New Phone!

A few weeks ago, my phone battery pretty much died. When I charged it the phone would only charge for 10 minutes and so I couldn't talk on it for more than about 20 minutes without it dying. It's going on 2 years old (see post about it here), so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Some phones are better than others, and overall that phone was good to me.

Onto the excitement! I got a Blackberry Curve 8310 to replace it! The phone was $300, but we were eligible for $150 in rebates if we got the data plan. We don't really think we're going to continue the data plan, but we're basically getting 5 months of it for free, and the manager of the store said we can call and cancel it after 6 months. So, it seemed like a good deal to me. The best part of the Blackberry for me (minus the data plan) is the QWERTY keyboard, the calendar, and the memo pad, where I can make permanent list files. I've set one up for my grocery list, and I'll probably set one up for websites I want to remember to check, and so on. This Blackberry has a nice camera too; it has a flash, zoom, and can record video.

Anyway, I've been a frequent visitor to crackberry.com, where I've downloaded cute wallpapers and some ring tones that I've set up for different people who call me. The two songs I'm most proud of are the ones for our parents. When my folks call, it will play Massive Attack's "Teardrop," which is the theme song for House. Get it? House? My parent's house is calling me? I thought it was fun anyway...Along those lines, when the DF's parents call, the phone will play Kanye West and Chris Martin's "Homecoming." I might be enjoying it a little too much.