Archive for June, 2008

Apple Stores in India

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Well Apple Store – the real McCoy – isn’t here in India yet. Reliance recently tied up with Apple to bring us something that comes close – the iStore. They started springing up late last year, and as of now 4 cities in India have them. Here are their addresses and phone numbers:
Bangalore
iStore
No. 87, Almas [...]

Top 5 free apps that should come pre-installed on your Mac

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

1. VLC media player | Screenshot
The Swiss army knife of media players.
The default media player which comes with OSX is Quicktime Player and it plays, well, just Quicktime. For your vast media collection including Mpeg, DivX, DV, WMV, MKV etc. VLC is the answer. You can control VLC with the Apple remote so if you [...]

Using MacBook Pro Power Adapter For MacBook

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

I recently lost my MacBook power adapter. None of the Apple resellers in Bangalore had one, and it would’ve taken them as long as 2 weeks to procure one for me. They all had MacBook Pro adapters though.

A day later I found out that the MacBook Pro adapter (model A1172) works for MacBook too. The [...]

Apple India contact info

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Website: http://apple.co.in/
AppleCare hotline: 1800 425 0744 (BSNL & MTNL lines only)
Phone: 080 2574 4646, toll free on 1800 425 4646 (BSNL & MTNL lines only)
SMS: “APPLE” to 54646 (Customer care call backs)
Email: indiasales@mac.com

iPhone 3G in India

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Update: Click here for pre-registering your iPhone with Airtel. Click here for pre-registering your iPhone with Vodafone.
Update (July 1, 2008): Confirmed: $599 for a no-contract iPhone 3G
Update (June 29, 2008): Airtel CEO: No subsidy on iPhone in India
Facts about iPhone 3G launch in India:

Will be launched this year

Will be launched both by Airtel & Vodafone
No [...]