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Random mobile photos

Would be a shame if these photos go to waste. Here are some random photos from my faithful old Sony Ericsson.

A chocolate snack. The stilts in black beside the rubbish bin is Lesley-Ann's (colleague) who, unlike the chocolate snack, is a Filipina. The guys were teasing her with the chocolate..

Fat content comparison between Human, Cow's, and Whale's milk.

Shisha pipe I smoked a few weeks ago.

Spider Cow - completely random. Just saw this through a window one night on the way home from work. I had a few so I took this photo to make sure I am seeing what I'm seeing.

iPhone apps 3/3

This is my useless but fun apps page. I think it is compulsory to have
one.

Scratch - while you are playing your music, run this to do your own
scratch effects.

iPint - Virtual pint of beer. Need I say more?

8 ball - For making life changing decisions like moving to London.

PhoneSaber - choose your saber colour, wave your phone around and may
the force be with you.

The other two are kinds boring. They may not last long on this page.

iPhone apps 2/3

This is my games page. Taptap is like guitar hero. I'll give you one
guess what Bubblewrap is for...

I'm waiting for a free Texas hold'em.

iPhone apps 1/3

My first home page is now full. There wasn't much space to begin with.
Palringo is among the latest I've downloaded from the app store. It
allows you to combine several IM accounts into one single one. It
supports MSN, ICQ, AOL, Google Talk, and Jabber.

Mobile blogging attempt no 2

There we go. I had to attach an image first...saw this 'revolutionary'
jewellery at a Selfridges store today. The lengths some people will go thru...

Mobile blogging

Tried making a post using my iPhone Safari browser but the browser
cannot detect the body text field.

So now I'm trying the mail to blog option :)

Hmm can't attach an image. Maybe I need to choose the image from the
beginning.

Brb!

Sent from my iPhone

Protection

Went to the Tower of London today to get my mind off the iPhone but it didn't really work.

I found the Tower of London kinda boring. But I did find this exhibit there.

This will protect your future in two different levels.

iPhone 3G Disappointment

After weeks of waiting for the iPhone 3G, the week was finally here. I was excited to hear the news that the only two store chains selling the iPhone 3G opened their doors online to allow pre-orders. This was different from the pre-registrations a month ago which the Carphone Warehouse and O2 used to gauge public demand.

So I attempted to pre-order last monday (9th July) but due to high demand, the Carphone Warehouse and o2 Web site crashed a few times. I decided to phone Carphone Warehouse and the lady behind the phone was kind enough to process my pre-order via phone. BUT, they want three years of UK address history and as I've only been here since April, I cannot give her what she needed to process my pre-order.

Somehow it didn't matter that I'm already an O2 customer so surely this requirement can be bypassed.

As I was at work, I decided to wait until I got home. Unfortunately all online stocks were sold out by the time I got home. The sites instructed visitors to come back on or after July 10th, with 11th being the big day.

Three days ago I went back on the Carphone Warehouse site and YES! there it was the pre-ordering is back online. This time I didn't take any chances and ordered online. I received confirmation in the mail that my order was submitted successfully. So I am happy and more relaxed now. The email instructions said my order will be ready for pick the following day if it was ordered before 3pm. My order went through around 3.30pm so I thought saturday was ok for me as long as my order went through. Come friday morning...the big launch day....on my way to work I swung by the Carphone Warehouse store closest to my work. There was a queue of about 2 dozen people. I thought about waiting in line but since I have a lot to do at work I decided to trust the pre-ordering system.

Around mid-morning, I received the terrible news the my pre-order was cancelled! I was furious! I called them up straight away but no one at Carphone Warehouse knew the reason. There is nothing much I can do that day as I am busy at work.

Saturday...hoping....by friday midday all iPhone 3G 16 GB stocks have sold out. But I was hoping that I can walk into a Carphone Warehouse or O2 store and get one yesterday. All bad news except for Carphone Warehouse the 8GB version is still available. I spent the whole day yesterday very tempted to just settle for the 8GB but since I'm getting into an 18 month contract and that 16GB is only 60% more in price, I kept pulling myself back. Today I wake up still considring it.

VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!

What I don't understand is why they don't allow current O2 customers to order an upgrade online. I understand there is no stock but at least they can take the order and upgrade orders can be fullfilled as the products get delivered from Apple. All I want to is order mine so I do not have to physically go to a store and queue. We are in a digital world and gone should be the days where we physically queue up! Ok, they have security checks and in-store activation....fine but at least allow online ordering for upgrades and when the time comes I'll go to a store and pick them up! The least O2 can do is take care of existing customers. But then again this is London where you get charged 10% for non-existent service.

I'm still waiting to get my hands on an iPhone! Arrrgghh...