what you see is what you buy

i had only one thing in mind coming out of the office that afternoon: get those damn radiohead cds. and i did.

so, finally i have a radiohead collection! i actually bought all three cds last friday. heheheh. and the weird thing is, i haven't even listened to all of them... i didn't even finish ok computer... gaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!

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i love gadgets. i've owned my fair share, from mobile phones to discman to palm pda to laptop. even if i can't afford to buy everything i wanted, i still keep pretty updated. it helps to be friends with i.t. people and when your seatmate at work has a cellphone business.

the problem with losing your mobile phone is that it forces you to choose among all the different kinds available in the market today. ultimately i really wanted a blackberry, ever since i noticed its steady improvement from mere organizer to mobile email device, though it's running behind on the aesthetic aspect. however, wanting a blackberry might point you in the direction of the smartphones, with the pda plus camera plus music player. and these phones don't come cheap. i'm thinking p990, but it hasn't come out yet. w950i would also be great, but it doesn't seem to be worth spending that much money on it and get no camera. i mean, if you're thinking of spending a whole lot, better get all that stuff in.

on the other hand, i'm thinking of getting a simpler phone as a stop-gap. the whole point is having a mobile phone with little clutter, just the basic call and text (and maybe gprs for when you get bored) in color display. without the color, i would have just gone back to my trusty 6-yr-old nokia 3210, except that it's like having a brick in your bag. i almost bought the motorola l6 when my cellphone-dealing officemate took me with her to her supplier, and she got the pink one for herself. it was so cute! and so light! and it has cool games!

but the thing is, if i had gotten that stop-gap phone i would still have wanted the pda phone thing, and it would have been an additional expense with little use. i still have that company-issued mobile for the basic functions (i was soooo lucky i had it because i would have been incommunicado for the last 2 weeks). so what's stopping me from getting the pda thing? well, aside from the usual budget restrictions (my money is planned down to the last centavo until september next year), there's the confusion on what model to get. as i said, p990 is the frontrunner but i'm trying to look for other suitable contenders. besides, it appears that the p990 radio will not function with a bluetooth headset and it's so important for security reasons. though why i keep harping on the music functions when i'm planning to get an ipod video anyway (with matching ituner)... i'm just really mixed up i guess.

here's where you come in. i really need your thoughts on this. should i get the stop-gap phone, and which model? the blackberry, though it doesn't have a radio and it looks too formal? the p990 or some other pda phone, like the motorola q? should i go for a phone with video call functionality? should i disregard the radio because of the ipod i'm planning to get? or should i discard the ipod in favor of the sony walkman functionality? so many choices, so little money. and to think they'll all be obsolete in three years' time.

song of the week: marty casey, everlong (from rock star: inxs)