What the Cell?

So I FINALLY got around to ditching my old cell phone. Well not literally since I have it in my backpack still. I don't really know what I'll do with it. The last time I got a new cell phone was because I lost its predecessor while suffering from extreme heat exhaustion/dehydration. Prior to that the last phone I used up was broken, and upon being replaced I summarily dismantled the old one because I'm a geek and thought it would be fun.

At any rate, the old cell phone has been turned off, perhaps never to be turned on again. Then again, one of the reasons I needed a new cell phone was because that one kept turning on, despite its not being off to begin with. Perhaps if I opened this one up I'd find gremlins, but since I tend to have a lot of water around me that might be dangerous for all mankind.

I managed to get out to the Sprint store over the weekend, and for once they actually were open AND had the phone I was looking for, the Sanyo M1.
Despite my initial objections to the mp3 controls on the front reminiscent of an ipod, and its lack of an extendable antenna, it looked to have pretty much anything else I might want. It's got bluetooth, nice fancy pants Sprint Power Vision features. I doubt I will really use it much as an mp3 player, but I think I get 4 free songs a month from the sprint music store with the plan I went with and the phone has a full gigabyte of storage space, so I might as well download stuff. It has a 2.0 megapixel camera that actually has a focus feature.

I find the layout and key sensitivity adequate for texting, and the screen is nice and crisp, including the outside LCD. Haven't much tested out its battery since I am pretty much ingrained into my habit of needing to plug my phone in when I get home. Some other nifty features which I have since found include multiple vibrate settings(You know you want it ladies!), handy news, sports and weather updates(including radar!). It also supports sprint TV, but I haven't yet had an opportunity to check that out. I can plug it into my computer via USB, but I don't yet know why I would.

Too make a long story short.... I like my new phone and its a lot nicer than my last one. Now you know.