What do I love about the Blackberry Torch 9800
This is THE Blackberry Torch
And this is my mobile set up. A Sony Ericsson P1i, and an iPod Touch.
Looking at their combined features they aren't too bad. One has a physical keypad, which is helpful for typing, and a small touchscreen; while the other has a large(ish) screen, which is good for browsing in bed before I fall asleep at night.
Now, what if you were told that you could combine both of these, to get the best of both worlds?
Well there's a Blackberry Torch if you want to give the rubberband/velcro option a miss.
Why do I want a Blackberry Torch 9800 from Celcom?
Hardware
I have a (semi)smart phone, released in 2007, based on a dead OS (UIQ3) that nobody uses anymore.
The problem doesn't come with connectivity, but rather, the lack of apps that I can use on this platform.
Twitter, check. But it uses Fring so I cannot get my mentions/DM stream.
Foursquare? On UIQ3? Haahaa abit funny hor?
Facebook will probably crash on this little thing. Either that or I won't see any pictures.
It does come email, but I've been using this phone for close to 2 years and I've yet to successfully get it to work. As far as smartphones go, mine's in the dumbphone territory, sans the no-crash guarantees.***
The iPod Touch has lots more compared to my phone, but lacks a physical keypad (try typing on glass, its honestly quite annoying), and proper connectivity. Try searching for a free WiFi channel to hook on to each time you're out.
Not having a camera annoys me too.
The BB Torch sorts all the earlier mentioned problems out.
BBM, so I get to sext people like gRobb teehee without anyone knowing because its all encrypted!
Endorsement
I never looked very highly upon past US presidents, but Obama has this certain draw to him.
PacMac
He uses a Mac, he's black, he's cool... and he refused to give up his Blackberry for this ugly piece of thing the Secret Service calls a phone.
No wonder why the previous presidents were technologically inept, because they did not want to be seen in public with this ugly thing! Seriously I'll rather use a public phone than to carry this thing around with me.
Oops, because presidents do leave their phones on their laps too.
Now, if I managed to lay my hands on the Blackberry Torch 9800, I can BBM Obama and tell him "yo bebeh sorry can't make it for dinner tonight. see you tmrw cool?"
Now, if this doesn't convince you that you need a BB, I don't know what else will. He doesn't want to give it up!!
Data & connectivity
One of the things preventing me from moving to a Blackberry is the insane charges my current carrier (I'm on a family plan here) would impose upon me for its BIS services.
Celcom Exec 50 starts from RM50 (as the name suggests). Its fairly easy in terms of its calculations because all calls are at 15cents/min. No more worrying about calling a friend on another carrier costing you more, and fretting until your phone bill comes along at the end of the month.
Of course, the more you use the better rates you get. It sounds vanilla and all, but considering the low 15cents you are already paying, a further 30% off does sweeten the deal alot more.
Free 1 month's broadband access with every sign up. Again, this kills the WiFi search problem.
Now Celcom & Nuffnang, gimme my BB Torch so I can be one of the Crackberry users out there. Thanks love you.
You can also pre-register for the BB Torch here
And this is my mobile set up. A Sony Ericsson P1i, and an iPod Touch.
Looking at their combined features they aren't too bad. One has a physical keypad, which is helpful for typing, and a small touchscreen; while the other has a large(ish) screen, which is good for browsing in bed before I fall asleep at night.
Now, what if you were told that you could combine both of these, to get the best of both worlds?
Well there's a Blackberry Torch if you want to give the rubberband/velcro option a miss.
Why do I want a Blackberry Torch 9800 from Celcom?
Hardware
I have a (semi)smart phone, released in 2007, based on a dead OS (UIQ3) that nobody uses anymore.
The problem doesn't come with connectivity, but rather, the lack of apps that I can use on this platform.
Twitter, check. But it uses Fring so I cannot get my mentions/DM stream.
Foursquare? On UIQ3? Haahaa abit funny hor?
Facebook will probably crash on this little thing. Either that or I won't see any pictures.
It does come email, but I've been using this phone for close to 2 years and I've yet to successfully get it to work. As far as smartphones go, mine's in the dumbphone territory, sans the no-crash guarantees.
The iPod Touch has lots more compared to my phone, but lacks a physical keypad (try typing on glass, its honestly quite annoying), and proper connectivity. Try searching for a free WiFi channel to hook on to each time you're out.
Not having a camera annoys me too.
The BB Torch sorts all the earlier mentioned problems out.
BBM, so I get to sext people like gRobb teehee without anyone knowing because its all encrypted!
Endorsement
I never looked very highly upon past US presidents, but Obama has this certain draw to him.
PacMac
He uses a Mac, he's black, he's cool... and he refused to give up his Blackberry for this ugly piece of thing the Secret Service calls a phone.
No wonder why the previous presidents were technologically inept, because they did not want to be seen in public with this ugly thing! Seriously I'll rather use a public phone than to carry this thing around with me.
Oops, because presidents do leave their phones on their laps too.
Now, if I managed to lay my hands on the Blackberry Torch 9800, I can BBM Obama and tell him "yo bebeh sorry can't make it for dinner tonight. see you tmrw cool?"
Now, if this doesn't convince you that you need a BB, I don't know what else will. He doesn't want to give it up!!
Data & connectivity
One of the things preventing me from moving to a Blackberry is the insane charges my current carrier (I'm on a family plan here) would impose upon me for its BIS services.
Celcom Exec 50 starts from RM50 (as the name suggests). Its fairly easy in terms of its calculations because all calls are at 15cents/min. No more worrying about calling a friend on another carrier costing you more, and fretting until your phone bill comes along at the end of the month.
Of course, the more you use the better rates you get. It sounds vanilla and all, but considering the low 15cents you are already paying, a further 30% off does sweeten the deal alot more.
Free 1 month's broadband access with every sign up. Again, this kills the WiFi search problem.
Now Celcom & Nuffnang, gimme my BB Torch so I can be one of the Crackberry users out there. Thanks love you.
You can also pre-register for the BB Torch here
posted by 陳一豪 at
10:57 AM
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