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A semi-regular thing we’ll be doing here: 4 ques­tions about some­thing that inter­ests us that might also inter­est you. This time it’s about cell phones.

What model cell phone do you cur­rently have?

Blaine: Being the card-holding Apple cult mem­ber I am, I have the lat­est ver­sion of Apple’s iPhone — the iPhone 3Gs — my third iPhone in 2 years.

Chris: Sony Eric­s­son W580i (white if you must know).

Michael: How do I check what kind of phone I have again? Actu­ally I have a Black­berry Storm. Can’t live with­out my Blackberry.

What is your favourite feature/ability/thing about that cell phone?

Blaine: It’s got to be the App Store — I have count­less appli­ca­tions on my phone. From a cam­era app that stitches a panoramic photo together for me or a pixel-perfect Twit­ter client that helps me tweet on the go, I’ve got tons of appli­ca­tions that extend the func­tion­al­ity of my phone.

Chris: I don’t really have a spe­cific fea­ture that I could nail down. I think that the way it some­times auto-dials my friends when I for­get to lock it is handy. Also the way it automag­i­cally starts the world’s worst media player when I attempt to dial is super neat. Like I said, so many great fea­tures I couldn’t pick just one. (There’s a heavy dose of sar­casm con­tained in this response. I hope you can pick it up!)

Michael: Viigo app. Keeps me up to date with live news, sports and social net­works. Doing this all in one app is pretty genius.

What is your least favourite feature/ability/thing about the phone?

Blaine: Rogers’ cov­er­age in Saskatchewan — hands down. I’d really like to go to Hum­boldt and be able to make a call or send a text.… but I can’t.

Chris: My least favourite fea­ture is also the fact that Rogers’ cov­er­age sucks in Saskatchewan. Run­ner up would be the fact that I still have a year left on my con­tract with this phone. But I can’t really blame the phone for that, can I?

Michael: Not being able to text while I drive. The press down touch screen makes it awk­ward to hold in one hand and press down the let­ters while I’m driving.

What phone would you upgrade to if you could right now?

Blaine:That’s a really tough ques­tion for me to answer, because at the moment there isn’t a phone to upgrade to — the iPhone is cur­rently the best mobile phone money can buy, in my opin­ion. Google seems to be test­ing a new phone called the Nexus One, which could be the next phone I buy, although that title changes monthly.

Chris: With­out ques­tion, I’d upgrade to an iPhone 3Gs. I’ve got a 1st gen­er­a­tion iPod touch so I know I love the inter­face and apps/app store — just bid­ding my time. If I wait long enough, maybe Apple will come out with a iPhone 3Gs2!

Michael: Not sure. I hear the iPhone is pretty cool and the Black­berry Tour is pretty nice, but I haven’t used either of them so I don’t know if I’d like them or not.

Want to play along?

We’d love to hear your thoughts. Dis­agree with Blaine’s assess­ment of the iPhone being the best mobile? Agree that Michael should dump his Black­berry for an iPhone? Think that I should learn to appre­ci­ate the auto-dialing nature of my mobile? Leave a com­ment or send me an email with your answers to 4 Ques­tions Related To: Cell Phones.