Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for more than nine years at the Austin American-Statesman and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity, MSNBC.com's books section and The Almost Late Show with Bobby Bones. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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2005 > November > 14 > Entry
By Omar Gallaga
| Monday, November 14, 2005, 12:05 PM
I’m no closer to buying a cell phone than I was in my last entry. The more research I do, the more mind-bogglingly complex a decision it seems.
And a two-year commitment for most good deals on cell phones? Man. Talk about commitment issues. I think you’re sweet and sexy, Motorola Razr, but I’m not sure I’m ready to get married to you just yet.
To add to my confusion is the realization, after struggling to call in by dictation two recent concert reviews, that I may need something more robust for sending text in on deadline. A Sidekick, maybe? A Treo 650? A Blackberry, even though I’m partial to Palm and Danger’s less corporate-seeming interfaces?
I still want: something small that I can fit in my pocket. But now I think I might need something with a full keyboard. Decisions, decisions…
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