November 23, 2003
New Cell Phone
I need a new cell phone. My Motorola C332 from T-Mobile sucks ass. I only joined T-Mobile because of Catherine Zeta-Jones, and chose the least flashy phone they had. After one year, I realize T-Mobile sucks - even though Catherine is still looking ever so fly.
And my motorola's battery lasts for only 20 mins now on a full charge. Maybe that has something to do with the fact I keep dropping it. At any rate, it's quite useless now.
Anybody have any recs? I like this new Nokia 3300 Music phone. It's got a 64MB memory for music, stereo sound, and a slick keyboard layout for MUCH easier messaging or data entry. I think Cingular in the states carries this phone. Sigh - it's going to break my heart to leave Catherine.
I've been sticking with my Nokia 8260, with AT&T. I've tried Samsung (the WORST), Sanyo (ok, but kind of lousy UI), and now this. It's TDMA, which kind of blows, but the UI is simple and powerful. It also supports programming a calling card. I just have to hold down the TALK button, and it'll dial the number using my calling card access number and PIN. I've dropped it thousands of times, and the battery is going strong and everything works fine.
The two drawbacks are:
1) TDMA
2) no network time
3) no electronic way to transfer numbers between phone and Mac
I use T9 for text messages, and it works well enough. It's not a Blackberry, but I send maybe 10 messages a month. You can download ring tones, if that floats your boat, but they're not polyphonic or anything.
The ultimate testament to this phone is the fact that when we moved out here, I didn't change phones. I've had this thing for OVER A YEAR!!!!
Posted by: vivek at November 24, 2003 11:44 AMHmmm. All good points, Vivek. But I've waited my entire life for a phone that has some bass in the ringer, and it's finally here. Although I think I have to use the head phones to hear the bass.
Posted by: G at November 24, 2003 01:00 PM