Last night KT and I had a blast out in public with a concert and dinner all child free. Well, at least free of our children which is a nice change for the wife. We had some terriyaki dishes for dinner at our local Japanese haunt and lost some of our hearing at the Uptown Theater where we saw Beck and MGMT. My lovely bride has a little mini review up (along with some fabulous though unrelated photos). I thought it was fun and felt only slightly out of place, derived from really not getting out much.I’m pretty tired today, but I probably got just as much sleep as I had the night before

KT spent the first part of the evening setting up her phone while we waited for MGMT to start. We both got new phones on Sunday, and apparently that was the best time to move all her numbers. I had my phone set up with new themes and ringtones by late Sunday night. KT got the Samsung SGH-a737 and I got the Sony Ericsson w350. I also have another device I’m trying out for work, which might be one of the nicer PocketPC devices I’ve ever used, the Sprint Touch Diamond. I don’t have a picture of KT’s new phone, but I figured I’d take a picture of my two new ones. Blackberry Pearl not pictured, since it was taking the picture.

So far I’m pleased with the Diamond from a usage perspective, but totally underwhelmed by battery life. We’ll see how it goes after I tweak some of the possibly offensive settings. The screen on this device is awesome. Best I’ve ever seen on a Windows Mobile handset.  The W350 appears to be worth the $30 it cost so far. I went into the store wanting the smallest phone they had and this looks pretty much like it. My new phone reminds my greatly of the second cel phone I ever bought, it was some kind of Ericsson model from before the Sony merger. It might have been this one, but I’ll be damned if I can remember exactly. That phone ended up being KT’s first phone, though somewhere during her ownership it lost the flip piece and ended up with a bolt glued in place of the original antenna. That bolt did get great reception.

The other fun part of our new phones is that we hopped on a family plan with my in-laws, so now we have unlimited text messaging and a cheaper plan. Anything that is “cheaper” appeals to KT greatly, so all are happy now. Thanks Sarah! I also like dragging KT into the age of texting, although her first messages to me were spelled very creatively.