When Michael got his new cell phone (an Instinct) in August, and we changed our cell phone plan to allow texting and data, I was insanely jealous and wanted a new phone. But alas, but I have to wait until December 1st, lest I pay a zillion dollars instead of pennies for a new phone. (The contact isn’t an issue–there are five of us on the bill–we won’t be changing any time soon.)<\/p>\n
I originally thought I wanted a cell phone\/PDA. Was sure of it. Knew the phone I wanted to get.<\/p>\n
But as the day for getting a new phone grew closer, I started looking at phones in anticipation. And discovered that maybe I didn’t really want a PDA phone. They seemed awfully expensive and bulky for something I keep in my pants pocket.<\/p>\n
But there were still some expensive phones on my list that I thought were my top contenders.<\/p>\n
Then when we went out to eat yesterday, we stopped by Best Buy, just to peruse what was there. (Black Friday isn’t a big deal with you 1) go late and 2) aren’t planning on buying anything. I discovered that they had the phones I was considering out on display. And once I laid my paws on those little keypads, my top choices plummeted, and the Blackberry, which was on the list as a back-up, fell off entirely (don’t like the keypad–I’m a terrible typist as it is).<\/p>\n
The expensive PDA\/cell phone I thought I loved had a really flimsy feeling keypad sliding mechanism, and I disliked the layout of the keypad. And the flip phone that had jumped to the top because it had a full alphabet keypad? Unpleasant to type on. Suddenly the phone that was being considered as a backup leaped to the top of the list. I loved the full keypad and the way it typed and the way the letters were separated. It did everything I wanted, and even though it had a slightly smaller screen, I decided it wasn’t that much smaller, since it’s not like I can surf the web easily even on Michael’s phone.<\/p>\n
The only drawback is it can’t be used as a modem, which Michael’s phone can’t do either. <\/p>\n
But the best part? It’ll cost me about $20 versus $299 if I wait until next week to upgrade.<\/p>\n
So it looks like I’ll be getting a Rant, which seems fitting on so very many levels.<\/p>\n
Two days!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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