selfie mode. The unique Selfie Panorama mode enables selfies with an outlook of up to 140 degrees, so everything and everyone becomes part of the shot.

ZenFone Selfie’s rear camera is just as advanced, with a large f/2.0 aperture lens for superior low-light shots. Both cameras are engineered with five-prism Largan lenses and top-quality Toshiba sensors, and include dual-LED Real Tone flash technology for perfect illumination in any lighting conditions. ZenFone Selfie also delivers superb macro photography that works on subjects as close as 6cm, plus rear laser auto-focus to compose shots in the blink of an eye.

ZenFone Max (ZC550KL)  has a incredibly-long-lasting high-capacity 5000 mAh lithium-polymer battery that gives users an unprecedented amount of battery life. It has a bright and clear 5.5-inch IPS display with wide viewing angles, protected by the latest Corning Gorilla Glass 4 for unrivalled scratch-resistance, strength and everyday durability. At the heart of ZenFone Max is a powerful yet power-efficient 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor with up to 2GB of RAM. ZenFone Max features a 13MP  /5MP PixelMaster cameras with a wide f/2.0 aperture, and the rear camera also boasts laser auto-focus for sharp, near-instant shots. 

In Short I will say, Overall all the devices are good. But depends on your present pain area.

• If battery life is the most important thing for you, go for ZenFone Max (ZC550KL). 
• If you do lot of picture capture & sharing, then go for ZenFone Selfie (ZD551KL)
• If you want a highly responsive device, then go for ZenFone 2 Deluxe or ZenFone 2 Laser

Airtel - The Fastest Network in India

Recently Airtel launched 4G services nationwide roll-out across 296 cities in India. With the launch, Airtel has become the first telecom operator to roll out 4G services. The expected download speed on Airtel 4G can be as high as 42 Mbps and Upload speed of about 12 Mbps on airtel 4G TDD network. That's simply amazing. It will definitely move India up in the ranking of nations based on that mobile data speed average. Airtel is undoubtedly the fastest mobile data network in India at the moment.

 For any user to start using 4G services, user needs the below three things

1. 4G Device
2. 4G SIM
3. 4G Plan

To make it even simpler, you just need to input your airtel mobile in the Airtel 4G website, to check if 4G ready. Based on your check, if you don't have a 4G device, you can buy one, e.g. say Moto 3 gen or any other device of your choice. 

Most of us will probably not have a 4G SIM. So if you are an Airtel customer with a 4G capable device, Airtel offers a free upgrade from 3G to 4G. Getting a 4G sim is easier than ever before. Just tweet using #GetAirtel4G to get a 4G SIM delivered to your home for free, Once you tweet you will get a reply from @AirtelIndia twitter handle directing you to a link where you can enter your details for 4G SIM delivery.

Isn't it amazing that one can just upgrade from 3G to 4G for free and get a 4G SIM delivered at home real fast that too for free. Now no more waiting for song or movie downloads or picture uploads.

One can get speed as high as 42 Mbps. Just imagine now we can download movies in less than 3 minutes. If we are streaming a movie we don't need to wait/stop in between because of slow data connection.  Songs can be downloaded in just 1 seconds.

Interestingly, the TV commercial by Airtel clearly show the difference the huge leap which this launch will take in common Indian's life who were deprived of good data speed.

Video Downloads:-  Just imagine with 42 Mbps download speed a movie of say 900 MBs can be easily downloaded in less than 3 minutes. Its real. No more waiting for download to complete.

Photo Uploads:- With upload speed of 12 Mbps, one can upload an album with 40 pictures of 2 MBs each.

Download Songs:- With 42 MBps download speed a song of 5 MB can be downloaded in just 1 second.

Well I'm moving to Airtel 4G as soon as my Moto G 3rd Gen is getting delivered to me. When are you moving to the Fastest network in India?

Airtel 4G laga dala to Life Jingaa La La !!!!

Bangistan : Movie Review

Genres: Comedy
Director : Karan Anshuman
Cast: Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat, Jacqueline Fernandez, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Kumud Mishra and Arya Babbar.

This story is about two misguided people, Hafeez-bin Ali (Riteish Deshmukh) and Praveen Chaturvedi (Pulkit Samrat), from a strife-torn land called Bangistan. In their excitement to serve a cause, both of them get involved into a global terror plot in Poland. Well that's quite a stretch! There is not a enough good scene where you can appreciate director's work, rather he drags scenes.. 

This film is full of exaggeration. Later this exaggeration turns into irritation. First of all, main plot of interchanging religion is totally illogical. Secondly, the selected duo are so stupid that even being on a bomb planting mission they agree to share a duplex type of flat, with unbelievably hole in the roof. They have a scene where a pigeon brings a letter, not sure which era this movie is from. Motel owner clearly mentioned that no animal is allowed but person takes that animal for a walk.
For me whatever solution they tried to stretch looked like a childish solution by the Bangistan Team.

Detonation of the bomb planned by Riteish & Praveen proves to be an anti-climax. The Bangistan film actually implodes even earlier. It ran out of ammunition halfway through.

Director does not know his craft for sure. 
Ritesh Deshmukh is a good actor but was not done justice by script.
Pulkit Samrat has done it well, as his unbalanced acting perfectly fits this flick. 
Jacqueline Fernandez is obviously wasted as a bar hostess Rosie. With nothing much to offer, her character is easily dispensable. 
Music by Ram Sampat is good.

Rating: **

DON'T watch this movie unless you are a hardcore fan of Riteish Deshmukh.

#FlipkartImageSearch : Look --> Like --> [Shoot --> Search] --> Buy

Thanks to Flipkart for giving 120 odd bloggers an opportunity to  to meet on 1st of August 2015 at Hard Rock Cafe. Well many might say that Saturday 10:30 am is early, but I was happy that with this timing I get to meet the blogger friends as well spend time with the family in the evening. Anyways coming to point and talking about my experience.

I took metro to reach MG Road from Indiranagar. I was astonished to see good number of people presence on Saturday morning. Hard Rock Cafe was completely energetic and gave an awesome atmosphere to the whole meet. Most of the folks looked excited and were waiting to know whats in store coming from Flipkart.

The meet started with a jamming session and introductions. Once team Flipkart, lead by Punit Soni (CPO, Flipkart), took over we were enlightened with what they are doing in the mobile application side to make e-commerce buying experience better for the Indian consumers.

Now it was turn for the demo of #FlipkartImageSearch by Flipkart team. Using #FlipkartImageSearch, a typical user whenever he likes any fashion accessory can just capture the image and search using #FlipkartImageSearch . #FlipkartImageSearch will search based on various attributes like color & pattern and provide good list of similar items for user to select and buy.

In 4 simple short steps,

1. You LOOK at something
2. If you LIKE and have a desire to buy it
3. #FlipkartImageSearch :- Take a Camera SHOOT of the item from Flipkart App & SEARCH 
4. If you like the options shown, select and BUY

After demo, we had some Question and Answer interaction session, in which we interacted with Flipkart team on various other areas like their future plans, seller network, avatars, etc.

The short break was also utilized for networking. I got a great chance of having good interaction with Punit Soni and many other Flipkart folks.

After this short break, it resumed with a new session which was an eye opener. We had got demoed about #FlipkartImageSearch, but this session gave us a real feel about how this #FlipkartImageSearch feature works. All were divided into teams with 20 members each and they have to find the exact item in Flipkart App as available with any of the folks present in the meet using Image Search from mobile device. Yes, after this exercise I realize that Image search from Flipkart was really good & easy to use. If i would have missed this activity,I wouldn't have realized the potential of this new awesome addition.

With the conclusion of team event results, it was announced that all the attendees will get a free copy of "10 love stories" - book published by Indi-Blogger. Lunch was very delicious and great along with Hard Rock Cafe's bar serving drinks. At the same time, we had an inexplicable dance performance by Hard Rock Cafe team.

You can download Flipkart App from here .

Thanks to Flipkart & Indi-Blogger team for organizing such a great event. Had loads of fun and good time. 

Alla Re Alla Airtel 4G Alla !!!

I remember few years back when I was reading one of the reports from Bloomberg which talked about India being at No. 20 with respect to mobile data speed among the 20 countries surveyed. I was disappointed to read that. It also projected the approximate position a nation will obtain by 2017 and expected data speed they might achieve. The projection in 2017 also ranked India to number 17 with average data speed of ~2.5 MBps.

I recalled about that article today when I saw the news that Airtel launched 4G nationally. I was delighted to read and about this. With this expected download speed on Airtel 4G can be as high as 42Mbps and Upload speed of 12 Mbps on airtel 4G TDD network. That's simply amazing. It will definitely move India much more up in the ranking of nations based on that mobile data speed average.

Interestingly, the TV commercial by Airtel clearly show the difference the huge leap which this launch will take in common Indian's life who were deprived of good data speed.

Video Downloads:-  Just imagine with 42 Mbps download speed a movie of say 900 MBs can be easily downloaded in less than 3 minutes. Its real. No more waiting for download to complete.

Photo Uploads:- With upload speed of 12 Mbps, one can upload an album with 40 pictures of 2 MBs each.

Download Songs:- With 42 MBps download speed a song of 5 MB can be downloaded in just 1 second.

Wow. I simply can't wait to get hands on Airtel 4G. I will just say "Alla Re Alla Airtel 4G Alla !!!"

Honda Jazz : Get Jazzed

The third generation Honda Jazz was recently launched in India by the Japanese Car Maker. Honda Jazz has been always one of the cars with good features and performance. This new car is expected to compete with the leaders of the hatchback segment:  Maruti Suzuki's Swift & Hyundai's Elite i20.

The All new JAZZ is going to make Indian consumers jazz up with its "Style, Elegance, Sporty Look, High Performance, Remarkable features, Powerful Engine and Highly Efficient Mileage".

Get ready for your hearts to be stolen away."Jazzed Up"


Colors:-
Its available in 7 nice colors.

Look & Feel:- In simple words, it looks very Sporty to me. The All New Jazz looks aerodynamically superior to 2nd version of Jazz. Checkout the 360 degree exterior view. It boasts a dynamic alloy wheel, rear micro roof antenna, front fog lamp, electrically adjustable n fold-able mirror and many more worthy exterior features.

The New 3rd generation Jazz has increased length by 55 mm as compared to the older Jazz. The good foot space,which is much more increased and looks very spacious makes the person on driving seat Comfortable and easy to drive.

Rear seats are well placed and 3 person can comfortably seat in rear seats. Door Design and top holders are making it more comfortable.

Leather wrapped steering wheel and gear knob increases the whole interior experience when driving, with its soft and smooth touch.

Have a 360 view of interior here.

It boasts an advanced multi-information Combination Meter, Eco Assist System with inbuilt Ambient Meter Rings.

Auto AC with touch screen, advanced audio with USB & BT connectivity and whole lot of premium features make this as the one of the car  with best interiors in complete hatchback cars segment.

AVN demo can be seen here.

Rear Parking Camera:
First in the segment with  rear parking camera makes parking whole lot easier in cities like Bangalore.

Is it available in Diesel?
3rd generation Jazz Honda launched is unique in the sense that its the only Jazz in the world which is available with a diesel engine as a variant. This is done keeping in mind the needs of Indian consumers.

Safety:- Honda is known for safe & secure driving for all. Dual SRS airbags, ABS with EBD, anti-theft features and many other features make this car very high in safety standards.

Engines & Mileage:
The 1.5 litres iDTEC diesel engine gives the best mileage in the entire segment with 27.3 kmpl with a max power of 100 ps.
The 1.3 litres iVTEC petrol engine provides a nice power of 90ps with a mileage of approximately 19 kmpl.
Both these engines are best in the segment making all new Jazz the best car in the segment, with Honda bringing all of its expertise.

Price:
The basic petrol variant is priced at ~5.4 Lakhs while diesel variant starts at ~6.6 Lakhs. The feature enriched versions are available at ~8 Lakhs and 8.75 Lakhs for petrol and diesel, respectively.

Verdict:- If you are buying a hatchback car, this is the car you need to seriously consider. Book for a test drive and try it out. I loved it more after the test drive. Register for Test Drive.

All new Jazz is just awesome with all its great and unique features, look & feel which will definitely add to the owners style.

Health is not wealth, Its more precious

There is a very common and true saying that "Health is Wealth". A good health helps us to live a "GOOD , BALANCED AND HEALTHY LIFE". If our Health is good, we can bear any bad circumstances in our life.But if we suffer from any health related issues we will be deprived of every little enjoyments of life.

In order to maintain a good health we need to eat balanced food along with daily mild exercises, fresh air, clean water, enough sleep and rest.
Healthy food at right time is very necessary for the healthy mind and body which is possible only through the "Well Balanced Healthy Diet" which promotes the proper growth and development of our body and keeps us Mentally, Socially and Physically Fit" 

But in this Fast running life we do not have enough  time for ourselves.We are in hurry to finish off everything with less time in our hand. The advancement in Science and Technology has improved our health on one hand but has also affected it adversely on the other hand. People are living lives prone to high levels of stress, depression , anxiety which affects human health including their background, lifestyle,economic and social conditions.Not only this due to bad and unhealthy lifestyle more and more people are finding themselves in the clutch of deadly diseases like obesity , diabetes , heart attack , cancer arthritis, thyroid..and many more.

So , we all need to make a promise to ourselves to Follow a "Healthy Diet Plan" which furnishes all of the nutrients in proper proportions for healthy growth and Sound Body and mind. 

How can I forget that day when Papa fall down while walking down stairs.We felt decrease in his sensation and numbness and tingling in the hands and feet. We ran to doctor.After thorough Check-up  he told me that My Father is diagnosed with borderline diabetes or in other words it refers to "Pre-diabetes".

This is when your blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed with type II diabetes. Pre-diabetics are more likely to develop type II diabetes.Your father is Overweight which is another reason of Pre-diabetes. In order to bring diabetes under control,your father has to follow Diabetes Prevention Program in which:

1)He has to control weight
2)Exercise for 30 minutes a day, such as cycling, swimming, or brisk walking.
3)Strictly follow "A HEALTHY BALANCED DIET" 

From then, we started taking a good care of him. My mother sincerely sticks to "Diabetic Food Plan" so that he does not have to compromise on food and gets 
all type of required Nutrition. He too made up his Health routine and strictly follow them. But one thing which we find difficult on his part is to give up 
Sweets because he has a strong inclination towards Sweets. He would sometimes quietly take them from fridge when Mom is out or when she is Sleeping. 
One day, I caught him  Red-Handed.He promised me he will not repeat but he cant stop his Cravings.I really feel sad for him.

I put this problem in front of My Best friend whose father too is a Diabetic patient hopingshe will understand me better. She gave me The Best and Healthy idea to replace sugar with "DABUR HONEY PLAN" Honey is a healthier substitute to sugar because it contains vitamins, minerals and antioxidants which are good for health.

She suggested me some of "Honey Recipes" like  Gajar Ka Halwa ,Honey Fruit Yoghurt etc. which really tastes "Awesome"

Thanks to her and "Honey Diet" which has solved my difficulties easily.Now, no more compromises on sweets. "Ab Papa Bhi Khush Aur Tummy Bhi Khush". 
Now,no more hiding of sweets. I can feel happiness in my father's face which keeps me elated.He remains more active and energised than before.
His Friends say day by day you are becoming more handsome and Young. What is the reason? He smiles and "Stay Fit and  Feel Young" with Dabur Honey.

UC Browser can make a difference

India is a nation of cricket, movies, festivals, relatives, friends, work & lot many social activities. Most of us are always busy with one or multiple activities at the same time. We tend to compromise one activity over the other and somehow do a jugaad. Life has been like that for quite sometime, until the advent of smart phone. With arrival of smart phone, people have started doing more work systematically and looking for ways not to compromise one over another. Few good examples are

• Bigbasket, Youmart - These online grocery startup have made people save their time on grocery market and use the same for some other recreational activities including watching cricket.
• Ola, Uber, TaxiForSure - Online taxi booking has saved people from haggling with auto-wallahs and unnecessary time spent on searching for cabs.

Similarly there are many other aspects. At the same time, in India the infrastructure is choked w.r.t. Data Bandwidth / Speed, Road traffic etc. Most of the smart phone users are just unhappy with the speed of browsing specially when they are live streaming one of their important cricket matches involving Team India. One such new solution in market which is getting a good adoption in India is UC browser because its faster & better. Here is one such story on how UC browser played its part between two friends sharing an apartment in Bangalore, while watching ICC cricket world cup.

Both of the friends, Amar & Ajit were planning to watch India v/s Pakistan World Cup 2015 match. As usual many Indian fans, Ajit & Amar also had superstitious belief when they wanted their team India to win. This time they decided that they will not watch match live in TV, coz last time when they watched India lost. So they decided, they will be watching using their mobile & stream the match live show.With India v/s Pakistan encounter in a World Cup match, they dared not challenge their belief.

They started streaming the match separately using their android mobile phone. Slowly as the match started to heat up, they started betting on whats going to happen in the next ball. To the surprise, most of those bets were won by Amar, resulting in Ajit feeling disappointed & disheartened as he had to pay for all the Pizzas during the world cup matches as per the bet. Ajit came back that he will only pay for Pizza and not all the side items like Garlic bread, soft drinks, etc. To Amar's surprise Ajit agreed.

Next game was between India & South Africa .Unfortunately, Ajit lost again the overall next ball predictions by a big margin. Now Ajit has to sponsor both Pizza's & Side dishes like Soft drink & Garlic breads. Now the only item left /consumed during the match still under the shared budget was Pop-corns. But the poor Ajit lost again for India v/s West Indies match. Amar was elated, Ajit was so upset that he decided he will not bet again ever and not even watch cricket match. On knowing this Amar felt bad. Amar went to Ajit and said we can share all the bills and explained him that he won most of the bets just because of better browser which he has in his mobile phone. Ajit asked him we both share the same WiFi connection, similar android based device still your browser is faster than me. How can it be possible?

Amar explained that UC browser is the next generation advanced browser for mobile devices which uses cloud accelerations & data compression technology. This makes browser load web pages faster than any of the present mobile browser. Amar continued for cricket fans in India they have a special section just dedicated to cricket : UC Cricket . Even Yuvraj Singh of India Team recommends the same. Ajit was convinced and he installed UC browser. 

For all the new cricket matches the next ball prediction was more fun and more balanced. UC browser made friends more closer at the same time improved the experience of watching cricket matches enjoyful n lively...

My Favorite Phone - Asus Zenfone2

One person can have many reasons for liking one or the other new mobile devices. To judge which is my favorite device is going to change from time to time. As the technology is changing faster than the time, means we will have more advanced device with much higher capabilities.

Its hard to say which is my favorite device as it keeps changing with time & technology. After thinking through it hard enough I have chosen one - the chosen one. Well before I reveal the name I thought its better to note down the logical reasons for my choice. So I will divide it in two parts one was the must things which I won't compromise on for my own reasons.


Criteria : Must YESes for me

1. It should be based on Android. Well the simple reason for me is that I am used to Android and it has the highest number applications available in any of the play stores as compared to that of other Operating Systems.
2. Both Front & Rear Camera. Its must for me for the obvious reason that I am very social in different social media channels like instagram, twitter, etc. So for me Selfie is a necessity & not luxury. So both the cameras are basic needs.
3. Higher resolution device close to 1080p resolution. The main reason for this was I like watching video & playing games in mobile phones. So looks and feel of the display has to be good.
4. Higher RAM. Many of the devices will show good space and processor but are low in RAM. So one have a frequent Lags and slowness in device. For me this is to be avoided at all the cost. I just hate any ANR or Force Close dialogs , ahhh.... I mean any application crashes or activity getting freezed.

My Choice: My Favourite Phone : ASUS Zenfone 2

Well I will list the reasons why it should be in anyone's best list based on parameters which made me love Zenfone 2. 

• 4 GB RAM. Once I heard it, I was like WOW. No more slow devices. No more applications saying that they will crash (ANRs or Force Closes) soon. Typically most of the other devices fulfilling my criteria has either 1 GB , 2GB and few with 3 GB RAM. For me 4GB RAM was a key differentiation.
• Games were faster and very responsive.
• Applications were fast & smooth. Literally No ANRs
• Touch & responsiveness gave a very nice feeling & experience.

• Quad Core Atom 2.3 GHz processor is well matched with higher RAM. This means that neither the performance of Chipset or RAM is going to be a bottleneck. I being a power user, aka heavy user, this fulfills my need as a power user.

• 13 MP Rear Camera & 5 MP Front Camera, meant that I will have much more clear and beautiful pictures. The pictures and selfie taken can be shared to social medias like Instagram. Camera is fairly simple & easy to use with all the features like White Balance, 1080 P Video Capture, etc. In short, great pictures with nice quality and ease paired with a good response time.

• Good display with 5.5 inch Display with resolution of 1080 * 1920 pixels.This gives good pictures taken more clearer and sharper. Corning Gorilla Glass adds more to protect the display by making it scratch free.

• I loved the design of flip cover. So beautiful & amazing. It made me recall some classic phones like Razer with those watches. I simply love this design.

• Dual SIM - I have two mobile numbers and I wanted to keep both while migrating from Moto G to ASUS Zenphone 2. It adds an extra comfort to stay the same instead of carrying to mobile devices.

• Affordable. Many of times a good device with a good specs are heavily priced. But that's not the case with  ASUS Zenfone 2.

In simple words, if you are a power user who is social and expects phone to work well and in a very responsive way with good pictures and gaming performance, #Myzenfone2 is definitely the best pick in the present lot of devices.

#SniffSniff -- Investigations to unravel the mystery

I was one of the lucky ones selected to attempt to unearth the mystery surrounding the activity #SniffSniff. I'm using my investigative skills to uncover the mystery of #SniffSniff atBlogAdda.

Day 1
One fine evening of June, the door bell rang. I just happen to sneak who is outside, I noticed a young lad trying to fix his hair in my bikes mirror. He was waiting for someone to open the door. I opened the door & to my surprise I got a blue colored box with thunder bolts. I started wondering if I should open the box or just smell it? Is it something to smell first and then open? What could be inside?

After all this activity was all about puzzle & all about words. I tried doing #SniffSniff, but of no use.

After doing all the sniff sniffs, I decided to open the box as I was not able to control my anxiety & excitement. On opening the blue box, it had a card & a clip. With that started the spy brain of mine in Bomkesh Bakshi's style.

That whole day I kept thinking until wife started giving me a different look as If I have gone crazy, by talking to myself. I was literally force to stop talking that day.

Day 2:-

New day and I was ready to start a fresh investigation. The clues were 

• A clip
• A Postcard
• With a Man's picture
• And few puzzling texts

My first guess was obvious that it has to do something with odour. But then there are two kinds of Odour : Good & Bad. So as a investigator I thought to enact both these types, which can help me get more ideas & clues.

For Bad odour, the one most easily found and available in all homes are the dustbins.

It kind of gave a hint that clip is definitely for saving one from bad odour as it had a CLIP. Still I went ahead with scenario 2, which is good odour. Good odour can be from flowers and as usual I was at the potential crime scene.

Well with flowers one will not apply CLIPs on their nose. And I was heading towards some conclusion.

It has to do with SAVING / PROTECTING from a BAD ODOUR.

It has something to do with MEN.

Still it has many un-answered question --> for Men or from Men or both? 

What kind of bad odour -->  Of bathroom or car or deodrant?

Day 3:

While we were waiting for the surprise my 7 months old kid also started participating in the activity.

A new surprise arrived in a cubical box. It contained a small jute bag with a tag #SniffSniff. As usual I started smelling it and it smelled more like good odour of coffee.

I started wondering since it was a good smell, it could be a coffee flavoured soap or fragrance, which will save males from a bad odour.

I opened the jute bag and I was right, it was roasted coffee beans. Now I have to look to connect the dots. I started connecting them.

Day 4:

I started playing with beans & thinking while waiting for the arrival of next hint. The wait was killing me.

Day 5:

The last clue had finally arrived, it had a white colored mask. 

Now the investigation had to reach & find the real product. Mask is to save people from air pollution. So was wondering is it has to do with bad air or unwanted air or doctor. Well I was totally confused and still with some certainty I could only say it was surely some DEODRANT which will save us from BAD ODOUR.

Day 6:

Finally it was time to verify if the investigation gave the correct report. The final product had finally arrived & it was delivered by the same young polite & smart teenager at our doorstep. It was well packed & presented to us in a nice box. I was really excited & was waiting to reveal it & unbox it.

To my good surprise it was Nivea Deodorizer which was saying us to say "No to body odour". 

I will accept that I guessed it will be deodrant, but I was not very precise.

First thing which I did after unboxing was to smell it & apply it. To my surprise :

1. It smelled very FRESH
2. I applied it on the morning, still I didn't had any sign of odour at the end of the day. It lasts DAY LONG
3. While applying there was no gas --> GAS FREE

I was very happy with the way the product was revealed & with the complete experience of the investigation.

I am using NIVEA MEN - BODY DEODORIZER & I am loving it.

Thank you BlogAdda & Nivea. I enjoyed #SniffSniff