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10 Aug 2003

I’m shopping for a new cell phone. Every time I talk to a sales person at the store they point out that the phone has lots of games and polyphonic ringtones. They don’t even ask what’s important to me. Apparently they think that everyone buys a phone for the entertainment features. I suppose games would be nice to kill time if I’m waiting for an appointment or something, but I have no interest at all in polyphonic ringtones. Am I the only one that thinks they sound like elevator music played on a $15 Casio keyboard?

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