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Everyday you switch on your TV you are bombarded by reality shows to vote for people. Now whats the funda? First thing is people participation and the second one is monitory. Lets dissect the monitory angle little bit. Very popular shows like Sa Re Ga Ma receives lakhs of messages and please note that messages special numbers cost Rs 2 or more. Now just imagine the amount in question. This amount is shared with TV channel by the mobile phone network. So its a win – win situation for both the TV channel and the mobile phone service provider.

However you as a user participate and lose your money by voting, lol! A free voting mechanism would be fun ain’t it? Well, that what I wanted to show you today.

A new online application called ZipDial is out to help you by allowing to vote for free. You can subscribe to polls free by calling +91 40 44 55 69 33.

This seems to be an innovative technology as the says a patent is pending in this regard.