Stop Unwanted SMS

[Stop SMS from BT-, BZ-, BP-, etc . . .]

Most of you would have have received a commercial sms on your mobiles very frequently you would have noticed you would get SMS from this address/number A-126333, BZ-55888, BZ-52233 etc etc you might get these spam sms minimum 2 a day, all the the sms contains this kind of prefix this is due to new regulation by TRAI(Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ) to protect interest of consumers on receiving unsolicited Commerical SMS and calls , TRAI ordered all mobile operators in india to prefix the identification tag before sending bulk sms on its network so that the Origin and sender of SMS can be known..

Service Area Code

Service Area	Code
Andhra Pradesh	A
Assam	S
Bihar	B
Delhi	D
Gujarat	G
Haryana	H
Himachal Pradesh	I
Jammu & Kashmir	J
Karnataka	X
Kerala	L
Kolkata	K
Madhya Pradesh	Y
Maharashtra	Z
Mumbai	M
North East	N
Orissa	O
Punjab	P
Rajasthan	R
Tamil Nadu	T
UP-East	E
UP-West	W
West Bengal	V

Telecom Operator Code

Service Provider	Code
Aircel, Dishnet Wireless	D
Bharti Airtel	A
BSNL	B
BPL Mobile/Loop Telecom	L
Datacom Solutions	C
HFCL Infotel	H
Idea Cellular	I
MTNL	M
Reliance Communications	R
Reliance Telecom	E
S tel	S
Shyam Telecom	Y
Spice Telecom	P
Swan Telecom	W
Tata Teleservices	T
Unitech Group	U
Vodafone Group	V

So if you receive a SMS with prefix VX-ICICI then it states V-Vodafone and X-Karnataka TA-ICICI then T states for tata teleservices and A states andhra pradesh and below is the list of codes of service provider and list of codes for states in india.

BSNL customers can put a break on these kind of sms by sending deactivation SMS request to "DNC DEACT" to 53733 or 3733 in case you like to recieve commercial SMS you can get it activated by sending activation SMS to "DNC ACT" to 53733 or 3733 i think the same SMS works for other operators visit NDC to know More information about this issue but You might have to wait for 30 - 45 days to stop recieving all kind of crap commercial SMS and calls.

iPhone 4S Vs Samsung Galaxy S2 Drop Test

Nobody likes to get their expensive smartphones like Apple iPhone 4S or Samsung Galaxy SII get dropped and damaged. But if you want to know which phone fairs good when dropped from same height, here is a "drop-test" video between the two to get a clear winner - also don't miss the part video part where the tester asks "Siri" (the iPhone 4S virtual assistant feature) about the drop. 

   

Apple iPhone 4S Vs Samsung Galaxy SII Drop Tested 

 

And as seen in the video above the Winner is - Samsung Galaxy SII

Best Offline And Online Mobile Dictionary

Dictionary is one of the most used reference books; Mostly people become very attached to their favorite dictionary, but it’s very difficult to choose right one or you can say appropriate dictionary for one user, this search becomes more difficult if you are looking for an offline dictionary for your mobile phone

There are a few guidelines which can be used to choose appropriate dictionary. First thing you should know is that all dictionaries are not the same. They have different characteristics and benefits. Secondly choose the dictionary which has good offline database because even with a good internet speed it’s not possible to browse a dictionary online all the time

Before I tell you the result of my tests I should tell you that you should know for which purpose you need the dictionary, if you are a law student then the recommended dictionary is LAW dictionary and so on, but I found one dictionary that is almost suitable for all subjects

After testing many offline dictionaries at last I found the offline dictionary for mobile. The name of this dictionary is “The Free Dictionary” by FARLEX

Here are some of the tools included in The Free Dictionary:
Multiple English Dictionaries and Encyclopedias plus a Thesaurus.
Extensive offline dictionary. Search with or without an Internet connection.
Specialty dictionaries: Medical, Legal, Financial, Idioms, Acronyms and Abbreviations.
Dictionaries for 13 different languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Greek, Arabic, Polish, Turkish, and Russian.
Word of the Day and other fresh content updated daily.
Games, including Spelling Bee as well as Hangman in a dozen different languages.

Some of the features of The Free Dictionary include the following:
Advanced search options, including “Begins with,” “Ends with,” and “In definition” searching.
Jump to Definition, Translations, or Thesaurus with one button.
Audio pronunciation feature, including British and American pronunciations.
Bookmark your favorite words.
Share dictionary pages via Facebook, Twitter, Email, and Text (SMS).
Translate words into more than 40 languages.
Multilingual interface allows you to navigate the app in more than a dozen languages.

It has option to switch to offline mode, by clicking this dictionary will download offline data base of 110MB which is a huge data base it takes a good time to download, in offline mode it search in offline database if it fails to find in offline database then it suggest to search online data base , to this day only I have to go to Two time on online database

Download The Free Dictionary for Android  

Download The Free Dictionary for iPhone/iPad 

Download The Free Dictionary for Internet Explorer 

Download The Free Dictionary for Firefox