My Aptly Named Smartphone
So I currently own a Audiovox SMT5600 smartphone, which, after this weekend I am totally impressed with. Mainly because it lives up to it\’s codename of Typhoon.
So Friday there was a moral event for all of MScom that took park at a local lake. Part of the event involved the riding of jet skis (which is awesome and everyone should try it). Unfortunately, on my last run out, I forgot to take my phone out of my pocket; so when I jumped off the jet ski, my phone was completely submerged in water. D\’oh.
When I pulled the device out of my pocket, it seemed completely dead. I couldn\’t turn it on or anything. After letting it dry for a bit, I tried once again to turn it on. Still nothing happened. One of my house mates, who works in the Windows CE group told me to just let it dry out all the way. Figuring he knew what he was talking about, I followed his advice.
And after 24 hours of drying, my phone operates as if nothing had happened. It\’s actually pretty remarkable. I was already impressed with the mobile Internet; the ability to sync up with my work email, and all of the cool little features offered by the platform. But the ability for the phone to survive having been entirely submerged in water is awesome.
The crazy part is, this isn\’t the first time it\’s been subjected to heavy water. While at Reunions back in Princeton, my phone was thoroughly drenched during the P-Rade monsoon. And it worked flawlessly still.
I guess they really knew what they were talking about when they dubbed it the Typhoon.
