Mobile Phones!

Something a tad different from what I'm posting (oh wait I post different stuff all the time..), here's a short one on phones.

Now I'm sure that most of who's reading this has one, but what kind of phone do you have and how do you have yours setup?

Right now, I've got a Palm Pre Plus through Verizon, using their unlimited data/email plan and with the expensive $6 or so monthly charge for insurance. It's handy if the phone has any major issues aside from water damage. Back when I got it, there was a special going on for a free 5GB mobile hotspot for the term of the contract, so that's what kinda got me wanting to buy it. The $50 price point helped quite a bit too. It's a nice phone running webOS, but I've had a few small issues before.  Namely, the sound and vibration completely died one day. Dunno what caused it, but I had to have a replacement sent in for it. Since when does the insurance doesn't come in handy!

Right now, I've been using my phone for calls, email, web surfing, downloading, games, and (of course) irc. The whole unlimited data with the phone helps with my limited bandwidth for my regular internet connection. Since the webOS is relatively easy to unlock, it wasn't much of an issue installing terminal and other stuff so I can shell into the phone and wget from fileservers. I feel like such a nerd :3

Insurance!

The other day, I received an offer from my bank going on about free Death and Dismemberment insurance. I haven't really looked into it, but seems to be a bit interesting. Free coverage for a whole year, with options of expanding it for a few dollars a month. I honestly don't see a real need for it, but it's free, so I may take the offer for it.

Along with that, it's about time for insurance enrollment and renewals for where I work. I currently have my dental and vision insurance through them and so far I've only had to use the vision insurance. Came in handy at lenscrafters when I had to buy new glasses, saved around 50% on the costs. I do need to find a decent dentist in the area so my teeth can be checked out (>.>)

The pricing for the health insurance isn't too bad, but since I already been using Blue Cross Blue Shield long before I got my current job, I have no real need to get it. Besides, it would cost me around the same price to get it through work, so it really wouldn't make sense to get it. In addition to that, I can get other stuff like various spending plans for family and medical, but I currently have no need for it either