Nokia 6101
A couple of months ago, T-Mobile, my cell provider, sent me a special offer for a nifty new cell phone, the Nokia 6101. This particular phone has a camera in it, a bunch of extra features, and the offer comes with an extra hundred minutes a month. Well, eventually, I decided to extend my contract with them and accept the new phone.
On Wednesday, I called the guy at the 800 number on the flier and we walked through the whole process. I expected to receive the phone at the end of next week. I guess they’re a little faster than they think.
It took less than 48 hours to get the phone to me. After charging it up, I realized that my card held my number, but it didn’t bring my saved numbers and contacts. Fortunately, I didn’t mind entering them by hand. The phone is handsome, it flips open, and it has a mind-blowingly weird hands-free/headphone unit. So, the 3595 I carried for 2½ years is officially retired. Despite having fallen on the roadway and separating into 20 parts on several occasions (and snapping right back together again), the old phone worked just fine that entire time until I turned it off a couple of hours ago. What a bad ass phone.
This one only has one video game and one demo (four moves and then a “buy the full version for $4.99” nag), which is quite ridiculous. But, I carry a Palm with 10 games on it, plus 7 eBooks (I should consider making some more). So, I guess I can live without that bowling game.
New phone’s shiny. I guess I’ll try to see how long I can avoid messing it all up.
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