Back to using a T616

Finally, 2 weeks after my Audiovox 5600 was stolen, I received a new SIM card from Cingular. While I take my time to figure out why my next phone strategy will be, I reverted to using an old SE T616 that I had bought from Omar almost 2.5 years ago.

It’s kind of sad ironically – I actually miss using this phone!

Why?

1. It’s smaller than the 5600 that I was using.
2. It has far better battery life than the 5600.
3. It’s far more reliable for certain tasks than my 5600 – like placing and receiving phone calls. (All the Smartphones I’ve ever used seem to have problems doing that with 99.999% reliability.)
4. Being able to take pictures reliably – my 5600 often reports that it is out of memory. I don’t understand why.
5. Being able to turn off the phone in under 2 minutes.

But there are definitely things I miss about my 5600 – Smartphone:

1. Being able to automatically sync with near perfection to my Outlook calendar – and thus, being able to turn on/off the audible ringer based on whether I’m in a meeting or not.
2. Far nicer screen.
3. USB based charging.
4. Web browing – PocketIE isn’t great… but it’s better than nothing!

Personally, I’d like to switch to Sprint. The free phone they’ve given me has had an awesome data transfer rate on their EV-DO network. I hope they start offering more Smartphones in the near future!