Sunday, September 11, 2005
Nokia 3390 - RIP
Well, it eventually had to happen. My trusty Nokia 3390 cell phone finally gave up the ghost. This was the greatest phone. Over three years ago I got two of these with my T-Mobile system for something like $25 (that's for both, not each). Since then my phone has proven to be indestructible.
In addition to durability, Nokia hit the mark with the user interface. really worked easily and effectively. Sophie was using the phone at three years old. In full disclosure, my good friends would not that the phone had one poor design feature. If you do not keylock the phone was apt to call someone in my phone book while jingling around in my pants pocket.
The 3390 survived many falls. In one, it fell out of my pocket at a Chiefs game. This was directly on the concrete. The phone split apart into three parts. All I did was snap the pieces back together and the phone just started working fine as before.
A couple of weeks ago, the phone stopped ringing on receipt of phone calls. The vibrate mode worked fine, but no amount of reset or settings will make it ring again. As most of you would agree, hearing incoming phone call ring is a very important function for a cell phone. So although all other features of the phone work I needed to replace it.
Well I have switched to a Motorola V600 flip phone. THe main reason for switching brand is to gain bluetooth support. I will write more about this in a future article. So although my heart wants to go onto e-Bay and buy a used Nokia 3390, I will try this new, modern cellphone first. RIP, 3390.
In addition to durability, Nokia hit the mark with the user interface. really worked easily and effectively. Sophie was using the phone at three years old. In full disclosure, my good friends would not that the phone had one poor design feature. If you do not keylock the phone was apt to call someone in my phone book while jingling around in my pants pocket.
The 3390 survived many falls. In one, it fell out of my pocket at a Chiefs game. This was directly on the concrete. The phone split apart into three parts. All I did was snap the pieces back together and the phone just started working fine as before.
A couple of weeks ago, the phone stopped ringing on receipt of phone calls. The vibrate mode worked fine, but no amount of reset or settings will make it ring again. As most of you would agree, hearing incoming phone call ring is a very important function for a cell phone. So although all other features of the phone work I needed to replace it.
Well I have switched to a Motorola V600 flip phone. THe main reason for switching brand is to gain bluetooth support. I will write more about this in a future article. So although my heart wants to go onto e-Bay and buy a used Nokia 3390, I will try this new, modern cellphone first. RIP, 3390.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
iPod nano - WTF
I was very excited to learn about the new iPod nano. This thing is so cool (I thought) that I was ready to buy one immediately. But to my dismay, I have learned that the nano only syncs via USB. While USB 2.0 may be pretty fast, it is not available on my PowerBook G4 Ti. So even though I have no problem syncing via firewire, this feature is not available on the nano or shuffle. Bad call Apple to desert your loyal customer on your new, exciting product.
