Archive for March, 2009:
REQ: Stalker [ 1979 ] OST.
March 18th, 2009 / 15 Comments » / by sT*rchi1Ð
Yeallo All,
anyone willin’ to help me find STALKER [ 1979 ] Movie’s Original Sound Tracks [ OST ] ?
Mobile OS wars: Symbian leads globally
March 17th, 2009 / 13 Comments » / by Faizan
Research firm Gartner has released the 2008 “Worldwide: Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System” stats. It shows that the reigning mobile OS champ, Symbian, remains the dominant mobile OS in the world with 52.4% market share. However the trend is not good for Symbian – its share is down by 11% from 2007. Symbian still maintains a healthy 35.8% lead over its nearest competitor, Research In Motion.
The statistics are a very relevant followup to my post on Wednesday trying to sort out what platforms developers will ultimately pick. After all, each of these platforms will have marketplaces and there are only so many developers. And all of these platforms will be vying for share in what is expected to be a down market. IDC said Thursday that it expects global mobile phone shipments to fall 8.3 percent in 2009. So-called converged device shipments are expected to increase 3.4 percent globally.
What’s notable is that our unscientific poll revealed that few people saw Symbian as an operating system worth betting on.
Based on market share it appears that developers should be focused on creating applications for Symbian, Research in Motion, Windows Mobile, and the iPhone and iPod Touch as a turbo charge for growth. Palm remains too much of a wild card.
However, that decision isn’t all that easy to make. Excluding Symbian, the mobile operating systems are bunched together in market share. For 2008, Mac OS X had growth of 245.7 percent, according to Gartner. The BlackBerry platform had the second best growth at 96.7 percent. Clearly, growth dictates focusing efforts on those two platforms.
Other notable points from Gartner’s tally:
*Fourth quarter global smartphone units were 38.1 million, up 3.7 percent from a year ago. For 2008, 139.3 million smartphones were sold, up 13.9 percent from a year ago.
*Nokia had market share of 40.8 percent in the smartphone market at the end of the fourth quarter with RIM second at 19.5 percent. Apple had 10.7 percent.
* In the fourth quarter, Linux-based smartphone sales were up 19 percent from a year ago due to Android-based T-Mobile phones.
From: cnet
Lahore Lahore Aye!
March 16th, 2009 / 3 Comments » / by sT*rchi1Ð
LAORE LAORE AYE! … !
Iqbal’s Poetry.
March 15th, 2009 / 4 Comments » / by sT*rchi1Ð
Allama Muhammad Iqbal was the Dreamer of a Saparate Nation for Muslims in INDIAN Subcontinent. His Poetry shows the future predictability of Muslim leaders and their conditions as well as vision/nature of human being @ specified Time.
His poetry guides Man/Ummah to the right path for future advancements and for a successful nation. Poetry is 100% soul touching and effects directly @ Heart.
Like the wind of morn imbibe the wish to blow,
For temper free is ever moving to and fro.
A thousand founts shall spring on path that you have trod,
Go deep in Self and cleave the sea with Moses’ Rod.
Life acts just like the mother shell,
It takes in lap the drop of vernal rain
Unless it change the drop to pearl
The Shell is worthless quite and vain.
If Self can pick its faults, perfection seek,
And for its perfection mount a guard:
Such man is likely to have lasting life,
Perhaps, death may not claim him as reward.
THE CHILD’S INVOCATION (adopted by Children)
My longing comes to my lips as supplication of mine
O God! May like the candle be the life of mine!
May the world’s darkness disappear through the life of mine!
May every place light up with the sparkling light of mine!
May my homeland through me attain elegance
As the garden through flowers attains elegance
May my life like that of the moth be, O Lord!
May I love the lamp of knowledge, O Lord!
May supportive of the poor my life’s way be
May loving the old, the suffering my way be
O God! Protect me from the evil ways
Show me the path leading to the good ways
Some Poetry in Urdu:
More @ :
http://www.yespakistan.com/iqbal/works.asp
http://www.allamaiqbal.com/works/poetry/urdu/bang/translation/index.htm
Long March , The SIT-IN – 2009.
March 15th, 2009 / 13 Comments » / by sT*rchi1Ð
Long march has begun from Lahore. Nawaz Sharif is leading the march. Police deployment has been increased in Model Town in an effort to foil long march. Police have blocked the roads and said they have directed to stop long march. Shahbaz Sharif, Qazi Hussain and Imran Khan have already reached Rawalpindi as government issued directives of house arrest of leaders. Dozens of political workers have been arrested.
The city of Lahore has been sealed completely to foil long march. The administration has issued three-day house arrest orders for Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif. Imran Khan, Aitzaz Ahsan, Hamza Shahbaz, Liaquat Baloch, Zulfiqar Khosa, Ahsan Iqbal, Khawaja Saad Rafiq and other leaders.
Nawaz Sharif along with other party leaders lead the workers from his Model Town residence to GPO chowk from where long march of lawyers, political workers and civil society kicked off.
Large number of workers is gathered outside Nawaz Sharif residence. Hamza Shahbaz said police have arrested the workers stayed outside Nawaz’s residence overnight.
Meanwhile, lawyers started reaching GPO chowk in groups. Political workers are also present at GPO chowk.
Aitzaz Ahsan was arrested in Allama Iqbal Town when he was on the way to Lahore High Court. Police surrounded headquarter of Jamaat-I-Islami in Mansura but Qazi Hussain Ahmad has managed to reach Rawalpindi. Also Imran Khan and Shahbaz Sharif have reached Rawalpindi despite house arrest warrant.
Earlier, police tried to arrest Shahbaz Sharif from the house of Chaudhry Tanveer in Rawalpindi but Shahbaz has managed to escaped before the arrival of police.
Source:
http://www.geo.tv/3-15-2009/37401.htm
Image Courtesy: www.ccp.org.pk
Tere baghair
March 15th, 2009 / 2 Comments » / by Faizan
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March 14th, 2009 / 2 Comments » / by Faizan
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