My new cellphone number is +91 99452 35123

Sunday, July 31, 2005

The Hutch number will continue to remain active for the rest of today. Tomorrow I’m on Airtel. The number is 99452 35123. Yes, 99, not 98. Must be Airtel’s new countrywide numbering scheme, in the line of 93 and 94 for Reliance and BSNL.

My new phone is a Nokia 6681. More on that later.

urmila — Jul 31, 2005 11:22:58 AM — # ↩

*ahem*
99 is common. Everybody who got their (post paid) connections post May 05 seem to have 99. Whatever.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Jul 31, 2005 11:28:21 AM — # ↩
  
  Re: *ahem*
  Mine's the first I've come across! I though it was a typo initially.
  - madhav — Jul 31, 2005 7:05:24 PM — # ↩
    
    Re: *ahem*
    I thought your sms was a typo. Almost saved it as '98'.
  - bluesmoon — Jul 31, 2005 7:38:35 PM — # ↩
    
    Re: *ahem*
    I've seen many.
sunson — Jul 31, 2005 9:11:48 PM — # ↩

Whoa! Phone number in a public post! brave, you are.
code_martial — Jul 31, 2005 11:41:08 PM — # ↩

Any idea how it compares to a Nokia 3230?
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Aug 1, 2005 12:14:06 AM — # ↩
  
  6681 is 3230++. Here's Nokia's comparison chart.
  - harshar — Aug 4, 2005 7:55:19 PM — # ↩
    
    Nice phone
    Looks like its got a lot of nice features.
    I have the Siemens S66 which looks similar to this phone, slightly slimmer, I suppose. When you write about the phone, I would be interested in your comments as to the keypad, as it seems small, just like the S66.
    How you feel using it, how many times you hit the wrong key, etc.
    http://reviews.cnet.com/Siemens_S66/4505-6454_7-31125476.html
    http://communications.siemens.com/cds/frontdoor/0,2241,us_en_0_75836_rArNrNrNrN,00.html
    http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/5484.html
    
    Cheers,
    Harsha
Anonymous — Aug 31, 2005 6:39:53 PM — # ↩

u really think everyone's dying to call you? what's the need of making your number public? I could make abusive or blank calls, you know. there's something called privacy and if you don't respect your own, i doubt if you will respect anyone else's.
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Aug 31, 2005 7:12:49 PM — # ↩
  
  Isn't there a rather large jump from my privacy to someone else's? I make my phone number public because it makes good business sense, period. Whether you want your number public or not has nothing to do with my number being public.
mayuresh — Nov 17, 2005 12:59:54 PM — # ↩

Why not the 6680?
Hey, why didn't you go for the 6680? Was the price difference huge?
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Nov 19, 2005 1:14:34 AM — # ↩
  
  Re: Why not the 6680?
  Huge price difference, and no 3G in India anyway.
mayuresh — Nov 24, 2005 2:18:25 PM — # ↩

Connectivity??
Is GPRS connectivity to the Internet via Bluetooth on a 6681 pretty straight forward?
If not, can you drop some hints/tips about how to get it working with a PowerBook?
- Kiran Jonnalagadda — Nov 24, 2005 3:06:13 PM — # ↩
  
  Re: Connectivity??
  It's straightforward. Tell OSX you want to use the phone for dialup, Google for and install the Nokia GPRS modem scripts, and you're pretty much done.
  - mayuresh — Nov 25, 2005 10:41:02 AM — # ↩
    
    Re: Connectivity??
    I got it to work for my friend, it was as easy as saying 1, 2, 3...
    
    BTW, hows the going with a 6600, someone has asked me for a recommendation for a phone which would alllow him to do the same as above but within a budget of 10K.
    - Kiran Jonnalagadda — Nov 25, 2005 8:20:20 PM — # ↩
      
      Re: Connectivity??
      My 6600 died. I don't have one anymore.
      
      Besides, the 6600 has a bug in its Bluetooth implementation preventing it from working as a GPRS conduit on Windows or Linux. Only works on a Mac.
      - mayuresh — Dec 11, 2005 2:27:25 PM — # ↩
        
        Re: Connectivity??
        Oh, OK, what about the 6630?
        
        Kiran Jonnalagadda — Dec 11, 2005 7:34:58 PM — # ↩
        
        Re: Connectivity??
        No clue, man. I'm not a cell phone encyclopaedia.