{"id":374,"date":"2009-02-17T09:07:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T17:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=374"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:45","slug":"dont-judge-a-phone-by-its-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/17\/dont-judge-a-phone-by-its-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Judge a Phone By Its Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/17\/dont-judge-a-phone-by-its-cover\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2F17%2Fdont-judge-a-phone-by-its-cover%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>I used to work as an account rep for Nokia. Ugliest phones in the world, but they worked well&#8230; getting flawless reception where other manufacturers went dead.<\/p>\n<p>And they were always on the cutting edge of some trends.<\/p>\n<p>Would have been really cool to see <a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.cnet.com\/8301-13970_7-10165241-78.html?part=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this Skype integration<\/a> back then!<\/p>\n<p>Then again, as always, seems like all the fun happens overseas!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping The Mysteries of Life!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"Heather Vale Goss\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to work as an account rep for Nokia. Ugliest phones in the world, but they worked well&#8230; getting flawless reception where other manufacturers went dead. 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