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Jun 11

Nokia E63 (meet Nokie)

Nokie!

Nokie!

Meet my new baby, Nokie. :-) Looks like I’ve got 2 down already. Though, it’s not the original phone that I wanted. Oh well, Nokia E75 was just too expensive for my budget. 

Anyway, I’m happy with my purchase. I’ve had it for a week and I’m still not done playing and discovering its features. Right now, I’m loving the camera. It’s been a while since I took a picture via camera phone and actually liked it. My two previous non-Nokia phones with built-in camera didn’t take nice and clear photos thus, I rarely use this feature. With E63, I get to take pictures all the time. Post below is one example.

I also love the Wi-Fi feature. It’s one of the primary reasons why I caved in to various micro blogging tools out there [twitter, plurk]. For me, micro blogging is something you do on the fly. Now, I’ve got the excuse to do just that. It doesn’t hurt that there are a lot of establishments here that offer free Wi-Fi. Yey for me! 

Another thing that I’m surprised about this phone is it’s battery life. All my previous phones usually last me just a day of minimal usage – few SMS and calls. E63, on the other hand, lasts for 2 days and I’m practically using all of its features – SMS, calls, camera, Wi-Fi, notes, calendar. I’m thinking that maybe it’s just new. Let’s see in a couple of months.

I thought I would have a hard time with adjusting to the QWERTY keypads but apparently not. I can text just as fast as before. Though now I tend to completely spell out the words instead of abbreviating it. This is a good thing for me spelling and grammar wise but not for my bill. Complete words means longer messages, longer messages means it’ll be counted as TWO sms, which$$$ for my provider.

Speaking of providers, I just recently submitted the transfer of ownership application for my phone number’s postpaid account. Currently, my postpaid account is still under my dad’s name. We got it around 8 years ago and of course I was still not financially capable of paying for it. Now, I am. More bills, bills, bills for me.

Anyway, back to Nokie. Overall, I love this phone. It’s probably the best one after 3 years of using failed non-Nokia phones and besting my long lasting Nokia 6630, which, minus the short battery life, is still functioning.

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Apr 19

Twitter King

Africa just gained 10,000 bed nets because one man achieved a feat no one has ever done before. Be the first Twitter King. Nice. Congrats to Ashton Kutcher for having 1 million people follow his tweets.

So apparently, tweeting is the popular thing in the interwebs these days. It’s the place to be. And when you’ve got Oprah jumping the band wagon, then it must be something… Right? 

Well, I still have yet to nab a spot in that ‘A-list’ online webspace. Yes, I don’t have one. Am I the only one? Probably… not. I’m not usually to shy away from any new “it” thing in cyberspace. However, tweeting seems to be redundant to Facebook statuses or a mini-blog anecdote. Then again, I can’t say anything final. A few weeks from now, I might get my own. If I do, it’s probably because Oprah has one and I don’t. Not that I plan on following Oprah’s tweets..  But Oprah being more techno-savy and hip than I am, a young IT professional? Yeah. That reason.

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