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Raymond M. Kristiansen
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A history of my cell phones ...
December 11, 2003 - 05:32 AM
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I got quite late into the whole GSM era, and got my first cell phone in 1999. It was an Ericsson S868 or something like that. Sturdy, big, and did what it was supposed to do. But nothing more. No fancy stuff there, really. My second phone, which I bought in the summer of 2000 while I was in Hong Kong, was this beauty: Sony CMD-Z5  I really liked this Sony phone. It was fancy enough for my technophile ego-trip, and quite reliable. So reliable, I guess, that someone actually went to the step to steal it from me. Oh well. My next phone was a Nokia 8250 (Asia Version of the 8210), which I also got while in Hong Kong.  I really loved it, altho the abovementioned Sony was the one who broke my heart. The Nokia phone also got stolen, but this time by robbers on the night train from Marseille to Barcelona. Don't ask.  So, untill last week, I borrowed Nicole's old Panasonic phone. It was her old one, well not That old (2000), but still old enough so that I could keep it for more than a few months. Nobody has stolen it yet at least
Then that phone started breaking down due to wear and tear, and I figured I want to get into the GSM race again. I went for classy design first and got myself a Sony Ericsson T610.  I am quite pleased with it. The design is an eye-catcher, it has GPRS/wap, e-mail, and a neat little camera on the back side of it. It has some glitches, including a certain lag in the software which annoys me like hell But overall, I am very pleased with this phone.
If I had an unlimited budget, I would consider getting myself one of those phone/pda things, like the SonyEricsson P900 or a similar Nokia phone. But alas, I also think the development in that field is going quite fast, and if I wait just 1 year there will be new models in the market which dazzle us even further.
Indeed, cell phones are very important communicative tools. We use them quite a lot, and they GOT to be functional, and hopefully also have a design which says something about the owner. (Or am I just another cell-phone snob?  )
Actually, design-wise, I would prefer to have the CMD-Z5 again. I really liked its flip-down cover and the "joystick" (or whatever we may call it) on the side.
Oh, the things we worry about in our materialistic life ..
I will go on reading Greg Palast now.
But first: What cell phones have you had? Which one do you have now? Happy about it?
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Michael Newton-McLaughlin
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Re: A history of my cell phones ...
December 16, 2003 - 05:20 AM
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I use a cell phone that works. It says Nokia on it. I have no idea about the rest...
The one I had before it was a motorolla flip phone that id had sinc 1997 and i'd run over twice before it stopped working. I think I was supposed to register it as a legal weapons.. not sure.
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Crystal_Abongta
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I had my share
December 16, 2003 - 06:04 AM
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I got first of all a Motorola cell that was nothing short of a loaf of bread as my friends would mock at me that was all Turkey could offer me when I got there. A sucking thief helped liberate me of its weight when he stole it (probably to give his grand mother at Christmas). I had a thirst for the obsolete stuff you would not imagine. Then I went in for an EricsonT10 which was stolen again. An Alcatel phone I took later while in South Africa deed just all to annoy me and that’s what took me back to the family of the EricsonT20 this time at least I evolved.
I got a Nokia 2400 early this year only to help another desperate thief with it before settling down with my present Samsung Anycall. That’s the souvenir I brought back from China and its creating quite a sensation here in New York. It’s much lighter and catches the eye with its flashy design. Above all, it’s portable enough for me to keep it away from thieves who are making a fortune of me these days.
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Vivek
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Re: A history of my cell phones ...
December 16, 2003 - 06:28 AM
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I haven't had a History of Cell Phones... I use a Nokia 3350, which I guess is obsolete now.
Its a basic phone, nothing fancy about it... perhaps thats the reason why thieves don't find it to be worth the effort!!!
I've had it with me for over a year...
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