An ode to my trusted cellphone !!

I've easily gotten bored by the many tech-gadgets that I have bought over time, but if there is one that stuck with me for about 3 years and makes me swear by it, it is my trusted cellphone. For laughs, you won't believe me ... it's so inseparable that I once slid under my shower oblivious of still wielding it. Made by none other than the tech-numero uno with many firsts-to-market to it's credit, Sony, the phone boasted when it penetrated the market, of some of the best and comprehensive features compacted into a single hand-held gadget which is now made common-place by the technology followers.

For example, it came with a crisp 2.0 Meg camera, a 2.0 Gig extended memory facility in which I could save our full-length church sermons, the best sound quality and headphones, a camera flash that doubles as a handy torch during suburban Chennai's blackouts, an FM radio that helps stay tuned with the Indo-Pak cricket "war", a feature for quick recording of meeting calls for later replay, an enviable teleconferencing facility, a GPRS feature and so on. In summary, it was the one gadget that clarified Thomas Friedman's definition of "digital convergence" to me, that is now all set to rule the world.

Given that I find it so handy and am used to it's elaborate features, it is growingly difficult to wean it from me. For now, I well understand why oldies of yesteryears swore by the Bajajs, Ambis, Batas and IOBs and made it their world and would still like to. But, even as you finish your read here and have by now concluded that I'm nuts, allow me to demystify my trusted aide to you. He is .. the "Sony 750i". I'll love you mate...until death do us part.