So....just over a year ago we switched mobile phone providers from NTT DoCoMo to KDDI's "au". It was my wifes' idea because Japanese companies tend to forget about faithful customers in their desire to woo new ones! We sent out a wake up call.....DoCoMo wasn't impressed.
Well the new KKDI mobile that I got was cool enough...... built in GPS, all the Internet stuff (at a price), waterproof (Casio G-Shock), electronic compass..... I mean....just the sort of thing that an adventurous bloke like me...into trekking...cayaking...scuba....you know what I mean....stuff I USED to be able to do!
It was a great phone.....
But it lacked one function that REALLY pissed me off. It didn't have auto-power off and on so you could set it to save it's batteries while you were asleep!!
That bugged me......and my wife was ashamed.
So......a couple of days ago she told me that KDDI was having a special campaign this weekend, and as I'd had the other phone for just over a year I might be able to upgrade for very little cost. So we went today to have a look.
Now I'm sitting at home with one of these....
(I got the black one...)
5.1 mega pixels (same as my Oly C5050), fast f2.8 wide angle lens with image stabilisation and colour correction.... 9 point auto-focus (same as my Canon 400D DSLR)!!!!!!! Auto-bracketing....exposure compensation.....and...and....
and the bloody thing is a telephone!!!!!
Oh yeah....... they gave it to us for nothing..... and told me that if I wanted to still use the G-Shock sometimes......you know.....for driving up a mountain.....or close to the sea on dive days etc.......just switch the sim card inside between the phones.
How cool is that?????
(oh yeah....one bummer.....it still doesn't have the auto-power on/off....... but somehow....now I don't care!)
(oh yeah......as it was free she changed her phone too.....got a white one!!!)
Casio Exilim 5MP camera-phone takes on Sony Ericsson’s Cybershots : Mobile Mentalism
Well the new KKDI mobile that I got was cool enough...... built in GPS, all the Internet stuff (at a price), waterproof (Casio G-Shock), electronic compass..... I mean....just the sort of thing that an adventurous bloke like me...into trekking...cayaking...scuba....you know what I mean....stuff I USED to be able to do!
It was a great phone.....
But it lacked one function that REALLY pissed me off. It didn't have auto-power off and on so you could set it to save it's batteries while you were asleep!!
That bugged me......and my wife was ashamed.
So......a couple of days ago she told me that KDDI was having a special campaign this weekend, and as I'd had the other phone for just over a year I might be able to upgrade for very little cost. So we went today to have a look.
Now I'm sitting at home with one of these....
(I got the black one...
)5.1 mega pixels (same as my Oly C5050), fast f2.8 wide angle lens with image stabilisation and colour correction.... 9 point auto-focus (same as my Canon 400D DSLR)!!!!!!! Auto-bracketing....exposure compensation.....and...and....
and the bloody thing is a telephone!!!!!
Oh yeah....... they gave it to us for nothing..... and told me that if I wanted to still use the G-Shock sometimes......you know.....for driving up a mountain.....or close to the sea on dive days etc.......just switch the sim card inside between the phones.
How cool is that?????
(oh yeah....one bummer.....it still doesn't have the auto-power on/off....... but somehow....now I don't care!)
(oh yeah......as it was free she changed her phone too.....got a white one!!!)
Casio Exilim 5MP camera-phone takes on Sony Ericsson’s Cybershots : Mobile Mentalism
