Backing up
I've been using this handphone of mine for over 4 years now, and while it's probably going to die out soon, it still seems as robust as ever despite countless impacts with hard surfaces. Being the kind of person who periodically backs up data on any non-physical medium though, I went down to a nokia store and asked if they have a kind of data cable that can transmit all the information in my phone to my computer (which in turn has its data backed up on an external hard drive, which in turn has its data not backed up at all; but I guess we have to stop at some point.) They said no, there is no equipment for this phone of mine, which is a Nokia 3110 I believe.
So I asked them if they offer such a service as backing up a customer's phone data onto somewhere, and they said no. Undeterred, I went out of the shop and into a singtel shop next to it, and asked the not-very-friendly sales person if singtel offers backup services for its subscribers. He said no, even though I recall reading some article on it on Digital Life. Actually, he didn't say no outright. He said yes but with some requirements, restrictions, circumstances attached, so I just treated his yes as a no.
My options were clear. I had to buy a new phone. So I went back into the Nokia shop, said hi, and asked how much would my phone's trade-in value be. They said $10. That was expected of course, and I proceeded to ask the person if it was possible to transfer data from phone to phone. The person said yes. But I have to buy a special cable. I asked him how much that special cable costs. He said $88. A female assistant offered a 1-time only service of transferring the data from my old phone to the new one if I bought a phone from her, but I said no thanks and promptly left the shop.
That was a few months ago. Fast forward to the present and my phone is still working as robustly as before, which is as robustly as before before. But that is no cause for complacency, and unless I pay $88 on top of the price of the new phone, I risk losing a lot of things in the forseeable future. Alternatively, of course, I can strike up a deal with the sales person, and don't pay the $88. But money really isn't the issue here. I'm procrastinating getting the new phone because I can't bear to leave my old phone behind.
On a seperate issue, the AmazonKindle is really interesting. I think I will get it once it becomes viable here in Singapore. Dependent on the kind of books they offer though, pointless if they only offer bestsellers. Now I'm usually resistant to all this new technology stuff - I refuse to buy a laptop because I prefer the good old pen and paper - but the prospect of reading a book on my bed and then plugging in to the forums to participate or read some discussions online is really a neat idea. I just need to make sure I can back up all the data inside it.
So I asked them if they offer such a service as backing up a customer's phone data onto somewhere, and they said no. Undeterred, I went out of the shop and into a singtel shop next to it, and asked the not-very-friendly sales person if singtel offers backup services for its subscribers. He said no, even though I recall reading some article on it on Digital Life. Actually, he didn't say no outright. He said yes but with some requirements, restrictions, circumstances attached, so I just treated his yes as a no.
My options were clear. I had to buy a new phone. So I went back into the Nokia shop, said hi, and asked how much would my phone's trade-in value be. They said $10. That was expected of course, and I proceeded to ask the person if it was possible to transfer data from phone to phone. The person said yes. But I have to buy a special cable. I asked him how much that special cable costs. He said $88. A female assistant offered a 1-time only service of transferring the data from my old phone to the new one if I bought a phone from her, but I said no thanks and promptly left the shop.
That was a few months ago. Fast forward to the present and my phone is still working as robustly as before, which is as robustly as before before. But that is no cause for complacency, and unless I pay $88 on top of the price of the new phone, I risk losing a lot of things in the forseeable future. Alternatively, of course, I can strike up a deal with the sales person, and don't pay the $88. But money really isn't the issue here. I'm procrastinating getting the new phone because I can't bear to leave my old phone behind.
On a seperate issue, the AmazonKindle is really interesting. I think I will get it once it becomes viable here in Singapore. Dependent on the kind of books they offer though, pointless if they only offer bestsellers. Now I'm usually resistant to all this new technology stuff - I refuse to buy a laptop because I prefer the good old pen and paper - but the prospect of reading a book on my bed and then plugging in to the forums to participate or read some discussions online is really a neat idea. I just need to make sure I can back up all the data inside it.
2 Comments:
Did you know that Amazon.com does not send books to addresses in Singapore? Just mentioning this in passing.
I think the anti-virus softwares have some back-up things that you can use to back-up your computer stuffs. Those recovery disks things. I haven't used them myself, but I think its worthed a try.
I think I remember watching a program about a primary student setting up a 'mini-enterprise' by helping people back-up their handphone data by copying it to a computer or another phone. I wonder why none of those handphone 'specialised' stores can be as enterprising...
Aquila
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