Ice Cream Sandwich goodness

I've been wanting to sell my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus so that I can buy one of the newer smartphones that just came out recently. I bought this thing 7 months ago on the very day it was officially released in our country. Unfortunately, only after 7 months from its launch date, this tablet is now considered old tech. I think it is now being sold at half of its original price. Its a good thing that I got a discount when I bought it (won a discount in a raffle that I, sort of, cheated, haha) so it doesn't really hurt that much when I think about the price drop.

I was about to sell this to get myself a Samsung Galaxy S3, but then I realized that I shouldn't be buying gadgets 'hot off the pan' as I'm sure that prices will drop in just a few months. So, I've decided to get something older but still better. I was eyeing the Samsung Galaxy Note. It was one of the gadgets that 'had me at hello.' It was love at first sight when I first saw it but I got turned off knowing how overpriced it was. And now that the Note is over a year old, I looked up its price online and I found out that it's now selling for half of its original price. I don't think it will get any lower than that so I've decided to get one once I've sold my tablet.

I was able to find a friend who was willing to buy my Tab. I gave him a really low price that's a little bit hard to turn down (even if he knew that I've had the screen replaced since the original one shattered when I once dropped it.) But unfortunately again, he run out of funds due to an overdraft in his credit card or something of the like and he wasn't sure anymore if he can pay me soon. So, I deferred my plan to upgrade and just told myself to just keep my money and stick with the Tab. It was hard to accept as I was really psyched to buy the Galaxy Note.

And then news came of the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for my device. Woot! As of now, the official version of the OS for my country isn't available yet so I had to flash one from a different country.

I've just finished upgrading my OS to ICS and it is as if I'm holding a new gadget. I'll just pretend that this is the new gadget that I bought. At least, this can keep me distracted for a few more months. Maybe then I'll get back to my senses and stop wasting my money on these stupid gadget craze. Haha.