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Surprising I know.. for a bank which used to focus on customer delight. I’ve been a happy customer for over a decade now. However, events over the past few months have left me feeling not so happy with HDFC Bank and their services / policies in general. Effective April ’10, they increased the Average Quarterly Balance (AQB) to [...]

I’m sure anyone watching the recently concluded IPL T20 matches would’ve got used to the Vodafone ads with those funny little creatures in white.

Vodafone has announced the launch of the BlackBerry Storm in India, the first ‘clickable’ touchscreen phone it has developed exclusively with Research In Motion (RIM). With a touchscreen keypad, which can be done away with when not needed, the ‘Storm’ gives a lot of space for visual experience, an advantage over earlier Blackberry models. The SurePress touchscreen [...]

Three months after Apple announced that the iPhone 3G would be available in India, the day finally dawned when an eager Indian junta managed to get their hands on a legit iPhone, with a 14 year old school boy among the first buyers.

Amidst all the hoopla and fanfare surrounding it since the past few days, the iPhone finally made it’s long awaited debut in India at the stroke of midnight today. Also happened to see this article, which said a 14 year old boy was among the first in the country to buy one, with his beaming and proud [...]

Apple’s iPhone, the must-have gizmo on people’s minds, will be finally available to Indian users from August 22, jointly from Vodafone and Bharti Airtel. As of now, there was no word from either operator about pricing plans, but I guess it will be in the range of Rs.30-40K. Will be great if it is cheaper, though. 

 I went on the Vodafone site to pay my bill online, and was greeted with this lovely banner. More curious than anything else, I clicked on Pre-register now. All I got was a small form asking for my details followed by ’Submit’. Nothing about when Vodafone was going to launch the iPhone.