Pathik Shah

Here’s Wishing all my readers (however few they may be ) a very Happy New Year 2009.

Here is my

Wishlist for 2009:

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1. Cheaper, Faster Broadband

Half the world has graduated to 8 MBPS Unlimited plans and we are still stuck with our bullock-cart-ish 128 KBPS / 256 KBPS plans. There is no 2 MBPS Unlimited plan and even the 2 MBPS NU costs a bomb relatively. Whatever happened to Dayanidhi Maran’s promise of Free Broadband. ? I would be very glad if I even had affordable (and real) Broadband.

2. 3G in India

Most probably we should have fully functional 3G services by all leading operators by Q2 2009. Hopefully it will also be affordable, better than the current data plans where you pay 10 PS / 10KB. If NOP didn’t still work, I would have had to file bankruptcy within a day.

3. An Android G1 / Nokia 5800 XM / Sony PSP

I will get atleast one of these beauties in January. Or maybe two!

Also add a new monster gaming PC and a laptop to that list.

4. My Hot New Startup / Discovery

The thing I want to do most in 2009. More details on this later as / if things work out.

5. Finally, Life Offline

Now this is less of a wish and more of a resolution. I have led an almost fully online life in 2008. I hope to change that in 2009. Maybe I will go completely offline for a month atleast and try to experience the better aspects of life. Need to catch up on all the lost joys of last year. I will try to spend more time reading books instead of watching movies like a zombie in a marathon. I hope 2009 also sees the downfall of all the crappy social networks which are, in fact, turning people antisocial. (Nah, not me.. I had other reasons.) As a friend puts it, I will try to suck less.

Happy New Year everyone. Have a blast.