| Hello! Last week made me realise that I'm losing my abilities to communicate
in English. I used to speak a very nice English, because I was an
intern at IBM and my project architect was an American engineer. We
(the team) used to talk to him for about two hours per week - which
I've considered as free lessons. Since I don't need to use my English
that much nowadays, I'm just forgetting it... So, I'm posting this in English to practise! I hope this to be useful
for somebody else. OK, let's go!
I've brought my new cell phone yesterday, after a 3-hours waiting. It
didn't bore me at all, because I spent it looking at new models,
sparing time in the shopping centre, talking to the service guy and
getting to know more and more things about my Cell Provider...
When it finally became my turn, I did know which model and plan I
wanted to acquire. I've been passionated for the E63 and the E71, but
the E71 was so expensive that I couldn't even look at it... The shopping process was actually a quick one! I believe to have
spared about 20 minutes doing that. Although I already knew that I
would get the E63, I've asked to take a quick look at the box, just to
confirm my expectatives, which I did promptly. I became specially
satisfied when I noticed that the cell phone would come with a 2GB
memory card! I was counting on paying about R$80 in a card, so it was
such a great thing.
I've filled lots of forms, than I've payed for my new toy and I came
home, and it was about 11pm. So I was home, late at night, having to work the next day... I've
promised to myself that I wouldn't even open the box. If I did so, I
knew I wouldn't sleep. I must say it was kind of hard: I love tech
gadgets, how could I wait 24 hours to see something that was already
in my hands? But I was strong, and I made it.
Now I'm home again, holding the box, and I'll open it... The E63 looks beautiful! I've choosed the blue version (they have a
red one too). It looks like my old E61i phone, but it's design is
really better... it's shorter, slimmer, and the keyboard is more
comfortable. Time to insert my Sim card and battery, pretty straight
forward (yeah, I've owned cell phones that made this task almost
impossible... hehe!).
It wasn't very quick to boot, but it's expected from a smartphone. It asked for my PIN code (I'm using my old Sim card), my country and
city, current date and time, and gave my a Welcome screen.
My first task was to configure my Gmail account, even before taking a
look at the menu. I was asked to select a connection, and promptly I
was connected to my home wifi network. I've choosed the first option
(e-mail, not nokia e-mail), gave it my e-mail address and password,
and, automagically, everything was OK! I didn't have to tell I was
using an IMAP connection, nor give it the server parameters. Way to
go, Nokia! Then I've configured my SIP Phone. As I don't live in the same city my
parents do, I use that resource too much, so my phone bill isn't very
huge. I use Vono, a Brazilian SIP provider. Configuring the service
was as easy as in the E61i. No news at all, it was exactly the same
thing, the same fields to fill, the same menus to go...
I've made a SIP call to test it, and it was successfully. Then I've
noticed that I hadn't make a common call! I've called myself (I have
two phone numbers, and I could talk to myself for about 30 seconds. As
I live with other 9 girls, I decided it was better to hang up before
they sent me to the manicomy...)
As I had just use a simple cell phone command, I've immediately tested
the other thing: sent my dad a sms, and got the answer in few seconds.
Nice. Time to install some new software! My first software was DataQuota[1],
a must-have application that shows me how much I've used of my data
plan... I've got an error (the software wasn't certified), so I went
to the application manager and choosed to install every application I
try, not only the certificated ones. I've pointed my browser again to
the DataQuota Website and installed it. This software is very, very
simple (even more than I wanted it to be, because I'd prefer to log
only the data sent/received from my plan, excluding the wifi megabytes
(as wifis are for free). I've then configured the quota to 40MB and
the billing day to 25, as this is the information from my provider.
I'll test the 40MB plan for about 2 months. Maybe I'll migrate to the
100MB, let me see how much I will need... Next software to be installed was Opera Mini[2]. I've heard that E63's
default browser is a good one, but I'm one of the old-fashion girls
who likes things as they have ever been. :)
Time to install Nimbuzz[3]. What would be the purpose of having a data
plan if it wasn't for staying online whenever I want/can be? :)
I like their way: I've opened their page, put my cell phone number and
received a sms with the download link.
While waiting, I've pointed my browser to Yafi's home page[4]. Yafi is
a FICS Client, which I've used before at my E61i.
Next step: mkut[5], a mobile Orkut application, developed by a
Brazilian enterprise. After installing those softwares, I've noticed that my data plan
wasn't working (only the wifi connection). I've called my provider and
they didn't provide (ahah!) me a solution yet.
[to be continued...] [1] http://code.google.com/p/dataquota
[2] http://mini.opera.com
[3] http://www.nimbuzz.com/pt/mobile/download
[4] http://m.yafi.pl
[5] http://www.jmobi.com.br/mkut |
