Cellphones have evolved. Their looks, capabilities and features progress as fast as meiosis. I could cloudlessly remember my aunt, who initiated my first cellphone encounter, going as high as the hill at the back of our house just to have a single bar of signal on her then controversial Nokia 5110. Years after, I could see some people who treat their phones like abacus, not for counting but for just wiping the screens. The touchscreens. Some people also have phones with personal computer-like abilities, browsing all sites in the internet, enjoying real-size photos and downloading hit songs. But my phone is half-empty and half-full. It is a clone of Nokia E71. It's unique. It's not normal. Maybe no other one in the world has this. And I tell you, every cellphone is special in its own ways.

Before talking about my special phone, let me first blab about this phone I am using right now while I write this blog. Exactly! I am into mobile blogging. And I am a patient mobile blogger. This cellphone is owned by a very close friend. A Nokia N81. Darn! This is something I dream of possessing. Why? Thanks to a sponsor who gave me an idea about symbianize.com, I learned the trend in the hacking world there. With the help of the Magical IP, I downloaded the Opera Browser for this unit and got the configurations from the net. I know this sounds like illegal. But shoot! I got the taste of a OMG!-everything-is-free mobile surfing. My twitter, tumblr, wordpress and blogger have been updated. I looked for many songs and ebooks for download, left them in progress at night and when I woke up, they were like long-awaited birthday gifts. I am filled with awe. Who wouldn't want that? Honestly? Yet, I know this stuff won't last. That's why I'm using this phone as frequent as my every breath. *drop some convincing hyperbole here*. From sunrise to sunset, my entire gaze never leaves its screen. I even get scolded for this. Whatever.

Now, my little prince. My phone. The clone of Nokia E71. Or to scrap the euphemism out, a China phone. I couldn't and wouldn't even blame anyone patronizing all these 'misfits' from the world's most populous country. Who would? When you can buy something which fatally resembles an original version, which has almost all of the primary features, and which costs a half of the regular price, you will really be tempted to make a buy-one-take-one purchase. When I asked for a cellphone, it was what they gave me. I just accepted it with excitement. I thought of how I could finally have a long music playlist, a flash-enabled camera, a handy built-in television, and on top of that, an EBOOK reader. I enjoyed it all at first. But later, I had to pay the price of something I never even thought I bought. On a stress-free night last year, I charged the phone while watching Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1 finally together with my dormmates. The morning after that, I was already dropping my jaw open. Screwed! Some keys didn't function anymore. That phone has a QWERTY keypad by the way. The upper navigation, the sim2 call accept, the caps lock, the period and the enter keys were all broken. That had been just the lighter shock when I realized that the keys for the letters W, S, X were not responding my presses. Goodness Gracious! How would I be able to text without those letters? How? Still, I have gone thru texting life without these letters and even subtituted the letter Z and the dollar sign for them. Now you should know.

That was something that kept me sleeplessly hateful for nights. Later, I just realized that the said case didn't bother me much because I don't text a lot at all. Except for times that I get teased in facebook by others calling me 'ZEZEMON', 'DOLLARMON' and all. Blimey! *canyon-like laugh explodes*. I drifted my thoughts on the lighter side my phone can brag. Oh well, my phone's lucky because it has almost all the chart-topping songs on its playlist. I am an avid downloader. On its ebook library, it has tons of facts and trivias I use during quiz shows. This decade's best-selling novels are also there waiting to be read. I enjoy free mobile browsing using globe. And many more stuffs. Some higher costing phones don't enjoy these pleasures. I bet. And I am proud I benefit from my handicapped unit. Out from resourcefulness.

I could never let go of this phone. How could I. My dormmates and Jahaziel Pegarro always borrow this to listen to songs, my roommates want to have it as a flashlight during blackouts, Jenny Lou Aldana grabs it to check for new ebooks and Ariel Otud borrows it for mobile browsing even if he needs letter S on his email address and my phone cannot grant him that simple demand. A friend, Alyannah Bantuas curiously asked about what will happen to my life without this phone. She's maybe referring to the ONLY technological luxury I own. Something deeply associated to my happiness. And on top of those, I would like to translate a quote from Karyl Cinco saying, "You should treasure your cellphone more when it has disabilities because these things will teach you lessons of patience and will manifest the relationship you have with your phone that is always with you."

Your phone is your bestfriend. You love your bestfriend, don't you?