T-Mobile, SDA -- Piece of Shit

OK, I'll start by saying I'm a Mac user and this phone runs the Windows Mobile OS. That means some sync functions don't work and you might think I'm biased.

But, bias aside, I'd like to start talking about some of the reasons why I'm willing to throw out a $200 phone and buy an iPhone when it's released.

After several months of frustration with the phone, I think I've finally found the interface element that defines the Windows Mobile OS experience. So, this phone has Solitaire. I play it every now and again. If you don't know the game, it's a card game that involves pulling cards from a stack.

So, there's your hand and there's the stack. You play your hand and want to pull from the stack so you hit the "menu" button that has two options: "Draw" and "New Game". The problem is, "New Game" is the default option. So in order to draw a card via the options menu, you have to hit "Options", then click down, then click "Draw". If you forget to click down, your game is canceled without warning and without the ability to undo.

AWESOME.

So, as annoying as the menu is, the "New Game" option being the default wipes out your current game without any warning or ability to revert back to the original game.

Did I mention: AWESOME!

This is just one of many, um, "quirks", the SDA has. I hope to be able to sell you my phone for $150 so you can experience them all first hand.