On 5 January 2011, I have bought a new handphone, CSL Blueberry a9500 Model with only RM599. That looked like a good bargain considering the various functions bundled into the “Blackberry look-a-like but is certainly not” phone.
So, what to expect with CSL’s Blueberry? The best thing that I got for RM599 was these:-
- § 2 Sim Card slots (easier if I am travelling overseas)
- § Wi-fi (save up on GPRS cost when free wi-fi is available)
- § GPRS
- § TV Receiver (local analog TV, not Astro)
- § Radio Receiver
- § Free 2GB microSD card
- § MSN, Yahoo IM ability
- § PDF reader
- § Facebook, Twitter ability
- § Google Map (works wonder when wi-fi is available)
- § QWERTY keypad
- § Trackball
That is the best thing about this phone. There are some shortcomings but I am not complaining considering the price of the phone (cheap means less functionality, less graphical experience, less web experience). CSL claims that it is a Malaysian company and Blueberry is a Malaysian made phone but there is plenty of room for improvement, namely:-
CSL Blueberry is NOT iPhone or Blackberry or other high end smartphones in the market. But given the price (for a brand new phone), it gets most of the job done– with Wi-Fi and Java programs.
This is how I setup the Wifi on Blueberry 9500:-
- Click on the icon listed as “WLAN“
- Click on “Enable WLAN” to enable wifi connections
- Click on “Search for networks” to check on available networks (if it is secured, then you need to setup the security details in “Access point settings“)
- Pick the network that you want to connect, click on “Options” and press on “Connect“
- You are now connected to the Internet (to avoid connection through GPRS, I disable GPRS using “Settings” > “Network setup” > “SIM1 network setup” > “Preferred mode” and pick “WLAN only” or “WLAN preferred“)
Easy right? Let's try it with CSL Blueberry a9500.. ^_^
Enjoy your self.. :)
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