Check out my snazzy new phone

I went over to Rogers Wireless at Cloverdale Mall today to upgrade my phone. My contract was running out in August and I was planning to upgrade anyway. I've been using a Nokia 6101. Rogers sent me an upgrade offer a couple of weeks ago effective until the end of March. They give a choice of three phones at a reduced price along with a rebate. The three phones are Nokia 6085, Motorola KRAZR and Sony Ericsson W580i. I bet you will ask me how things went with Wheel-Trans. Well, I didn't use Wheel-Trans. The Kipling & East Mall buses are accessible and that took a lot less time. I've been doing that a lot lately and I am trying to avoid Wheel-Trans at all costs. The waiting drives me nuts. It's like I told my friend Jim this morning. I like doing this on my schedule.

So when I got the letter, I took a look at some online reviews of all three phones. The main criticism of the Nokia phone is that it's ugly. Yeah, I know. That shouldn't matter. But it does. It's an older model so it doesn't have the features of the other two. The Sony Ericsson is the most expensive of the three. It's a Walkman phone. The major criticisms of the phone is it's fragile. Everyone drops the phone sometimes. This one will break. Also, the keypad is too small.

So I went with the Motorola KRAZR in silver. It's also available in red. It's a very cool looking phone. It also comes with a 2MP pixel camera along with a video camera and an MP3 player. It comes with a USB cable so I can download to my PC. It doesn't come with a headset but it does have Bluetooth capability. I may buy a headset. I haven't decided yet. It has a video player so I can probably download music videos if I want. I'm not big on watching videos or using the internet on my phone. It is compatible with Myxertones so I plan to download free ringtones & wallpaper there. It comes with earbuds so I may look at the Rogers Music Store for some music. They have an Unlimited program that might be interesting. I just charged it so I haven't had time to play with it yet. Thanks very much to Mark Klapper at the Rogers kiosk at Cloverdale Mall for setting it up for me. They even let me keep my old phone in case I need a backup. I'm happy with my choice.