I just put the order in for a Blackberry Curve 8900, and a new mobile phone contract with Orange. It's going to give me the same functionality I actually use the iPhone for, for far less money.
In summary;
The handset is free with the contract
The contract is a third cheaper than the iPhone
400 minutes per month
300 [...]
In mid February, my iPhone contract runs out – I am therefore starting to think about what I will do. Anybody who knows me (in the real world) will know I have not been the biggest fan of the iPhone for quite some time;
My main issues with the iPhone are;
The O2 network in the UK [...]
No, I have not bought a copy of “The Cloud Spotters Guide“, neither have I suddenly started reading the collected writings of Billy Meier (I’ll let you look him up on Google).
My work email has been transmogrified from the company email servers into “the cloud”, wherever that might be. I would like to imagine it’s [...]
If you have ever wondered what I might be carrying around in the bag slung over my shoulder, wonder no more;
In no particular order, we have…
ASUS EEE PC 1000H (the small computer) plus neoprene sleeve
Power supply for EEE
Recent copy of Neo Manga/Anime magazine
Nintendo DSi
Sock cover for DSi
LG Cookie mobile phone with pay as you go [...]
For the last several weeks I have been using an LG Cookie mobile phone – the one I bought to use for freelance use – in place of the iPhone which had developed an intelligence all of it’s own, and required a brain scan back at Apple’s secret underground facility (I believe most phone shops [...]
With the impending trip my iPhone is going to make back to Apple (it’s borked), I will have to survive with an alternative mobile phone for a couple of weeks.
The choices are the old T-Mobile K800 that I am about to cancel, or the ancient Orange Nokia 6310i that I am going to keep (it’s [...]
I visited our local stationers earlier, and somehow found myself buying this year’s week to view diary for my old Filofax. I have no idea why I bought it, beyond the admission that I am turning into a productivity/organisational idiot.
At the moment I seem to be caught in a three way battle for the heart [...]
The Amazon MP3 store has finally opened in the UK with a raft of albums selling for £3 (about $5). I’m not quite sure how they are getting away with it, but they are also integrating with iTunes, allowing you to automatically import purchases into iTunes. Let’s get this straight;
Amazon are cheaper than iTunes
Amazon are [...]
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