When I transfer files from my PC to my Mobile Phone, I make use of the Bluetooth feature on my phone. However, if I am not at home and I need to receive a file, I can’t depend on Bluetooth connectivity or even the availability of a PC. Also, if the file I want is only on my PC, then I’d probably have no access to it.

Beam It Up Scotty is here to solve that problem. This service is basically similar to YouSendIt or other such filesharing sites. You can send the file’s download link direct to your mobile phone. The process is pretty simple

• Upload your files to Beam It Up Scotty
• Compress or convert it, if needed
• Enter the Mobile Number and send the file

Once this is done a SMS containing the link to the file would be sent to the number provided. The user can then download from the link using GPRS or related service on his phone.
It is as easy as 1-2-3. However, there are a few things to keep in mind. When you send a file for the first time, you will be asked to enter your email ID. A confirmation email is then sent to that ID. Once you click the confirmation link, the message is sent. The second time onwards, as soon as you enter the email ID, the file is sent to the mobile phone instantly.

The other thing is that an user is able to send only 10 files every day and not more than that. This is probably to restrict spamming. The email ID that you used to login is also mentioned on every SMS that is sent.

Features

The most useful feature on Beam It Up is the compression/conversion feature. Once a file is uploaded it is auto analyzed and options are given for optimizing the file for mobile use. This reduces the size of the file to enable faster download. The service recognizes most file types, but if it doesn’t you can still compress or ZIP the file and send it.

Also, information is displayed on the uploaded file and the estimated time that it would take to download on various connections. All files are stored for 30 days atleast on their servers. The maximum size of a single file can be 100 Mb, which for a mobile device is too big anyway!

I tried using it and I received the download link everytime in around 5 seconds flat. That’s quite an amazingly fast turnaround time and I managed to download the file without problems as well. Oh and I forgot to mention that the service is totally free as well.

What more I am looking for

I am looking forward to the following features in this service

• Send files to multiple numbers at once instead of uploading every time
• A file manager for my uploads
• More messages per day (paid, perhaps?)
• A system to store and remember contacts

But, overall I would definitely recommend this service to anybody who wants to get quick access to their files. Do you find this service interesting? Do send in your comments! Thanks for reading!

Some of the times, the mails I receive are usually meant to be scanned and no detailed reading or replying may be necessary. But actually logging in everytime to the inbox to view such mails individually is an amazing waste of time. Also, viewing these mails in a email client like Outlook or Thunderbird would also mean a waste of time.

The easiest option to scan through articles or emails in this case is by making it a feed and reading them in your feedreader. It is because of the ease in reading blog posts, that I use Feedreaders for subscribing to most of my favorite blogs. Doing a similar thing for your emails can drastically reduce time in going through a bunch of them.

Mail Bucket offers such a simple and fast to implement service for your emails. And best of all, it is free to setup and use. There are 2 ways to use this service.

• Redirect your mail from one of your email addresses
• Setup a new email ID at Mail Bucket for this purpose

The process is very simple and all you need to do is

• If redirecting, simply redirect your mails to any email ID of your choice @mailbucket.org
• Even if you are setting up a new ID at mailbucket, the step is the same
• Le’s assume that the email ID is mymail@mailbucket.org
• All the mails received at the ID (at Mail Bucket) can be obtained as an XML Feed at the address http://www.mailbucket.org/mymail.xml

All you need to is subscribe to the feed at that address using any feedreader and you’ll get regular updates as usual. Also, you can get a HTML version of the feed by visiting the address http://www.mailbucket.org/simple/mymail

Before forwarding to a email ID at Mail Bucket, be sure to check that no other mail is being forwarded there. You can do that by visiting the feed address before forwarding the mail. If the page is empty, go ahead and set it up.

Redirecting is not the only option. You can simply send a new mail from any of your accounts and it will automatically appear as part of the feed.

The disadvantage with Mail Bucket is that all the feeds are publicly viewable and hence your mails will not have any security. So, make sure that you don’t redirect mails from a personal or professional ID to here. However, the address from which the mail was sent will not be visible in the feed.

Do let me know if you found this service interesting. Thanks for reading!

Who Is The Owner, a site related to Who Is Hosting This, offers to provide information regarding the owner of any domain name along with all their available contact details. All you need to do is enter the domain name and the security code and the information is delivered to you.

Does It Work? 

It does, to an extent. However, the service does not display only the contact name and details, but the entire WHOIS record of a particular domain name. Now, that means you get the details of the web host, the nameservers and the domain name registration and expiry details as well.

The incredible fact (if the site owners haven’t realized) is that the complete WHOIS record can be got from atleast a 100 different and better WHOIS sites like Whois.sc or Who.is etc. Here are a few of my observations

•  Contact details are in the WHOIS, but that doesn’t justify showing the complete WHOIS record and claiming them as contact details

Who Is The Owner is a free online tool which enables you to discover who is the owner of any domain by querying more than 350 whois servers in the world.

• You don’t need 350 WHOIS servers to show the complete WHOIS record, one is more than sufficient (for each domain extension, that is)
• A WHOIS service is a WHOIS service even if you name it Who Is The Owner

Naming this a simple WHOIS site would pretty much give the same result as it is giving out right now. If you are an amateur, then this is one site that can continue to amuse you. The rest of you can switch to Whois.sc or Who.is and those are my personal recommendations!

What Whois service do you use? Do drop in your comments! Thanks for reading!

PS: Forgive my bashing, but a site that doesn’t do exactly as it says, fails to earn my respect!