Finally I bought a smartphone in my own country!!

[Guest urdone311]

Called 15 different ATT stores today in search of a Audiovox SMT 5600, and found ONE in Santa Monica that had 2 in stock!!

I have STILL been using the original Orange SPV that I ordered almost 2 years ago from ebay up until now. The battery is being held onto the back with scotch tape, bunch of beach sand stuck in the screen, the IR port stopped working, and the vibrator no longer works. SPV has been through numerous skateboard bails, 2-month backpack trip in Hawaii, getting drunk and dropping it everywhere, etc. etc. etc. Its been through a lot.

I drove through 2 hours of L.A. traffic, parked in a spot that said "ATT Wireless customers do not park here, you WILL be towed", and spent $340.00 including tax USD on the phone. (i am on a pay as you go, so i had to buy the phone retail). Made it out quick enough to not get towed, and played with it the whole drive home.

DAMN this phone is good. The battery life is incredible, its fast, it looks good, i have no problems yet whatsoever. Windows Media Player 10 is awesome, it has a full library just like on the PC- and it also displays the album cover which i truly enjoy for some reason.

I'm going to keep my original SPV just as a sentimental artifact, its cool to know I was one of the few people in my entire country to have one in it's lifetime. 8)

[Guest Pondrew]

Wow, I'm loving the sound of Windows Media Player 10.

Hope the T-Mobile SDA incorporates it here in the UK when it's finally released...