a really long time ago, i discovered gmail on the phone and i was extremely happy. i could access my email inbox when i’m on the train! on the bus! everywhere! reply mails instantly no matter where i was! in sync with the real inbox and with a pretty user interface too!

i suffered from withdrawal symptoms when i couldn’t access my gmail inbox in australia cos it would cost an obscene amount of money for that luxury.

i still love the application, except when i discovered that i forgot to delete the application from the 6280 i sold. i couldn’t disable the access from the real gmail account.

i did try, i swear i did. i went down to the shop where i sold my phone and asked them if i could get the phone and delete the application. alas, they’ve already sold the phone to exporters (to be resold to developing countries) and they assured me the exporters would “flush the existing things”.

yeah right.

when i was trying out phones in that shop that day, the second-hand phones had contact lists of the previous owners.

oh well, there’s nothing i can do now, except to change my gmail password and pray that the next user doesn’t abuse my email. and i’m also praying the next user is really from some other country, cos just the charges of accessing the application from overseas would be sufficient to deter anyone from using it.

did i mention that i had a copy of my contact list, undeleted smses and photos in the phone as well?

i swear i wasn’t planning to sell that phone, that’s why.