‘Bimba’

The ‘honeymoon’ period of the corporate life is fading away. ‘Friday 4 pm’ has been most expected time for me these days. The mood would be like going to a trip to refresh our minds and almost everyone would stop working. Planning for the weekend on my way to home.

This ‘Sunday’ was probably was a action packed event. For a F1 fan like me and you ( if you aren’t, you probably missed something), its a race we can never forget. The last race at Brazil, made Lewis Hamilton, the youngest formula 1 champion, he deserved it though. But, my feelings are for Massa, for a Ferrari fans ( me too) , it was a heart-break. It was the perfect race for Massa, i felt he gave his best as though driving for his life. So said, luck or fate, whatever you call , had decided the world champion. A point difference was all that was required. With Toyota’s plan not to pit Timo Glock for Intermediate tyres, helped Hamilton to overtake Timo and get the all required fifth position, resulting in ‘a point’ difference. Kudos to Ferrari team for winning the constructors title. A sad end to DC’s career. Hope, the next season would be competitve with Alonso, Kimi, Massa, Lewis, Vettel and Kubica to watch.

Kumble’s sudden retirement from the test cricket, almost got everyone in suprise. The ‘warrior’ announced it almost at the end of the test match at Kotla. He is one of the cricketers who have given 100% commitment towards the sport. Respected, passionate, the list goes on…, All the best ‘Jumbo’.., we miss you.

I had been to open theatre drama show yesterday. It was my first experience and i really enjoyed it. ‘Bimba’, a Hanumantha nagar based group, performed at the Suchitra film centre near Banashankari. ‘Bimba’, for the past 19 years, has been going strong to guide children on their overall development and ‘theatre skills’ in specific. The programme started off with a song, followed by the ‘rasa prashne’. I should admit my knowledge of kannada literature was almost ‘nil’. Skits followed and a food mela was organised. ‘Bimba band’ group rocked the evening. Buckets, tumbler, plates were used as instruments. It is really good for a group such as ‘Bimba’ to encourage people to actively participate in theatre events. The script, logistics were taken care by small children. In this digital and e-world, i wish such programmes continue and attract people. This group conducts such event every 4 months. Do take time to visit these events..

Nokia firmware update in easy steps.

Do you use a Nokia phone? Are you not satisfied with the current software in the phone? Have you come across any software error in the phone? Are you not satisfied with the battery life-time of your phone ?

If yes, do read this:

‘People’, once they buy the Nokia phone are not aware of the fact that updates for their phone would be available approximately every month. I just want to spread the awareness of it.

‘Firmware’ is the software that runs on your Nokia phone. It is important for you to keep your phone firmware updated. The various applications which interact with the hardware of the phone as well as those which mainly provides an user interface also gets updated. New applications, features are provided.

Requirements for Firmware update on PC side:

• Nokia Software updater ( NSU) is the software on the PC which assists in the firmware installation on your phone. So, to find out whether your phone has a ‘firmware update’ option and to download appropriate NSU check: NSU. Once you have downloaded the NSU, install it in your PC.

• Windows Xp/Vista, minimum of 256 MB RAM, 1GHz processor.
• High speed ( Broadband) internet connection.
• UPS backup for the PC. Make sure their is no power failure during updation.

Requirements for the Phone:

• Phone should be switched ON.
• It should have a valid SIM card.
• General profile should be activated.
• Its is very important for the phone to be fully charged prior to updation / connect the charger during the process. Otherwise, it could cause unrevertible damage to the phone.
• Backup your phone memory and/or memory card. Phone memory can be backed-up on the memory card. To do this. go to: Menu->Tools->Memory->Options->Backup phone memory. OR you can backup using Nokia PC Suite. In the PC suite, you have a application ‘Content Copier’. Using it, you can backup phone memory, memory card, messages, calender entries on your PC. I would suggest you to backup on your PC. During software update, the phone memory will be formatted.
• USB cable which comes with your handset.

With above requirements/ precautions taken care, use the following steps:

1. Connect your phone to the PC using the USB cable. Use ‘PC Suite’ option in the phone. Accept the cable drivers installation on your PC during the first time of connection.

2. Open the NSU. It will detect your phone type and checks for the software update. It will display the Current firmware version and the available version. The other way to check whether update is available is: Availability

3. If you want to continue with updation, click on “Update”. The software will be downloaded from the server to your PC. Note: Internet connection should not be lost during this process.

4. After the software is downloaded, your phone screen will go blank and updation starts. On updating the phone reboots.

5. A message on your PC indicates the completion. Restore the contents either from the memory card or from the PC using the PC suite.

6. Allow the applications to installed again in your phone.

Do read the FAQ’s

Do post in your queries and watch out this space for more tips.

Enjoy the new features of the phone…