Ok, Call Me
I've been using a compact Samsung flip-phone with my Cingular wireless service (formerly AT&T wireless) for the last two years. Service has been good, though I've encountered occasional billing calamities that I'm sure everyone has at some point. However, I need a new phone. Badly.
There is only one defect in my current phone worth mentioning. Here's the sequence of operations to produce the defect:
- Power-on the phone
- The display is lit and I can use the phone perfectly
- Close the flip-phone
- Open the flip-phone
- The display is black. It shows evidence of being powered, but there is nothing displayed
- Power-off the phone
- repeat.....
As you can imagine, this is a big nuisance. I have to power-cycle my phone every time I make a call, and the only way for me to distinguish who's calling me is by assigning custom ringtones to each entry in my phonebook. "Ok, that's the electro-disco ringtone. Natalie must be calling me."
A couple of days ago, Natalie and I chose to purchase a new cell-phone plan and phones. Natalie went for a pink Motorola Razr ("Rays-her"). I went for the Nokia 6682. Both are camera-phones, Bluetooth-enabled, and support PC (or Mac) connectivity.
I am most excited about being able to set-up a mobile blog ("moblog") using Flickr and this site. Using the messaging service (text/IM/pictures) provided by Cingular, I can e-mail photos to an e-mail address. Flickr has provided me with an e-mail address that is specific to my blog, and any photos sent to that address will be posted to Flickr and, optionally, to my blog.
I love taking photos, but carrying my digital SLR slung over a shoulder isn't always an option. And posting photos that must be first be transfered from a camera to a computer and then uploaded using a desktop application can be time-consuming. It discourages me from uploading photos more frequently. I think that being able to capture and post photos from my cell-phone, regardless of my location, will be a lot of fun!