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Unboxing Blackbery Curve 8520 Celcom Set

Celcom throws a party at the The Republic, Sunway Pyramid last Saturday to unveil Blackberry Curve 8520 . The live music and the crowd bring the atmosphere to be even more lively than just regular boring gadget launch, a stark contrast to the Windows Mobile 6.5 event that happen to be nearby.

I’m among the first few users who bought the Blackberry Curve 8520 that day, after weeks of long wait. The fact that the phone is priced at RM888 (although they were ‘forcing’ us to buy RM50 top up) made the decision easier. With Celcom, you’re not bound to any contract to enjoy full Blackberry services such as BIS and internet from RM2.50 perday.

Before that, this is not a phone review (although couple of friends ask me to do so), merely the due ‘unboxing’ post supposed to be posted over the weekend. But Eid Mubarak Open House had delayed that till today.

So here is the first image, the whole packaging with blue color plastic bag.  Hard paper bag will give more exclusive looks for the phone, but yeah, this is budget Blackberry.
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The Blackberry Curve 8520 in a black color box. Finally I own one… honestly Iphone packaging is superior than this one..
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I was too excited and forgot to shot the very first moment, when the box is opened, and reveal the plastic wrapped phone. Anyway, the phone is a beauty even at the first glance. 4006571014 f4ec6facf4 Unboxing Blackbery Curve 8520 Celcom Set

Nothing special with the accessories, you got charger, USB cable and earphone. The black leather holster is free for those who purchased the phone during that event. Another freebies, the ‘exclusive’ phone skin is going to be posted later. There are bunches of guides as well as a CD inside as well.
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Other Blackberry Curve 8520 photos, shot from a different angle.

Front view
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Left side view
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Top view
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Right side.
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Back side view
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I include this image to show how to setup your Blackberry browser to enjoy Blackberry internet service, because some first time users, including me had experienced the credit dried out immediately such as at this post.
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Overall, physically Blackberry Curve 8520 is a one beauty smart phone with slightly cheap built. But it was compensated with awesome Blackberry service. What would you expect from Celcom’s EDGE connection and does it fast enough and sufficient to get you online?? Stay tune.

Admin 13 October 2009 gadget & hardware, personal , , , , , 7 Comments

What made me busy.

I’m back… with a new interest…. And that’s what taking up most of my free time as well. You wouldn’t know what I am doing with it.. just kidding icon smile What made me busy.

It’s been 3 months since I last posted an article over here. I’m still around, but the passion to write in me, dropped significantly in the last couple of months. But rest assured, I’m not going to abandon Blogjer.com.

I missed lots of things.. Bing, Chrome OS, Iphone 3GS and etc.. So here is the first post for July! Till then.

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Admin 14 July 2009 personal , , 8 Comments

Out of bandwidth notice

Yesterday blogjer experienced brief ‘blackout’ after we’re run out of bandwidth. It has been rectified as soon as the alert tools notified us. As blogjer only installed with the free monitoring tool with an interval of 30 minutes, the notification email to us are delayed. Additional bandwidth has been added, and we’re hopeful it will last until the end of this month, before we review back the current package.

We would like to apologize for any inconveniences caused by this incident,  as some of you might be left furious when the pages to be opened are inaccessible. While this issue probably gives bad experience to all visitors, on the positive note, this is the growth that we would like to see, after all the hard work for the last couple of months. Rest assured, there will be more to come, so stay tune with us. Do not hesitate to contact us for any questions.

We have also put up ‘Tip us on news‘ link on the right sidebar as we need more local content. In case if you have anything special related to the technology to be featured here, or any IT events , do let us know.  The good news is,  Blogjer has more than 30k pageviews per month, so one of your tips could be here, free of charge.

Admin 25 March 2009 personal , 1 Comment

Digital week & HP Store Mid @ Valley Megamall

We went to Mid Valley Megamall yesterday to see the Digital Week 09 that I blog a day before. Earlier on, we though the fair is held at Midvalley Exhibition Centre, but it is actually located on the shopping floor itself. Due to the space constraint, the booths are separated to different locations based on product, which something that I not prefer.

Digital photography and imaging booths located at North Point, while notebook and desktop booths located at Centre point together with the flat TV panel booths near to the stair at centre point.

The fair has quite number of visitors, but that might because it has been going on since March 11th. We don’t buy anything as PC fair is just around the corner and furthermore, the netbook that we’re looking at, is not there yet.

We decide to go to the 3rd floor that housed IT and gadget shops. The last time we were here is a year ago, during the opening of Dell Direct Store. The shops over there are much more organized now, all of them are visible to the crowd, contrary to our visit before.

We drop by at eMachine to view the new iMac and iPod shuffle. On display is the old version, so we asked about the 2009 model. The promoter told us the looks almost identical with the previous version, so it is the same thing.. well , I don’t want to argue further.  I just feel the promoter at Lowyat plaza’s Apple store is much more helpful and knowledgeable.

There are more concept stores/showrooms from computer manufaturer now, with addition of Asus, Acer and HP store . We spent sometime on HP store looking for notebook and imaging device. The staff is friendly and helfull. If you want to test, feel any device from these brands before purchase it, I highly recommend you to take a look at these showroom.

We heading back home after almost 4 hours there. HP store photos taken from iPhone.

Digital week & HP Store Mid @ Valley Megamall

Digital week & HP Store Mid @ Valley Megamall

Admin 15 March 2009 personal , , No Comments

New ‘office’ that is our house

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This is only show room, not the actual house

I used to be advised to save some money during recession or gloomy economy period like now whenever I asked for advice if it is wise to invest in mortgages during this period.

But we’re stubborn. The low interest rate really tempted us to go for it. And yes, we did commit ourselves to it yesterday. Of course after doing some little research and study as well as after having some positive advices from insiders.

With that said, this is going to be our new ‘office’ by the end of this year! It is not as good as the real techruch office or gred A ‘office’ located on prime area, but we’re pleased with the overall design and value for money.

What we’re expecting on the new office? Better environment that should improve productivity and quality, more hardwork and we’re looking forward for additional bloggers after this one.

To say this is going to be a burden is not so accurate, as comfortable living space is one of the basic foundations in our life. But, this is where a portion of our income is going to, beginning next month.

Now, you know why I blog like crazy recently..

p/s:  office = house.

Admin 12 March 2009 personal , , , 2 Comments
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