Gotten the Nokia N97 less than a month ago, during a lucky draw at the Nokia Christmas’09 Party, and its thanks to Nokia, Text100 for the lovely invite to the Pierside, One Fullerton.

The phone functioned very well, till 31st December 2009, Eve of the new year. It literally died on me, on my way to dinner. I was relying heavily on Google Maps to guide myself to Dempsey Road, when the phone froze and refused to start up after that. I’m pretty much horrified. Because I didn’t carry a spare phone with me, I have no way of contacting my friends.

Big thanks to Neo for lending me his spare phone to tie me through the ordeal (can’t think of a better word to describe this experience).

Decided to find a way to fix this White Screen of Death problem. To put it simply, White Screen of Death (WSOD) is basically having your Nokia phone having a white screen and nothing happens after that.

What I am going to share here, is a simple tip to recover your phone from WSOD. I tried it, and it worked, else I won’t be sharing it here with you Chanced upon the solution at Nokia’s Support Discussion Forum

So here are the steps to revive your bricked phone:

• press and hold”from the full kaypad”: the backsapce key + space + caps lock
• while holding these keys power on ur phone
• keep holding until the time zone selection is appeared

It should work, and revive your WSOD-ed phone.

Oh yes, note that all your data and settings in the phone memory will be erased. But whatever’s saved in the Mass Memory or your external memory card, its safe. I checked it and all my photographs and downloaded apps are still safe.

Alrightey, may this tip come in handy if your Nokia Phone ever WSOD

Nicole

In the midst of acquiring a new phone… Threw my plans of having an iPhone 3GS out of the window immediately after looking at the price tags. Because if I were to sign up for a subscription plan of $39.00 (the cheapest), I would have to pay at least close to $700 after all the misc charges, such as new SIM card etc. Cos I am still with Starhub.

Though I started working, it’s still not appropriate to splurge so much on it, though I really want one, thanks to AppStore. Well, without app store, Apple won’t be enjoying such status. I may never get to experience first hand what an iPhone can do, but what can I do if my wallet gets too much damage?

I am happy for those who will be getting their iPhone 3GS, but as for me, I know I can’t afford it.

For the record, this is my current mobile phone.

It’s a humble SonyEricsson Z200i. Nothing fanciful, not even Bluetooth, nor Camera.

I know people would probably shake their heads at me, and wonder why I didn’t upgrade. Well, let’s just say that times are hard, and I know my financial situation won’t allow me to upgrade my phone to something better then.

And I am also not lucky enough to win phones in contests or lucky draws I take part in. Oh well.

Perhaps I should really just go out and get the Samsung Jet… or is there a kind soul willing to sponsor me a phone? (Kidding).

If you think I should consider other phones, please leave me a comment.

Nicole

Was invited to get a glimpse of Samsung’s latest offerings to the tech market, which they have done so on MWC, in Barcelona, Spain.

The slideshow will give you a clear idea of the phones that were showcased, along with each of the phone’s features. (I figured that the photos are very informative for your reading)

I anticipate both the Omnia HD as well as the Ultra Touch. Looking forward to see it released in the local market.

Nicole

Behold the aura!

This was a photo collage I made with all the other pictures that I took of the Aura. Thanks Johahn from Fleishman-Hillard!

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