Nokia is My Favourite

Nokia 3310

After using my Motorola cd928 for a few years, I decided to change a new phone. Furthermore, the old hand phone battery was growing weaker and couldn’t last long. My aunt was working in one of Singapore’s biggest Telco and she says she can hook me up with a cheap unit. Under table style.

One of the primary interest why I switched brand is because Nokia have the snake game. Haha. It was very popular during my time. Always trying to beat friend’s score at the game. Nokia too have a very pleasant ring tone unlike boring Motorola.

However, the phone is a bit too heavy for my liking. It was built as tough as Motorola, shattering to pieces if you drop it too hard. Once you put it back, it will work like charm. Unfortunately, during one of my trip to KL, I was robbed by a bunch of Malays kids. They ambushed me and grabbed my phone. Sob. I couldn’t fight back because there was like 5 of them. I miss that phone.

Cow @ 7 grass

I am Sacking It!

Linksys WRT54

This was one of the very worst purchase for year 2007. I read the review before I brought it. I didn’t know there were many revision to this model. Some have less RAM and some ran on Linux. It was freaking confusing and I ended buying the wrong revision.

The correct revision was 2.00 or 3.00 but the one I have is 5.00. Sigh. It has slower processor, lesser RAM and it hangs once in a while. The signal of the WiFi is weak, over 2 rooms and the signal strength is dropped by half! I guess the double antenna doesn’t helps.

The reason I am getting rid of it is because I saw the router reboot the WiFi capability by itself yesterday. Numerous times! I know because the router’s WiFi light was turning off and on. Imagine playing World of Warcraft with such gear, it is a nightmare. It was expensive too, I think it cost me around RM200. When my new Buffalo WiFi comes, bye bye Linksys.

Cow @ 3 Grass

My First Mobile Phone.

Motorola cd928

My god, that was a classic. I remember that my mom brought it for me during my first year in the university days. During that time, mobile phone was very rare, it was the ‘wow’ gadget of the teens. I wanted to be a part of them so I ‘persuaded’ her to buy for me. Muahaha.

Ya, I know the shape of the phone is weird but when I saw it, I love it because it was special. The flip was very cool, it felt high tech when you open and close it. People around would just pay attention to you. Feature wise, nothing special but I like the built in voice recorder! I recorded many weird conversation and I used to threaten people with it. Haha.

This phone is a tough one, I once put in my Nike pouch and it was soaking in water when I was riding my bike. I got home and was devastated seeing it. My house mate which was a senior Engineering student helped me open the entire phone up and let it dry. Guess what, after it was put back together, it still work! This phone also survived dropping over 20 steps of stairs, ops. I think I brought it with a price tag of RM1200.

Cow @ 8 grass

My Tough Mousey.

Logitech Wheel Mouse

I think the best item to kick off my campaign is my mouse I have been using for years. To be exact, I have been using since the third year of my University study. That would be around year 2002 which puts my mouse to aged close to 5 years!

This little mouse is a one tough rodent, I must have dropped it at least 100 times and yet he still works like a charm. I like it because it is a no brain-er, I can points and shoot without complicating weight or calibration and lastly it is very light as well. It won’t cause you to build up finger and palm muscle over long time.

I think I brought it for around RM40 which was considered very expensive during that time. Most of the mouse was still using ball and wheels when I got this. I think the reason I brought it was because I wanted to play Counter Strike.

Moo @ 7 Grass