PhoneTalk

I can't friggin' believe it...

By David Frame Follow me on Twitter
Thursday, October 26, 2006 (permalink)

I am the world's biggest (cell phone) loser.

My Sidekick was stolen from my car this morning. My replacement cell phone I lost in Vegas still has that "new car smell", and now I'm headed down the replacement path again...

The spookiest thing of all was when I started getting blind copied (I set my Sidekick up to bbc my work email address when I send email) on e-mails from the crook that stole my phone, with the following subject lines:

subj: download software

subj: ringtone subscription

This immediately inspired me to cancel my morning meetings and take my own advice.

So this begs the question of whether I should bite the bullet and buy handset insurance this time around. At roughly $40 a year, I've historically been too cheap to bother, but man, these phones cost a fortune when you're not lighting up a new plan, and I'm beginning to think the insurance option is a good idea!

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