Barcamp Bangalore 9 is here!

Most popular community driven tech event in Bangalore and one of the popular barcamps worldwide Barcamp Bangalore is here. After a long break it is back for 9th edition. It’s going to be on 18th of this month at Intuit. If you are new to barcamp, take a look at this wikipedia entry.

Head over to BarcampBangalore.org and register yourself for the event.

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The most waited device by techies, Linux based Nokia N900 is finally coming to India. Device will be available at Nokia stores starting 9th June. Though the device came out around 8-9 months ago, it wasn’t available in India due to some regulations & few other reasons. Nokia N900 sports ARM Cortex-A8 600MHz processor, 1gb of RAM (256MB + 750 MB Virtual), 3G, Wifi, 5 MP Camera with Carl Zeus lens, 3.5” resistive touch screen, 32gb of internal memory & external memory expandable upto 16gb with micro SD card.

That’s all about hardware, N900 runs on Maemo 5, a Linux based OS. Maemo is open source & has a great community support & hence there are tons of applications built for N900. N900 bundles full fledged mozilla based web browser with flash 9.4 & AJAX support. So, you no longer have to visit mobile version of websites, N900 is capable of loading the full web site. User can also install Firefox on the device which enables tabbed browsing. I can say N900 is a true internet device with tight integration of social network contacts with your phonebook. I liked the concept of having unified contacts & conversations.

This device wins my heart by all it’s offerings, but priced at Rs.30639. A little disappointing point for me since there are Android based smart phones at around same price tag. But, it’s MRP, store price will be definitely less than that.

Nokia has launched it’s new touch phone 5230 in Bangalore. This phone is mainly targeted at youth who love to listen to music. Nokia 5230 features 3.2 inch touch screen with dedicated music control buttons, 2MP camera, 70MB internal memory, microSD slot expandable upto 16GB. Nokia 5230 runs on Symbian S60 5th edition & that opens up doors to huge number of apps for the device. MRP of the phone is Rs.8,499, yeah I was shocked too! It’s pretty affordable & value for money I should say.

Check out the launch event video happened at Garuda mall, Bangalore:

Nokia is doing an interesting consumer initiative in Bangalore wherein they are inviting consumers to their store. They will have some of the app developers giving a demo on apps like Newshunt , Touch games and they will also host a few fun quizzes/games. Anyone attending will win a Nokia Music voucher and there will be exciting prizes announced through a lucky dip at the store.

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Few weeks back I attended Nokia Degital Design event at Delhi. Nikki Barton (Head of Degital Design), Robert Williams (Design Manager), Juliana Ferreira (Design Manager) & Younghee Jung (Senior Design Specialist) from Nokia design team were present to give very insightful information about Nokia design. It was one of the best Nokia events I ever attended. I got to know how much research goes behind each design, each logo that Nokia designs.

You can hear it right from the Nokia design team themself rather than me typing everything here!! So here are the links to videos from Nokia Digital Design camp:

Nikki Barton – Talking about Vision od Nokia design team

Part 1 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBPCXMPZwGo
Part 2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp2b-9X4yY8
Part 3 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG4VHk1bcsY

Rob Williams – Talking about Iconography, how much effort goes behind each Icon Nokia designs!

Part 1 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJUgjDkE1j8
Part 2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53aJJcktkRc

Juliana Ferreira – Talking about Personalized Home screen, home screen widgets.

Part 1 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLnMhkwerOQ
Part 2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Efjb7nZjxU
Part 3 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk9fMjfz_P8

Younghee Jung – My favorite from Nokia design camp!! Younghee talking about Gesture!

Part 1 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3f9psQBit8
Part 2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLoeHHsRySY
Part 3 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQiC9W9_sfA
Part 4 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDbnrtPJPzM

Venue:
GM REJOYZ – Galleria (Top Floor Party Hall) #158/1, 8th Cross, 8th Main, Malleshwaram, Bangalore 560 003.
Time:
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Contact:
Venkat KL
(98809 26030; venkat.kl@live.com)

Register Here: http://bangalore.merawindows.com

Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) 2009 is happening in Bangalore from 22nd to 24th of this month. ESC 2009 is India’s largest conference & expo on embedded systems. Following is the excerpt from the event official website:

This year with – New Sessions, New Tracks, New Opportunities, you have a choice between full and half-day tutorials, as well as 75-minute sessions in Programmable logic, Datacom/Telecom, Real-Time Kernels, Developing for ARM, Linux and Open-Source Software, Multi-core and Multi-threaded Processing and more.

Attendees will hear and get theirs queries answered from embedded engineering Veterans such as R.C. Cofer, Ben Harding, Rob O’Shana, Niall Cooling, Serge Plangol, Praveen Goyal, Jagdish Bisawa, and many more at technical classes.

There are different packages available for registration, you can choose one. Or you can also go for an All Access package if you are more serious about the event. ESC is also giving away 250 Engineers Survival Kit for 250 pre registered visitors who turn up at the event. With Engineers Survival Kit you can get free access to following:

• Access to Industry sponsored Technical sessions

• Access to Keynote addresses

• Platform to explore new ideas

• Peer-to-peer networking

• Opportunity to get your queries resolved by experts

• Meet the Design Team

• Access to Exhibition floor from July 22 -24   (Wednesday – Friday)

So, hurry up to register for the event & avail early bird offer for conference or get a Engineer Survival Kit to have access to expo. More details about the event on ESC Official Website

Proto.in, India?s popular Start Up event is coming back again with 5th edition. Proto.in 5th edition is announced to happen in Bangalore in Jan 09. Though clear dates & venue are not mentioned yet. Nomination for the even is open till December 15th, so go ahead & nominate yourself.

Links: Proto.in , Proto.in Blog

Update: Nomination seem to be still open, register yourself.

originally written by the100rabh

Barcamp Bangalore 7 is announced to be on 13-14 Sept 2008. Its an event where there are no spectators, only participants.

Barcamps turn around the notion of a formal conference by eliminating the distinction between speakers and delegates. Everyone is a participant, and is equally welcome to propose a discussion, speak up or add to on a topic they are familiar with. Barcamps are organized and evangelized largely through the web by a community driven, collective organizational process using a wiki as a tool. A Barcamp consists of sessions proposed and scheduled each day by attendees, mostly on-site and “on the fly”, typically using white boards or paper taped to the wall. While Barcamps are loosely structured, there are rules. All attendees are encouraged to present, facilitate or contribute to a session. Everyone is also asked to share information and experiences of the event, both live and after the event, via blogging, photo sharing, social bookmarking, wiki-ing, and IRC.

You can register a.k.a. participate using the following options

1. Take a session or discussion – http://barcampbangalore.org/wiki/BCB7_Sessions
2. Suggest a talk you would like to hear. – http://barcampbangalore.org/wiki/BCB7_Talk_Ideas
3. Give a Demo of your product – http://barcampbangalore.org/wiki/BCB7_Demos
4. Volunteer – http://barcampbangalore.org/wiki/BCB7_Volunteers

More on Barcamps at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp

Kickstart.in is organizing a full day conference for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs on Sunday, the 15th of June ?08 at IIM Bangeluru.

KickStart is a not-for-profit initiative aimed at promoting entrepreneurship. Driven by the popularity and success of Barcamps and Mobile Mondays in Bangeluru where some of the founding members of KickStart have been involved with, KickStart has been founded to support entrepreneurs and promote entrepreneurship.

A lot of entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs want to learn from others who have been there and done that. This conference is called ?Special Startup Saturday?, after ?Startup Saturday?, a monthly event for entrepreneurs held on the second Saturday of every month.

Special Startup Saturday has been designed with an array of talks and workshops on specific topics which entrepreneurs want to learn about. A number of seasoned entrepreneurs and experts on entrepreneurship have come forward to address these issues. The conference also features an interactive session on writing a business plan.

A list of talks and schedule for the event follows:
Session 1 – Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship
Session 2 – Idea Validation
Session 3 – Business Plan – Basics
Session 4 – Technology and IPR
Session 5 – Product Management and Marketing
Session 6 – Legal aspects of setting up your own company
Session 7 – Selling + How to talk to a VC
Session 8 – Panel Discussion

For further details, please contact-

1. Amit Singh, Kickstart.in – +91 98863 14456 email : amit@kickstart.in
2. Tarun Bansal, Kickstart.in +91 93410 41776 email : tarun.tarunbansal@gmail.com
3. Anand Prakash Jangid +91 98454 67835 email : anandjangid@gmail.com
4. Kunalkant Sen + 91 92410 09423 email : kunalkantsen@gmail.com
5. Rajeev Kumar +91 98861 94776 email : raja.rajeevkumar@gmail.com

There is no Registration Fee. The schedule, agenda and registration details can be found at www.startupsaturday.in