" Bhai send me this song from your phone ", asked Priyam, while we were listening the soulful song from the newly released blockbuster Rang De Basanti. " Ok bro. Bluetooth open karo ", responded Shikhar while switching on the Bluetooth on his Nokia N-Gage phone. " But my phone supports Infrared only ☹️", Priyam said nervously. " What bro, Infrared is an old technology. Buy yourself a new phone na. Lucknow ke Yuvraj ho tum, but your phone doesn't live up to your stature ", winced Shikhar while pulling Priyam's leg. But he was right. Using Infrared to transfer data was really a thing of the past, even back in 2005, when this conversation happened. Before the likes of Gaana.com seeing the light of the day, we depended heavily on crowd-sourcing the songs. And Bluetooth provided us the platform to share songs and other data files easily with one another. Instead of keeping the phones in line-of-sight as was required for Infrared enable
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