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Joey DoWop Dee
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> I had a 5190, too, but as soon as the 8290 came along, I was *there*!
Ah, the 8290- my first Vstream phone... I still have it. occasionally I
still stick my SIM in it when I go to places like the beach where I'm
afraid to take my MDA for fear of damage.
> I used
> to pull that out of my pocket and everyone went wild:
> Look how small it is!
> Does it really work?
> Wow!... etc.
I used to get the same reaction. At the time I also had an 8260 (the
TDMA/analog version) on Cingular.
> I still think Nokia makes (made?) the best phones although I don't have one
> now.
Until about two years ago, I had never owned a non-Nokia phone.
Joey DoWop Dee - 11 Feb 2007 17:37 GMT
>> I had a 5190, too, but as soon as the 8290 came along, I was *there*!
>
> Ah, the 8290- my first Vstream phone... I still have it. occasionally I
> still stick my SIM in it when I go to places like the beach where I'm
> afraid to take my MDA for fear of damage.
You bring up a sad memory, speaking of the beach: My last 8290 ended up in
the drink, in my buddy's pocket. He had borrowed it, jumped overboard to
untangle a painter that had wrapped around a prop. I thought "Surely he's not
carrying my phone..." but he was. Alas, good-bye 8290.

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