My New Toy

Goodbye Nokia, Hello Sony Erricson!
My contract ended with Cingular and I had the option to upgrade my phone. After doing some online researching, I went to the store to check out my options.

Went in thinking I'd get a basic phone. I'm not a fan of flip phones, as they are difficult to hold and I find myself always altering the volume/turning on the speakerphone whenever I so much as look at them.

There aren't a whole lot of bar phones from which to choose. But, I got one with quite a bit of bells and whistles---the Sony Ericcson 810i. The salesclerk told me what they had in store was the 800i, which had slightly better reviews than the 810i--most importantly in call quality. But, online it was the 810i--methinks the clerk didn't realize this...I decided to try the 810i anyway. I've been using it all of 2 hours and I love it. I'm hooked. I can take videos, pictures, listen to the radio, and talk on the phone. The manual even gives instructions for taking self-portraits. And I can transfer it all effortlessly to my computer--both these pictures of Aunt Lore' and baby Josephine were taken using the phone.

Den is amused because he'd be trying to figure out how to upload his outlook to the phone and I'm playing with all the other features--I figure I call the same 5-10 people and pretty much have their numbers memorized...

Course I'll need some time to see how the phone works, but it's camera is more powerful than our canon we bought in '02. I still have to learn how to use it--oh did I mention it has an option to take 'burst' photos--you press the shutter once and it takes 4 photos in quick sucession. I really hope I like the phone quality, because I'm already addicted to the other features.