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The perfect cellphone (revisited)

Evolution of the mobile phone
Evolution of the cellphone | Via Wikicommons

In April 2008, Laurie and I were on the search for new cellphones. We both ended up with a BlackBerry Curve, which met almost every thing on my dream list at the time.

I went on and upgraded to a newer BlackBerry Curve and she moved to the iPhone 3G.

And now I’m sporting a G1 running Froyo after my BlackBerry took a nose dive on our new tile floor.

I try not to be too picky about my cellphones, but for the initial (and monthly) cost, I do have my preferences.

So I think its time to upgrade my wishlist for the perfect cellphone (especially considering with the recent advances in phones like iPhone 4, Evo 4G and Droid X) in hopes that some carrier and manufacturer will get this all together by the time my contract is up in April 2011.
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Cingular is now AT&T

I have no idea why, I have a better understanding now after talking to a Cingular rep, but Cingular Wireless is now AT&T.

1st Cingular bought out AT&T Wireless in Oct 2004. AT&T Wireless was a stand alone company not owned by AT&T.
2nd AT&T bought out SBC and their mobile carrier, Cingular SBC bought out AT&T and dropped the SBC name and became AT&T, due to the world wide brand recognition and admiration
3rd The new AT&T bought out Bell South, a partial owner in Cingular
3rd4th After one owner goes away, Cingular changes its name to AT&T to clarify the connection between Cingular and AT&T

Oh brother… I hope that all made sense. I guess if you’ve got the money to spend on re-marketing, go for it.
Granted anytime you can gain market recognition and admiration you may as well do it.
A Cingular PR rep told me the new branding of Cingular could take six months or more, similar to when SBC became AT&T.
Cingular customers will see no difference in their service or how they pay their bill other than a new name.