It was the blog theme this time. Certain issues with plugins and the theme had forced me to revert back to the first technoblabber theme. Ajax wouldn’t work and there were problems with prototype.js, sidebar handling, widgets etc. etc. That caused me to purge most of my themes and almost all of my plugins, tweaks etc. and redo them. And I took the opportunity to move the blog to a new theme. The theme has a K2 base with Gridlock stylings. I’m happy to say that all known issues have now been resolved.

PS: If, on Friday, you saw different themes on the blog during the day, it was me trying to figure out and try to fix the broken stuff.

The Updates: Ajax-based Live Search, Live Comments and Live page switching as well. You can slo dynamically change the number of characters displayed per post. A few changes made to the sidebar as well.

The next time when I sit to code, I’ll install and configure the ajax - posts plugin as well.

Mopocket has an interesting article on mobile phone buyer trends in the US based on a  study conducted by  the NPD Wireless group.

Some interesting facts from the report:

• Preference towards “good brands”
• Low price is not all that important
• Men are more likely than women are to care more about having the latest technology, a highly regarded brand, long battery life, and the key capabilities and features they want.
• Women more so than men, tend to be motivated more by easy-to-use flip phones and price considerations.
• Young buyers look for “cool,” middle-aged look for a wide range of capabilities, while people past middle aged want a flip phone.
• Manufacturers offering a wide array of flip phones have enjoyed more success rate with flip phones being the second most cited reason for choosing a phone

Link to report

People surely are moving away from free eye-candy phones towards phones which offer them the functionality they need. I’ve observed these changes around me as well, since quite a few of my friends and acquaintances are adopting phones Symbian, Windows Mobile and Blackberry phones. It was sort of expected, with phones becoming a lot more than a simple phone. People use them as organizers, email/word processing and multimedia devices.

I really don’t understand why the U.S. market is all about flip phones.  There seems to be no logical reason! Is it because of the compact form factor?

Graphs from the report:

Its possible and I just did it!

It involves using Python for S60 and Raccoon (links in the freeware section - Utilities).

Its 1:32 a.m. and I’m really tired. Expect a full post with screenshots and a tutorial tomorrow!

For all you non-believers, here’s a screenshot:

I’ve been wanting to tinker around with Vox for some time now and I finally got some time to sit down and register and play with it today. I realize now why so many people have Vox blogs. Its more of a community place than a blog center, with all the neighborhoods and personalizations and the lovely themes.

My Vox Blog: http://abhishta.vox.com/

There isn’t much to look at right now, since I’ve just started, but I think I’ll enjoy the overall experience. So if you’re on Vox, join my neighborhood!

It was basically an impromptu decision that I took after waking up from my afternoon nap.
But I’m happy to say that the upgrade was a success.