Meet my new phone

Well folks, I lost my old Nokia. I don't exactly remember how I lost it but it had something to do with one of my shirt/pant pockets, a traffic signal, a missed call and my bike. I retained my old number and blocked the sim but couldn't block my phone as I did not have neither the IMEI number nor the original bill. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Bright side: New phone. Meet the Sony Ericsson W300i Walkman Phone. I had got the exact same phone for my sis last month. Its beautiful, by the way. Sounds good too.

The biggest surprise for me though, was its stable and fast OS, and the highly customisable Java MIDP2 software. Lots of applications, and feels much better than the more expensive Symbian phones.

After some heavy bargaining by my friend Sahil (an old hand at such things), we got the phone (inclusive of taxes) for Rs.7000/- I'd say its the best deal today.

I got and recommend the following applications. Download them from 4shared or getjar.com as part of a pack.

Google Mail
Google Maps (data intensive, eats your phone bill)
Opera Mini (kick ass. you MUST have it)
Oxford Dictionary
VLK GPS (its doesn't have GPS but can communicate with a GPS device via Bluetooth)
Compass (Yes, it works!!)

Some good games
NFS Carbon
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Sudoku
Sonic the Hedgehog - Amazing resemblance to the Sega original

The only reason I even liked Nokia/Symbian phones were for its applications and installable games. So long, Nokia.

Um yeah, one last thing. I totally love this phone.