*is technological whizzkid*

[girlyswot]

I think I just got a bargain.

I needed a new mobile phone (for the last couple of years I've just had a cheap and nasty pay-as-you-go phone to use in the UK) and I also wanted to get mobile broadband so that I can use it here, in Scotland and in the Old Shed. After a certain amount of searching online for good deals, I've just signed up with 3-mobile for a £30/month package that gives me 300 minutes and/or texts, and 15GB broadband download, with a posh new phone and a USB modem. This seems to me to compare pretty well with, say, BT broadband and phone at £25/month with a 10GB limit. And it means that when I move, I'll have internet already without having to depend on the whim of the BT tech people. Yay!

I was amazed at the number of people who came into the 3-Mobile shop just to ogle the phones. I like window shopping more than most, but phones? When the guy was serving me, he asked what I'd like the phone to do. Um, make phone calls? Send texts? Right. Do I care what it looks like? Not really. Anyway, this is what I've ended up with:



*pats shiny phone*

If you turn it over, it looks like a proper camera. Dunno how good the pictures are, though.

I was almost tempted by the deal that came with an HP mini laptop but for another £20/month it really wasn't worth it. Especially since I already have a more than adequate laptop. The little one is very cute, though.

ETA Do go and check out nineveh_uk's poll about the opening ceremony for the London Olympics.

Comments

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I had never heard of massed accordian marching bands, or I should certainly have included them! (Along with my enjoyment of bagpipes, goes an enjoyment of accordians). But the news coverage of the marching season never seemed to give much prominence to them...

[tdu000.livejournal.com]

My husband is from Belfast and we were over during the Marching Season one summer. I went to see one of the Orangemen marches and there were all these marching accordion bands, maybe with a drum or two to keep them in time. It was bizarre really. I've never seen them anywhere else, although I'm sure at least one of them had come from Scotland specially. They are definitely right up there with bagpipes!

Congratulations on your poll. It was excellent. I've just watched a recording of the Beijing closing ceremony and my 13 year old daughter loved the London section, so maybe they really were just looking for the "youth" audience.