Are you "BFF’s" with your cell phone? A story of the "passing" of my cell phone..sniffle

AMM - No crickets here girl!  I love my BB (who is also my BFF).  I tried switching to a centro or  treo but COULDN'T get used to the windows based or whatever they call it.  BB is just EASIER!  which makes sense to me.  Thanks for those OLD stats on the cell phone.  I was 13 when the first one came out.  I remember my dad being the savvy real estate broker he was, using the old phone you have pictured.  We all thought he was SO COOL!  Well, he was BUT if he used it today we for sure wouldn't!  KM

Anne Marie, I just got the Blackberry curve and love it.  I know it does 100 things I don't know , but I am totally addicted to it.  I love it.  Besides it is pink, my favorite color :)

Anne, like you I was hesitant to convert but when my flip phone died I went to a new HTC phone with a full slideout keyboard on an HTC Mogul from Sprint with the $99 unlimited plan(less than what I was paying) and I now have unlimited texting, email, 3G internet and it's all microsoft and works with my Exchange server.  You'll love not needing a computer 24/7!

I was a film producerin 1983  and OF COURSE we had to have one of the first cell phones. We would be out in the middle of a field somewhere and the President would call the Director about a bid...that was the beginning of the end of being able to get away from it all!

I reluctantly gave up my favorite flip phone which had been washed in the washing machine, came out, dried and still worked great (except the 5 key sometimes got stuck) but it was so easy to hold in my hand. I used it far longer than needed, could have upgraded years ago. Now I have a Treo and it's nice but I do miss that phone!

My old smart phone died about a month ago and I bought the Blackberry Curve - it's easy to see why they call them Crackberries :)

New technology is fun. Its like driving a brand new car.

Anne Marie... I have a TREO 700, and couldn't exist without it.  In fact, the occasional day, when I accidentally leave the house without it, I must turn around and get it... even if that means being late.  I feel totally naked without it (and that ain't a purty sight).

I remember that first Soldier Field phone (as a Chicagoan, I thank you for not adding an "S" to that and making it Soldier's Field)... it was affectionately known as "the brick", and was attached by a curly wire, to a battery pack that you wore, like a purse.  Calls were expensive (40¢ a minute was a lot of money back then), and you had to stand near the window to use it.

Ahh, those were the days.

Anne Marie- One day about four years ago I was taking my laundry out of the washing machine and there at the bottom of the wash tub was his cell phone.  OOOPS.  But it was recommended to me by a motorola employee to take it all apart and put it on top of the refrigerator for two days.  I did.  Then we put it back together and it started back working.  To this day that little phone still works.

On the other hand when my daughter dropped hers in a cooler... no such luck.  She goes through about 2 a year.  I guess someone has to keep the company in business with all these free minutes these days.

And Anne Marie- I have an off topic question for you??? Are you native to PA?  you remind me of a friends' sister with your same given name.

I always have resistance to getting a new phone, and usually only do it, once I HAVE to...like the old one just doesn't work anymore....I think we resist because of the learning curve involved with a new phone....I have a blackberry, and yes, have become addicted to it....

but they suggested I put my phone in a bag of rice including the battery to see if it would dry out

You DO realize, Anne Marie, that they meant a bag of UNCOOKED rice... right?  Uncooked rice is a natural dessicant, and would draw the water out of the phone.

Putting your phone in a bag of COOKED rice, would make your phone only capable of dialing Chinese restaurants.

NOW YOU TELL ME!!!!

My phone stinks and still does not work  after being in a bowl of shrimp fried rice for over two week now

I would never, never do that. My wife is a blonde so Ihave learned that blondes are the most intelligent people on the earth.

Now I have another question. Do you know where I can get a large tub? I dropped my TV in the pool and I need to get some rice and................................


Have a great week end :)

maybe just a little bit ;-)

I remember that my first mobile phone was for the car.  It was huge and weighed a ton.  But alas, all good things come to an end.  I miss the old black rotary phones - simpler times indeed. 

This was a cute post.  So now you've had your NEW cell phone long enough that it's not new anymore, still love it?