Windows 7 comes with a few “ringtones” that are actually used to indicate an incoming call on VoIP, but these can still be used on your mobile phone.

The istartedsomething blog has the entire collection of ringtones uploaded and ready for download. You can get them here. The ringtones are available in convenient formats such as MP3 and even for the iPhone.

The popular Amar Chitra Katha Comics are now available on iRemedi’s ‘Ether Media’, a proprietary media content delivery solution for the iPhone platform.

Amar Chitra Katha (ACK), is an assortment of popular Indian myth, epics, history and fables. It follows an Indian version of story telling that presents a perfect combination of commentary, dialogue and illustration.

For now, the only free offering of the comics is ‘The Tale of Arjuna (Lite) – World’s Greatest Warrior‘ and ‘Tales of Saibaba (Preview)‘. Other comics such as the classic ‘Jatakas – The Tales of Courage’, ‘Birbal – The Clever Minister’, ‘Birbal – The Witty Minister’, ‘Ganga’, ‘Dhrona’, ‘Bheeshma’, ‘Dashavatar’, amongst many others, are all very nicely priced at $1.99 to $2.99. This is quite a treat. I still have fond memories of reading these comics (albeit picked up for a price of 10 cents at the time) through my childhood.

Sridhar Bhat, CEO and Founder of iRemedi, mentioned, “This is a historic moment for both ACK and iRemedi. At iRemedi, we are very thrilled to have ACK as our first media partner for our high quality intuitive media app for iPhones and iPods. We always strive to deliver the best experience for the iPhone user community and we are confident ACK’s fans will share our excitement in enjoying ACK comics on the go. For ACK this is a key milestone in bringing the classical Indian mythology and rich culture to the global community instantly in the amazing user experience with iPhones. The iPhone’s revolutionary platform brings limitless avenues for various dreams to become.”

The Amar Chitra Katha digital comics can be read in a panel by panel view, by page numbers, and navigated with the slider. A slide show mode is available for reading through the comics in a faster manner. The app also makes use of the iPhone’s landscape and portrait modes quite well. I would definitely recommend this to anybody, Indian or foreign, who would like to read some great Indian mythology, to download at least the free version.

Love downloading free iPhone apps? Here’s a way to get notified either by email or sms when a paid app is available for free.

I absolutely love downloading free iPhone apps (who doesn’t). But it’s hard to keep tab of which app goes free and when. By using Google and Feed My Inbox, you can get SMS or email alerts when an app is available for free.

Google SMS: This service has currently been made available only for Indian mobile subscribers and is still a Labs feature. So we might not really know whether this will be around few months from now. Until then, Indian users can subscribe to this SMS channel. Around 3-4 SMS are sent each day, depending upon the number of apps that become free and also the number of SMS you’ve limited Google sending you.

Feed My Inbox: This is actually an RSS-to-Email service that sends you any feed as an email. You can use this feed created by our friends at KRAPPS (based on App Shopper).

Good ol’ RSS: If you don’t want to mess up your inbox and want to know when an app goes free the good old RSS way, use this link.

Quick Links:
Google SMS Channel
RSS Feed (for both RSS readers and Email subscribers)

Google has finally launched a mobile-friendly version of Google Product Search. The new feature is currently available only to iPhone and Android users in the United States and United Kingdom.

A search for a product gives a ‘Shopping Results’ link within the search results page. Clicking on it will take you to the Product Search page that is specially formatted. Take a look.

Here’s a comparison of how the results look in Opera Mini and the iPhone/iPod Touch. Not that good on Opera Mini now, is it?

A week ago I finally decided that it was time to jailbreak my iPod Touch 2G v2.2.1. Using redsn0w, I was able to jailbreak it in just under 10 minutes. I had Cydia up and running, downloading all the great new packages that aren’t available on the Apple App Store. However, after re-connecting my iPod to the computer, iTunes would not recognize my iPod.

A few searches online revealed nothing informative. Most of the sites suggested that iTunes be uninstalled and reinstalled. This is a real pain, taking up a lot of time. However, the iTunes Repair option was something that worked like a charm.

Open up Add/Remove Programs under the Windows Control Panel, and hit ‘Change’ for iTunes instead of ‘Uninstall’. Select the first option to “Repair” iTunes. Unplug your iPod/iPhone. The uninstaller should ask you to reboot. Do so. When Windows boots up again, plug your iPod in and iTunes should recognize it and pop-up automatically. This way, all your settings and library are still intact, and yet you have a new-ish installation of iTunes.