Blackberry Curve 8900 Mobile Phone, a Statesman’s Delight
December 13, 2008
This mobile phone fits a Prime Minister unequivocally.
Which, the new Curve from RIM?
Yes, Blackberry Curve 8900 Enterprise Mobile Phone is all set to hit the UK markets through O2. And definitely, it would be welcomed sceptically by the UK folk, as usual. Considering the Europeans’ deterrence in this matter, they may be condoned.
Get that Mr Salisbury. Hinted at Peter Steinbruck’s flick that Mr Brown’s economic rescue plan for the UK is ineffective…..
And the sarcasm of The Independent, calling Gordon Brown a spendthrift. This is exactly where the propped up, background noise cancellation of Curve 8900 proves worthy.
Now, where do Curve 8900 go from here?
It boasts of Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, quad band EDGE capability and Bluetooth. A next generation CPU that clocks 512 Mhz speed drives this mobile phone. This smartphone from RIM also includes a 2.4” HVGA (480 x 360 pixels) that senses the ambient light to enhance its brightness.Is it a sensible move, launching it along with its own Blackberry Storm 9500 Mobile Phone?
Boy, no problem there, for Storm is a touch screen smartphone that targets the iPhone users primarily, as Curve 8900 targets a different group of enterprise phone users. But there are other problems, like it is priced $ 179.99 in Canada, while we here can only expect it at around GBP 234 that is tad expensive. Perhaps, a part of the financial packages of Gordon Brown.
Plans of Gordon Brown? But should not Canada, being an American country and more hit by the recession, hike the prices than us?
You are a cynic boy, like Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, who simply cannot conceive the naïve intentions of Mr Brown to help the Cholera stricken Zimbabwe. Wonder US secretary of State Ms Rice and the PM of Kenya Mr Raila Odinga too had shared similar ideas and got away with them, as only Mr Brown was chastised. using the expression ‘the mad PM’.
What more with our new Crackberry smartphone?
Yeah, this phone offers much more for the traveller; a Telenav GPS navigator explaining the GPS capabilities of it. Well, would you loose your way with Blackberry maps arround, and what more; geotagging is also facilitated. This could do a world of good for our PM, if he is pondering over the chances of an Australian tour, along with the US Vice President Mr Al Gore to urge Mr Kevin Rudd to back something called the Agreement for Global Climate Change.
It has a camera?
Right call! A 3.2MP version with autofocus, digital zoom capability, image stabilisation and built-in flash, apart from video recording, well backed up by its microSD and SDHC support, where the memory can be expanded up to 16GB. You would also be fascinated by its 5.5 hours talktime and 15 days standby.
What else for amusement?
Ample. You have a fine media player coming built-in here to recognise a good number of audio formats. Now, what about some cool numbers for a few swift dance moves with Ms Lisa Snowdon? Well, if you are the one basking in your solitude, you can well bank on the 3.5 mm stereo headset jack of it, for some musical intimacy for certain.
Back to India to Retrieve; With a Lit Candle and T-Mobile G1 Google Android Mobile Phone
December 1, 2008
Could I have a closer look at T-Mobile G1 Google Android GPS Mobile Phone?
Sure, Wanna search for something eh?
Not exactly, I was planning to dash to India by next weekend, to cheer up my boys from despair. But since things have taken a violent turn, at least for the moment I fear of canceling my project. However, I will definitely go forward with the Android Phone that I thought would had been of great help in the sub-continent.
I think it was right on their part to call off the remaining matches following that sort of terror attack that took place in Mumbai, as Pietersen has put it right like he cannot insist on his players to continue, for its them to decide on their lives finally. Agree Mr Salisbury?
Boy, I am really apologetic to hold a different perception regarding this matter. Because, cricket is a way of life for folk over there, a ray of hope amidst turmoils, and I uphold Stephen Waugh’s opinion that shortly afterwards, business will resume as normal. After all, my phone too, with its name itself, stands for that.
Name of the phone?
Yes, Android the term refers to an automation that corresponds ‘human beings’, which is not far from humanity.
More, you could mail the finer points of our progress, rather retrieval, to me swiftly using its 3G feature.
Sorry boy, I do not think some provider in India supports 3G, at present. Anyway, we can certainly bank on its GPS service backed by Google maps, and an extravagant distribution of Android applications, such as Geo Life, Android Location, Wallet Android, Monolith Android, Kei, Loco, Geo Life, Flare, TuneWiki, etc. With one of which, I can even make hotel reservations quiet conveniently, say even if it is with the hotel under scrutiny; the Taj of Mumbai.
Mr Salisbury, you there before?
Yes, in 1981. When I was a youngster brimming with enthusiasm, along with Fletcher’s lot. Reminiscence of an Indian victory, carved out by Kapil Dev, despite the presence of a pack of stalwarts like Boycott, Gooch, Gower, Underwood, Botham and Willis, still haunts me. But what refreshes me are their like stands on this crisis that have definitely hoisted them to a distinguished league. Particularly, I would pick Derek Pringle’s prayer to the players to even consider playing on the Pakistan soil. And rightly so, considering the healing powers of cricket and the kind of leveler it is. After all, aren’t we obliged, for the fact that we were the ones who passed the culture of gun powder to them?
That was touching. An appeal to the brave hearts of a land, once straddled by Richard the Lion Hearted, to see things with a broader mindset, similar to the HVGA 480 x 320 pixels display screen and 8GB on board memory of your Google Android device. At least, a set of trigger happy hooligans should never get the signal that a great spirit like this game can be held at ransom anywhere, anytime.
Precisely. That is why, along with these former cricketing greats, I would also like to put forth my plea to Kevin’s lions. For them to kindly consider this plea of going back to India, if they are assured of their security. Who knows, if the coin falls acknowledging Pietersen’s better fortunes, if the batters can put up a decent first innings score and if Monty can explode on the final day, the Union Jack might once again flutter high in the sub-continent. And this time in the very people’s hearts, who have not had anything special till this day, to bear pleasant feelings about which. As for me, I long to be there in the stands, savoring those moments as a proud part of the legendary Barmy Army, with due respect to Mr Jenkins, and with my T-Mobile Google G1 Android 3G Mobile Phone.
Blackberry Storm: iPhone or Celebrity killer?
November 29, 2008
What’s all this Blackberry’s celebrities liaison stuff? Any Clue?
Negative, Mr Salisbury. But one thing is sure. There’s some sort of magic happening with their gadgets, or why do we not find these celestial bodies going gaga over other brands…
Not all dear, Not all. Norfolk chum Fry, sort of flayed the Storm recently on Twitter, railing it was such disappointment that he rushed out unfinished, for its lag so terrible, fussy touchscreen and awfully fiddly text input.
Stephen Fry? The novelist-comedian? On Blackberry Storm 9500 Mobile Phone?
Exactly.
Mr Salisbury, just recently heard that Oprah Winfrey was spotted with a Blackberry Storm..say on the Obama election night.
No way. That must’ve happened on November fourth, while Storm was launched ten days later..on November fourteenth. Perhaps some other RIM model or might even be a Chinese look-alike.
May be, but I swear Jennifer Aniston averring that she used her Blackberry to sort her mails. She also said that she was stunned watching people work on Blackberry models like some girls working their hair dryers.
That sounds just, for it comes with with a 360 x 480 pixels, high-resolution touchscreen of 4:3 aspect ratio, much like the primitive televisions. Light sensing technology present, and more significantly it offers a handful of virtual keyboard options.
Virtual Keyboard options?
Yes it includes a standard QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode and tilt it to gain a Sure Type keyboard in portrait mode. Numeric and symbols keypads are also in the provision list.
What about the camera?
You definitely have one here. One with a 3.2MP sensor resolution. But don’t count on it, hearsays point to a sloppy work. However, RIM just sort of wanted to beat the Apple iPhone 3G’s 2MP snapper.
Multimedia?
This one is better than iPhone 3G in any case. For it can read WMA and WMA ProPlus formats, apart from reading WMV files. That’s more like a shot in the arm for PC users. Add this with the 1GB internal memory of the contraption that can be expanded up to 16GB using a microSD card. And the applications part now…Think they are planning to hit the T-Mobile G1 Google Android Mobile Phone’s Google Android Market and iPhone App Store with their own Blackberry Application Centre.
What about connectivity Mr Salisbury, tell me how fast is my thing?
Certainly won’t disappoint you pal. It handles 3G, where available, much like the iPhone 3G and its Bluetooth factor is definitely sharper than iPhone’s. However, you have to learn to respect your opponent sportingly, simply for its sporting WiFi. Yes, Storm comes without WiFi. And more woes, poor GPS back up, due to some map problems, say issues with BIS connections. GPS system and maps of this device cut sorry figures, akin to Paul Collingwood and Freddy in the sub-continent recently.
Yeah, that was really aweful..the five nil drubbing. Forget that what about our browser?
Hokey-Pokey boy, it really scores here with a Webkit based forum, similar to what Google’s Chrome or Apple’s Safari are based on. More, you can expect blitzkrieg in this sector with Storm sporting the Blackberry OS 4.7 operating system. Not content yet? Then take who’s the newest proud owner of Blackberry Storm…Hamilton dear, Lewis Hamilton was recently found flaunting his Storm, and that too, after winning the Formula One. One of the quickest men in the world substantiating one of the swiftest gadget.
Great, I would not be surprised even if one piece of this Storm is found in the Masoleum of Elvis, right on his chest, for sure.
Chinese Mobile Phones: Catastrophe in Store
October 18, 2008
Do not they have a neat system in that country? Or how dare they allow someone to spawn such wretched creations from their premises? Fumed Salisbury. These are not works of art to clone, they are technological gadgets conceived by pioneer brains, and to emulate them to churn out spurious plastic contraptions, is nothing less than sheer humiliation.
Mr Salisbury, you are undoubtedly charged at those myriad Chinese mobile phones.
Yes, and why should not I? When you, these days get a dual sim 3G mobile phone with a 3.2MP camera, multimedia playback and a multi-touch screen for as low a cost as below eighty pounds.
Wow! is that not appreciable, Mr Salisbury?
Quiet. As long as these mongrels come with a credible IMEI, as long as they come within the permissible SAR rates and as long as they come with a sound Printed Circuit Board (PCB) or Display. IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identiy and SAR for Specific Absorption Rate. More, do not you prefer a certified battery that does not explode at will or chargers that are not prone to short-circuiting?
You sound right. A mobile phone without a credible IMEI is much like a car without a number plate.
There you are. Some of these mobile phones do not even hesitate to sail with a duplicate IMEI. No wonder these devices are called Terrorist Mobile Phones in some South East Asian countries like India and Thailand. Back to the clones, you have clones for almost all successful models from that part of the globe. The replica of the Nokia N95 Mobile Phone seems a bit larger, though Apple iPhone Mobile Phone is one gadget that these Chinese seems to have gone on a frenzy. There might be a galaxy of cloning units in China those work on that model exclusively. In the first sight itself you can identify these copycats with their plasticky outer casing. Although some of them present more features than the original model itself, the functioning pace and tidiness tend to deteriorate with time. The other models those do not exactly belong to the clone section, comes with substandard PCBs or displays, and perhaps with a viral infestation, say Kiazha-A that targets Symbian OS phone users for extortion.
Still, how do they manage to sell these mobile phones at cheap rates as that?
Good question. These illegitimate children for being coming from nowhere, do not have to go through any given standards, apart from being stuffed with spurious technological parts. These are the prime reasons for the low price tags. Moreover, I wonder who works in these dubious factories of that country and what are they paid with? Peanuts? Or has slavery been not yet abolished in Communist China? I sincerely thought that only a bit of personal liberty was at stake there.
Mr Salisbury, what if all these come under a prime agenda? Say, commercial warfare as a starter for culminating into territorial expansion. And above all, with a strategy based on luring youngsters.
Good guess again. Taiwan, Tibet…, and you know better than me that Hong Kong was definitely hotter than Falkland Islands. And yes, on their manipulating youngsters, take the case of Sony Ericsson P1i Mobile Phone. You have an exact clone of this gadget for less than 60 pounds that is obviously a lucrative offer for a youngster, who does not mind to know what is in store for him inside. Really, they are soft towards youngsters, there is always a Tianenmen Square to substatiate that.
So Mr Salisbury, how to identify an egg from an egg?
Ah eggs! Dear friend, did you know that our Prince is served seven eggs off seven different boiled levels to choose his perfect one from the lot? If you come from affluence you can follow that path. Revelation through experience. Or you can follow a more safer path, keep away from the rotten ones. Ask Ms Thatcher.
A Couple of Sports Mobile Phones and Apophis, an Asteroid
October 6, 2008
A morning jog itself gives a replenishing effect to the physique. Then what if its around the amazing Stonehenge of the Salisbury plains? Erected somewhat between 1600 BC and 2000 BC, this awe-inspiring monument has always been shrouded by controversies regarding its purpose of erection. Some perceive that it was designed as a sun-worship place, while many others argue that it was a section of a colossal astronomical calendar. However, still a good lot strives to preach its medicinal values due to which a number of fitness fanatics frequent this place as simply as that to have a jog around it.
And who is there jogging towards the Bronze Age obelisks with blunt tops, sporting a pleasant smile, occassionally peaking onto a Samsung SGH F110 Micoach Mobile Phone as if just having beaten Gebrselassie’s marathon world record. No prize for guessing the name Salisbury on the Salisbury plain.
Missed me? Mr Salisbury calls the first hit.
Morning sir, to be frank I never expected you here. And that gadget in your palm really fascinates.
Yes, it is a Samsung Micoach health monitoring mobile phone that is a slider phone primarily with Quadband GSM frequency supports for networking. You have EDGE for data speeds and a proprietary operating system of Samsung. A 2MP camera, multimedia player and 1GB onboard memory. Nope, not a 3G phone if you were upto that probe.
I am sorry sir. I thought that you were only taken to some advanced gizmos…
You are quiet right there, but here what I need is not a gizmo. Instead I would now prefer any compact device that would enable me to run at the fastest. This gadget is much like a personal trainer to me as it supplies me with a custom plan based around my fitness and technical data of my workouts. What more, it even encourages me verbally. You should see this sensor that is attached to my shoe laces and this heart rate monitor fitted strap that goes around my chest. Guess how it gets connected with my phone? Magic friend…..Bluetooth magic. After completing my workout I simply plug my gadget into a PC, only to sync the data with Micoach website to analyse my results.
Impressive. But I have experienced this sort somewhere else too. Say, in a Nokia 5500 Sport Mobile Phone. The sports mode of this mobile phone too offers you something to monitor your exercise levels as well as present the training data through its display. Moreover, this device also shows information regarding burned calories, speed, distance and steps taken. Above all this mobile phone comes blessed with a stainless steel casing that in its turn offers you shock, dust and even splash resistance.
Strange. You more often than not, amaze me with your gadget knowledge. Please continue for I would like to run the fastest in the near future, I repeat.
Sure sir, this mobile phone is a triband GSM device compared with Samsung Micoach and its communication download speeds too would be identical with only GPRS to boast of apart from EDGE. The camera too is similar here with a 2MP sensor to be projected though the 5500 Sport overshadows your device with its video recording facilities. If my assumption is right, its multimedia player also would appear a better one than Samsung Micoach’s. That’s almost all about that, but why in the world should you have to run the fastest?
‘Apophis’, my friend. A big asteroid, bigger than Lords Cricket Ground all set to have a tryst with Earth. Say by, 2036. Or that is what NASA says. They have declared that this 20 million tonne asteroid that measures upto 350 metres, would crash land somewhere in the Pacific Ocean off the North American coast. Would you believe this that it is travelling towards us at a speed of 20,000 kph?
Really? I thought ‘Apophis’ was the Greek name of the nemesis of the Egyptian Sun God, ‘Ra’.
Must be. But all I know now is that I would have to keep myself fit enough to run fast. Since that would soon be warranted for, either from the asteroid or from the NASA birdbrains.
