4.) AT&T Wireless - Ericsson T60

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Wow. It actually took a minute to find a picture of this phone. I don't really remember the reasons why I bought this one. There was nothing really special about it, except that it had a joystick instead of a d-pad (which NO ONE else had at the time) It didn't do nothing special no ringtones, no nothing, one game (brick), but it was still a good phone. The lack of functionality and customization seriously paralyzed this experience tho.

4.5) AT&T Wireless/Suncom - Ericsson T68

I never actually had this phone, but I'm including it anyways cuz i was sizing this phone up for so long. It was the first GSM phone I wanted (after the switch from TDMA), it was a COLOR screen, which was amazing. I was about to switch to Suncom because they were about to offer the phone. It was basically my old phone, but with a color screen. I'm kinda happy I didn't end up getting this one though, it looks a littly fruity now.

5.) T-Mobile - Nokia 3650

The switch to T-Mo. AT&T's plans were jus so sh*tty that I couldn't stay with them any longer, and VZW was just waay too exp. So I went ahead and tried out the newbie in the group. and got me a 757 number officially making me Norfolk. I was gonna get a flip phone, cuz i really wanted one, but all of them were so wack. I ended up getting this one for pretty cheap, and WOW. Circular keyboard, first phone wit a camera (for me), video, mp3's, and a WORLD of customization. This was probably my favorite phone that I ever had in all truthfulness. It lagged at times, and I bricked one of them by putting like 15 after market applications on it at once, but damn.. this was a great phone. And the circular keypad? I still think I can text just as fast on this that I can on a keyboard.

6.) T-Mobile - Sidekick II

I got it right before Xmas 2004. The Nokia had done alot, but I really wanted this one. It jus looked too tight, it had a full keyboard, a camera, and that's all I really needed to know before diving into this one. I had so many facecovers on this one, I almost forgot what it looked like without one.

7.) T-Mobile - Motorola Unlocked SLVR L9

I really don't know what it was about this phone that made me want it so bad. I had never used one, I didn't like RAZR's, I never even saw it in real life. I read about all the customization features, I wanted to go back to life without a keyboard, and I bit the bullet. I used it for like a month before I realized that this really wasn't a phone I could use day in day out. Oh well, at least its unlocked, so I can use it anywhere.

8.) T-Mobile - Sidekick 3

I just had to go back. I don't even know why I didn't upgrade to it after the SK2 in the first place. I wanted to be different and wound up being so dissatisfied. Even though sidekicks are a pain in the ass to customize, they are just a few steps away from being a really great phone. This one wasn't the lightyear jump that the SK2 was to the original, but there were still sum good upgrades.

Click on the link at the top for the beginning and the conclusion (BB Curve) to this post.

Overall, I like my BB, it defintiely has its advantages. Who knows, maybe one day I'll go back to the SK (SK4, you BETTER be an upgrade), cuz I played around with the LX, which is definitely sleeker, screen is bigger, but pretty much the exact same phone. If they can make the SK4 more like a standard OS, instead of its tried-and-true-yet-old-and-constricting OS, i might come back.. when's that due date again?