Pocketful of Trouble…
During the past two weeks, I couldn’t stop the urge to purchase something really irrelevant. My wife just got a Nokia E71 and it just gave me a reason to get something for myself. I’ve already “rewarded” myself by purchasing the Western Digital HD TV and it was purchased with a reason, to have my daughter watch her cartoons on tv rather than on our laptops. All this time, it has served it’s purpose well as I have also used this device to watch my movies.
As the week wore along, there was really an urge for me to get an iPod Touch here in Al Ain. Unfortunately, the selection here is very limited and going to small stores in the mall actually rip you off with their prices and crazy credit card charges. So after battling temptation, I succumbed to the techno-devil in me and got myself a 16GB iPod Touch (2G).
Now being a Windows Mobile user all this time, I cannot stop speaking positives about the iPod OS, they are worlds apart. It is a totally different experience, it was as if this was the PDA I always wanted but never had. Now thanks to OS 3.0, bluetooth stereo support has been added so I never really need to have long earphone cables all over. Bluetooth has always, and i mean ALWAYS, has been an important factor when making my purchase for PDAs. I need my wireless audio. My Imate JAM, God bless it’s soul, was one of the first WinMo devices with A2DP. I was one of the first people in Dubai using that technology and has been part of my system ever since, it’s like breathing. Since the earlier generation iPods and iPhones were incapable of doing this and this was a major reason why i never made the switch aside from hating Apple by name. However, all that has changed.
The only thing I suffer from now are battery life and places for all my pocket bling. I carry a standard issue wallet in my right cheek pocket (LoL. Copyright to the movie: Transformers). My left cheek pocket carries a hankerchief and some times a portable HDD. In my left leg pocket, I have combined my coin purse and keys and finally my new iPod Touch encased in a Switch Easy Touch Neo casing is placed in my right pocket. I also have my Imate Ultimate 8502 on a belt clip. Somehow, my pants have become heavier and my pockets bulkier and pretty soon I will be carrying a belt bag. Am I better equipped to deal with all sorts problems in the world? Well, maybe not, as I begin to feel that I should have purchased an iPhone instead, but then again battery life plays such an important matter to me. On one hand I wanted wireless data connectivity where I am limited by available free access points. All the wonderful navigation tools in the AppStore will serve no purpose. Email on the go is not available as well, however, the question remains, do you have a data package from your carrier? Is it time to think about Etisalat’s iPhone promo? Only time will tell.
So one day, you might see an idiot walking with an iPod Touch in one hand and an iPhone on the other… Don’t be judgmental, it’s just me coming into gripes with information I need. I ain’t trying to be showy I just really need my dose of tech-coffee.
As the week wore along, there was really an urge for me to get an iPod Touch here in Al Ain. Unfortunately, the selection here is very limited and going to small stores in the mall actually rip you off with their prices and crazy credit card charges. So after battling temptation, I succumbed to the techno-devil in me and got myself a 16GB iPod Touch (2G).
Now being a Windows Mobile user all this time, I cannot stop speaking positives about the iPod OS, they are worlds apart. It is a totally different experience, it was as if this was the PDA I always wanted but never had. Now thanks to OS 3.0, bluetooth stereo support has been added so I never really need to have long earphone cables all over. Bluetooth has always, and i mean ALWAYS, has been an important factor when making my purchase for PDAs. I need my wireless audio. My Imate JAM, God bless it’s soul, was one of the first WinMo devices with A2DP. I was one of the first people in Dubai using that technology and has been part of my system ever since, it’s like breathing. Since the earlier generation iPods and iPhones were incapable of doing this and this was a major reason why i never made the switch aside from hating Apple by name. However, all that has changed.
The only thing I suffer from now are battery life and places for all my pocket bling. I carry a standard issue wallet in my right cheek pocket (LoL. Copyright to the movie: Transformers). My left cheek pocket carries a hankerchief and some times a portable HDD. In my left leg pocket, I have combined my coin purse and keys and finally my new iPod Touch encased in a Switch Easy Touch Neo casing is placed in my right pocket. I also have my Imate Ultimate 8502 on a belt clip. Somehow, my pants have become heavier and my pockets bulkier and pretty soon I will be carrying a belt bag. Am I better equipped to deal with all sorts problems in the world? Well, maybe not, as I begin to feel that I should have purchased an iPhone instead, but then again battery life plays such an important matter to me. On one hand I wanted wireless data connectivity where I am limited by available free access points. All the wonderful navigation tools in the AppStore will serve no purpose. Email on the go is not available as well, however, the question remains, do you have a data package from your carrier? Is it time to think about Etisalat’s iPhone promo? Only time will tell.
So one day, you might see an idiot walking with an iPod Touch in one hand and an iPhone on the other… Don’t be judgmental, it’s just me coming into gripes with information I need. I ain’t trying to be showy I just really need my dose of tech-coffee.