I am really excited that Forum Nokia is sponsoring the Mobile Monday (MoMo) event in Chennai.

The event is going to be held at Gandhi Nagar Club on Saturday Feb 16, 2-5 pm

So all you mobile folks in Chennai better don’t miss the action.

checkout the momochennai site .. if you are too lazy .. heres the direct link to the register page.

I never withdraw cash in non icici atms. But the other day when I had to buy some medicines , the shopkeeper din accept a debit card. So I went to the nearby SBI ATM. I withdrew 400 rupees but my ICICI bank ac has 467 rupees missing.

ICICI tells me tat they charge a small fee to withdraw cash from other ATM.

67 bucks for 400 bucks is day light robbery .. what do u think ?

Last nite when I had to return from my office by the public transport , I was shocked to see the bus conductor pull out a thermal printer out of his bag.

He asked for my destination and gave me a printed ticket see poor quality pic below

Driving a bike is certainly fun but definitely not anymore in Chennai.

• You might be knocked of by a share-auto guy or auto guy when your cruising in a busy main road.
• Buses expect you to take to the pavements when they are speeding
• You have to listen to the curse of the Pedestrians when you are forced to bump into the pavement.
• Be prepared to get loads of Respiratory ailments including allergy , asthma, bronchitis when you inhale the heaps of dust.
• Funny Fact : Seems like CTS operates more buses in the City compared to the Madras Transport Corporation

Aside : Driving a Car is not any better but at least Healthier

NDTV wanted to do a feature on Mobile Blogging.So they contacted me through Kiruba.

The reporter and the crew came to my place on Wednesday evening after I was back from work.

I spoke about Mobile Blogging , MoMo Chennai and other related stuff.

Really excited about it

The story is up on Ndtv’s website

Hope the video will be up soon as well.

UPDATE : The Title for the program is World of Mobile Blogging

But as of 11:40 A.M IST the title I see in the bottom scroller is Blog with your Phone

The next telecast is at 12:45 PM IST

UPDATE :

Video

All Mobile Freaks are headed towards Chennai on May 6th.

Reason ? MoMo Chennai is going to take place on that day.

Our intention is to bring the event to Chennai as a lot of Mobile activity is happening here.

We plan to conduct this event in a quarterly basis and probably if things go fine turn it into a monthly event.

Theme for the First Edition is Mobile Web Applications 

note :- If you really have expertise on the above theme , please add you name to the Speakers

If you plan to attend the event please Add your name 

With 3G round the corner and number of Internet enabled mobile phones in the country growing fast. Web Applications on Mobile Phones are the talk of the town today.

We would have Professionals and Technologists from the Mobile Industry sharing their knowledge with the audience.

MoMo Chennai Site

The wait is finally over. The folks at TKF and I have set the date for the launch of MoMo (Mobile Monday) in Chennai.

The event will be of 3-4 hours duration on April 22nd - Sunday.

It will comprise of talks on tech and non tech topics and a whole bunch of mobile product demos.

You can find more info at the following places.

1. Wiki. go here http://www.momochennai.com
2. Mailing List

You can mail me varun at [nospam] fonearena.com if you would like to be a part of the event.

UPDATE : The Date of the event has changed to May 6th . Please check this post

Mobile Monday is coming to Chennai soon.

I have always longed for such an event in this city after seeing such events happen in

Bangalore , Mumbai & Delhi.

Thanks  to Kiruba and the folks at TKF for encourging me to take the initiative for the show.

I have always been interested in Mobile Stuff coz of FoneArena

Do check the Wiki 

Join the Mailing List  

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