Decided to take the plunge today and upgrade my GSM mobile
to a Nokia 7110, with WAP, irDA port and internal modem (is
that the right term?).
Went to the shop, spent ages waiting to be served, spent
ages again waiting for Orange to register the upgrade then
finally got back to the office. Immediately stuck phone on
charge and started reading up on how to actually use the
thing.
Curiousity got the better of me, so I decided to stick my
current SIM into it and give it a go. I pulled the battery
off a bit too vigorously and just in my peripheral vision I
saw a small black thing fall towards the floor. Bugger.
I looked around for candidates and concluded that it must
have been the plastic SIM card holder. A good hour later,
everything has been turned upside down. I searched my
clothing, my desk, bags... everywhere I could think of to no
avail. I was just contemplating how to explain this back at
the shop the next day (without sounding too dumb) when a
thought hit me. I popped in to see a colleage who owns the
same model. It doesn't have a plastic holder. It was the end
of the charger lead that I saw fall. Argh.
Argh.
People like me shouldn't be allowed to touch real hardware.