Comments on: Indian farmer uses phone to remotely control the farm

By: Ritesh Parekh

Ritesh Parekh — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:03:12 +0000

Kudos! good Job.
My comment below intends to add a value to your already existing product. I and my team have already made the similar, on the contrary more advanced real time based application in 2006.
According to my application, I can set the timings for various activities to be scheduled automatically for whole day.
and this schedule would repeat in a cycle of 24 hours.
So added value to your application is that person will not have to wake up every day early just to trigger remotely.
Once SMS set and sent, its done for ever.

And most importantly the cost that I claim is less than half of what mentioned.

If anyone wants to know about the technique of real time operation automation do contact me on ID rp0018783@gmail.com.

By: Gomcoite

Gomcoite — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:22:32 +0000

well, the point i want to address is more deep that it seems.

1. Why would nokia STOP makin 1100s when they were selling like hot cakes?

2. The new versions like 1202, 1209 etc. have a rather bulky size when compared to 1100 with hardly anything new*?

3. If these new devices (1200s) are cheap than 1100 then i may presume that 1100 ought to be cheaper considering it is less feature packed according to you in the present scenario, so why not give out the cheapest to those who need em?

i knw it wud not make sense to u as only the expensive models fetch you some profit and enables nokia to fund its various activities. Well to be honest the reason why i am saying this is because i feel Nokia has the quality and durability that can make their phones last long, which is something good as poor ppl hardly or simply cant change their phone once bought. After all the NEXT BILION has 50% population BELOW poverty line.

By: Cj

Cj — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:32:52 +0000

The 1100’s been a pretty huge hit in India. But yeah, now there are phones here that are even cheaper ! Gotta hand it to Nokia for taking the initiative.

By: charlie

charlie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:24:32 +0000

Anirudh, I heard that we now have phones better and cheaper than the 1100, such as the 1209 and 1202. Indeed, I cannot even get my hands on an 1100.

By: Gomcoite

Gomcoite — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:43:07 +0000

Charlie…! what are u guys plannin on next. (Chaplin, this is news to me, i had no idea, sounds very bad, will update this after i have a word with my friends in Nokia india)

to know what is best for india you should have sent an indian too, for the job, who really knows what the grass root level story is. besides, i have been saying a it for long, we need 1100 in india.

For eg:- im out on a holiday and i lose my N95 (or someone steals it) with it gone, i wud look for a cheap solution like a 1100 to go for the rest of my holiday and when i come back home, i may upgrade to a new phone and give the 1100 to my chauffeur or gardener…

or there can be other tips and taps that can be coupled with these devices to make them more friendly with the common man and COST is no.1 factor.

i hope you guys are working on something cool for us.

PS.
just registered for Nokia Pilots, i hope to get a call soon

By: CHAPLIN

CHAPLIN — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:30:51 +0000

I’m not telling that Nokia is a bad company to work in, I bet it is one of the best companies in the world. But… this “shakes” everything..

By: CHAPLIN

CHAPLIN — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:14:36 +0000

Speaking about INDIA, i’ve heard that a Nokia employer has committed suicide because of her managers, which she said to be harassed by, in the past few days.
As far as I know, of course this si being investigating by the police, but what Nokia has to tell about this? Sometimes you post here some material about working at Nokia bla bla bla God in heaven, Nokia on earth, but… the guys are still there.. shouldn’t they be taken away from their jobs at least until the end of the investigations??! It makes me thinking that probably there are more people at the same situation that that woman was. Come on, she’ve committed suicide!

By: ARJWright

ARJWright — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:45:11 +0000

I like reading about solutions like this. The mind is only limited by its own self, not the environment.