I can walk, and other drama
My foot is normal size and I can walk around on it as long as I’m very careful. This is exciting. I’m slower while walking than I am on crutches–which annoys me to no end–but I can at least walk.
I almost bought a new cell phone today. I picked up a Samsung A717 at a local Cingular store, but after an hour of playing with it I decided that I didn’t like it and took it back. I am so used to my Cingular 2125 I’m afraid I’ll need something simliar in it’s calling interface in order to be happy. Especially since that is my primary use for a cell phone. On my 2125 if I want to call someone, I simply start typing their name on my keypad and it automagically shows me matches against my contacts list. On the Sammy, I was forced to enter the contacts application (an additional 2 keystrokes) and then do my search. To most people two additional keystrokes isn’t a big deal. But, to someone who did undergraduate research in HCI, an additional two keystrokes is unacceptable; a waste of approximately 200 milliseconds of my time. Well, until I got used to the Samsung’s interface had I chose to keep it.
Overall I suppose the A717 is a pretty cool phone, but it seems a bit thin to me–like butter spread over too much toast. I’m thinking about picking up a Cingular 3125. It’s the flip version of my current phone. Hopefully it has better hardware though, because my 2125 is in it’s death throes after two or so years.
Dave said,
June 29, 2007 @ 11:53 pm
The Windows Smartphone easy dialing method was by far the best thing about them! That’s the thing I miss most when I jumped ship from Ma Bell, and went to Sprint. I wonder if the A717 uses the stock Sammy interface, or if it uses a custom one… The stock interface takes a little getting used to after using WM5 from the 2125, but it’s doable. I love my Sammy M610, which is the official king of reception. I’ve only dropped one call while using Sprint’s 1900mhz PCS network over Bowling Gap, and for those of you who know where that is, that’s really saying a lot! Though, it does help that the nearest site(mostly known as “towers”) is right above the EMC HQ in Young Harris. Though, within a couple months, there will be a working site on Bowling Gap for all the poor souls getting screwed royally by Communiust Wireless. You know who you are! Yes I do roam off of them, quite often actually, but I’m not paying them one red cent for it, and never will!