Nokia 3110 Evolve

I recently bought Nokia 3110 Evolve as my previous phone, SonyEricsson T230 finally gave up after 5 years of abuse. Since I got that phone for 5000 Rs, it cost me 1000 bucks a year to use it. That is quite an achievement for a low end phone. The reality is that, the phone is still working fine, but its keys cannot be pressed anymore, which is quite problematic if you want to send an SMS.

So I went for some phone searching and got this one from a sale for 99 euros. It also came with a free bluetooth device which I have not used yet. This phone is made up of recycled material, which makes it exceptionally light and the keys are really big and easy to press, which makes it superb for smsing. Its is a series 40 phone but performs much better than some of the earlier series 60 2nd and 3rd edition phones. The best thing is that, its menu isn't cluttered with useless applications, so it is really easy to use.

On top of that it is also an mp3 phone and supports an FM radio with 1.3 megapixel camera. Plays video, browses the net and runs Java games. I test all the java apps that i make on this phone and trust me, they are really easy to install. just put the JAR file anywhere and it runs it. After a full charge, it easily runs for 4 days under normal use, otherwise it has a 370 hours of standby time! And finally, it can be connected to a USB wire and then to your PC for easy data transfer.

I am not too fond of expensive mobiles. I want a good phone that does everything without much fuss and has good voice quality. This phone fits perfectly for all these tasks and I strongly recommend it if someone has similar requirements to that of mine. Otherwise... happy phone hunting!

The new apartment

I just moved into the new apartment with Zac. Things have been going really well and I finally feel that I am at a more permanent place for a change. It is one thing to share an apartment with a total stranger and another to share it with a good friend. We have our long discussions about anime, series and movies and other things in life ... mostly about me missing out on all the 'fun' that I could have.

Yesterday we finished the Gears of War campaign on my xbox and it was a lot of fun. Today we started playing bionic commando, which is turning out to be really tough. I must say that GRIN has done an excellent job in making the remake of this game. It looks good and the controls are quite good and intuitive. We have found some levels to be quite hard though which really pissed us off today.

Anyway, we went out, had a fun time, came back, watched House MD and heroes and now Zac has gone to sleep while I type this blog. One thing that Zac got me into doing is to start relearning all the stuff that I once did during my bachelors. You know, once you are so far ahead in your professional life, you start to think that it will just take a lot of time to learn all that stuff again and that your life has a well defined path. But he got me into thinking that if I keep thinking that way, I will always have that deficiency, and all I have to do is to read a good book to fill that gap. so note to self, "MUST READ A GOOD BOOK!"

on the entertainment side, I vow to read the foundation series by isaac asimov