I think I’m going to vote for Schwarzen-whatisit for Governor. I have no idea if he’s qualified or would do a good job, I just know it’s going to be damn entertaining to watch this guy try to run the state. I have no plans to be a permanent resident of California anyway, so bring on the fun! If he screws things up more than they already are, there’s one more reason to move back to New England.

So far I’ve enjoyed all the punny headlines the media has come up with – “Total Recall”, “The Governator” and “The Running Man”.

Alright, less blogging talk, more blogging action! I’ve had a work blog for a while, but I’ve got enough random thoughts zooming around my head that it’s time I unleash them on an unsuspecting world.

I’ve had my newest cell phone for 6 months now, and I already want a new one. Maybe I should have just gotten what I really wanted, which was a Treo. But $500 for a cell phone? Come on! It’s not really any cheaper now. I can get it for $150 off on Amazon, but you have to sign up for a new plan and phone number. I’m tired of carrying around my cell phone and my jornada, which is pissing me off because it doesn’t connect most of the time when I put it in the cradle. At least it isn’t doing that thing anymore where it would reboot my computer when I put it in the cradle. I’ve looked around at the newest phones and none of them are quite what I want. Why is this so difficult?

I think I’ll just list off features I want in my next phone. As soon as this phone come out, I’m getting it, no matter how much it costs!

1. Dual-band phone. It would really suck to have a single-band phone if you’re stranded in the boonies. Treo is single band.
   
2. Large color display. A lot of the current phones have large displays, but they could be larger.
   
3. Transflective display. Very annoying that I can’t see my jornada when outside.
   
4. Syncs continuously and flawlessly with Outlook. I shouldn’t have to hit some stupid Sync button. Only ActiveSync does this from what I can tell.
   
5. Syncs web pages. I use this to keep updated information handy.
   
6. Has good signal reception. I dumped my last phone because the reception was crap. If i can’t use my phone in my house, forget it.
   
7. Has an expansion port, like compact flash. I currently have a 256 MB compact flash card in my jornada. I wrote a script to pick 256MB of random music from my MP3 collection which I put on the card and use as sort of a poor man’s ipod when I walk to work. Then I guess it also needs to be able to play MP3s too.
   
8. Has a keyboard. Can’t beat this interface.
   
9. Syncs with Macs. I want my data at home too.
   
10. Probably has to be a Sprint phone. Locked in that contract for another 6 months at least. People are still calling my old phone number, so I don’t want to have to change it again.
    
11. Is relatively small. I need to be able to fit this in my pocket.
    
12. Has a dock. Connecting a cable to charge all the time is a pain.

I think the closest phone to match all these criteria is the Toshiba 2032. It’s $700 and still doesn’t have features 1, 8, 9 or 11. The Treo is missing 1, 4 and 7. #12 is $50 extra! The Palm Tungsten W looks promising except for #10 and the fact you always need to use the headset. Dumb. The Kyocera 7135 is also homing in, but not quite there. The Samsung SPH-i330 is also close, but lacks other critical features.

I guess if I ever really want Mac syncing, I’m going to have to go with PalmOS, but I don’t really like it. It’s braindead. The contact fields are so limited. And why would you have a button that pulls down a menu bar?

I’d like to be cryogenically frozen, please, until my cell phone is ready for me.