[lugm.org] Launching ThreeBags, a recommendation website for technology products available in Mauritius

[Avinash Meetoo]

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Loganaden Velvindron
<gnukid1 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I was thinking about buying an HTC mobile some time ago.
> However, the price is exceedingly high ! If you take into account
> that they didn't have to write their own OS (just integration work),
> I thought it would be reasonably priced.

The hardware is excessively good (same class as an iPhone.) But I
think that HTC excelled with their profound customisation of the
Android platform which they call Sense.

Sense looks marvelous and everyone raves about it. Incidentally, the
HTC Tattoo also has Sense and is cheaper than the Hero.

> That said the website is a good idea.

Thanks.

> Funny thing is that all the websites you create contain prime
> numbers.
>
> First 7, and now 3, is it intentional ? :-)

Maybe. I have two kids after all :-)

Avinash


>
> //Logan
> C-x-C-c
>
>
> --- On Mon, 21/12/09, Avinash Meetoo <avinash at noulakaz.net> wrote:
>
> From: Avinash Meetoo <avinash at noulakaz.net>
> Subject: [lugm.org] Launching ThreeBags, a recommendation website for technology products available in Mauritius
> To: "LUGM Mailing List" <discuss at lugm.org>
> Date: Monday, 21 December, 2009, 11:49
>
> Dear all,
>
> My company, Knowledge Seven Ltd is proud to announce the launching of a new
> recommendation website called ThreeBags which is accessible at
>
>    http://www.threebags.com/
>
> ThreeBags showcases the best basic, value and prestige mobile phones,
> smartphones, digital cameras, MP3 players, LCD televisions, home
> cinema systems and laptops available in Mauritius.
>
> Naturally, ThreeBags relies 100% on open source software and, in fact,
> uses Linux, MySQL, Java, Spring, Hibernate, C3P0, Jakarta Commons,
> etc. Interestingly, I considered using PHP initially but I wanted to
> have a go at Enterprise Java using Spring and Hibernate and I think I
> can say that this combination is very powerful, somewhat complex to
> learn and rock solid (as far as I can see.)
>
> A few months ago, I realised that even though technology surround us,
> choosing and buying a technology product is tough: too many buzzwords,
> too many models, too many shops and so few people willing to explain
> things clearly. This is how I got the idea about ThreeBags: a
> recommendation website with seven categories of products (from mobile
> phones to home cinema systems) and three recommended products per
> category: one basic, one value and one prestige model. One interesting
> aspect of ThreeBags is that you can specify your budget and let
> ThreeBags give you an optimal set of technological products within
> that budget.
>
> You will notice that there are no advertisements on ThreeBags.
> Additionally, I do not get paid by anyone to recommend a specific
> product. My evaluation criteria are product features, design,
> availability in Mauritius and price only.
>
> Please spread the word by forwarding this email to all those you think
> might find ThreeBags useful or interesting.
>
> Visit ThreeBags at
>
>    http://www.threebags.com/
>
> ThreeBags also has a blog which is accessible at
>
>    http://blog.threebags.com/
>
> Avinash
>
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