The Pentax Optio I-10 was announced today. The specs are nothing special but HELLO GORGEOUS! Isn't the body design to die for? The official site describes the I-10 as "classic styling, slim design." I'm always on the lookout for good, compact point-and-shoot cameras that are not Canon so this is a nice surprise. If the image quality is nearly as nice as the body design I'll be sure to add this to my wishlist! ...
Continue readingJ isn't one for extravagant gifts, but this past Christmas he gifted me with something I had been drooling over for a very long time: the Motorola Droid. I convinced J to order the phone through Amazon, since its $149.99 pricetag was a lot more attractive than the $199.99 offered by Verizon Wireless stores. (Note: Amazon is now selling the phone for $119.99 with a new contract!) I had never ordered a phone via Amazon before, so I was a teeny bit nervous. I was soon to discover that my nerves were not for naught: Amazon did not give me an option to port my existing number. They (or Verizon) automatically assigned me a new number based on my billing zip code. I had...
Continue readingI admit it — I'm a cell phone whore. And as much as I love my HTC G1, I hate, hate, HATE the T-Mobile network. The problem is made worse by the fact that I had switched over to T-Mobile from Verizon (the best network in the U.S.) for the G1. I refuse to switch over to the iPhone. I hate that it is a closed platform, and that it forces developers to jump through hoops and wait unreasonable lengths of time for an app to get approved. (Case in point: the Squarespace iPhone App was finally released this week. Apple's approval process had taken so long that the Squarespace team is already well into the next version of the application. As...
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Earlier this week I decided that things just could not get worse. Yes, there are a lot of horrible things happening in my life in addition to the drama that has been shadowing me for the past few months. And no, I am not exaggerating. But as they say, the only way to go from here is up. I won't go into details other than that things are finally starting to get better. After getting our mortgage, hospital bills, and other financial responsibilities situated, I pulled in some extra work and decided to treat myself to some retail therapy. I had wanted a DSLR for quite some time now and had my sights set on the Nikon D90 since it was first announced...
Continue readingOne of my favorite things to do while battling insomnia is to make lists. Endless, pointless lists. Last night I did a mental rundown of all the cell phones I've had since my first purchase during my freshmen year in college in 1999. (Before then was pagers. Having access to Korean import stores, I had some sweet pagers - ones that always made my high school peers green with envy. Now, kids don't even know what pagers are.) Can you believe that I have owned TEN ELEVEN different phones since then? Nokia 6190purchased in 1999, carrier: AT&T My very first cell phone. Back in 1999, not too many people in my freshmen class had cell phones and if they did, almost all had the Nokia...
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