a few weeks ago, i was sitting in the manulife centre with toni and my brother. we were talking and eating before going to see casino royale. (daniel craig, i didn’t do you justice when i greeted the news that you were the new james bond with tears of fury. i desperately wanted christian bale to get the part. happily you exceeded my expectations and did a fine job. thanks man. i was worried for the multi-billion bond industry. i was also stark staring mad at the searing loss of pierce brosnan which happened one film too early, in my opinion).

as we were getting ready to leave our table and go to the movie, my cell phone - pictured here - was knocked off the table. i didn’t think anything of it at the time - after all, i’ve had this phone for nigh on three years, and it’s been dropped a few times (not excessively, but it has) and it’s been fine. apparently this one plummet was going to do it in.

i noticed last week that the top-right hinge had a little crack in its casing. a few days later and that crack wrapped all around the hinge, up to the top. it only took another two days before a chunk of the hinge (topped by a light that notifies you when someone’s calling and you’ve put the ringer on silent mode) fell off. now, when i opened my phone, the top half was threatening to disengage.

faced with the need to purchase a new cell phone, toni and i did some research and decided between two - a motorola or a sanyo - that were within my budget. we went to bell world, and after looking at the phones and testing them out, i finally chose this one:



here it is, pictured open:



i’ve been having a lot of fun with the sounds and camera. i’m thinking about getting a bluetooth usb so i can share some of the photos i’ve taken with the phone so far, as some of them are really priceless.

ttfn
sappho

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