Opera Mobile to the rescue

Hi people, nowadays surfing is an integral part of our daily routine. You can get hell a lot information from web. But in this speeding life we ain't get time to drop at our workstation or laptop to key in the web pages we want to look. Thanks to mobiles and mobile browsing ,they get the info you want no matter wherever whenever in just a click or touch. But the mobile browsing stuff seriously missing some thing. And that is Unicode support. Obviously you cannot view web pages which contains regional language fonts say websites containing Tamil fonts in my case. If you try to open these web pages you will get □□□□□□□□ kind of thing. So whats the fix?

Here where opera mobile comes to the rescue. Already all the mobiles supporting Java will support Opera for sure. Opera is very light and fast browser. Opera uses its web servers to compress the data and then will send it to your phone, this way it is bit faster than other browsers. It is also free. You need not to install Opera .jar only. If you have an android based mobile, Opera mobile is already available in the market and similarly for windows mobile and symbian. So you already installed the Opera mobile, don't blame if you are not getting regional fonts , there is a quick work around for that.

After installing Opera Mobile, Type "opera:config" and press go. You will be pointed to a config page. In the config page go to the setting "Use Bitmap for complex scripts" and enable it by selecting YES. That's it and now you will be able to view all regional website as well. What's happening actually is that the opera servers convert the pages containing regional fonts in to bit maps and send them to the device. So now you think you can read any web page in your mobile. Really, not possible what about Flash content? Na don't speak like Steve jobs. Get a Nexus one with Froyo that's all we can do.
Thanks to pkp.in for giving me this info..
Bye for now.
Dheena

தமிழும் நானும்

தமிழே என் பேச்சு தமிழே என் மூச்சு என்றெல்லாம் நான் சொல்லவில்லை. ஆனால் தமிழை ஒரு மொழியாக மட்டுமின்றி அதற்கும் மேலாக கருதுபவன் நான். தமிழை ஒரு பாடமாக மட்டுமே கருதும் கூட்டத்தில் ஒருத்தனாக தான் நானும் இருந்தேன். ஒரு காலத்தில் எனக்கு தமிழ் படிக்கவே பிடிக்காது. இருப்பினும் தமிழில் சிறப்பான மதிப்பெண் பெற முடிந்ததற்கு காரணம் என் கையெழுத்து மட்டுமே. இருப்பினும் எனக்குள் ஒரு தமிழ் பற்று உருவாகியதற்கு காரணம் என் தமிழ் வாத்தியார் சகாயராஜ் அவர்களே. ஒவ்வொரு மாணவரிடமும் தமிழ் ஒரு பாடமல்ல அது ஒரு சமூகம் என்ற எண்ணத்தை விதைக்க எண்ணியவர். மற்றவர்கள் மனதில் அது பதிந்ததோ இல்லையோ அனால் என் மனதில் நன்றாக படிந்தது. தமிழை உயர்வாக எண்ணிபார் தமிழ் உன்னை உயர்த்தும் என்றெல்லாம் அடிக்கடி கூறுவார். தமிழ் தமிழ் தமிழ் என்று இடை விடாமல் சொல்லிப்பார் அது அமிழ்து அமிழ்து அமிழ்து என்று கேட்கும் என்பார். அப்போது தான் தமிழ் மீது எனக்கு மிகவும் பற்று உண்டானது. திருக்குறளை நானே நாவல் போல படித்தேன். ஓரளவு அர்த்தமும் கண்டேன். அவர் மதுரை அமெரிக்கன் காலேஜில் தமிழ் பயின்றவர் என்பதும் சாலமன் பாப்பையா அவரது ஆசான் என்பதும் குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது. தமிழை ஒரு பாடமாக எண்ணாமல் விரும்பி படித்தேன் பள்ளியில் முதல் மதிப்பென் பெற்றேன். தமிழ் என்னை உயர்த்தியது. இது 12 ஆம் வகுப்பிலும் தொடர்ந்தது. சொன்னால் நம்ப மாட்டீர்கள் 12ஆம் வகுப்பு தமிழ் பாடத்தில் வரும் அணைத்து செய்யுள்களையும் நான் மனப்பாடம் செய்து வைத்தேன். ஒவ்வொரு வார்த்தைக்கும் அர்த்தம் அறிந்தேன்.தமிழை இவ்வாறுதான் கற்கவேண்டும் என்று எண்ணினேன். அந்த ஆசானுக்கு நான் என்றும் கடமைப் பட்டிருக்கின்றேன்

ஆனால் இன்று என் உறவினர் ஒருவர் வீட்டுக்கு சென்றபோது அவர் மகன் எனக்கு தமிழ் படிக்க வராது என்றான். அவன் மட்டுமல்ல நம்மில் பலர் தம் தாய் மொழியையே படிக்காமல் வெறும் மதிப்பெண்களுக்காக மட்டுமே பிற மொழியை படிக்கின்றனர். அவர்கள் பிற மொழியை கற்பது இல்லை. ஆற்றில் ஒரு கால் சேற்றில் ஒரு கால். தமிழ் வளர்வதும் சாவதும் மாணவர்களை சார்ந்தும் இருக்கிறது. எய்ட்ஸ் விழிப்புணர்வு போல தமிழ் மொழி விழிப்புணர்வும் நடத்தவேண்டும் என நினைக்கிறேன். இனி வரும் காலங்களில் தமிழை மாணவர்கள் படிக்காமல் விட்டால் தமிழ் இனி மெல்ல சாகாது, விரைந்து சாகும்.


நான் இந்த வலைப்பதிவில் ஒரே ஒரு பிழை இளைத்திருக்கிறேன், அது எங்கே என்று கண்டு பிடியுங்கள் பார்ப்போம்.

Review : Adobe Reader for Android

This is my first ever review post in my blog. Today I am going to review Adobe© reader for Android. Till the time when I purchased my mobile, the only thing that was bugging me was the unavailability of good and of course free document reader for Android. I tried many free PDF readers in the market, but none of them was good and failed to do the required stuffs. But trial versions of some non-free PDF readers like Beam reader and Replico reader are comparatively fast. Sometimes I have even thought of converting PDF to epub format and getting it read by many free non-DRM epub readers like Aldiko and Word player. But nothing is fruitful.

Adobe© reader:

Now Adobe© Reader for Android has been released and I am going to compare it with Document to go (DTG). First thing which made me upset in Adobe© Reader is, you can’t actually open a file from the main UI. Alternatively you should use a file manager like Astro, in my case to open a PDF file. Adobe© Reader is very slow on opening PDF’s compared to DTG. But after opening a PDF each page rendering is very fast in Adobe than DTG. Even text mode is very smooth and clear with Adobe. These are the only good things about Adobe© Reader.

Pros:

1. Page rendering is fast compared to any other PDF viewer, at least in my device.

2. Scrolling is smooth

3. Text view mode is very clear and crisp

4. Image rendering is also good

5. Multi-touch gestures, like pinch-and-zoom, as well as double-tap-zoom, flick-scrolling and panning

Cons:

1. No Open file concept in Adobe© Reader.

2. No go to page option in Adobe© Reader.

3. Bookmarks option is unavailable in Adobe© Reader.

4. Search option is not available in Adobe© Reader.

5. Send via email option is not there in Adobe© Reader.

As you can see there are more issues than advantages. Since it’s the first version, you can expect more functionality in upcoming versions. Any way Adobe© Reader for Android is worth a try.

To dowload use barcode scanner:

Update: Adobe Air SDK pre release is available now.

Bye until next blog

Fragrance

I have been in almost five different places in tamil nadu during my school days, because my dad will get a transfer every 3 years. So I'd the pleasure of being in entirely different places at different time lines. I used to remember the good old days in those places I lived. But that is intentional. Some times some fragrances make me remember those days. This is what i called strange. Today I used the sandal powder in the morning, suddenly the sandal fragrance made me remember my days in Tirunelveli. I was wondering how suddenly this happened. Then i realized that in my house my parents were using sandal talc in tirunelveli. So practically i was exposed to the fragrance for a long time. That's why the sandal fragrance made me remember about Tirunelveli.

Similarly jack fruit fragrance reminds me of Neyveli, coz in my grandpa's home in Neyveli we had jack fruit trees all around and turmeric fragrance reminds me of Erode. We'd been in erode for a year where there was a turmeric go-down near our house.

Fragrance has a power to make u remember certain things. Certain memories will be stored with fragrance as the key index and can be retrieved any time if you smell this fragrance. Some thing like a hash table. I don't actually know whether i alone have this instinct or every one. I guess every one will be having this. If u have so, please let me know.

Bye until next blog

Rank 2: God Of War

This is the first game I'd played in my PSP. To be honest i really didn't understand the story of this game. But i've played this complete game thrice because of its excellent graphics and game play. The stunts that are played in this game are outstanding. I don't know how Sony's game are extremely excellent in terms of graphics compared to other companies like EA and Ubisoft. I love this game. God of war games are always appreciated by all critics. So the second rank goes to God of War: Chain of olympus

Rank 3. NFS UnderCover

I always admire NFS series of games. EA is really doing a very good job since NFS 5: Porsche Unleashed. I'm playing NFS games for over 5 years. Every time they come up with new storyline and fine graphics and adorable cars, though there are few boring versions like Pro-street. Undercover is also a police thief racing game like most wanted, but this time we are working for the police in undercover. Lot of twists will be there in the story, betrayal and everything. It moves on like a nice Tamil masala movie.
With better graphics and game play the NFS Undercover gets the 3rd rank..

Rank 4: Resistance Retribution

Here comes the fourth rank and it goes to Resistance Retribution..

It is a third person shooter game. the story line is based on the virus infection around the world and our hero's retribution for losing his brother to such virus infection. This kind of story is more familiar to us since the movies like RESIDENT EVIL, I AM LEGEND, DOOM. But the graphics and game play in this game was too good. The engine is made in such a way that it wont give dizziness to your eyes. The game is comparatively tough to beat particularly in boss stages.

Wide range of weapons are also a key factor for the success of this game. IGN has awarded 9.4 out of 10 for this game.