Spice telecom MYTUNES

Enrich your mobile lifestyle with MyTunes. You can now assign MyTunes to your family and friends with your favorite music and entertain everyone before you pick up their calls. MyTunes will replace your monotonous tring tring tone with popular tunes of your own choice. You can choose a tune from a wide variety of categories like Bollywood, International hits, Senti, Devotional, Filmy Dialogues, Funny, Sad & Serious tunes. MyTunes also offers you cheeky Spice radio ads free. Personalized MyTunes will also reflect your personality, image, or even your mood for the day - Happy, Sad, Serious, "Don't wanna talk to you", "Wanna marry/date me" & other similar emotions. How to subscribe to MyTunes ? Please call 678, the IVR will guide you to follow the instructions to subscribe for MyTunes. After successful subscription, you will receive an SMS confirmation "Your service has been activated" then, please call 678 and select your favourite MyTunes. How to set MyTunes ? Once you have subscribed for MyTunes, Please call 678 and listen to the various categories listed below, select your favourite tune, and set it for all your callers or select upto 20 different tunes for 20 different callers. Charges Monthly Subscription Rs 30 only Download Charges per tune Rs 10 only SMS Charges per SMS Rs 3 only Airtime Charges Rs 6/min only for calling 678 Features Pleasing tunes replace the boring tring tring Wide range of categories available to select from The entire range of MyTunes are available on mytunes.spicetele.com with live streaming. Personalize a tune for all callers or select up 20 different tunes for 20 different callers. (Feature available only with Spice) Play your favourite tune for all incoming calls MyTunes can add variety and a fun element to your incoming calls No need to buy the latest phone or a specific brand of phone for MyTunes. Any GSM phone will do Spice Tunes (radio ads) are free of any download charges. Only monthly rental airtime for selecting Spice Tunes will be applicable. Activate Mytunes via SMS To subscribe MyTunes, SMS the keyowrd REG MT to 678 To download a tune, SMS the keyword MT TuneCode to 678 To set a tune, SMS the keyword SET TuneCode to 678 To get the Top10 tunes, SMS the keyword MT TOP to 678

Kodak's New Wi-Fi Card

Kodak has unveiled an 802.11b WiFi card for its Easyshare Printer Dock Plus. With the card inserted in the dock you can send pictures from a docked Easyshare camera across your wireless network, allowing you to share, display or print anywhere the signal is strong enough. The dock also becomes a wireless printer for any 802.11b-enabled computer or Easyshare camera. It should be available in June for just under $100.

So not only does Kodak not want you to go to Wal-Mart to print your photos, they don't even want you to walk over to your computer and plug your camera in. This may fall into the category of giving us what we didn't know we needed, or just giving us what we don't really need, but either way it's a strong attack in the ongoing American war on physical activity. Its been interesting watching Kodak reinvent (and save) itself as a digital imaging company, and it's good to see that process involves innovation and not just massive layoffs

Zen Wav washes up on US shores

We don't know how many of you were patiently waiting for the Zen Wav to hit our fair shores, but it looks like the tiny black DAP has finally made it out of Asia. Other than the tinny built-in speakers, there's not a lot you haven't seen from Creative before: 4GB of flash, 1.5-inch screen, line-in, smug sense of non-conformity, and an FM tuner. All yours at Wal-Mart for $99.

Apple's new wireless keyboard not shipping for 3-5 weeks

While the new iMacs, USB 2.0 keyboard, and updated iLife and iWork suites announced yesterday shipped out lickety-quick, it seems like Apple's tiny new Bluetooth keyboard isn't quite ready yet -- the online Apple Store is showing wait times of 3-5 weeks. That's at least down from the 4-6 weeks we swear the store showed yesterday, but it's still a mighty long time. Oh well -- we'll never feel comfortable without a numeric keypad anyway.

Newman's janky Windows CE PMP does it all

Newman's been known to crank out a few less than beautiful devices in its time, but the interestingly styled vx1000 certainly ups the ante. This handheld conglomerate manages to wear an awful lot of hats, as it features a built-in media player, four-inch 480 x 272 widescreen panel, an image / text viewer, FM radio, WiFi, gaming functions, and Windows CE at the helm. Of course, we'd be sure to give this thing a whirl before confidently snapping up such a chintzy looking piece, but those willing to take the risk can pick one up in China for 1,999CNY ($264).

X-Micro rolls out EVA 220, X-VDO F510 portable media players

It's not often X-Micro pops up on our radar, but it looks like the company is still kicking it at the PMP game, with it recently introducing another pair of new players you'll likely have trouble distinguishing from the multitude of similar devices competing for your tunes. On the low(er) end, the company's got its EVA 220 MP3 player, available in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB varieties, and boasting a 128x64 blue blacklit display, a built-in FM radio, and support for nothing more than plain old WMA and MP3 audio. Offering a few more capabilities than that its the company's new X-VDO F510 PMP, which is available in the same 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB varieties, but adds a 1.8-inch TFT display and support for video playback, among other minor upgrades. No word on pricing or availability for either of 'em just yet though, so you'll have to somehow curb your enthusiasm for the time being.

Olympus intros six new digital voice recorders

Keepin' things fresh in the digital voice recorder realm is Olympus, which just unveiled six new devices on the European frontier. The compact WS-311M and WS-321M units sport 512MB and 1GB (respectively) of internal memory for loading up music files when not playing back lecturers, boast USB 2.0 connectivity, and offer up six recording qualities to boot. The 256MB WS-110 and 512MB WS-210S simply double as a LCD-equipped USB flash drive when not tuning into voices, and the 256MB VN-4100 and VN-4100PC flavors throw in voice activation, four recording options, a built-in display, and a recording timer for good measure. Granted, the September launch dates keep them from being of any real value during the earlier parts of next semester, but be sure and click through to take a look at the rest of the family.

5G iPod mod trades the hard drive for CF storage

We've seen similar flash memory mods for various iterations of the iPod family, like Mark Hoekstra's CF swap, which spans generations one through four, but unfortunately we have yet to see anyone take on the 5G video iPods... until now. One apparently bored and crafty gentleman who goes by the name Tarkan Akdam has successfully replaced his untrustworthy, archaic, mechanical hard drive with a substantially smaller 4GB CF card (we suppose what it lacks in storage is made up for in peace of mind). Apparently, it's not so tough to find a compatible solution to go from the factory-installed Toshiba drive to an off-the-shelf chunk of flash memory -- as long as you have a custom circuit board made and don't mind soldering 0.5mm pitch connections. If you're reaching for your mini-screwdriver set right now, hit the read link and learn the whole process.