I Got Myself a Nokia E63

At the beginning of this year, I wanted to have another phone and I fell in love with the Nokia E63. It was still priced at Php20k that time. But because my O2 is still useful as a PDA and I still got my Nokia Classic 6120 and Sony Ericsson W760, I practiced my EQ and forego buying another phone. But come June I purchased a sciphone which is an iphone clone. After three weeks I sold it to a friend coz it failed to wow me. I was having a hard time playing with its apps. The only good thing about it was the fact that I didn’t purchase a real iphone otherwise it would have been a complete disaster and a huge financial mistake. Then October came and I had to renew my line with Smart which I never had the time for. I tried renewing it last November in Megamall. But the line was so long and I had to get home for work. Then last weekend, we did some groceries at Festival Mall and I suddenly remembered about the renewal of my postpaid line! So I dropped by the Smart Wireless Center there. Lo and behold, there was no line! My number was immediately called and the  rep at the counter asked me what phone unit I want. I told her I’ll just get whatever they have available that’s free. She said they only have E63. Of course, I can no longer remember what E63 looked like. So she pointed to me the model they had on the window. Voila — it was the one I wanted all this time! Woopee!!! I was jumping for joy inside! The one in the display window was color red and she said that what they have available is the one in blue. All the more that I went ecstatic deep down. I love midnight blue! Woopeee!!!

I’ve been using it for a week now and I have no complaints. Even after the first hour of my using it, I was already pretty happy with it. It’s so user friendly plus it has the capabilities I want — email set up, wifi, 3G plus the normal applications like video, phone, camera, radio, etc.It’s like a blackberry and more!

So anyway, that’s how I got to have the phone I want. The law of attraction really works!

Here are the rest of E63’s specs:

Technical specifications

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 Physical features, power and memory

Physical features, power and memory

Size

• Form: Monoblock with full keyboard
• Dimensions: 113 x 59 x 13 mm
• Weight: 126 g
• Volume: 87 cc
• Full keyboard
• High quality QVGA display

Display and 3D

• Size: 2.36″
• Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
• Up to 16 million colors
• TFT active matrix (QVGA)
• Two customisable home screen modes

Security features

• Device lock
• Remote lock
• Data encryption for both phone memory an microSD content
• mobile VPN

Keys and input method

• Full keyboard
• Dedicated one-touch keys: Home, calendar, contacts, and email
• Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialling
• Intelligent input with auto-completion, auto-correction and learning capability
• Accelerated scrolling with Navi^TMKey

Colours and covers

• Available in-box colours: Ultramarine Blue and Ruby Red

Connectors

• Micro-USB connector, full-speed
• 3.5 mm standard AV connector

Power

• BP-4L 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery
• Talk time (maximum): GSM up to 11 hours; WCDMA up to 4h 40 min
• Standby time (maximum): GSM up to 18 days; WCDMA up to 20 days;WLAN idle up to 170 hours
• Music playback time (maximum): 18 h

Memory

• microSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 8 GB
• 110 MB internal dynamic memory
  

 Communication and navigation

Communication and navigation

 Operating frequency

• E63-1 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/2100
• E63-2 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900
• E63-3 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/2100
• Offline mode

Data network

• CSD
• HSCSD
• GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 100/60 kbps (DL/UL)
• EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)
• WCDMA 900/2100 or 850/1900 or 850/2100, maximum speed 384/384 kbps (DL/UL)
• WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g
  - WLAN Security: WEP, 802.1X, WPA, WPA2
• TCP/IP support
• IETF SIP and 3GPP

Local connectivity and synchronisation

• Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
  - Bluetooth profiles: DUN, OPP, FTP, HFP, GOEP, HSP, BIP, RSAP, GAVDP, AVRCP, A2DP
• MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol) support
• Bluetooth (Bluetooth Serial Port Profile. BT SPP)
• Network (Raw). Direct TCP/IP socket
  connection to any specified port (a.k.a HP
  JetDirect™).
• Network (LPR). Line Printer Daemon
  protocol (RFC1179).
• Support for local and remote SyncML synchronisation, iSync, Intellisync, ActiveSync

Call features

• Integrated hands-free speakerphone
• Automatic answer with headset or car kit
• Any key answer
• Call waiting, call hold, call divert
• Call timer
• Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
• Automatic redial and fallback
• Speed dialling
• Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialling (SDND, SIND)
• Fixed dialling number support
• Vibrating alert (internal)
• Contacts with images
• Conference calling
• Push to talk
• VoIP

Messaging

• SMS
• Multiple SMS deletion
• Text-to-speech message reader
• MMS
• Distribution lists for messaging
• Instant messaging with Presence-enhanced contacts
• Cell broadcast

E-mail

• Supported protocols: IMAP4, Mail for Exchange, POP3, SMTP
• Support for e-mail attachments
• IMAP IDLE support
• Support for Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email
• Integrated Nokia Mobile VPN
• Easy Email set-up

Web browsing

• Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, MP, WML,CSS
• Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP2.0
• TCP/IP support
• Nokia browser
  - JavaScript version 1.3 and 1.5
  - Mini Map
• Nokia Mobile Search

GPS and navigation

• Nokia Maps application

 Image and sound

Image and sound

 Photography

• 2.0 megapixel camera (1600 x 1200 pixels)
• Image formats: JPEG/EXIF
• CMOS sensor
• digital zoom
• Focal length: 4.5 mm
• Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
• LED flash
• Flash modes: Automatic, Off, Forced
• Flash operating range: 1 m
• White balance modes: automatic, daylight, incasdencent, fluorescent
• Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
• Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Viewfinder
• Active toolbar
• Share photos with Share on Ovi

Video

• Main camera
• 320 x 240 (QVGA) at 15 fps
• 176 x 144 at 15 fps (QCIF)
• Digital video zoom
• Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP
• Audio recording formats: AMR
• Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene modes: automatic, night
• Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Clip length (maximum): 1 h
• RealPlayer
• Video playback file formats: .Flash Lite 3, mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP
• Video streaming: .3gp, mp4, .rm
• Customisable video ring tones

Music and audio playback

• Music player
• Media player
• Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, AAC+, eAAC+
• Audio streaming formats: .rm, .eAAC+
• FM radio 87.5-108 MHz
• Visual Radio support. Read more: www.visualradio.com
• 3.5 mm Standard AV connector
• Nokia Music Manager
• Nokia Music Store support
• Nokia Podcasting support
• Customisable ring tones
• Synchronise music with Windows Media Player
• Navi™ wheel support
• Voice Aid

Voice and audio recording

• Voice commands
• Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialling (SDND, SIND)
• Voice recorder
• Audio recording formats: AMR-WB, AMR-NB
• Speech codecs: FR, EFR, HRO/1, AMR-HR, and AMR-FR
• Text-to-speech

Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones

• Customisable profiles
• Customisable ring tones
• Customisable video ring tones
• Support for talking ring tones
• Customisable themes
• Customisable home screen content in Business and Personal modes

I Got Myself an iPhone Clone

Two weeks ago, when I was still doing my interviews with my friends, I saw Vina carrying a brand new phone that looked exactly like an iPhone. I actually thought it was an Apple iPhone! Hadn’t she told me, Peter and I wouldn’t really know. It was so pretty (yeah, she was showing us videos of Hayden Kho with Maricar Reyes and Katrina Halili and the Brazilian model, LOL.). Not that I had to have a new phone coz I still have three working ones (my old O2 XDA IIs for texting,  schedules, notes, photos, videos and other files; my reliable classic Nokia 6120 for being very handy when in public and for its easy 3G capabilities; and my Sony Ericsson W760 which I haven’t really used a lot coz it’s a bit redundant with my Nokia). Anyway, suffice it to say that I fell in love with it. But of course, I wouldn’t shell out P43,500 just to have the latest gadget. I’m no geek and I’m not even an Apple fan. I find it overpriced and not so easy to use. On the other hand, when I found out later on that there’s really not much difference between the two and Vina can get one for me at only P5000, my jaw practically dropped. I scrutinized her phone then later went to Apple Store to scrutinize the real iphone. Except for the fact that this one has a stylus, uses GPRS (Who needs HSDPA when I have three other HSDPA ready phones BUT, if you really need  wifi, they also have a clone for that which is priced at P10,000. Still a steal, right?), and the iphone logo at the back uses a slightly different font, once it’s already inside the leather casing, it’s practically a clone! Other than those I mentioned, it has everything the iphone has and probably even more coz it comes with an extra battery, you can download Apple apps in it, comes with 1 GB memory card, it’s dual sim (put in your Globe, Smart and/or Sun sim if you wish!), comes with a leather Apple case and did I tell you you’ll save around P38,000  with it too (you can already buy a decent laptop with that money or maybe even go to Hong Kong or Thailand or Bangkok!)? So yeah, I got myself one. I’ve yet to discover if I’m gonna regret it, coz like I told you I’m no geek. But for P5k, it’s already very much worth it. It’s called a Sciphone, a real iPhone clone. ^_^

Post Valentine Update

Before Peter and I went to sleep that fateful Valentine’s day, we were already ok. I just hugged him  and kissed him and said sorry. I also read to him and Papa my previous entry even before I decided to finally post it. I even asked Papa “Pa, I’m so bad. Do you want another ‘daughter-in-law’?” To which Pa answered , “No anak… the devil you know is still better than the devil you don’t know…Hehehe… Ikaw ang mahal ko…”  Awww…who can beat that? I guess I need to be goody-goody now. Peter and Pa deserves so much more from me.

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The next day, Feb. 15, the three of us had dinner at Hap Chan near our place in QC. It’s sort of a preliminary for the actual post valentine celebration we’d be doing the next day. And since we were training our tummies to be flexible and expandable in preparation for the buffet, we had coffee and dessert at Figaro nearby. I was full to the point of nausea! 

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We bought a brand new underwater camera! Our Pentax is still not repaired coz the service center is located in New Manila and is only open Mon-Fri during office hours.  I don’t know if I’ll have the time to go there any time soon. And God only knows how long repairing it will take. So, with all our upcoming travels, I couldn’t wait anymore to have my Pentax done so I bought a new one. Hehehe. I really am impulsive.

The Olympus µ (mju) 725 SW – main features:

• Waterproof up to 5m**
• Shockproof (equivalent to 1.5m)*
• 7.1 million pixels
• Tough metal body in three colours: Deep Blue, Cherry Red and Titanium Grey
• BrightCapture Technology for better low light photography – with improved brightness for underwater scenes
• Large 6.4cm/2.5” LCD with 115,000 pixels
• Bright 3x optical zoom (equiv. to 38-114mm on a 35mm model) 1:3.5-5.0, with optical folded light-path
• 24 scene modes (incl. Portrait, Candle, Landscape and various underwater modes) plus Auto
• Movie function with sound (640×480 pixels, 15fps)
• Macro and Super Macro mode for shots from as little as 7cm
• Editing functions (e.g. Red-eye Fix, Calendar Composition, Layout Composition, Title Composition)
• Internal memory plus xD-Picture Card slot
• Multi-language menu with 10 languages plus possibility to download 15 more languages from the internet (on board: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, Czech, Polish, Danish, Dutch)
• Supplied with Olympus Master Software, Neoprene Case and LI-42B battery plus LI-40C charger
• Optional underwater case PT-033 (waterproof up to 40m)

*Shockproof complying with MIL Standard (MIL-STD 810F)
**Waterproof equivalent to the IEC standard publication 529 IPX8.

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We went ahead with our dinner buffet at the new Spiral Restaurant at the Philippine Plaza. Man! It does have the longest buffet ever. I looked like a pregnant woman after 3 hrs of eating. I think I tasted everything on the table especially all the goodies in the dessert section. Hehehe.

Aside from the buffet, we also saw a dragon and ballet show. It was held on the stage in the middle of the pool area and it looked so magical and fantastic!

White Christmas?

I still don’t feel the yuletide season or the so-called Christmas in the air. I guess I’m just really too old for Santa or like they say, Christmas is just for kids, REAL KIDS, hindi yung mga kids at heart lang. Or maybe I’ve been too jaded from all my angsts, personal issues and all those hurtful experiences I’ve been through ( na hindi lang obvious coz magaling ako magdala, I think, kaya I always seem carefree and happy-go-lucky). BUT I do acknowledge and appreciate all the blessings in my life this year and those that passed. I thank God for our good health (although, it could still be better through exercise and proper diet), great friends both old and new, happy beach moments and material gifts. I’ll try to improve on my relationship with my family, my boss, my employer (GSIS) and with God. I don’t wanna promise but I”LL  REALLY TRY.

Speaking of White Christmas, no… we’re not dreaming of going to America and seeing the snow. The title just looked cute for the early Christmas gifts Peter and I gave to each other. Hehehe. O, diba? Oh, by the way, the Travel Sound portable speaker on the left side is brand new. I thought the old one got busted  in La Union coz I brought it to the beach so I had it replaced. Apparently, it was just the cord that got damaged.  But the speakers are as good as new. So now, I have two Travel Sound portable speakers by Creative. One I use when we travel and one that’s permanently stationed in our bedroom so I can plug my ipod nano and have our room in surround sound. (yes, that’s how powerful Travel Sound is). Right now, no matter how shallow it may be, these are the things that make me happyy. I’m such a  couch potato. If I’m not blogging, you can catch me watching my favorite TV series on DVD, if not, I’m trying to figure out how to complete all my tasks and collect all the triwizard shields in my first ever PSP game, Harry Potter. It’s my life right now. I know…I know. It’s not healthy. I haven’t been partying nor have I been reading my books. So, to put some semblance of balance in my life, we’re going to Xaymaca later. It’s gonna be Brownman Revival’s last gig there for this year. I intend to party all night, be with great friends, drink lots of alcohol and have a lot of fun. My books? Maybe some other time… when I’m done with Prison Break. Hehehe. Ciao for now!!! Enjoy your weekend too! 

PS:  After reading the blog of the winner in the Phil. Web Awards, www.aboutmyrecovery.com, I suddenly felt very selfish. Well, I sometimes really am. There has been numerous calamities in our country and so many families have suffered. Anf here I am thinking about my white christmas. I’m really sorry if I’m being shallow. It’s a phase that I hope to recover from soon. Right now, I want to think that helping my family financially should be enough. We do give donations too from time to time and help out the needy in our own little ways. For those with big hearts ( and bigger pockets), check out her site and see how you can help the recent victims in Bicol.

Late Nights

Again, before I end the three-part series of my Boracay Travelogue, I just wanna share with you why I haven’t been able to blog as often as I would’ve wanted. It started with the Philippine Web Awards Night when I got home so late that I immediately hit the sack as soon as I got home. Then last weekend, I took the second phase of our Management Development Program (MDP) Exam which I hope to not pass coz I don’t wanna be stuck in training for six months even it means being away from my boss for that long. Then this was followed by a series of late nights spending time with my hubby, expressing my OC (obsessive-compulsive) tendencies at home, watching SEASON II of 4400 and Prison Break on our brand new flat TV Monitor (my gift to Peter this Christmas) and playing with my brand new PSP version 2.71, the one where you can download games from the internet. It’s Peter’s early Xmas gift to me. Currently I’m playing Harry Potter’s Goblet of Fire every chance I get — in the office, in the car, in the MRT, while waiting in line for an fx and before going to bed. And today, at around 1 am, I just got home from a party I attended with my bosses and officemates. Surprisingly, I had fun! It was nice to see my boss in a different light (read: funny, happy and all giddy) and I’ll remember that everytime she’d  do a devil-wears-prada on me.

Anyway, I just wanted to share this before I close my eyes… Good night everyone!

Me, Gadget Geek?

I’m not the maarte type of gurl you know. I’m just  a simple person with simple needs who’s kinda makikay and belongs to the fashionista types. I can be a geek rin shempre, especially when my studies are involved. But other than that, I never really considered myself the techie or gadget geek type of gal until I realized the number of  stuff  I (with Peter’s help) accumulated in a span of 1 year or so…

My Sony  HC26E Mini Camcorder - we bought this in Malaysia last April at a much lower price (equivalent to P21,000 as compared to P26000-P34000 here); my 2nd one actually since my JVC camcorder was washed out by the waves in LA Union last summer. Darn it.

Pentax Optio W10 Life Proof Digital Camera - replaced both my first Nikon Digital Camera (due to old age)  and my first Pentax WP Optio waterproof digital camera (which was stolen at Mugen Bar in Metrowalk last May. We never went back to Mugen since. Add on: Brownman Revivals’  cd of their new orig songs was   stolen there and so did Vina’s wallet at another date. The waiters there are EVIL, I’m telling you!) Anyway, this camera can do everything —  from going underwater to climbing mountains. It has so many settings including  both regular and  underwater video recording! Amazing! It even takes pictures in sepia, black&white and negative. It can also  take shots of every second of a fast-moving object/person (like when we went surfing and skim boarding for example).  It just has everything we need and it’s very affordable and durable. What else can we ask for, right? …

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