Merry Christmas 2004

I've got so many social activities going on right now. Anyway, Merry Christmas!

Nokia 6260

I'd just got myself a brand new Nokia 6260 a couple of days ago, replacing my still-new Sony Ericsson T630. Man, I've been waiting for ages for this mobile phone to be released and available here. A Christmas gift for myself :)

Here's a quick specifications:

Band: Triband GSM (900/1800/1900Mhz)
Data: GPRS
Size: 102mm x 49mm x 23mm, 109cc
Weight: 125g
Battery Life: 96 to 144 hours standby time, 2 to 4 hours talk time
Main Display: 65k color TFT, 176x208 resolution
Camera: 640x480 resolution
Video: Video capture/playback
Text Messaging: MMS/SMS
Email: Yes (POP/IMAP/SMTP), with VPN support
Browser: WAP v2.0/xHTML/HTML
Bluetooth: Yes
Infrared: Yes
Java: Yes (MIDP v2.0)
Polyphonics: Yes (48 voice)
Radio: FM Stereo
Memory: 6MB total, 3.5MB available, RS-MMC slot expansion
Others: Video playback supports: MPEG4, 3GPP, RealVideo. Audio: Midi, AMR, WAV, MP3, AAC Word/PowerPoint email attachment viewers. Handsfree speakerphone. Nokia Push To Talk (PTT) support with dedicated button. SyncML support. Runs Series 60 Second Edition UI.

Source: MobileBurn - Nokia 6260

More reviews:
- Mobile Review - Nokia 6260
- Mobique - Nokia 6260

Of Having An Accident & Striking A Lottery

Damn! I'd an accident last Friday night, self-accident to be precise. Never had an accident in my life so far. I was reversing my Honda Civic to let my dad and his Land Cruiser out when my car's front-right fender/bumper/signal lamp hit the car porch beam. It was careless of me to look only at the back of the car as the auto-gate slowly opened and didn't notice I was turning a little bit too much to the right. I'd sent my car for repair this morning and this will put a major hole in my pocket in return. Darn it!

Ironically, my dad struck a first prize lottery the next day (last Saturday). Some more he bought two tickets and so his winning was doubled. The winning number was 9553. My dad told me it's a combination of house number (5916) and my car number (SL53A). Since I bumped into the car porch beam while reversing the car, the number 59 (from 5916) was 'reversed' to form 95, and 53 (from SL53A) was added to form a 4D number of 9553. There you go. Somehow God has a funny way of rewarding people. One man's misfortune is another man's fortune. My dad did give me some small cut of his winning to cover for my car repair job though. The next time I had an accident, I'm gonna buy tens of lottery :)

MSN Spaces

Microsoft has launched its new MSN Spaces, a blogging service. Previously it was only available in Japan but now it's open for all. I'd just sign-up an account there and I kinda like the look and feel of it. Very user-friendly and the layouts are eye-candies. I think I might just switch over from Google's BlogSpot to MSN's Spaces. Hopefully my favorite blogging tool, w.bloggar will include support for MSN Spaces in their upcoming release of w.bloggar 4.0. I'll keep everyone posted should I really switch over to MSN Spaces. Anyway, my second blog is at http://spaces.msn.com/members/davidbrandon