All that Glitters
20 May 2008 | Filed Under: Design + Domesticities + Technology
So a couple of weeks ago I lost my phone, and while I enjoyed the momentary respite afforded by having nobody ring me, this is 2008 and a girl needs a phone. Over the course of a few retail trips, I had pretty much convinced myself to drop €400 on an iPhone, mostly just because I thought I should have one. But the iPhone, for all its wonders, has one major failing: it does not come in pink.
Which more or less explains why I instead walked out of The Carphone Warehouse with a Sony Ericson W580i Walkman™ Phone that cost, after trading in an old phone and signing up for the Meteor calling plan I wanted anyway, a grand total of €29. (Please note: I also have a new number - 085 702 8212.)
It is very, very pink. The front is pink. The back is pink. Slide it open, and the rear slide panel is practically fuchsia and glitters like a Barbie disco ball. The earbuds, too, are pink, as is the mic jack.
But my absolute favourite part is when you open it up, it has little pink rhinestones in between the numbers:
This phone is, in short, every 9 year old girl’s telecommunications dream. Given that I actually was 9 years old when I got my very first Walkman back in 1981, I’m enjoying the retro flashback. Back then, they were approximately the size of a paperback, weighed as much as a small child, and used this old fashioned music recording device called a tape. If you shook or dropped it, it would skip. Nowadays, if I want to randomise my MP3 playlist on this thing, I can just shake my phone and it mixes everything up without missing a beat.
I absolutely loved it even before I found out that dude, MY PHONE HAS THE SIMS ON IT. Okay, so it’s a lightweight and kind of lame version, but whatever: Sims! I has them! On my phone!
So anyway, despite new computers, new laptops and even new houses, as far as I’m concerned this is the best 30 quid I’ve spent in a long, long time. Sadly, our love affair so far as been torrid but all too brief: the phone refuses to charge. So tomorrow we’re going back to hopefully get that sorted, which is obviously critical.
Not because I’m desperate to take anyone’s calls, but because my Sims are waiting for me.
Damien Mulley says:
Screw it, I’m getting one too.
Tuesday, 20 May, 2008, 1:36 amDeborah says:
LMAO @ Damien! :)
That is freakin awesome! I was very upset when Motorola stopped making my phone in pink. Orange is just too manly and I wasn’t sure I wanted to deal with learning a new texting system by switching brand, but after seeing this I know I need to reconsider! So cool! :)
Tuesday, 20 May, 2008, 9:16 amElana says:
Pinkpinkpinkpinkpink!!! Who knew you were a pink girl? I would KILL for a pink iPhone. Maybe I’ll just take it to an auto body shop when in the US?
Tuesday, 20 May, 2008, 12:22 pmDarragh says:
Oh jaysis.
Best review of a phone I’ve read in a while, but still.
Really? Shake the phone and it randomises the playlist? that’s cool!
Tuesday, 20 May, 2008, 6:04 pmSabrina Dent says:
Yes! Seriously, you shake the phone and it randomises the playlist. I am not even making that up.
It actually takes it’s Walkman part pretty seriously and has a host of really nice audio features, but since I could never find anything on my old phone (Nokia: Our User Interface SUCKS OUT LOUD) I am not sure if they are new and exciting mobile music features or just stuff I can suddenly, you know, find.
In either case, I never bothered to put a single track on my old phone but on this one, I am totally feeling the music love.
Tuesday, 20 May, 2008, 6:15 pmCronoCloud Creeggan says:
The built in web browser is Netfront, so you should be able to use the Amazon MP3 store right on the phone. It see it also has Lumines. I want!
Thursday, 22 May, 2008, 5:33 amJo Murphy says:
See! I told you, embrace the pink!
Sadly my similar beautiful pink girl’s phone stopped working and they replaced it with a clunky black masculine one :(
And it doesn’t have a place to hang my phone charm, a teeny silver handbag embedded with pink crystals that went so well with the other. I’d send you it, but most of them had fallen out, I must admit. Go gotta get yourself one of them, girl.
Friday, 23 May, 2008, 8:28 pmSabrina Dent: Pixel Pushing Ireland » The Town Slapper says:
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