Sunday, June 14, 2009

phoning ahead

After going into the office for the morning yesterday I swung over to the mall to check out cellphones firsthand that were available from my carrier at their biggest store in the region. The young salesman was trying to steer me to the "smart" phones which include special service plans to account for internet and other high data transfer capabilities. I ended up asking to see the Sony Ericsson's as the one I have gives me what I want at this time, so an upgraded phone with the same system makes the most sense to me. Also I'm not switching just yet, maybe a month or two at least. Presently what I have is a two year old W580i. It's been a good phone and comes with several organizational programs, camera, video, FM radio, mp3 player and does have some internet capabilities if I chose to use them. The one I'm leaning towards is the W760a, a little wider, bigger screen, higher megapixel camera, better keyboard and pretty much the same operating system features. I did walkaway with the salesman's biz card, I'll lean it against the computer screen when I place the order online.

2 comments:

SpacerGuy said...

I have a Motorola V525 GPRS quad band cellphone with my service provider Vodafone that I can use to ring the United States. My cell is nearly an antique, has survived numerous knocks, water, and it really looks like its been through strife in life but it still works. Time for me to get online and order a new mobile, I guess. sniff.

Anonymous said...

back in the early 1960s, when the internet was a dirt road, living in a small town in the northwestern wilderness of maine, our telephone number was 40 and the telephone didn't have a dial and was crank operated - you told the operator who you wanted to talk to - she usually knew where everyone in town was if they were not at home ;)