I was recently on Bangalore Mirror, along with fellow twitter users @daaku, @sathyabhat, @mixdev, and @Suksy.

See the bottom of the image, or click the image to view it on Flickr. I’m the guy fiddling with Sathya’s lappy.

Thanks to Mixdev.

I did not expect to be writing another Apple iPhone 3G post, not after the marathon of posts and comments we had prior to the (failed) August launch of the iFail iPhone in India. But here I am again, telling you all that BSNL (yes, them ) are coming out with the iPhone in December of this year.

According to the Financial Express, SK Chakravarty BSNL will be launching the iPhone along with the 3G network in December. “On September 30, we will have a meeting of the circle heads where we may take a decision on making iPhones available to our consumers,” said Chakravarty.

Back in June, we all saw the Vodafone iPhone advertisement on the front page of the TOI, and Airtel announce pre-booking the very next day. The BSNL launch is something we never expected. Lets hope they can at least have the price lower than their competitors. Edit: Hope?! Why am I even bothered about buying a phone that I _know_ lacks features and will be overpriced?

Heavy Metal band Metallica’s heavily anticipated new Death Magnetic album has been leaked on to the Internet. The album was scheduled for official release on the 12th of September.

The leak was identified to a store in France, where the album was released nearly two weeks ahead of the scheduled release. [link]

Check out a photo posted by one of those fans lucky enough to have gotten their hands on the new album.

Death Magnetic CD Image

Death Magnetic track listing:

1. That Was Just Your Life
2. The End Of The Line
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred
4. The Day That Never Comes
5. All Nightmare Long
6. Cyanide
7. The Unforgiven III
8. The Judas Kiss
9. Suicide & Redemption
10. My Apocalypse

Cyanide has been available on Metallica.com for listening from some time now, but of course, the leaked album is already available on BitTorrent, and I must add, ALL of the songs are good!

Def Leppard is finally coming to Bangalore, and the following photo more or less confirms it.

Def Leppard Concert in Bangalore

WooHoo!!

Thanks to Bangalore Metblogs.

So who’s attending? Sathya and Subbu are. Are you? Say so here.

UPDATE: The concert has been cancelled. Diwakar has pointed to the official Def Leppard  news item.

In a release issued by Vodafone on their website, the iPhone 3G prices were announced, and iPhone fans you’re going to be pretty upset. I kid you not.

According to Vodafone:

The iPhone 3G is available in 8GB and 16GB at Rs 31,000 and Rs 36,100 respectively. And as you have already pre-registered with us, you can get it before others do. All you need to do is drop in at a select Vodafone Store between August 14 and 19 and confirm your booking by paying Rs 10000 through cash or credit card.

So we were right about the price. Vodafone subscribers who pre-booked the “oh-I’m-friggin-costly” phone by SMS can collect their phone on early 22nd August.

So that puts an end to the pricing rumours of the Apple iPhone 3G in India, at least Vodafone’s price. I don’t see how Airtel could possibly keep a considerably lower price. Ridiculous? Hell yeah! From rumours on Twitter, I’ve heard that the Nokia N96 is going to be released today.

N96 is the first ever mobile device to offer a memory size of 16GB expandable to 24 GB. The 24GB (16+8) memory of the N96 can store up to 18000 songs, up to 20000 images at 5 mega pixel, up to 60 hours of video or 20 full length movies. With multifunctional media keys and a 2.8” screen, music, movies, games and more are available at the touch of a button. To make playing, watching, listening or experiencing the content even more enjoyable, the Nokia N96 features a ‘kickstand’ on the back cover that allows for hands-free viewing.

Hah! Apple, you just kicked yourself in the posterior.

Update: Apparently, the Vodafone page I linked to has been taken down.