And the ability to check my e-mail anywhere? Woo! Woo! Woo!

Looks like a good choice!

I may have to switch back to my own cell phone service in the near future and expense it, rather than use the company’s AK-based service. I’m interested in checking out the Storm, but I hate how expensive Blackberry plans are, I don’t understand why they charge extra for it.

I’m not sure I’d like a touchscreen either, at least for typing on – although I like it for other input.

I hope you enjoy it!

The stereo receive is *mine* and I got it when I was 19 or 20. Michael had a TV when we got together. But stereo equipment? Nope. :) Receiver, CD player and speakers were all mine. And when we got new speakers a couple years ago? I picked ‘em out.

I don’t think he even turns the stereo on when I’m not home, unless it’s to play a movie. I turn on the radio as soon as I walk into the house. :)

As far as a netbook, we want to buy a new stereo receiver, because my receiver–although it still works very well–is 18 years old and does not have enough inputs and outputs (another post probably.)

As a netbook owner, I highly recommend the flexibility of a netbook. The Linux ones are even cheaper than the MS ones, so that’s a good buy. It’s… wait, do you hear that? [Michelle! Michelllle!] I do believe I hear one calling your name… ;)

1) We have Sprint, and there are five of us on the plan, so switching plans is right out.

2) I don’t like the touch screens. Michael’s Instinct has one, and I find it cumbersome to use. Especially since the functions I really want are e-mail and texting. Thus one of my requirements was a qwerty keyboard–preferably one that slid out so it was wider (I’m not fond of the blackberry “keypad” because I find it too difficult to type on.)

3) Are you *kidding*? The iPhone is insanely expensive! The PDA phones I was looking at could have synched with my computer and were still cheaper than the iPhone! The rant should cost me ~$20 and has everything I want.

As an aside, I was looking at Netbooks yesterday at BestBuy, and I discovered that you can easily get one preloaded with Linux. Now I’ve refused to let Michael install Linux on my desktop, because he keeps reformatting his comptuers that have Linux which doesn’t reassure me. But a preinstall sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

And I figure if my phone is costing $20 instead of $200, if I’m really good I deserve a netbook, right?