MoePhone

As Apple computer unveils it's newest offering, iPhone, I feel like a short rant.

You know what I want in a cell phone?

One that has a high quality antenna and a bare-bones interface to make a call. Nothing else.

I don't need no camera on my phone.
I don't need no video on my phone.
I don't need no pictures on my phone.
I don't want to surf the web on my phone.
I don't want to play games on my phone.
I don't want to listen to music on my phone.

I want a phone that is simple to operate and stays connected because all those gimmicks have been replaced by a high-quality antenna. It can sound like an egg-timer when it wrings for all I care. And hell, the battery might even last longer that way.

And I want a bill that is honest and easy to understand. No more crooked confusion-minutes.

And if I want to surf the web, then the phone ought to have a USB cable I can plug into my laptop and provide DSL-like speeds.

Maybe it could be called the RetroCell.

Maybe DieHard should make it, or a tool company like DeWalt.

Am I alone?

Are people really excited over a phone that runs an operating system?

Can't somebody make a cell phone for ol' Moe?