Wednesday August 16, 2006

Me Bad.

Phone Lust.

Am I easily bored or a gadget freak or ? Don't answer that. It's just too obvious.

What phone shall I get next? The Nokia e61 or the Sony Ericsson m600i? (and no I haven't yet killed my current one so getting a new one might take a week or two. :) )

The Sony Ericsson is pretty cool product design, very slim, and uses a touch screen. Haven't figured out how the keypad works with regard to entering text. Those buttons might be rocker switches. The silly beast is however only a tri-band and not a quad-band which is annoying. And I haven't found anyone who owns one that I can play with. Yet.

I have played with the Nokia e61. Its wide but thinner and ligher than expected. Series 60 Edition 3 user interface which means if you have ever used a series 60 you can find your way around pretty easily. I did however totally hang the web browser attempting to enter text on the one I played with. Its a good email device if you use Edge. Nice resolution screen - wider than usual which makes web browsing more useful.

One cool thing about the e61 is that it has wi-fi. But the rumor is that carriers in the US are going to dumb it down and remove the wi-fi. That sucks. Means I have to buy it unlocked somewhere else.

The e61 makes one think you could live without a laptop in a long meeting. Hmmm. Live without a laptop in a long meeting. Do I really want to be connected all the time????

[evil laugh]

( Aug 16 2006, 10:42:50 AM PDT ) Permalink