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BLACKBERRY BEGINS DATA BUNDLES

Here is the first article that I have written for the official newspaper of The University of Cape Town, VARSITY NEWS.

  Blackberry begins data bundles

Anna Insam

With the release of the blackberry 10 looming, the question being raised yet again is Blackberry or iPhone?

The question itself has been heard more than Justin Bieber’s “baby baby baby ohhh”, but now the fact that Blackberry users will need to purchase standard data bundles like those of IOS, Android and Windows phone has added a whole new dimension to the debate.

In Week one of O-week my friend tragically (or stupidly- take your pick) let her berry take a dive into the Baxter toilets.  Needless to say, the berry works, just not the camera.

Moral of the story – the durability of a berry is what has allowed it to stay so current.  Personally, I believe it’s the most attractive quality of a Blackberry.  Oh, and those ‘recent updates’ that satisfy the inner stalker in all of us.

Blackberry used to hold a firm position in the market due to how much cheaper it was to run than the iPhone, but since Blackberry users will now have to purchase data bundles, the phones are now on an even playing field.

When the iPhone competes against the berry under these new circumstances, I see the iPhone as the five course gourmet meal, with the berry being like Mac Donald’s – tasty, tempting, yet no where near as good as the latter quality wise.

Taking a dive into the nerd box, the latest iPhone boasts a 4 inch retina display, 8 megapixel iSight camera, HD video recording, A6 chip.. oh, the list goes on and on.

Some might say that the berry can satisfy their needs but, quite frankly, I like a phone that is more than your average Joe.

I’m especially fond of Siri- yes, we’ve become rather close these past few months.  She is there whenever I push the home button, always at my beck and call, eagerly awaiting my next question which she then Googles for me and provides me with an answer.  Now now blackberry users, don’t shed a tear, there is hope for you all!

iPhone Internet costs can be cut, if one is sneaky and smart.

Last time I checked it wasn’t illegal to connect to peoples wifi as long as it has no password- quite frankly, we could be teaching them a valuable life lesson in which to protect their personal items rather than to leave them available to us wifi prowlers.

One can also become an avid shopping mall creeper as free wifi is often provided throughout the malls.  A less creepy approach would be to sit on Jammie stairs along with a hundred or so other students, silently browsing away making use of the free UCT wifi, but when is the easy way ever the most entertaining way? Happy prowling, friends!

BBM is a far less attractive quality of the berry now, without the Internet costs included.  Whatsapp has always been hot on the tails of BBM and serving the same function, there is nothing keeping berry users on their side any longer.

From the perspective of an iPhone user and ex berry owner, I can tell you with absolute surety that yes, the grass is greener on the iPhone side! Blackberry (and soon iPhone) users- cue happy dance. Finally, a legitimate reason to invest in an iPhone!

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I have now ventured a little more into photography.  This is from a series called Robertson's and the lethal punch.  An appropriate name for a friends birthday festivity, where the punch included many, many bottles of vodka.

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Purple haze.

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Hubbity hub hub.

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Shelly Beach, SA.

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Taken while in Austria, 2011. I love the contrast between the natrual setting and the telephone cables that cut through the image, which make me wonder which other images they run through.This image is titled "raw beauty".

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Accidental blurr. It's amusing trying to work out what the hell this is :) 

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Taken while skiing in Austria, 2011.

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Thought this was pretty rad.

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"Black Clarity" - Drawn in pencil, koki, gel pen and paint marker, by myself for a grade 11 art piece.

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There's something about the weight of the footprints in the sand that makes me love this photo.  Taken by myself while at the beach in Hawaii, 2010.

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Took this little snapshot at a sports day at my school. Bunnys be rad.

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Said by the one and only, Marilyn Monroe.

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Photo I took at a club I recently went to. Siiiick jol

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Website with really rad photography. Worth checking out