old phone phylogeny

scientific classification

kingdom: mobilia

phylum: samsunga

class: flipa

order: grayscalaga

suborder: bluelightaga

family: heavynieus

genus: ugly

species: brick

circa 2001

does anyone remember these? these phones, which were around when i was 11 years old, had black and white screens. whenever you touched a button, the screen lit up in a, actually, rather aesthetically pleasing blue. menus are a mess and sending text messages with the clearly ancient t9 can be quite strenuous, but when you have graphic intensive games such as push push and fly ribbon and spider hunter pre-installed, who cares? did i mention its solid feel and soft silver sheen? 

this, my friend, is a true piece of work. one that i have been using because verizon wouldn't give me a new glyde. not that i wanted one anyways, but it sure beats this fossil. well, july 12th, or sometime, verizon's releasing the new blackberry tour.

 i'm a big boy now.