I’ve got a new toy, and at a great price of only SG$68 after renewing a high-end plan and trading in my old cellphone. Being the absentminded girl that I am, I rely on my phone to remind me of appointments and also as my trusty alarm clock. Here’s what I think of the Motorola Q9h.

tuzki is the official Q9h mascot

Feels solid with an excellent QWERTY keyboard, no complaints. Easy to assemble but manual doesn’t show you how to insert the extended memory card. Comes with a good leather case with a clip that I want to remove but it’s not removable. Haven’t seen a desktop charger in ages, it also charges via USB.

This is my first time using a Windows Mobile cell so it took a bit of getting used to. First thing I wanted to do was customize the Home Screen. It was a huge pain in the a** to do so because there is no way of previewing so I had to set and view, set and view, set and view. Doesn’t help that it comes with names like Luminescence (what I’m using now), Pixelation, Sand Flower or Translucent (which is actually red by the way) so you can’t really tell what colors they are.

Wallpaper is an illustration by Malota, check out her shop!

A few things I don’t like:

x Doesn’t come with multiple alarm clocks like Sony Ericsson phones

x Contacts need to be in phone if you want to add a mugshot to the name (and I haven’t found out how to mass copy all the contacts in my SIM card to the phone)

x I get running applications that I’m not running and I need to do an end task every now and then

x I wish it had two shift keys instead of one because it’s a little inconvenient to type in caps for chars on the right side of the keyboard

x I can’t unlock the phone without looking at the phone because of the weird key combination

x No WIFI (not that I really need it since my DS and iPod Touch both have it)

x The phone is processing pretty okay overall except when I try to access Media Centre > Audio with which it lags like crazy trying to search and like fetch all the audio files in the phone

Well, it does come with a whole lot of features which you can read up on, plus it is compatible with BlackBerry Connect. Overall, I’m pretty happy with my new phone.

新しいの携帯！
あたらしい　の　けいたい！

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I have almost completed all the dishes in Cooking Mama 2 and I’d say it’s more worthwhile playing than the first Cooking Mama (which was the first game I bugged my husband to buy for my DS). Lots of new recipes and new instructions on top of a couple of new features. Some of the original tasks have been modified to make it a little bit harder to get a Gold though it’s still a no-brainer for adults (but I like it).

Help! I’ve unlocked a lot of items but I can’t use them on Mama!
Actually, you can! And here’s how to do it. This is where the Write in Diary function comes in.

Image taken from the official website

You can save an entry in your diary every time you complete a dish, whether you cook with Mama or cook for your friends. The key is to save an entry. After that, go back to the main screen and tap on Write in Diary and choose an entry you’ve just saved. Tap on the bottom screen again and you’ll get a Seal option on the bottom right. Tap on it and you’ll be able to add the items you’ve collected onto the picture just like this screenshot!

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