(sigh) replace my cell phone

It won’t play my ring tone (Miles Davis’ “so what”) but…So what?

I’m fairly happy with my purchase.
I got one for the hubby too.

He just hates gadgets and technology.
This should vex him for months :)

I bought a treo on ebay.
It should be here soon.

It’s not the brand spanking new model, and I don’t care.
My phone is a phone first and a pda second, so I am not going to buy into the iphone hype. It was just under a hundred bucks and I don’t have to renew my 2 year contract.

So. here’s hoping it’s just a matter of swapping my SIM card over.

The phone I’m using now screwed me the other day when an ICU recruiter called me and the phone mistakenly said it was my best friend calling.

So I answered “hey”
And she laughed and sounded like my friend, whom I thought was joking around and I continued on “what’s up?”

She must have thought I was nuts.
damn you, technology!
Damn you!

I’ve been to three major carriers. I guess the plans are more or less the same, the one I have now works out best price-wise, but other carriers have better phones.

However, they’re not much better.

I have no problems letting sales people know they are not offering competative prices, the phones are not designed that well at all.

Seriously. These things look like they’re made to break in 3 months.

So, I came home, swapped the sim card into my old phone with the cracked screen.

Eff this. I’m sick of it.
Maybe there will be a design renaissance to get us out of this feeble plastic baroque design mess we’re in.

Alright.
after about 4 days of profanity in every language I’m capable of (not really, but I feel like it) I have come to the conclusion that my stupid cell phone needs replacing.

It’s fine, it works still, but the charger won’t charge it!

I took it in and the guy tried to shame me as if it’s so old.
“I mean, how long have you had it?”

I said:

:| About a year and a half.

Come F#*@king ON.
You mean to tell me that I need to replace my phone every 6 months to the newest, hottest little gadget just so I can have a working phone?

I tell you what, my old Nokia 6190 is STILL working and it’s 10 years old (because Nokia designs their phones well, unlike Motorola)

So, if I’m going to get locked into another 2 year plan, I’m going to change providers (bastards)