Yet another new phone.....

Yes, you read that right - I have a new cell phone. I finally retired my beloved Keybo. I purchased my Keybo back in September 2008 as a pay and talk phone that I switched over to a post paid account. The Keybo did everything I needed it to do....phone calls (imagine), texting (what a shock) and websurfing - albeit limited abilities when it comes to surfing, but, what more do you want from a CDMA phone.......(surfed using Opera Mini, which I installed once I managed to hack into the phone - at the time, all d/l of Opera were restricted by my provider - thank god for BitPim)

My title being "Yet another new phone", anyone who knows me - knows that I'm a bit of a techo-geek, and I love gadgets (thanks Dad). First I had an HTC Snap - which was a fine phone, but, it was with that phone that I discovered that there wasn't much difference between a 'dumb' phone and smartphone - other than the cost of the monthly cell plan. Next was a new LG BL40 aka New Chocolate - now THAT was a sweet phone.....God it was a sweet phone. Tempered glass, 16 million (yes million) colors, widescreen format, mobile Dolby sound, the ability to hook it up to a television should you want to view via the phone, touch screen...BUT (this is a bit but) my cell provider classed this as a smartphone, when in reality, it wasn't. It was a beauty of a phone....but ended up returning it. Next was the Motorola Backflip (I think of this as a baby Android), running Android 1.5 with no upgrade planned in the near future. This was an OK phone, and I mean, OK. I didn't activate it on the network, I brought it home so I could play with it via wifi. Get a feel for it - see if it was really something I wanted/needed - and the answer was a big fat nada. The 1.5 ran slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww......very very slow.

I discovered this INQ (pronounced "ink") Chat 3G last week - it's a HSPA phone (network replacing CDMA). It looks like a BB without being a BB. INQ apparently was going for the BB look - and they succeeded. I've had it almost a week, and I have little or no desire to return it (which is a feat in itself with me). The phone comes with PC Suite software so you can backup everything on your phone (contacts, calendar, music, messages, photos etc...) The is the INQ Hub where you can d/l apps for the phone as they become available, upgrade the o/s (which is basic BREW), and more (I suppose). The only downside/thing I didn't really like about this phone is/was it's basic operating guide. Thank god for PCs, as this was the only way that I could actually find a user guide on their website. The phone has a 3.2 mp camera/video camera, mp3 player, radio (usable only with the mini-usb headphones) and came pre-installed with Opera Mini 5. The UK version of the phone had Skype as an application - but both of the Canadian providers have had it removed - why? Who knows? Perhaps the network couldn't support the Skype technology. There are widgets that you can have on your main screen (which are removable YAY) for direct link to Facebook, Twitter, Google, Weather Network and world clock and up to 3 RSS feeds, OH another wonderful feature of this phone....5 different alarms...yes 5 - I think that in itself if fan-freaking-tastic.

Enough for now. I'll write more later about this new acquisition.
TTFN