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tsk911 Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject: AOL invades India!!! |
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Yup!!! The famous ISP and US based portal American Online (AOL) has finally invaded the India webspace. They have launched the Indian version of AOL, not Internet services.
Check it and register your choice of id as many people are still not aware of it. www.aol.in
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tSk... _________________ Nalini... The Princess of the Sky... You are a star which will continue to illuminate your own A.net-India forever... |
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Nimish Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the headsup - managed to get nimish@aol.in - my cheap thrills for the day |
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tsk911 Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Nimish wrote: | Thanks for the headsup - managed to get nimish@aol.in - my cheap thrills for the day |
Congratulations... Others also hurry up to get an id they always longed for... _________________ Nalini... The Princess of the Sky... You are a star which will continue to illuminate your own A.net-India forever... |
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aarbee Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 328 Location: WAS/AMD
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:51 am Post subject: Re: AOL invades India!!! |
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tsk911 wrote: | Yup!!! The famous ISP and US based portal American Online (AOL) has finally invaded the India webspace. They have launched the Indian version of AOL, not Internet services.
Check it and register your choice of id as many people are still not aware of it. www.aol.in
Regards
tSk... |
Should'nt they have come up with IOL instead of AOL? |
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HAWK21M Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 3:37 am Post subject: Re: AOL invades India!!! |
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aarbee wrote: | tsk911 wrote: | Yup!!! The famous ISP and US based portal American Online (AOL) has finally invaded the India webspace. They have launched the Indian version of AOL, not Internet services.
Check it and register your choice of id as many people are still not aware of it. www.aol.in
Regards
tSk... |
Should'nt they have come up with IOL instead of AOL? |
Was thinking the same thing
regds
MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! |
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Aseem Member
Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 2841 Location: YYZ
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:29 am Post subject: Re: AOL invades India!!! |
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aarbee wrote: | tsk911 wrote: | Yup!!! The famous ISP and US based portal American Online (AOL) has finally invaded the India webspace. They have launched the Indian version of AOL, not Internet services.
Check it and register your choice of id as many people are still not aware of it. www.aol.in
Regards
tSk... |
Should'nt they have come up with IOL instead of AOL? |
If you folks remember there used to be something like Bharat Online sometime back...
anyways got myself aseem@aol.in , my name is getting popular so can't take chances _________________ [url=http://openflights.org/user/aseemsjohri]
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Akshay Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 315 Location: Mumbai
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Bad luck... Couldn't get akshay@....
Have to be content with akshay_wcam2p@....
Does anyone use AOL messenger or know how it is? _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai. |
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tsk911 Member
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Akshay wrote: | Bad luck... Couldn't get akshay@....
Have to be content with akshay_wcam2p@....
Does anyone use AOL messenger or know how it is? |
I downloaded it(messenger) , but not friends as of yet.
Actually American Online is the name of the organization. So, a brand exists and enjoys a good market goodwill worldover so, why to take chances by launching IOL? It's the same as Canada Dry cold-drink being launched as India Dry. No offences to anyone...
Moreover, AOL got it's domain as .in, which I like a lot. _________________ Nalini... The Princess of the Sky... You are a star which will continue to illuminate your own A.net-India forever... |
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the_380 Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2329 Location: Mumbai, India
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry folks but i do not have much idea on what is so good about AOL .... however i am signing up... thanks in advance
my id is music_avijeet@aol.in
...only avijeet was unavailable....i never knew my name was popular _________________ http://www.myspace.com/avsatsworld
A Walt Disney and 20th Century Fox Audio Producer!!! |
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Akshay Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 315 Location: Mumbai
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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tsk911 wrote: |
I downloaded it(messenger) , but not friends as of yet.
Actually American Online is the name of the organization. |
I doubt whether the messenger will gain popularity as all users have Yahoo messenger /Google talk. I dpnt thonk anyone would like migrating to new software as the current 2 are doing the job pretty well _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai. |
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aarbee Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 328 Location: WAS/AMD
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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tsk911 wrote: |
Actually American Online is the name of the organization. So, a brand exists and enjoys a good market goodwill worldover so, why to take chances by launching IOL? It's the same as Canada Dry cold-drink being launched as India Dry. No offences to anyone...
Moreover, AOL got it's domain as .in, which I like a lot. |
We were just kidding.
But on the other hand Canada dry does not reflect on Canada as much as AOL reflects on America, in a sense that at the beginning of Internet revolution AOL company created a brand to reflect as Internet in America is synonymous with America Online.
So it does not quite seem appropriate. Canada dry might be bringing the essence of Canada to other countries, whereas America Online in India ... Hmm! |
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tsk911 Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 223 Location: DEL
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 12:17 am Post subject: |
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aarbee wrote: | tsk911 wrote: |
Actually American Online is the name of the organization. So, a brand exists and enjoys a good market goodwill worldover so, why to take chances by launching IOL? It's the same as Canada Dry cold-drink being launched as India Dry. No offences to anyone...
Moreover, AOL got it's domain as .in, which I like a lot. |
We were just kidding.
But on the other hand Canada dry does not reflect on Canada as much as AOL reflects on America, in a sense that at the beginning of Internet revolution AOL company created a brand to reflect as Internet in America is synonymous with America Online.
So it does not quite seem appropriate. Canada dry might be bringing the essence of Canada to other countries, whereas America Online in India ... Hmm! |
Honestly, nothing other than Canada Dry was striking my mind...
I think with time AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) will surely gain popularity amongst the Indians...Lets hope for the best...
BTW good to see most of you were able to get the id's of your choice... _________________ Nalini... The Princess of the Sky... You are a star which will continue to illuminate your own A.net-India forever... |
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HAWK21M Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 8132 Location: Mumbai, INDIA
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:09 am Post subject: |
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I've got mine too.
HAWK21M
regds
MEL _________________ Think of the Brighter side !!! |
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Akshay Member
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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HAWK21M wrote: | I've got mine too.
HAWK21M
regds
MEL |
Might seem like a silly question, but is it case sensitive? _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai. |
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Nimish Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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AIM (AOL IM) is America's most popular IM client - it's market share there far exceeds Yahoo or MSN or GTalk. It's only in Asia & Europe that MSN/Yahoo are popular and AIM is not. |
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Akshay Member
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Nimish wrote: | AIM (AOL IM) is America's most popular IM client - it's market share there far exceeds Yahoo or MSN or GTalk. It's only in Asia & Europe that MSN/Yahoo are popular and AIM is not. |
I know this, but in India, people will be reluctant to switch to AIM because it can't be guaranteed that all their friends will shift to AIM too. This is just my opinion. _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai. |
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tsk911 Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 223 Location: DEL
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Akshay wrote: | Nimish wrote: | AIM (AOL IM) is America's most popular IM client - it's market share there far exceeds Yahoo or MSN or GTalk. It's only in Asia & Europe that MSN/Yahoo are popular and AIM is not. |
I know this, but in India, people will be reluctant to switch to AIM because it can't be guaranteed that all their friends will shift to AIM too. This is just my opinion. |
Hey! Most of us are now registered with AOL India... the same will be the case with your friends provided they are aware of it. _________________ Nalini... The Princess of the Sky... You are a star which will continue to illuminate your own A.net-India forever... |
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Akshay Member
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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tsk911 wrote: |
Hey! Most of us are now registered with AOL India... the same will be the case with your friends provided they are aware of it. |
Yeah, But i doubt how many of us will like shifting all our contacts to AOL messenger. The opposite party shld also have downloaded AIM.
Anyways, I am more than satisfied with Yahoo messenger & Google talk. As of now I do not plan to download AOL messenger _________________ MRVC Mania. My blog dedicated to the new violet-white suburban rakes of Mumbai.
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himmat01 Member
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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I am quite satisfied with yahoo msgr. I have no plans to download AOL msgr. _________________ Save Maharashtra! |
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