Wednesday, July 2, 2008

What's in a hand phone?

In Indonesia mobile phones are known as hand phones.

Yesterday was the second day on my new job (vacation care).
My phone was in my pocket.
I leant over to get a ball out of a puddle.
The phone fell out and, you guessed it, fell in the puddle.

It still works, but a call to Telmy indicated that nobody can hear me. Nor can I hear them without the loudspeaker on.

This has come after a series of problems with my hand phone. My memory got wiped in the phone, and then a new sim card was in order. Now this.

But it is OK. Tomorrow I am getting a Nokia 1208. Cheapest phone out at the moment. A much simpler model. No MP3, no bluetooth, no camera, not a lot to it. But it does have a torch. And that is a feature I want high above the rest. I already have a iPod, and a digital camera. Plus another phone on telstra with these features. Meh I just want a torch!

I used to have a CDMA handset with a torch. Best phone I ever had. Same with my last phone in Indonesia that was stolen. Other features in the phone just drain battery.

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