Should I wait till after CES 2011 to get a new cell phone from Verizon?

by J. McPherskesen

I need a new phone, and I want the best phone out. So should I get the Droid X for Verizon for xmas, or should I wait till after CES 2011 to get a new cell phone for Verizon?

Answer by Robert
Trust me, there will be some new phones coming out for Verizon around CES 2011. You’re going to want to wait.

What do you think? Answer below!

We ignore the people who love us, in order to carry on conversations of dubious relevance


Image by Ed Yourdon
This couple was sitting at one of the outside tables at a Le Pain Quotidien restaurant, located on Broadway between 91st and 92nd Street. I had the impression that the young man had been staring at the woman for several minutes while she pecked away at the keyboard of her Blackberry device…

Note: this photo was published in a June 2009 BooRah blog about Le Pain Quotidien. It was also publised in an Aug 5, 2009 blog titled "Keep Talking, I'm Listening – NOT."

Moving into 2010, the photo was published in a Mar 3, 2010 blog titled "A Romantic Moment: Something to Savor or Broadcast?" And it was published in an Apr 13, 2010 Romanian blog titled "Cat rezisti fara telefon." It was also published in a Jun 8, 2010 blog titled "Hedging Your Bets." And it was published in an undated (late Sep 2010) blog titled "Lots Of Phone Cases For You." It was also published in a Dec 9, 2010 blog titled "Presently Somewhere Else."

Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Mar 22, 2011 blog titled "My Life Without A Cell Phone: An Amazing Tale Of Survival."

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Looking back on some old photos from 40-50 years ago, I was struck by how visible the differences were between the culture of then, versus the culture of now. In some cases, it was evident from the things people wore, or carried, or did, back then which they no longer do today. But sometimes it was the opposite: things that didn’t exist back in the 1960s and 1970s have become a pervasive part of today’s culture.

A good example is the cellphone: 20 years ago, it simply didn’t exist. Even ten years ago, it was a relatively uncommon sight, and usually only on major streets of big cities. Today, of course, cell phones are everywhere, and everyone is using them in a variety of culture contexts.

However, I don’t think this is a permanent phenomenon; after all, if you think back to the early 1980s, you probably would have seen a lot of people carrying Sony Walkmans, or "boom-box" portable radios — all of which have disappeared…

If Moore’s Law (which basically says that computers double in power every 18 months) holds up for another decade, then we’ll have computerized gadgets approximately 100 times smaller, faster, cheaper, and better — which means far better integration of music, camera, messaging, and phone, but also the possibility of the devices being so tiny that they’re embedded into our eyeglasses, our earrings, or a tattoo on our forehead.

So the point of this album is to provide a frame of reference — so that we can (hopefully) look back 10-20 years from now, and say, "Wasn’t it really weird that we behaved in such bizarre ways while we interacted with those primitive devices?"

So..my parents just got new cell phones and I can’t get an upgrade until about December of 2011. What new phones will be out around then? Or some ideas of the future phones? (For Sprint)

Answer by X Casual X
well the iphone is most likely going to be available for all major carriers…its NOT going to stay an at&t exclusive.

I bet you anything that there will be a new iphone next june…

every year around june they have released new iphones
first came the iphone 2g, iphone 3g, iphone 3gs, iphone 4g

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