Phone Evolution

Do you remember your first mobile phone? Well I certainly do. I had my first mobile phone when I was in my college days. Boy how technology has advance. Can you believe my first phone was so ancient it didn't have caller ID and the "phone book" only stores 9 numbers without knowing the name of the person!? As time goes on, I kept upgrading my phone. Here are list of phones that I use to own over a period of 8 years in ascending order:

1 . Motorola MicroTAC

This was my very first phone. Like I said, it can only store up to 9 numbers on the phone memory, and it does not have a SIM card! Worse still, the numbers are stored from 1-9 (accesible via the keypad..how cool!) and you must memorize each phone number location as they don't have a phone book function which tells you who the numbers belong to.

Best feature: Heavy enough to kill a dog and to be use as a weapon!




2. Alcatel One Touch Club

My second phone, which is also my first digital phone (yay!). My dad got this phone for me and my brother in a promo where you get 2 phones at a cheaper price! It is with this phone when I first got my Maxis number. I was so amazed then that this phone can change ringtones and it has Caller ID!

Best feature: Changeable covers (wow!)



3. Siemens C35

My third phone and my first phone that I actually bought with my own savings. I actually got conned buying this phone (I was naive back then), as I got it at a really cheap price. But guess why is that? Because the damn warranty is only valid in Germany! I found out the hard way when I took it back to be repaired within a year. This is when I first found out about "underwater" phones! Oh well, hard way to learn eh?

Best feature: Small and lightweight. It has animation and screensaver (woooooo!)




4. Siemens SL45

My second Siemens phone. During this time, a lot of people are in awe with this phone, as it has a lot of cool features (back then). It was one of the first phones in the market to be able to play MP3 and have a removable memory card slot. I still have this phone at home and it still works! It also my first phone to be able to play midi ringtones.


Best feature: MP3 Player and memory card slot




5. Nokia 6100

My very first color phone. It has a 4k color screen, GPRS, and my first phone to play polyphonic ringtones, and to have a wallpaper function. It also allows you to install Java games. I sold this phone to a friend and got an upgraded version.

Best feature: Color screen & GPRS (nothing much to shout about but a real upgrade from the previous phone.)






6. Nokia 6230

An upgrade of my Nokia 6100. It has 65k color screen, a radio function, and also plays MP3s as ringtones. It's also my first phone to have a camera! This phone also have a memory card slot which allows you to store data. It's also my first phone to have Bluetooth technology. Sold this phone to a friend.

Best feature: Bluetooth, MP3 ringtones and camera






7. O2 XPhone II

My first Smartphone! It rides one Windows Mobile. It has 65k color screen. It has a camera. It has Bluetooth. It plays MP3s. It has a memory card slot. It operates exactly like Windows, but with limited features (it has MSN Messenger, Winzip, notepad and able to view Adobe PDF docs - cool eh?). It is also able to sync with Microsoft Outlook. This phone made heads turned, as it was cool (and still is!). I'm still having this phone and it's still working. It's now my official backup phone.

Best feature: Windows Mobile (need I say more?)




8. Nokia N80

My current phone. The "ultimate" phone (for now). It has 3G and Wi-Fi capabilities, a 3 Megapixel camera (with flash), 256k color screen, hot-swappable memory card slot, Media Player, able to open Microsoft Office applications, opens PDF and Zip files...what more do you need??

Best Feature: All of the above