In 2010 everyone talk about smartphones , it seems people intended to give up with mobile phones , if we look at global market smartphone share is huge and its growing so fast,  Sri lanka still way behind in numbers but trend is for smartphones is increase by countable number. I do not have specific data or statistics to prove but most of my pretreatments are based on common market practice and information I collected form society.

Smartphones are nothing new to me , I started using XDA O2 back in 2004 with windows mobile 2003SE , I used to be a big fan of microsoft windows mobile due to many reasons, back in 2004 -2006 M$ was dominating smartphone market only Simbian gave a fight against them, also nokia communicator was on market but it was bit expensive,bulky.  compare to sybian I preferred to use windows mobile due to smooth synchronization and application compatibility , I was really happy with MS mobile things were perfect until apple comes with fancy iPhone and app store and spoil everyones mind. more than hardware and OS , app store and crazy apps made iPhone as the king in the market , it was limited and jail break thing makes it more favarite topic in coffee shops and pubs. iPhone is like a tsunami it change the entire concept of everything , I got no choice its time to use iPhone and show off

Market start growing, now every smartphone designers and developers are brainwashed to follow iPhone concept, and its reasonable, we got media ,push mail , office apps , games,  each and everything in one device. now many items to select, latest update from the smartphone war zone is

• iPhone is leading
• Android is killer and trend is moving towards Android
• Windows Mobile is dead and don’t think they can come back with 7
• BlackBerry is a hot case everyone wish to have , but still people don’t know the taste yet
• Nokia has proved they are unable to delver good smartphones
• Sony Ericsson is smart to move with Android
• Hello Moto and HTC rings the bell with Android and still holding on market for good share
• As usual china and India make copy of all the good smartphones for half of the price
• App store has become a key factor to market products

Where can we place simple mobile phones , we still need them for many people simple phones are user friendly and easy to use, I remember when I took mobile for my mom she was asking me , dose it have a camera and stuff ,  at this stage everyone wish to have mobile with cool stuff with smiple interface and also without wasting lot of time and money on updating device.

My conclusion is Smart phone should be smart and easy to use, for me I am not in favor of virtual Keyboard and slow devices. I need reasonable speed plus main thing is the phone , now a days most of the smartphones do have this and that features but when you try to make a call you have to open phone app and type this n that many complicated steps , if you are making a call while driving you may end up with many issues.  Phone calls should be the main thing also physical keyboard is helpful. with all this stuff I may end up with blackberry, Its got most of the smartphone features , little bit slow hardware compare to everything else but it might makes my life easer until I connect BES to my office email

First day when I start using Retail Pro, I had a chat with my friend who is working for Microsoft and ask ” Why Microsoft not concern on retail business ? why Microsoft try to come up with business solutions more than selling windows boxes with bugs. I think now he can replay me on this , Microsoft has taken a smart move with dynamics they still moving forward towards solutions where they can make real money. such as Retail business most of the things depend on IT solution , when it comes to automation of process , inventory control , stock management , Service center/shop floor management, e-commerce no one can stay away from complex IT system where as we call ERP system.
History..
Microsoft had many little toys , such as MS retail , LS retail (not 100% ms thing) with Nav integration, but none of this solutions unable to meet enterprise level client requirement.
For Microsoft AX is like american idol where they can show off ” Hey we also can provide solutions ” (finally) so this is the peak this is the best time for M$ to come up with retail solution and for sure this will be a huge success .
soon I might hear ” Wall – Mart ” chose Microsoft Dynamics AX Retail :p

Microsoft Strategy – Connected Solutions

“‘Connected Experiences for Retail’ is the Microsoft vision to empower retailers to connect people, processes and technologies to deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions and capabilities that resonate with consumers and lead to rich, lasting customer relationships…Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail [is] a powerful end-to-end retail solution that delivers this vision for midsized businesses. The new solution will help retailers gain insight into customer behavior and then use it to optimize the whole chain of operations-from sales to supply and distribution.” -MS website

Smart move ->
MS is the only company who can really call connected solutions where you can simply provide end to end solutions also its more like bread and butter simple and user friendly.

for more information

MS website

ERP , I wonder how many of know what the H*** is ERP and who is doing it and why we need it ?
If I look back my history when we start studying IT , computing we all want to become IT manger one day, but we never know what IT manger have to do everyone was behind servers , network , projects , but it took so many years for us to understand demand and value of erp systems.
So why not erp?
If I look back 19** first few years of year 2k few people was involved on business solutions , as a new kid in town most of the education institutes and experts guide students to become software developer or system admin , I find many reasons behind this.
* Few ERP installations in town
* Few vender’s , few suppliers,
* Less information on market
* No place to obtain training/ hands on no real time scenarios
* Useless Gov advisors and IT leaders
* No one was willing to share information

2010 …..
lets come to present , where are we as sri lankans ?
we are still waiting for Indians to come and implement ERP here , It’s not the genuine reason we do not have IT experts , yes we do have them , the fact that no one is focused on business solutions , few experts do have domain knowledge on production or service operations.

So who ?

When I pay huge amount of tax to my country I don’t expect anything out of it , as sri lankans we never get anything from government , other than building up own stupid things they dont have people or time to think about future of it or it students, I believe this should come from someone who do have common feelings that we should wake up and show the value of studying ERP plus business related operations. In case if anyone ready to spend some time on doing something to our own country I will be so happy to spend my time on any project.

Basically you are not cracking it , what we do here is we make a new admin account using console, after you logged into system using new admin account you can play around with old one , reset password or delete admin account.

Reboot
Hold apple + s down after you hear the chime.
When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):
mount -uw /
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
shutdown -h now

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“Lanka News Web” published the following news story about the President’s son Namal Rajapaksa on the 11th of July.

The ‘story’ said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son, Namal, was hit by a “shower of stones” when he visited an IDP camp in Chettikulam. This is a false story. The photo was taken at the “Carlton Super Cross” in 2007.
Just consider the following photographs.

Sri Lanka at a Glance

Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Government type: republic
Location: Latitude 5° 55. to 9° 50. north, longitude 79° 42. to 81° 52., 650km north of the equator
Dimensions: 430km north to south, 225km east to west
Coastline: 1,340km
Area: 65,525km
Currency (code): Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Independence: 4 February 1948
Administrative capital: Sri Jayewardenepura
Commercial capital: Colombo
Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western, Eastern Province.
Climate: Typically tropical, with a northeast monsoon (December to March) bringing unsettled weather to the north and east, and a southwest monsoon (June to October) bringing bad weather to the south and west
Terrain: Mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior
Highest mountain: Pidurutalagala, 2,524m
Highest waterfall: Bambarakanda, 263m
National Flower The Blue Water Lily (Nymphaea stellata).
National parks and nature reserves area: 8,000sq.km
Population: 21,128,773 (? Census)
Population growth rate: 1.3%
Population Density: 309 people per sq km
Life Expectancy at Birth 74 female, 64 male
Literacy rate : Female 87.9 Male 92.5
Ethnic groups: Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census)
Languages: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
Note: English (a link language commonly) is used in government and spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Religion: Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census)
Time zone: Sri Lanka Standard Time is five and a half hours ahead of GMT. (Allowance should be made for summer-time changes in Europe.)
International dialing: +94
Electricity: 230 . 240 volts, 50 cycles AC. If you travel with a laptop computer bring a stabilizer
Economy: Sri Lanka.s most dynamic sectors are food processing, textiles and apparel, food and beverages, port construction, telecommunications, and insurance and banking. In 2006, plantation crops made up only 15% of exports (90% in 1970), while textiles and garments accounted for more than 60%. About 800,000 Sri Lankans work abroad, 90% of them in the Middle East. They send home more than US$1 billion a year.
Labour force 34.3% of the labour population is employed in agriculture, 25.3% in industry and 40.4% in services: 40.4% (30 June 2006 est.) The unemployment rate is 5.7% (2007 est.)
Agriculture & products Rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber, coconutsm milk, eggs, hides, beef, fish
Industries: Processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; clothing, textiles; cement, petroleum refining.
Exports: Textiles and apparel; tea and spices; diamonds, emeralds, rubies; coconut products, rubber manufactures, fish
Imports: Main import commodities are textile fabrics, mineral products, petroleum, foodstuffs, machinery and transportation equipment: $10.61 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.). Percentage of main commodities from main import partners: India 19.6%, China 10.5%, Singapore 8.8%, Iran 5.7%, Malaysia 5.1%, Hong Kong 4.2%, Japan 4.1% (2006)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Purchasing power parity: $81.29 billion (2007 est.). Official exchange rate: $30.01 billion (2007 est.) Real growth rate: 6.3% (2007 est.) Per capita: $4,100 (2007 est.) composition by sector: Agriculture: 16.5% Industry: 26.9%
Gross National Product (GNP): Sri Lanka is placed in 76th place in GNP figures of the world.s nations with $22.8 billion (2005)
Flag description: yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border around the entire flag and extends between the two panels
Source : SLTPB

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Canon has unveiled the EOS 500D (Digital Rebel T1i), the latest addition to its compact DSLR series. The upper-entry-level camera features a 15.1 MP APS-C CMOS sensor with 1080p HD video recording at 20fps. It also offers a 3.0 inch LCD with 920,000 dot resolution and an ISO sensitivity range expandable up to 12800 equivalent. It includes a faster Digic 4 processor offering better noise reduction at higher ISO’s and continuous shooting speeds of up to 3.4 fps delivering 170 large JPEG images in a single burst.

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Airtel lanka GPRS Settings

Make sure your GPRS is activated or else call 555 and activate it

Connection Name : Airtel
Data Bearer : Packet Data
Acess Point : Airtellive
user name :
Password :
Authentication : Normal
Home Page : http://wap.airtel.lk (optional)
Network Type : IPv4
Phone IP : automatic
Proxy server : 10.200.168.84
DNS : automatic
ProxyPort : 8080