bah.

so i broke down on saturday and got a new phone.

not a nokia.

oh sad.

actually, it's not too bad. it's a sonyericsson w580i. it does all sorts of things i don't care about, like plays music and browses the internet. but i admit i am impressed by the T9 predictive text messaging thing. or i was, until it decided "voicemail" wasn't a word. pfft.

the reason i needed to type "voicemail" in the first place is because the stupid girl at the at&t store didn't actually tell the phone that speed-dial 1 was supposed to call voicemail, even though she commented to me that she "had it all set up." now i really see the attraction to the activate-in-the-comfort-of-your-own-home iphone selling point.

the new phone is thinner than my nokia, but otherwise nearly the same dimensions. and it came with a handsfree kit and usb cable and everything, which was kind of cool. also, at&t/cingular doesn't cripple their phones, so the bluetooth happily talks to my mac.

now all i need is to get him to make me a simple ringing "ringtone" and upload it onto the phone. stupid phone manufacturers not loading a simple ring sound on their phones. some of us don't want our phones to play crappy music at everyone. marketing morons. geez.