bignoseduglyguy

I'll be calling from the Dark Side

As related in my posts over at Happy Palm, my boss Steve finally got sick of my whining and bitching over my ailing Nokia 6310i. I have been pretty happy with most of my previous Nokias (8 to date) and the 6310i has been a great Bluetooth partner device for my Palm Tungsten T3. BT is pretty essential for me now, not only for connecting to my T3 but also for connecting to a wireless headset whilst on the road - especially in light of a recent change in UK law regarding mobile phone usage in cars. However, the 6310i has also been the least reliable of all my phones with frequent episodes of unannounced switchings off. If I hated my job, this would be a blessing but with a bunch of folks around the planet relying on me to be available 24/7/365, such technical anomolies are not what one wants.

Having spent 18 months living with an iPaq Pocket PC which runs a Microsoft operating system, I was less than excited when I heard that the only equaivalent or upgrade replacement I qualified for was an Orange SPV E100 with no BT - Orange being the only real option as my company is linked to them. Before I left the office yesterday for a week's hard labour (otherwise known as half term or school break), Steve's PA told me that the E200 on order for me was on it's way.

Just as I was about to groan ungraciously, she pointed out that the E200 is BT enabled and the upgrade was as a result of job performance for the last year. As this was an unbidden and very much appreciated gesture, I decided not to mention my issues with the Pocket PC OS, though to be fair, the phone's OS is in fact Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphone, not the old PPC OS. A glance at a review confirmed the woeful battery life rumours but I am determined to be upbeat and enjoy the positives, like the camera, the colour screen and the MP3 player. No really, I am.