Challenged by Nokia

So …

The new Nokia still pulses its white light, but it works!

I have just sweated and peddled my way through a spinning class, yelling instructions and desperately aware that I cannot cheat as my heart rate monitor is measuring my every beat. I looked dead impressive with my phone strapped to my arm in its sports holder, and even more stylish when at the end of the class I stepped off my podium and loudly pulled at the Velcro to get at the pulsing light, and assess my efforts.

Only to discover that according to my Nokia N79, I’d spent 45 minutes travelling 5km and burnt 200 kilojoules — probably enough energy to justify a post-exercise apple. Naturally, I didn’t tell Virgin Active’s Sandton-ites that their spinning class was pointless and that they’d burn more energy tucked under a duvet at home playing thumb wars with the remote.

But the puddle of sweat under the bike, destroyed hairdo and aching legs are surely testimony that I took the class through more than 5km of effort?

Asking the phone is pointless. It stylishly pulses white light, changes its display colours and offers all sorts of functions, but refuses to change its facts.

And in this weather Plan B (take it outside and use it properly) is rained out, until further notice.

So.

My phone now works.

But I really wish it didn’t.