Is it a brick? Is it a fridge? No! it's my new mobile phone

So, as you already know, I accidentally managed to kill my lovely, shiney iPhone this week by dropping it down the toilet. Total Bummer. I did try to revive it, by drying it out for a couple of days, but when I went to turn it on...... nothing. Not even a glimmer of life. My once gorgeous gadget was destined to spend the rest of its days as a doorstop.

And, as if that wasn't bad enough, I was rendered incommunicado, for three days. Double Doh.

As I contemplated my pitiful situation, I heard the 'ping' of an email arriving in my inbox. It was a chum, and he had written;

"Hi, I read about you killing your iPhone on Facebook u donut. I've got a spare mobile phone you can borrow until you get a replacement. I'll drop if off later once I've got the toast out of the DVD player."

Excellent! I was partially saved. A new phone was on its way.

A couple of hours later, the door knocker sounded and I opened it to find aforementioned chum standing there with a mobile phone and charger.

"What the bloody hell is that?" I asked, pointing at the phone.

"It's my old Sony Ericsson P900," he said.

"It's similar in shape and size to a cornerstone!" I wailed, "you're gonna kill my street-cred."

"Better than not having a phone," he replied, adding, "you don't have to take it."

I quickly assessed the situation, and concluded that he was right. At least I would be able to receive calls. And hey, I could always jump onto Ebay and buy a trolley to transport it.

Pic.No.1. The Sony Ericsson I have got on loan

I slotted my SIM card in, and asked my chum to give me a quick call from his mobile to make sure it was working, and it did! I decided to look on the bright side...... at least I wasn't cut off from the world like a bearded hermit chanting 'hommmmmmm' in a cave somewhere.

The fact that I am using technology from three years ago, has gradually made me aware of how much has changed in a relatively short period of time.The P900 was revolutionary in its time - I mean, for Gods sake, it had an integrated 250KB camera!

Pic.No.2. My dead iPhone next to the Sony Ericsson

It got me thinking. It's funny how technology seeps stealthily into your life without you really noticing. Even though my iPhone was dead, I found myself time and time again, subconsciously reaching for my phone to either take a photo, check emails, listen to music, play games whilst Izzy playing in the park, or read other people's blogs whilst in bed. I couldn't do any of them, and it felt like something was missing.

God help me if I ever lose my laptop!