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		<title>By: Punsons Flora</title>
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		<dc:creator>Punsons Flora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When I told a friend who was planning o buy it, that it misses MMS and Video, he wasn’t aware of it at all ! That’s the point.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I told a friend who was planning o buy it, that it misses MMS and Video, he wasn’t aware of it at all ! That’s the point.</p>
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		<title>By: Does user comments affect Google ranks ? - Daily SEO blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Does user comments affect Google ranks ? - Daily SEO blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] 1 -&#160; I had posted this story about iPhone launch in India and why it could be a disappointment in India (Nofollow link) on my low traffic personal blog. When I wrote the post, there were no articles that [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] 1 -&#160; I had posted this story about iPhone launch in India and why it could be a disappointment in India (Nofollow link) on my low traffic personal blog. When I wrote the post, there were no articles that [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Where are all the iPhone lovers in India ? &#124; Manikarthik.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>Where are all the iPhone lovers in India ? &#124; Manikarthik.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I wonder where did all the &#8220;iPhone supporters&#8221; go ? Did you guys get a discount or something [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Mani Karthik</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mani Karthik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Coolfrost, there are no games by default like in other phones, but you can download them from the Appstore. But I could be wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Coolfrost, there are no games by default like in other phones, but you can download them from the Appstore. But I could be wrong.</p>
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		<title>By: coolfrost</title>
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		<dc:creator>coolfrost</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey are you sure that there will be no games as mentioned in your blog? I read quiet a few companies coming forward to develop games for the iPhone in India. Karnataka-based company Robosoft has already announced that it is releasing 5 games before next month for the India App Store.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey are you sure that there will be no games as mentioned in your blog? I read quiet a few companies coming forward to develop games for the iPhone in India. Karnataka-based company Robosoft has already announced that it is releasing 5 games before next month for the India App Store.</p>
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		<title>By: iPhone price in India - Big disappointment! &#124; Manikarthik.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>iPhone price in India - Big disappointment! &#124; Manikarthik.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] There&#8217;s no doubt that iPhone will remain a premium commodity and not a crowd puller in India. You&#8217;ve seen why. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Luke</title>
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		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. No mp3 support/songs if not through iTunes. Indians would definitely want the bollywood numbers playing. Big disappoint here.

Rubbish you can put whatever you want on the iphone from any source. I don&#039;t have many itunes bought mp3&#039;s... it handles all my ripped cd music just fine.

   2. No video support. (What happens to all the MMS scandals?)
Bit of a pain to get working, but jailbreak and you can play anything. By default flash video works out of the box.. aka youtube etc.

   3. Not a good camera, just average (hmm…hmm so you flash your iPhone and your peer having the samsung mobile shows you better pictures. ouch!)

Yup true camera is crap.

   4. In India, no phones escapes the “scratches”. Get ready with a real good scratch free cover.

First thing I bought.

   5. If you want to change the battery, you better take an insurance for the phone, because you got to send it over to the US, to get it replaced. (Imagine the cost involved)

Huh? Insurance is a few dollars a week, the iphone is not a toy its a tool. The cost if it&#039;s under warranty is roughly $15 US dollars to post it there and back, with a turnaround time of under two weeks.

   6. Drop your iPhones and get ready for a heart break !
So don&#039;t bloody drop your phone.. .applies to anything really.

   7. Do you like MMS? Sorry mate, no support on the iPhone.
MMS is technology from the 1990&#039;s. Email is far superior.

   8. Okay so you can browse websites eh? Did you know that flash isn’t supported on it? Booohoo…
SVG isn&#039;t supported true so many of your &quot;flashy&quot; websites won&#039;t properly, but any well designed website degrades nicely. Deal with it... flash websites are usually a few MB for the homepage alone... a really good way to burn your meagre monthly quota.

   9. You can send pictures as attachments on email yeah? But only one at a time baby!
Not so in 2.0.1 multiple pictures are allowed now, limited by your ISP POP3 attachment size limits.

  10. Want to wile away time waiting for the train/bus/plane? Sorry. No games. This is for serious folks only!
Click the icon that says AppStore download a bunch of FREE bloody games instantly. 

  11. No SMS forwards..No cut and paste. Means no jokes shared, no texting business.
Beta versions of copy&amp;paste for the iPhone exist if you jailbreak you phone you can try them for free. If you are patient they should be on the Appstore in a few weeks for under $10.

  12. It is “reported” to be heating up pretty quickly. But don’t believe me for it - use it to know.
Fake.

Your review is utter fail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. No mp3 support/songs if not through iTunes. Indians would definitely want the bollywood numbers playing. Big disappoint here.</p>
<p>Rubbish you can put whatever you want on the iphone from any source. I don&#8217;t have many itunes bought mp3&#8217;s&#8230; it handles all my ripped cd music just fine.</p>
<p>   2. No video support. (What happens to all the MMS scandals?)<br />
Bit of a pain to get working, but jailbreak and you can play anything. By default flash video works out of the box.. aka youtube etc.</p>
<p>   3. Not a good camera, just average (hmm…hmm so you flash your iPhone and your peer having the samsung mobile shows you better pictures. ouch!)</p>
<p>Yup true camera is crap.</p>
<p>   4. In India, no phones escapes the “scratches”. Get ready with a real good scratch free cover.</p>
<p>First thing I bought.</p>
<p>   5. If you want to change the battery, you better take an insurance for the phone, because you got to send it over to the US, to get it replaced. (Imagine the cost involved)</p>
<p>Huh? Insurance is a few dollars a week, the iphone is not a toy its a tool. The cost if it&#8217;s under warranty is roughly $15 US dollars to post it there and back, with a turnaround time of under two weeks.</p>
<p>   6. Drop your iPhones and get ready for a heart break !<br />
So don&#8217;t bloody drop your phone.. .applies to anything really.</p>
<p>   7. Do you like MMS? Sorry mate, no support on the iPhone.<br />
MMS is technology from the 1990&#8217;s. Email is far superior.</p>
<p>   8. Okay so you can browse websites eh? Did you know that flash isn’t supported on it? Booohoo…<br />
SVG isn&#8217;t supported true so many of your &#8220;flashy&#8221; websites won&#8217;t properly, but any well designed website degrades nicely. Deal with it&#8230; flash websites are usually a few MB for the homepage alone&#8230; a really good way to burn your meagre monthly quota.</p>
<p>   9. You can send pictures as attachments on email yeah? But only one at a time baby!<br />
Not so in 2.0.1 multiple pictures are allowed now, limited by your ISP POP3 attachment size limits.</p>
<p>  10. Want to wile away time waiting for the train/bus/plane? Sorry. No games. This is for serious folks only!<br />
Click the icon that says AppStore download a bunch of FREE bloody games instantly. </p>
<p>  11. No SMS forwards..No cut and paste. Means no jokes shared, no texting business.<br />
Beta versions of copy&amp;paste for the iPhone exist if you jailbreak you phone you can try them for free. If you are patient they should be on the Appstore in a few weeks for under $10.</p>
<p>  12. It is “reported” to be heating up pretty quickly. But don’t believe me for it &#8211; use it to know.<br />
Fake.</p>
<p>Your review is utter fail.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter White</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter White</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Most of these are not really specific to india.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of these are not really specific to india.</p>
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		<title>By: Karthiksn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karthiksn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh had just checked it after posting here. Anyways time to get back to the point.

Do you know except the sms forwards and copy and paste no other point actually holds.

Just because you don&#039;t know the rocket science behind it doesn&#039;t mean you can spread wrong info. Songs support just requires iTunes software installed and not exactly iTunes store. And for crying out loud it after all spwaned iPod touch you dont think think indians use iPod&#039;s without indian music.

The price of that thing is not going to be 15k. Heck I think it will definitely be above 20k which means it wont be bought by an average user who buys his phone to sit and play games. And if an average person does end up spending that much then definitely he knows how to get it to work.

And just quote the source where you got the info about people having to send phone to US in case of any problems. I guess you need source to prove that.

And as you said in India no phone can escape scratches so why is it even a point if its common to all the phones.

You actually didnt mention the fundamental flaw in iPhone which is no bluetooth transfer, even if that was included I would have thought you atleast checked one or two sites.

And about the 3G I guess you do read newspapers since they have formed the rules and stuff for 3G its not much far. Actually BSNL and MTNL has already ordered most of the equipments required for it.

So next time just check two or three sites before putting stuff up. And knowing stuff about mobile is not &quot;rocket sience&quot;.

And yeah I dont think I will buy iPhone, I dont care how good it is I would still prefer Nokia E71 anytime.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh had just checked it after posting here. Anyways time to get back to the point.</p>
<p>Do you know except the sms forwards and copy and paste no other point actually holds.</p>
<p>Just because you don&#8217;t know the rocket science behind it doesn&#8217;t mean you can spread wrong info. Songs support just requires iTunes software installed and not exactly iTunes store. And for crying out loud it after all spwaned iPod touch you dont think think indians use iPod&#8217;s without indian music.</p>
<p>The price of that thing is not going to be 15k. Heck I think it will definitely be above 20k which means it wont be bought by an average user who buys his phone to sit and play games. And if an average person does end up spending that much then definitely he knows how to get it to work.</p>
<p>And just quote the source where you got the info about people having to send phone to US in case of any problems. I guess you need source to prove that.</p>
<p>And as you said in India no phone can escape scratches so why is it even a point if its common to all the phones.</p>
<p>You actually didnt mention the fundamental flaw in iPhone which is no bluetooth transfer, even if that was included I would have thought you atleast checked one or two sites.</p>
<p>And about the 3G I guess you do read newspapers since they have formed the rules and stuff for 3G its not much far. Actually BSNL and MTNL has already ordered most of the equipments required for it.</p>
<p>So next time just check two or three sites before putting stuff up. And knowing stuff about mobile is not &#8220;rocket sience&#8221;.</p>
<p>And yeah I dont think I will buy iPhone, I dont care how good it is I would still prefer Nokia E71 anytime.</p>
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		<title>By: Mani Karthik</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mani Karthik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Manan, I wish if I knew everything about it Manav, am not a technically sound person when it comes to gadgets. I&#039;m worried about the end user exp rather. Whatever rocket science is behind it,  if a gadget doesn&#039;t fullfil the basic requirements, that&#039;s pathetic. Without SMS forwards, that&#039;s not even a phone damn it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Manan, I wish if I knew everything about it Manav, am not a technically sound person when it comes to gadgets. I&#8217;m worried about the end user exp rather. Whatever rocket science is behind it,  if a gadget doesn&#8217;t fullfil the basic requirements, that&#8217;s pathetic. Without SMS forwards, that&#8217;s not even a phone damn it!</p>
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