Remote Island

Before Sunday of last week, I was the owner of a wonderful Sony Ericsson K750i phone.  I would say it was the best phone I had ever owned – it was a great unit, perfectly sized, with a decent camera bundled in.  Shame it wasn’t waterproof.  It didn’t make it through the ‘E’ cycle of our washing machine over the weekend.  I don’t have insurance for the phone, I’m on a contract with 3 months left and I don’t have a phone to carry me through to the end of the contract.  Until my daughter found an old Sony Ericsson T68i of mine that is.

I’m starting to like going back to the ‘retro’ side of things.  It’s even prompted me to go looking for a Sony Z7 on eBay (I owned a Z5 previously).  Too many times in my life I’ve gone chasing after the latest and greatest gadget.  I’ve had PDAs, Treos, Graphics Cards, Processors, and Camera Phones and I’ve spent far too much time and money trying to get a new toy.  I use a phone for making the occasional call and receiving an SMS now and again.  I think I could do without the camera, web browser, video camera, mp3 player etc built into one unit.  I’m going back to basics and I’ll use a phone for what it was designed for.  Making and receiving calls.  That E61 will have to wait for now

Finally, the Isle of Wight County Press website has been redesigned. The previous design didn’t take advantage of the rich content on offer. Now we have a decent navigation system, RSS, and a great fresh and consistent look. Well done CP.