The Life Lockszmith blog

Hello, I am a gadgets freak/geek.

I got my first real, newage, smart phone last week.
It's actually not a smartphone but a miki tablet.
I'm writing these words on my brand new Samsung Galaxy Tab (turns out I'm a showoff too) on m way to work.

SOME BACKGROUND
I'm a bit of a misfit among geeks in general though. I'm not an ”earlier adopter”, at least not when hardware is concerned (or when it costs me money), but whenever new technology comes around, I can't wait to get my hands on it.
When Apple announced the iPhone I was excited about the hardware, but - as usual for Apple - they had to ruin it with there draconian rein of freakish ”evil genius” control of their invention.
I vowed to never to buy an Apple again.
But kept fantasiaing of having something as cool as an iPhone myself, just not an apple one.
Then HTC started doing some interesting things with Microsoft's Is, but to expensive for a compromise.
Palm then came out with the PalmPre and it's webOS.
I watched the announcement video in anticipation and forced positive thinking that this is the answer, being an old palm user, I really wanted to believe they would be the prize winners of this new and interesting market.
But there was always in the background a giant brewing and concocting a new dish.
The small green robot, the open source alternative that was lacking in functionality in the beginning, but showed alot of promise.
For me it wasn't clear how manufacturers would embrace the AndroidOS but it was certainly interesting to follow.
After getting a Nokia E71 from work, I stopped paying attention to the buzz around smartphones in general but enjoyed seeing the new gadgets in my friends hands.
The Nexus One was impressive, but for me - being expensive - it was never an option.

Then one day I got to see a commercial on TV showing the Samsung Galaxy Tab, it looked interesting.
Searching online for more info I learned that it's an AndroidOS tablet.
Having played with an iPad of a friend for a couple of days, I saw the appeal but disliked the size, it was a stay at home gadget, not portable enough.
The Galaxy Tab was the answer for me, providing it did well what it advertised to do.

I knew my birthday was coming in a few month and so I played with the idea of requesting it for my birthday. My wife saw the glitter in my eyes when I told her that I'm thinking of this as a collective birthday present and she said go for it (she was relived that she didn't need to find a present by herself).

So now I have Galaxy Tab as my personal gadget for everything: phone, email, calendar, note taking, eBooks and other multimedia, chatting, games, blogging and any other attention (that is my own) grabber I can find.

SO WHY DO MY FRIENDS LAUGH AT ME?
Whenever the phone rings, the ringtone plays from this large slab, so on the surface it looks like I'm back in the cellphone stone age.
The good thing though is that I really love this one.
I'm do impressed with what out can do and how convenient it is to work with a large screen that I'm convinced I made the right choice waiting this long (since the first iPhone) to plunge into the smartphone club.

Completely written on my Samsung Galaxy Tab.