Gadget Talk: My BlackBerry Curve 8250

A few weeks ago, I decided to let go of my dream cellphone, Nokia E75, because I could no longer get or make a decent phone call. I wanted to throw away my phone because it irritated me so much. But I could not decide what new phone to get because I was really in love with this phone. Plus, it's the very first high end phone that I purchased with my own money.

I decided to trade it with a Samsung Corby wi-fi ready phone. I found the seller in Sulit.com.ph. Despite the warnings of my Corby user friends, I went with the decision. Just a few days later, I hated the phone as well. :( So, I was in search of a new phone.

I didn't want another high end phone as I don't want to experience another huge price drop. I bought my E75 for P20,000 and just 6 months later, it was only sold at P10,000. What's more is that if I traded it to another phone, people priced it at P6,000. Heartbreakening!

I wanted to buy either an iPhone or another Nokia touch screen phone. But I was hesitant. I am aware of how huge the prices of Nokia drop. I did not want to go through that again. I do like an iPhone because it's really dependable. Plus, an iPhone will always be an iPhone. No huge price drops there.

But I couldn't afford one yet, at least not for another month. Since I really needed to change my phone, I decided to look for BlackBerry in Sulit. The first ad I saw was posted on the website's header. I was immediately drawn to this because it was only priced at P10,990. The other stores sold the model between P12,000 and P16,000.

So the next day, I called up BlackBerry Zuela and purchased my very own BlackBerry Curve 8250. They were really great and accommodating to me. They even taught me how to use it. :)

Now, I'm a BB user. How about you? ^,^

Intellipen Pentastic Launch

May 27, 2010-- Intellipen unleashed 2 products to the public by bringing some of the top bloggers in Manila to rendezvous at Café 1771, Ortigas. The team released their wireless and wired Intellipen products to this small group of writers as well as friends from the media. TheGypsyWrites was lucky to be a part of the event (thank you Vince Golangco) and was able to witness this cool pen!

There are two different types of Intellipen: the wired and wireless. Depending on the user, these pens will be able to benefit each individual according to his needs. Take me for example, there are times that I don’t want to bring my laptop along with me when I leave the house. Instead, I carry a small notebook and pen so that I can write some ideas. But there are several times when I have been able to construct a well made article on paper that I don’t have the time or even am too lazy to type those words into a Word format. So instead, I end up having a notebook packed with write-ups that are stuck inside the pages of those notebooks. With the wireless Intellipen though, I can simply clip the receiver onto a piece of paper and write freely like I normally would. When I arrive home, I can then attach the receiver to my computer and it will be converted to a file in my computer.

The good thing about this device too, is that I can doodle and design logos using my own handwriting. Although I don’t have the best handwriting, I can have a unique font that other people cannot use.

I prefer the wireless version. The wired version acts like a Wacom pen tablet that is connected to the computer. But instead of using a tablet, you can draw onto a piece of paper and still be able to get your drawing inked on the material.

SRP for Intellipen Pentastic is P4,500.00 for the wired version and P5,995.00 for the wireless. *Please correct if I am wrong :)