They have finally redeemed themselves. I got a call back from a nice man, in the 404 area code, informing me that all was right in my BlackBerry world. I can once again, send and receive pictures. Hallelujah!
I was so fucking thrilled that I almost screamed into the phone. THAT’S how ridiculously long I’ve been without picture messaging. I was, however, so overjoyed that he started laughing and said he wished he were here. I’m guessing he wanted a celebratory hug or something. I would have totally given him one.
Oh happy day!
Peace and multimedia.
I had such high hopes when I called AT&T customer service today to get my plan changed. The lady I spoke with was “I got a little drunk at lunch” nice, we confirmed repeatedly what I was getting, and I hung up with a sense of peace and happiness. I found myself mentally high-fiving Kathy (or was it Karen?) all the way to work.
Once home from work, I had more time to play with my new phone and it’s new features. It was then that I realized that I still could not send or receive multimedia and the Internet only worked via Wi-Fi. FACK!
I looked up the settings for both (on AT&T’s Web site) and put them in my phone. Internet: Check. Multimedia: Still no. FACK! The MAIN reason I kicked my iPhone to the curb was because it painfully lacked that feature. To most cell phone users, I’m sure this isn’t a big deal. To cell phone junkies like myself, however, it causes headaches and gas pains.
Soooo… I get to call back tomorrow and find out what the problem is. There are a million things I’d rather do than that, and they are all painful.
Oh yeah, and my voice mail doesn’t work either.
Peace, Brazilian waxes and bee stings.
Well, it’s official: I’m over the iPhone. It is pretty, and useful and I’ve enjoyed it very much- but with no multimedia messaging (or other features I need in a phone) in sight, I’m ready to move on.
This decision has been bittersweet, I must say. I LOVE the iPod, Google Maps & instant iTunes downloads. However, I really hate not being able to send or receive multimedia messages. Every time someone sends me anything other than a plain text, this is what I have to do: Go online (with my computer because iPhone also does not support Flash), log into AT&T’s junky-ass, Flash-based “multimedia center” (using a random username and password), then cross my fingers and hope that attempt was successful. Sometimes it is… sometimes it takes several tries. Either way, it’s a big pain in the ass and I’m over having to deal with that.
Another thing I’m “over” having to deal with is my monthly bill. It’s ridiculous. And since iPhone’s have their own plans, there isn’t a lot I can do about it. My bill this month is $123.00. Doesn’t matter… I’m getting out.
So I have already found the phone that makes my heart beat fast. However, said phone costs more than my iPhone did- so I was prepared to wait and save up like a good girl until I could afford it without having to sacrifice Dirty Porn Stars and hot wings. And then a brilliant idea came to me: CraigsList.
There is this nifty little area of CraigsList for bartering. So I posted an ad… My iPhone for My Dream Phone. And today I got an email from a very nice person willing to trade me his very new phone-of-my-dreams for my little iPhone. Yipee! After many email exchanges, the deal was made and it goes down Monday. I can hardly wait. Wish me luck. 
Peace and CraigsList happiness.
