Bas Tichelaar’s Weblog

Accountmanager @ Cisco

The ultimate phone?

I’m a gadgetfreak. Almost every half year I buy a new phone. Not because I have to, but because I want to. A chronological list of the phones I’ve had:

  • Mitsubishi Trium Galaxy (yay, my first phone!)
  • Panasonic GD90
  • Nokia 6210
  • Nokia 8310
  • Nokia 7650
  • SonyEricsson P800
  • SonyEricsson P900
  • Nokia 6230
  • Samsung D500
  • Qtek S100
  • Nokia 9300
  • Siemens M65
  • Palm Treo 680
  • Samsung i600
  • HTC Tytn II

And now I’ve ordered a Nokia E71. In the list above there was always something wrong with each device: unstable, too big, no 3G, slow, bad calendar etcetera. My favourite device was the Palm Treo 680. Palm has a wonderful OS. It doesn’t look very modern, but the usability was excellent. If it had 3G, I would have kept the device. But my provider (Telfort) stopped providing EDGE connectivity, so I was forced to buy a new phone.

Now let’s hope the E71 meets my expectations, and I hope this is the device that lasts longer than my previous devices! Will this be my ultimate phone?