One of my fellow cast members in the play has just gotten a Droid, and I can’t wait to see it at rehearsal tonight.
As for me, I had just about decided to wait a few months, save up some money, and buy an iPhone, or else move to Sprint and get an Android phone from them.
But I follow the AT&T Wireless promotional Twitter account, @ATTDeals, and they had a really good one-day sale on the HTC Pure, a touch-screen Windows Mobile 6.5 phone. It was only a penny with contract renewal, and it was a touch-screen smartphone, and I decided to go for it. Yes, I know that HTC is moving on and will concentrate on Android phones from this point forward. And I know that Microsoft is just about to release a spiffy new version 7 of its mobile phone software. But I think the Pure will be great for my needs. The camera is 5MB.
I placed my order on Friday, and the phone should arrive Monday or Tuesday.
Even better, I think I am still eligible for HTC’s “trade-in-your-old-smartphone” rebate offer. I didn’t think I was eligible for any rebate from AT&T, because of the special sale price, but they sent me a rebate form e-mail, and so I don’t guess it hurts anything for me to fill that out and send it in. The worst they can say is “no.”