And now for something completely different

I’ve fancied a change for a while now, something totally different, a change of OS, a change of apps, processes, gestures, hardware and even size. I don’t know what’s happened to me, my normal daily setup of a Nokia Lumia 1020 and a Nexus 5 just isn’t doing it for me at the moment. My eyes have started to stray.

And now for something completely different

It all started around about Christmas when Ronnie got his Oppo N1, it was different, I liked the idea of different, I was a bit jealous, but deep down I wanted something a bit different for myself. Then came the Geeksphone Revolution which just sounded amazing.

And now for something completely different

Here was a phone that ran Android and Firefox OS simultaneously, I’d never used Firefox OS and despite many people saying it’s atrocious I still wanted to try it for myself. Upon digging into the spec I found it had barely any memory and that there were no Google Services installed. Time to move on.

And now for something completely different

Then last Friday on Twitter a friend tweeted a link to a deal over at Carphone Warehouse who were selling the BlackBerry Q5 for £99.99 SIM free. A while back I’d reviewed the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 and I’d enjoyed both, with the app situation letting both down majorly. With a recent update to BB10 the installation of Android apps is a whole lot easier so any missing apps I can just sideload them. So out came the credit card and later on today I shall step onto the BlackBerry path for a few weeks to see if things have improved since I last tried it out. Expect a “My time with the BlackBerry Q5” article sometime soon.