I am going to start this post by saying something that might sound shocking to some people. I have only ever had ONE cellphone. I do my part for the environment by not buying stuff that I don’t really need in the first place. That being said, it is good to see that sites like Wirefly.org are cropping up to address the huge number of cellphones that are being set aside by people who have a psychological or social need to have the latest phone.

If anybody had plans to give me an iPhone, please don’t let the preceding paragraph dissuade you.

Wirefly.org is a resource site put in place to help you make a responsible decision with regards to an unwanted phone. You can donate a phone to one of a broad list of charities. Or you can trade it for cash. Regardless of your choice, the organization the receives the phone has three paths for old phones to walk down, Reuse, Refurbishment, or Recycling.

It’s a big World out there and a phone that is several years old will suit folks in many corners of the World just fine. Mobile phone use is ubiquitous in many places that had never even developed to the point of having reliable land lines last century. It’s like they skipped a step. Pay as you go cell phones are a much more accessible, reliable and useful form of communication than land lines every could have been in many regions. Even in areas where residential electricity isn’t reliable, there are many ways to keep a phone charged. I hope to see the much reported new generation of photoelectric cells play a role in improved communication infrastructure around the World.

Old cell phones can be put to good use by domestic charities as well. Deactivated phones can serve as a lifeline for victims of violence. In North America, you can access 911 using a deactivated phone. Do not dial it just to see if I am right about this.

Many phones that are not working can be put back into service with some basic refurbishment. Some truly are toast and in those cases an environmentally responsible recycling facility is the best option. A lot of the electronics recycling burden is shipped overseas to countries that have under-regulated recycling businesses that are creating ecological disaster areas that have serious impact on human health. It’s ironic that many of the devices that are shipped to China, India and many African countries were put into the recycling stream by well meaning people, and in the end there old item is scrapped in a very unsafe and irresponsible manner.

There are state of the art recycling facilities in countries like Belgium.

Up until Friday evening, not having an iPhone didn’t say anything about who I am as a human being. That has all changed. There are now two kinds of people in the World, people with an iPhone and people without an iPhone.

To put it in another context…there are two kinds of people in the World, people who make ridiculous statements about there being two kinds of people in the World and people who don’t make ridiculous statements about there being two kinds of people in the World.

I have an emptiness inside my soul and it measures 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches (115 x 61 x 11.6mm).

I’ve noticed a pretty decent viewcount on the video that I made in hopes of winning an iPhone. I really am going to give it to my twin daughters if I win. I think I will make a contrived sequel to this video if we actually get the iPhone:

I asked them, they are up for it.

I take some pretty good pictures with my 5 year old digital camera. It is easy to use and nobody ever tries to call me one it when I am taking a picture of something.

The camera that is one of many features on the soon to be here iPhone has more mega pixels than my camera. I still like my camera.

As iDay is fast approaching, expect to see loads of iPhone Review and Video on the Internet.

I subscribe to Valsartdiary and she did a video post about the iPhone’s ability to play youtube videos. That is going to be so awesome. www.whatgoodisyouroldphone.com has a bunch of fun videos featuring odd uses and/or cruel treatment of old phones. The old phones that will seem like 8 tracks in a few days. I made one too, I hope they like it.

Here is one of theirs.

I can almost smell the phoney deliciousness.