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The Cafe Coffee Day has been the de facto meeting place since I have started working at my current job. Am waiting for someone and decided to test if I can add photo to blog via iPhone. Let us see how this works.

Now I can blog from my iPhone!

Every time I plugged my iPhone to my iMac, iPhoto used to start up and ask if I want to import the photos. It was very irritating, especially as I could not figure out how to change this behavior.

If you find this annoying too, take a look at this post. It is all Image Caputre’s fault!

OK … for various reasons I have ended up with various calendars. Now that I have an iPhone, I am trying to sync all of them.

First, Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar:

This link can in handy. I downloaded the google app and chose 2 way sync.

Second, Google Calendar and iCal:

This came in handly. Now this allowed information from Google Calendar to copy to iCal. So, I will have to avoid creating calendar entries in iCal if I want them to sync across.

This leads to an issue: If I add a calendar entry in my iPhone, how do I sync it across? Thanks fully, there is an option.

Third, iPhone and Microsoft Outlook:

I usually sync my iPhone with iMac at home. I have unchecked the ‘Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected’. Initially, as I do not like someone doing something to my things with my asking someone to do it. Get it!?

On Windows, I downloaded iTunes. Then I started Microsoft Outlook. I then plugged in my iPhone and auto sync didn’t trigger, as expected. In ‘Info’ tab, I selected sync Calendar.

Now, all my entries made via iPhone get sync-ed across.

1. Bluetooth pairing with other phone
2. Bluetooth paring with a PC
3. SMS forward
4. Flash in Safari
5. Ability to forward Contact via SMS [Added Aug 28, 2008]
6. Ability to setup a song in the iPhone’s iPod as a ringtone [Added Aug 30, 2008]

What!!? I come to know that Bluetooth on iPhone allows only for headphone. You can not pair iPhone to a phone and iPhone to a computer. I have unsuccessfully tried pairing iPhone to a Nokia phone. I have a try pairing with a PC. Don’t they know such kind of ‘communication gaps’ can lead to ‘divorce’!?

So I got an SMS from Airtel saying that LIVE is available on my phone and  need to call 121 for manual configuration. I call 121. The kind soul guides me through the settings.

Step 1: Go to main menu

Step 2: Select Settings

Step 3: Select General

Step 4: Select Network

Step 5: Select EDGE

Now, I do not see any EDGE setting on my phone. He asks me to read out all options. No EDGE! Finally he says call back again on Monday as EDGE team is works only Mon-Fri. Now I wait for Monday to go online!

Update (25-08): I got a bunch of SMS saying Airtel LIVE is configured. I should call 121. I call 121 and they say, “No go to the store”. Went to the store. They did something (she said ‘Software Update’) and EDGE is working. But I still do not see the EDGE setting.

So on Aug 22, 2008 I bought an iPhone. The store told me that either I pay by cash or pay them the 2% that bank charges them. This was a shock as this is an official Airtel store. Note-to-self: Need to figure out if Airtel or the store is at fault by asking for this extra. Will share with you my experience!