> Mobile Office: Upgrade

It's official; I'm a convert. I used to talk really bad about this thing but I can't do that anymore. Of course there are trade offs... But I deem them worthy.

What the heck am I talking about? Simple; my new Mobile Office: the PPC6700, from Sprint.

See, I used to be a faithful fan of the PPC6600, but then the mic on that model went bad. It made no sense to me that I had to put on a headset to make a phone call, 'cause that's not always practical. Or feasible. Since Sprint doesn't sell the 6600 in my area anymore, and I was still under warranty, they made good on their promise and traded me up at no cost.

I must mention the fact that Sprint's not 'selling' the PPC6700 anymore either, but who cares? I guarantee that if you walked into a Sprint PCS store right now you could be one because people with little or no 'vision' have returned theirs.

Sure the screen is 25% smaller... EVERYTHING ELSE IS BETTER. In fact, the only real drawbacks are the fact that I got used to the SD card and whopping 128MB of RAM that's on the 6600...The 6700 uses SD Mini cards and only has 64MB. other than that the entire experience is better. AND I now have wifi on the phone so I can actually be remotely productive without my laptop. AND now I can easily tether my laptop to the phone so I have an instant ISP anywhere I get a digital signal.
Which I had to do for a solid 8 days because Comcast 'accidentally' destroyed my cable modem when they experienced some freak catastrophic event that happened on Sunday before last that took out nearly 100% of subscriber internet service in my city for several hours. I had to do my own sleuthing to figure out what was wrong because 7 out of the 10 people I spoke with over the course of the outage didn't have a clue. I hope they take responsibility for their side of things and reimburse me for my lost days of service and new modem purchase. I had to raise holy hell before someone offered me a credit without me having to ask for it.

Don't ask; it's a REALLY long story and my wife's sleeping so I can't bang away at my keyboard because the keys on this thing clack just like a full-size keyboard. Did I fail to mention that I'm in the bed right now? Good-ness, this thing is so HANDY.

See, this actually a venting session because I'm having problems relating with our female puppy. Her personality is taking shape and I don't like several of the habits she's developed. The wife doesn't think I'm lenient enough... What can I say? A bad habit is a bad habit. Stupid is as stupid does, right? Anyway, she always takes the girl's side and that alone is frustrating, forget the fact that sometimes I get mad when I simply look at the dog. I don't get it 'cause I don't have these problems with the boy. He's completely undisciplined and unruly, but he is a joy to be around, always.

Oh well. I better get some rest. My eyes are closing and I'm getting paranoid about dropping my phone.

Grace & Peace be unto you.