New phone purchase

Well, I bought a new phone last week. I finally had enough with the crapped out speaker on my Mot V551 and went into my local Cingular store.

They had the new Samsung SGH-zx10 which is Cingular's first 3G devic, so I stepped up.

It comes with the new Cingular Video (CV) application which is Cingular's response to Sprint TV and Verizon's VCast. The phone was $149 with a 2 year plan and I'm paying $60 per month for voice (900 minutes) and $20 a month for Media Net unlimited data.

I haven't played around with the phone too much over the past few days but my initial response is extremely favorable. The video service looks exceptional and although 3G coverage is still limited, it has worked fine for me around town the past few days.

The salesperson said that the marketing blitz should kick in this week.