[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Happy Happy Joy Joy

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Happy Happy Joy Joy
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   I am finally retiring - no, firing - my crappy old Kyocera KE414 cell
   phone today. It arrived unsolicited as part of a scheduled upgrade a
   couple of years ago and was a clear downgrade from my first Kyocera
   phone.
   Here is the office, I now get two bars instead of one, four if I raise
   the antenna. (There is no extendable antenna on the KE414.) My wife
   noticed the improved voice quality immediately when I called her on my
   new Sanyo 4930.
   This phone isn't for everybody. There's no hinged cover, it has no
   camera which I didn't want anyway, and it's not exactly "razor" thin.
   No, this has a big battery instead, supposedly good for over 5 hours
   talking or up to 7 days not. I'll see.
   Another interesting feature is a quick to use voice recorder. I can
   use this to record what I eat or exert for later transcription into
   the Weight Watchers website.
   I could wish for bigger buttons I suppose, but even they seem slightly
   better positioned. I'm just glad someone is resisting the trend of
   making everything ever smaller.