Why the hell am I in lust with this phone? (thanks to @curiouslee for posting a pic of this on his flickr!)

via en.wikipedia.org

I think it's because it's the anti-iPhone. It's tough, simple, has no camera, no multimedia capabilities, has a 2-color (eInk) display, super-cheap (newegg.com has it for $23 shipped) and it's GSM (aka uses SIM cards). Like the OLPC XO laptop, it was designed for developing nations, but ends up being so cheap and so solid, I wouldn't mind having one myself.

I'm a living paradox. I love super-advanced tech, but super-simple, low-budget tech simultaneously enthuses me.

I'm strange. Hit that link to read more about the Motofone F3.

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