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January 24, 2005
What My Mobile Is
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It's surprising to think back to the early-to-mid '90s when almost no one owned a cell phone. I remember giving a friend of mine a hard time about purchasing one back then. "It's too expensive... it's just a status symbol... you'll never use it... it's just a trend," I told him. Times have changed.
Now I don't even have a landline (I have cable for high-speed access). My cellphone is so valuable to me it goes with me where ever I go. I couldn't live without it because it's my:
- Alarm Clock - Since my clock radio died a few years ago, I've used my cellphone as my alarm clock.
- Flashlight - The backlight makes a great emergency flashlight. Use it all the time.
- Phonelist - I've got most of my important numbers programmed into the address book.
- Reminder - I have reminders sent to me via SMS from Yahoo! Calendar to notify me of upcoming appointments.
- Navigation Device - For example, you don't need detailed directions to get to a friend's house for the first time. Just get close, give them a call and have them talk you in.
- Notepad - I just type in an SMS message, and save it instead of sending it.
I'm sure there's some other stuff I am forgetting, but that's the main list. However, the really surprising thing is that my phone is completely out of date. It's an old AT&T Wireless TDMA Nokia 8260 (or a very similar model). No web access, no fancy QWERTY keyboard, no color screen, no PC synchronization funtionality... pretty much just a straight-up phone. Perhaps mobiles are here to stay?
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