The Motorola Startac was a small, light, easy-to-use and ultra-reliable clamshell cellphone. My new device is bigger, heavier, and has fewer features. Of course, if I’m willing to endure battery life of about 4 hours, I can soup up my iPhone (yep, that’s my new device) with an array of amazing features… Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G, audio equalizer, and so on. However, in order to be able to make and [more importantly] receive phone calls throughout the day, I’ve had to disable all of these nifty features.

So what am I left with? A heavy, large device with touch operation that has proven to be much less convenient than the straightforward operation of cellphones such as the Startac. And it doesn’t even fold!

My previous device was a Blackberry Curve. The battery would last nearly 3 days with normal (light) operation, or about 2 days with a lot of calls. If I wanted to listen to music on the bus to and from work (and hour and a half each way) I would still get over a day’s use).

I figured I’d try out the iPhone to see what all the fuss was about. But, what good are all the iPhone features if I can’t use them? And I don’t even want to think about dropping my iPhone. Can’t even remember how many times my Startac hit the floor – and I never had a problem. *sheesh* Gotta get myself another Startac – now that was a classic!