Tag: faulty

Blackberry trackpad

The “trackpad” sometimes referred to as a “trackball” is, after investigation, perhaps the first and most frequent  part to go faulty on Blackberrys.

Here’s my story …

Earlier this year (Jan / Feb) the trackpad started to get sticky on one of our Blackberrys, we tolerated the inconvenience for a while but the problem persisted. “No problem” someone said, “it’s under warranty.”

The phone was indeed under warranty being perhaps 18 months old, so off to the retailer we went, they happily took the phone in and returned it 2 or 3 days later with a fully functioning trackbar. Continue reading “Blackberry trackpad”

Honestly you couldn’t make this up…

Thursday, late lunch-time- and only a small window of time, but may just enough to nick across the road from the office where I was based that day, to get to the cash-point, and pick up some spends ready for the reunion weekend and to put the promised £10 on Techie’s phone, plus get a bite to eat from the Co-op?

The first hurdle was the pedestrian crossing. Dum-de-dum. Come on. So slow….but not worth the risk of trying to run across with lorries thundering past.

Then I reached the cash-point and with the sun glare on the green screen I couldn’t see the display, but I pushed in my card and then shaded the screen with my hands.
Still no display.
Darn it, I thought -or words to that effect, it’s not working.
I pressed the card return and no card rolled back out… but instead, weirdly,  a small screw driver head poked out and waved around – a bit like a worm blindly sniffing the air. I looked about — looking for the camera. Surely this was some kind off joke? Continue reading “Honestly you couldn’t make this up…”