Thursday, 19 April 2012

Samsung Galaxy Note

Hello everyone.

Two days ago, i tried to upgrade my Nexus S to a better phone on a better contract. So i looked to see what my phone provider, 3, had to offer.

There was a couple of phones i was thinking of getting. The Samsung Galaxy S2, the HTC One X, and the Samsung Galaxy Note. After a bit of specification checking, I decided to go with the Note.

So the next day, I went back on the 3 website and worked out what contract would be the cheapest in the long run, and worked out what was the cheapest one with unlimited Internet. I believe it was the 300 minutes one.

So i ordered it, and it all went through and stuff. So all was good with the world. But (there's always a "but") a couple of hours later, I got an email from 3 saying that the Note was out of stock.

I was disappointed. I wanted a phone with a bigger screen. But oh well, I'll have to get the Galaxy S2. So back on to the 3 website I go.

So i go back on and go to upgrade again. But the Note is still there. I can't change it. I try several times that day and it didn't change.

So next day, I went into the 3 shop in town. I talked to a nice girl about it and she sorted me out with a Note. And here it is. It didn't even have an upfront fee like the one on the website did. Result!

And it's beautiful. The screen big. My Nexus S looks like a HTC Wildfire in comparison and the stylus works nice, although it's a bit off centre, which can be quite annoying. Especially when drawing on Draw Something.

By the way, if you wanna play against me on that, my username is micolps3, as usual.

So that's all for now. Play me on Draw Something. And enjoy whatever you're doing and planning on doing. Toodles.

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

Another Legend Falls

Hello chums and chumettes.

You know I did that blog about a computing legend (that wasn't that cunt Steve Jobs) dying? I learnt today another computing legend has died.

That legend is a Mr Jack Tramiel. You may have heard of him. He founded both Commodore International AND Atari computing. He gave us the popular systems like Commodore 64 and Amiga, and Atari ST.

He started off repairing typewriters, then sold calculators, then started Commodore Business Machines.
For more history and information about him, see http://blog.retrogamer.net/general/commodore-founder-jack-tramiel-dies/

Jack Tramiel

He was 83