The Toy

A friend texted me after reading my rant on the new toy. He asked, “Apa ke bende nya new toy tu?”

My reply was, “Tungggguuuuuu….I’ll blog about it.”

So what is it exactly? This “thing” that has been ruling my life for the past one month or so. The gadget that had me tossing and flipping away – adjusting to it’s dual display choice, landscape or portrait. The supposedly smarty instrument that suddenly stormed my life.

Now give it a grand entrance shall we?? Thadaaa…here it is – the Blackberry Storm. Yup, this is the thing that has been ruling me like crazy. At times making me look like a fool, trying to figure out how the heck to make it work according to my whims and fancies.


Ohhh…this touch screen, so called "cuting edge smart alec" surely has a mind of it’s own, this I discovered during my early get-to- know-you days with the tool. It had the guts to disallow Bluetooth transfer of contacts from the old N96!! Can you imagine how frantic I was?? And there were more than 500 contact numbers and details to be expeditiously transferred. Refusing to be defeated, I googled ways on contact transfers from a non BB to a BB. Wasn’t easy, but managed to get it done in the end (hangin satu badan di buat nya that day!!!).

Snapped this Ipoh rainy day pic using BB...pic quality = 5/10

(cik NokiaH gives better quality pic..)

One thing great (errr…am beginning to have second thoughts now) about the BB is that the Internet is just a touch away. Just like the other smart phones of its kind, it connects me to the Internet anywhere and time, subject to the availability of telco’s 3G. Where the signal is strong, it gives superb connectivity. Otherwise, errr…don’t bother, switch to another application je lah.

And because I am connected 24/7, there is no reason what so ever not to reply emails or even dare leave them unopened. On top of the work related emails, the project helpdesk enquiry emails are also cced to me. Hence, even at 3 in the morning, I get to read desperate helpdesk sos from my comfy bed. Uhhh….what a life. I must remember to inform MIS to stop directing these emails to me. Not worth losing my beauty sleep over them!!!

I can blog with it, accessing FB is great. Google and YM are splendid. One down side to heavy browsing is that the battery is fast exhausted.

Apparently BB Storm is new in the country, even M*x** has not launched it yet (err that’s what the guy at the counter told me lah). Last weekend when I struggled as I dug into my handbag, trying to get hold of it, when it rang as I queued at the cashier counter at the Isetan members sale (gezzz…they just know when to ring kan, wrong place, wrong time!!!), I saw another lady fumbling with the same exact tool. I just smiled, must be a new user, thus I’m not alone.

So, what’s my overall verdict? Biasa-biasa je lah. Oh well, it’s a cool tool lah. And what makes it ever cooler?? It was a gift from Abe. Thank you…thank you…kecil tapak tangan, stesyen janakuasa I tadahkan..heh…heh.

To Abe...haa next year if you are still on this "smart thingy" pursuance, can you give this other smarty a thought pulak???