Wednesday, 25 September 2013

An Android App a day - 21. Diversion

Hi Guys,

Another game from the Google Play store which really tested my nerves as I continued playing it till I reached the end of it is Diversion. It has great graphics and amazingly new obstacles to pass through with right timing to cross the same. This is a running game in 3D format and you can spend all of your free time going from one level to another. 


Diversion has more than 200 levels and difficulty level keeps on increasing just like other games. A third person camera angle captures the whole game play. 

I have played a lot of the same while traveling in London Tube from Wembley to London Bridge and the time spent in travel seems to be always less than what my character needed to reach podium.

Enjoy this gem and run run and run a lot. 

App Rating - 4/5
 

Cheers!!!

Monday, 23 September 2013

An Android App a day - 20. Angry Birds

Hi Guys,

Many games comes and goes, you like them for a day or two and then move on to another one, but some of the games becomes your favorite for life. It doesn't matter even if you start playing it from the start "n"th number of time, you will fall in love with ANGRY BIRDS.

Angry Birds Series is the most popular game on mobiles and I still remember when I was using Google G1 and this game was launched. I could not play the same on my mobile android OS 2.3v because of very less RAM memory. The game could be downloaded but couldn't be played.

It was only when I upgraded to Nexus One, I could start playing the game. Meanwhile, I was playing the web version of the game and also got to play the game on Nokia N8 Symbian phone.

Even after starting the game from zero, I really loved playing it again and again to get those 3 stars in each levels. Cheers to the makers of the game http://www.rovio.com/

Meanwhile, I still have to get all of them installed in my HTC One but the fun I will get by playing the games will be worth it. I have an upcoming travel scheduled soon so will make the most of that chance to sweep through the initial levels.

The various versions of the Angry birds are
 1. Angry Birds
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirds&hl=en

 2. Angry Birds Seasons
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsseasons&hl=en 

3. Angry Birds Rio
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsrio&hl=en

4. Angry Birds Space
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsspace.ads&hl=en

5. Angry Birds Star Wars I & II
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsstarwars.ads.iap&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsstarwarsii.ads&hl=en

6. Angry Birds Friends
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirdsfriends&hl=en

This game has awesomeness written all over it and no matter how many times you play the game, you will definitely find another angle to release your birds towards the bad piggies.

Looking forward to keep playing the game till the end of time.

App Rating - 4.75/5

Cheers!!!

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Toyota Etios Motor Racing - Buddh International Circuit, Noida

Hi Guys,

It was a great racing contest on Twitter and I was lucky enough to win a great contest from the house of TOYOTA MOTORS. With all set and a lot of tickets won, I was ready to reach Buddh International Circuit at around 11am on 14 Sep 2013 but as it came, all my family members seems to be interested in watching racing track so I reached around 1230 at the destination. It was our first experience on the new road as well as at the track. Truly international it seemed and really it was of international quality.

The first ever look of the BIC board.

Entering the venue and all the TOYOTA cars on display.

A race in the progress as per the schedule. The sound of engines really made the track happening.

The view from the main Grand stand.

Another view from the Grand stand.



The time when I was told to come with the Toyota team to the PIT as I have won the HOT LAP. Wow! I was not aware about the thing and really loved the news. 


The Schedule of the races.

The first look of the Toyota EMR - pit.
The Toyota Etios Motor Racing cars awating their drivers.

All the drivers ready to take on their cars for the EMR RACE.

ALL THE VERY BEST DUDE! Keep your eyes on the track.

The final countdown before it is all over.

The final ranking board spread all across the Grand stand. 


The Toyota EMR racing cars coming back to pavilion after the race. 

 Some of the winners and the losers having afterthoughts.

Winners getting facilitated.  Congratulations Guys!!! Diljith did it again in Noida and went on to finally winning the title race too. Kudos!!!



Resting the cars before the start of another race in the evening.




My car which will give me a hot lap around the BIC 5.14 km race track.


All the unnecessary items are removed from the car and a pillared support was provided to make it light and just ready to hit the track. I was belted in the car and it was such strong that I could only move my neck and nothing else.

Myself coming out of the Race Car after the hot lap. It was a great and a first experience. I really felt the adrenalin rush inside me. Twice on the track I really felt that the center of gravity has shifted too long and the car is going to turn turtle but it was the fun that nothing bad happened.

The driver really gave me a good lap of the track with car drifting and doing various racing stunts on the track.Check out the video of the whole lap -

http://youtu.be/ZmRXH4iz27s

I am really thankful to Toyota EMR team for making me a winner and giving me this opportunity to be on the race track. Now awaiting my Toyota EMR goodies as a memory of the racing. www.toyotaetiosmotorracing.in/‎ This was the first ever edition of the race and more will be coming soon....

www.toyotabharat.com/cars/new_cars/in_etios/emr/index-emr.aspx‎

Toyota Etios twitter handle is @Toyota_Etios

My daughter was so excited to see the car race that she wanted to stay on the BIC to watch the Motor cycle racing too.

Here's a final goodbye to the team who really made this all possible. It was a dream come true.


Thanks Guys!!! Cheers!!!


HP Print Art - Pogo MAD Art Workshop

Hi Guys,

MY 150th BLOG POST for the Company which made my long time DREAM came true!  

HP INDIA

It was a dream fulfilled for which I was trying since many years since my daughter started watching Pogo TV. She was a fan of MAD serial where a person named Rob comes and teaches us art and craft. I have been trying to win since the first time they flashed the SMS contest. I have done hundreds of SMS for my daughter to win goodies or similar stuff from them. But finally it was her own project that made all of this possible. It was her school project on which her mom and she worked for many days, buying stuff from the market, searching out the store for things to add to, garden etc for all the waste materials to make this beautiful home. The whole concept and ideas were their's and I didn't contributed at all other than just buying once extra ice-cream sticks required to complete the gate making etc.

Art Workshop was one thing for which her age was small but her dreams to be there was big.
I won the HP online project contest made by my kid and received this phone call from them. The scheduled trip was to be made on 20 July 2013. It was the best birthday gift I could receive for my daughter. I really loved to send my daughter and her mom to Mumbai as some months their train tickets could not be confirmed and they had to return back to home. My wife had some college and school time friends living in Mumbai so she was really eager to go to Mumbai. This trip really made that meeting with friends possible.

The whole trip from Delhi to Mumbai and back was brilliantly scheduled by the HP Print team. They booked the hotels, transport to and fro from airport to hotel and back, to the location of the event with great precision and there was nothing to be taken tension for.

Here is my daughter sitting in the plane from Delhi with big dreams in her small eyes. It was her first domestic flight and really solved many of her thoughts on how airplanes fly and how do people get up and down the planes.

On reaching Mumbai, great smile as she was greeted by the HP Team to take them to the Suba Galaxy hotel, Andheri East.

The ride was comfortable and she really enjoyed Mumbai.









Reaching the hotel lobby and getting the room keys. It was a double bed room that was provided to parents and kids. All the hotel expenses were paid by the HP Team. 

The look of the room as seen from the mirror.
They spent their all evening and night meeting their friends to come back to the hotel early in the morning to reach the destination where ROB will come to make a great art with some 17-18 kids.



The location of the Art workshop.  Raheja Classic, Andheri West.


Kids and parents waiting for the event to start. 
Lights, Camera, Action....and the shot begins...



Here is Rob greeting the people present for the workshop. 


The artist started his work with the help of all the children present there. It was a whole batch of 18 kids who won the SMS contest from all over India. My daughter was the youngest and Rob really made her feel special as he gave special attention to her.

I kept on receiving calls from her mom in between as to what was happening in the event. 
My daugher was really looking forward to receiving these amazing goodies by POGO TV after the event. But at the end of the event she was really tired and went on sleep.
 Here is the official snap of all the kids at the workshop. Thanks to HP India team for the event.

All the parents who were lucky enough to fulfill the dreams of their kids to meet ROB of M.A.D. series.


Here are the goodies which every children received from Pogo TV.






My daughter with her goodies bag.

An instance come to my mind, of the helpfulness of the HP team, my wife forgot her camera at the event and team checked the snaps inside the camera and called me. I gave them my wife's number. It was around 415pm and they had to checkout from the hotel at at 530pm. They somehow ran to make this possible and handed over the camera just before they had to leave for the airport. It was a great effort on the end of HP India Print team and I really salute them for the same.

It was a dream fulfilled for me as well as for my daughter to meet Rob. I thank a lot for HP Print Art Ink Advantage and HP India for holding the competition on facebook page and really making this dream come true.

My earlier HP Print Indiblogger meet, gurgaon coverage is the best post I have on my blog as it got the maximum page views. I really had great hopes that I will win the printer for this post but destiny has something other in mind.

http://www.thelifesway.com/2013/06/hp-print-art-project-managed-by-pirates.html


My first post for HP India Connected Music App made win the HP Sleekbook -

http://www.thelifesway.com/2013/04/hpconnectedmusic-me-myself-and-music.html

I also won their HP Connected music event at Ambience Mall -

http://www.thelifesway.com/2013/04/hp-connected-music-event-at-ambience.html


In the end, I would just like to request http://www8.hp.com/in/en/home.html to give a Ink Advantage printer may be at discount to the kids so that they continue on the path to create and learn amazing art & craft in their lives. I am really looking forward for a positive response on the same. Fingers crossed!!!

https://www.facebook.com/HPindia is one the best pages where dreams do comes true for parents and kids alike.

Thanks a lot once again to the HP India Team and Pogo TV for featuring my child in their programs. Awaiting the event's video to be posted on some channel to see....


till that time...keep dreaming...they will get fulfilled one day or the other....

Cheers!!!

Saturday, 21 September 2013

An Android App a day - 19. Flipkart

Hi Guys,

Flipkart has been the most successful online store for Indian customers offering all types of stuff. These days a lot of contests offer flipkart vouchers as prizes so that the customer choose their own stuff. The mobile app will give a chance to browse through the various stuff at your leisure. I downloaded and tested the app and found the same to be really working well as I could easily search what I am looking for. 

This app will definitely help us in window shopping or some electronic stuff research before taking a buying decision. We can quickly check the price of the stuff online at flipkart and check offline store or the actual store where you are standing. This app will really help people like me to make a faster decision to buy in store or at online store.

The GUI of the app is amazingly fast and good. Till amazon reached it's zenith in India, Flipkart stays to Rock! 

Check out app at -www.flipkart.com


App Rating - 4/5

Cheers!!!
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