Woke today fairly early – it’s Emma’s birthday, and I dealt with Aimee, made a cuppa for us and give Emma her long-time-hidden presents and cards before trundling off to work. I think she’s pleased with things, at least, I hope so!
Just in case she wasn’t, I organised an ‘Aquarius’ bouquet of flowers to be delivered to her work, too. Such a smooth bastard, me! 
My shiny new Nokia E90 has arrived, and I’m spending some time getting acquainted with my new baby. My trusty E61 has served me well, but the difference in performance against the E90 is very noticeable. Series 60 actually feels…”zippy” on the E90, and that’s got to be a first! Series 60 phones have always been as sluggish as hell.
Of course, the very first thing I did when the E90 arrived was to download the Nemesis Service Suite and the official Nokia Firmware Updater and proceeded to remove the cruft that O2 pre-install on the phone, and to update the firmware to the most recent version. In order to do this, you must change the phone’s ‘Product Code’, which is a total doddle with NSS. A valid UK product code for a SIM-free Mocha coloured E90 is 0533332. Be aware that once you change this, you’ve technically invalidated your warranty. I didn’t tell you to do this, kapiche?!
The phone comes with a raft of crufty software for Windows users. I am not a Windows user, and use Macs. No worry – it only takes a quick download from Nokia to make iSync aware of the E90, and syncing via Bluetooth works perfectly.
My first impressions are very positive indeed. I was a bit worried about the ‘brick-like’ qualities of the device – but it really isn’t much heavier than the E61 – it’s just fatter and narrower. It doesn’t feel too heavy in the pocket. The proof of the pudding is the eating, so we’ll see how it fares when used in anger. Expect a road-test in a few weeks!
So, with last night’s excitement, and my joy at Spurs best victory over the scum for 25 years, yesterday’s entry was somewhat abridged! Apologies!
Other things did happen yesterday! I got the car back from Mazda. The problem is, apparently, “fixed”. One new battery and a set of spark-plugs later, and they say she’s back to best. We shall see.
Unfortunately, when I returned to my car I was horrified to see a fairly small, but exceptionally obvious, dent in the rear passenger-side door. I take it up with them and they agree to have the car back in to have this sorted out the first week in February. They didn’t even offer so much as an apology – I guess that they were banking on my not noticing, as it was miserable, wet and dark at the time. Thankfully, I did notice, and hopefully they’ll sort this out without fuss. Heh – how’s that for optimism!
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