Rest In Peace, my beloved XDA II

It has been said that I would not last a day without my trusty XDA phone. Like there has been too much going on in that nifty piece of equipment that just stretches its presupposed use beyond its original design and capacity. That nothing could wedge it out of my vice-like grip. Well, flash news everyone. My phone got stolen last Friday. But, like most who have lost a thing dear to them, I had already mourned its death and moved on .

The moving on was easy since I got that unit for free, anyway. It's replacing it that's a major pain in the butt. It's either I shell out an unbudgeted sum on a similar gadget or I change the lifestyle I had easily molded to revolve around the PDA phone. I chose to downgrade to a clam-shell with a 3G trade-off to functionality. It's fashionably savvy and svelte. It's smaller. It's a limited edition, silver colored V3X from Motorola.

Right now, I'm generally loving the stereo surround sound from the unit's speakers and headset. Its silver color lend it an executive's-phone look, unlike its rubber-coated and colored variants. Power packed with a 4G-speed browser, dual-cam for video conferencing, and an expandable external TransFlash memory of up to 1Gb, the V3X is a tech junkie's manna from heaven.

I'm now loving my new toy.

To the thieves who stole my ex-unit, you won't be able to ever use it, I'm sorry. It has a 128-bit encrypted alphanumeric security code and another sensor that will send me SMS-es every 180 seconds when the SIM is changed. I had also gone through normal wear and tear, evident on its heavily tarnished housing and the faulty charger jack. It also hard-resets every day due to its early-version and bug-ridden OS. Let's just say that my unit has the defects only its parent-slash-original-owner could love. So, good luck, fools!

Labels: Gadgets, Memoir

posted by Fritz @ 6:44 PM