Can't you see there is no logic to love
And we're lost just like the stars up above
If the compass breaks then follow your heart
And I hope it leads you right back into my arms
Friday, June 1, 2012
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
Phone reminiscing
I still remember my first cell phone. It was a still foreign concept to me, even though everyone kept saying this was the future of communication. I was just a teenager, but when there was a cell phone up for grabs in the house, I said sure, and lo and behold, it was mine.
It was a Nokia. One of those generic black, rounded things with a neon green lit screen. I think I was one of the few kids in high school that had a cell phone.
Looking back at it, it was a pretty good design. I mean, it did the job, it was a simple design, and it still fit in your pocket. Better than the Motorola bricks that my parents used to carry around. This thing survived sooo many drops, being thrown in my bag, on my desk, being sat on, you name it. The best thing about it? I could play Snake on it all day.
I don't remember what phone I got after this. I think I ended using a few hand me downs. Some flip phones. A few Motorolas. And then I remember getting one of the smallest handsets ever. I don't remember the model, but everyone had it. And it was a Nokia. A beautifully designed phone. Even my Uncle was using it a good 6 years later when everyone had moved on to a Motorola Razr.
I had been using a Motorola flip phone for about a year in uni. I had my eyes set on the Motorola Krzr, a beautiful black little piece of technology that I had seen in Hong Kong some years earlier, and it was finally making its rounds in North America. I wanted it. I was set on it.
For my birthday that year, my boyfriend got me a cell phone. A Nokia. A bronze Nokia. Not a Motorola Krzr. I opened it on the subway when we were going home, and I didn't know how to react. I knew it wasn't cheap, but it wasn't my black Motorola Krzr.
That night I po
pped out my SIM card from my old phone and plunked it in the new one. I had to start using the new phone, since my other one was static-y during phone calls.
Huh. A bronze Nokia.
Slowly, my love for this phone started to bloom. It hadn't left my side for a solid 3.5 years. Yes, three and a half years. When was the last time your phone lasted that long?
As time went by, I began to figure out that Nokia's were solid. Robust. Reliable. I had never had a problem with this cell phone. I loved it so much that I refused to get a new one, even if it was given to me. Which actually happened. My contract renewed, and I picked a new Sony Ericsson ($0). But I had no desire to start using it. I had my life in this phone and I didn't want to part with it. It survived uni with me, my first job, a few trips, even a swim in the toilet (that was unintended, but she survived). I loved the soft shell case it came in, and it fit like a glove. People would be so amazed at how thin my phone was.
Last last year, she started to sputter. The battery started rapidly dying, and she would turn off periodically. Even texting while keeping it charged could suddenly make it turn off .. sadly I had come to the realization that our relationship was ending and that I would have to start using a new phone.
My quest for a new cell phone was not easy. I wanted to do so many things with it, and for it to look a certain way that I had convinced all my friends that I was looking for something that did not exist. Some of the biggest hurdles during my search:
- I wanted a numeric keypad. Sure, touch screen was nice, but I was pretty proficient at churning out texts using T9.
- No QWERTY keyboard. I didn't like those
- It had to be a Nokia. This phone made me so loyal to the brand that for the first little while, I wouldn't accept anything else
- I didn't want to spend more than $300-$350 on a phone. HA! Good luck. But I tried.
- It had to be compact. I don't like oversized phones.
Then other factors started to come into play ..
- Nokia was going to start churning out Windows OS phones. Err.
- All the Nokia phones that were actually decent looking, were models that were at least 2-3 years old.
- Everyone told me that browsing on a numeric keypad phone was hard as hell. Yea yea, I learned. Eventually.
Finally, I think it finally hit me. Nokia didn't provide me with what I wanted anymore. I had to convince myself that I wouldn't be happy with a Nokia. Browsing around Pacific Mall, glaring at all the fones in the display, I had to pick something .. and I did:
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro.
It's a small phone. It's Android. It's got a QWERTY keyboard.
Yup, I had to do a lot of compromising with myself. But after owning the lil guy for some time, I'm quite please with it.
More to come!
It was a Nokia. One of those generic black, rounded things with a neon green lit screen. I think I was one of the few kids in high school that had a cell phone.Looking back at it, it was a pretty good design. I mean, it did the job, it was a simple design, and it still fit in your pocket. Better than the Motorola bricks that my parents used to carry around. This thing survived sooo many drops, being thrown in my bag, on my desk, being sat on, you name it. The best thing about it? I could play Snake on it all day.
I don't remember what phone I got after this. I think I ended using a few hand me downs. Some flip phones. A few Motorolas. And then I remember getting one of the smallest handsets ever. I don't remember the model, but everyone had it. And it was a Nokia. A beautifully designed phone. Even my Uncle was using it a good 6 years later when everyone had moved on to a Motorola Razr.
I had been using a Motorola flip phone for about a year in uni. I had my eyes set on the Motorola Krzr, a beautiful black little piece of technology that I had seen in Hong Kong some years earlier, and it was finally making its rounds in North America. I wanted it. I was set on it.
For my birthday that year, my boyfriend got me a cell phone. A Nokia. A bronze Nokia. Not a Motorola Krzr. I opened it on the subway when we were going home, and I didn't know how to react. I knew it wasn't cheap, but it wasn't my black Motorola Krzr.
That night I po
pped out my SIM card from my old phone and plunked it in the new one. I had to start using the new phone, since my other one was static-y during phone calls.Huh. A bronze Nokia.
Slowly, my love for this phone started to bloom. It hadn't left my side for a solid 3.5 years. Yes, three and a half years. When was the last time your phone lasted that long?
As time went by, I began to figure out that Nokia's were solid. Robust. Reliable. I had never had a problem with this cell phone. I loved it so much that I refused to get a new one, even if it was given to me. Which actually happened. My contract renewed, and I picked a new Sony Ericsson ($0). But I had no desire to start using it. I had my life in this phone and I didn't want to part with it. It survived uni with me, my first job, a few trips, even a swim in the toilet (that was unintended, but she survived). I loved the soft shell case it came in, and it fit like a glove. People would be so amazed at how thin my phone was.
Last last year, she started to sputter. The battery started rapidly dying, and she would turn off periodically. Even texting while keeping it charged could suddenly make it turn off .. sadly I had come to the realization that our relationship was ending and that I would have to start using a new phone.
My quest for a new cell phone was not easy. I wanted to do so many things with it, and for it to look a certain way that I had convinced all my friends that I was looking for something that did not exist. Some of the biggest hurdles during my search:
- I wanted a numeric keypad. Sure, touch screen was nice, but I was pretty proficient at churning out texts using T9.
- No QWERTY keyboard. I didn't like those
- It had to be a Nokia. This phone made me so loyal to the brand that for the first little while, I wouldn't accept anything else
- I didn't want to spend more than $300-$350 on a phone. HA! Good luck. But I tried.
- It had to be compact. I don't like oversized phones.
Then other factors started to come into play ..
- Nokia was going to start churning out Windows OS phones. Err.
- All the Nokia phones that were actually decent looking, were models that were at least 2-3 years old.
- Everyone told me that browsing on a numeric keypad phone was hard as hell. Yea yea, I learned. Eventually.
Finally, I think it finally hit me. Nokia didn't provide me with what I wanted anymore. I had to convince myself that I wouldn't be happy with a Nokia. Browsing around Pacific Mall, glaring at all the fones in the display, I had to pick something .. and I did:
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro.
It's a small phone. It's Android. It's got a QWERTY keyboard.
Yup, I had to do a lot of compromising with myself. But after owning the lil guy for some time, I'm quite please with it.
More to come!
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