Taking suggestions: What to do with old Windows Mobile phone once iPhone arrives

[AddingApple]

I got an order status e-mail from AT&T yesterday that my order is moving forward. So far, that is. I am now contemplating all the fun things I can do to my old WinMo phone once the iPhone 4 arrives. Sorry to even say that word, winmo, here in the forums.

I'm open to suggestion!

I have a blog post running on the topic as well.

http://addingapple.com/iphone-4-pre-order-with-att.html
Screen shot of the order status is here too.

 

[fuzion]

.. sell it?

 

[WardC]

Do you have a sledgehammer handy? I can think of many ways that would put a smile on my face just for giving Windows the hammer once and for all.

 

[gilkisson]

Donate it. There are dozens to hundreds of organizations to which you can donate your phone. Particularly those that help victims of domestic abuse...

 

[kkat69]

Mail it to Steve Ballmer and tell him to shove this up his iHole.

 

[billyjoegibsonx]

Put a bullet through its screen. Smash it off a wall, gather the pieces, Pour petrol over it, and light it up and bury the remains 12ft underground

Jkjk just sell it, donate, recycle

 

[rdowns]

Donate it. There are dozens to hundreds of organizations to which you can donate your phone. Particularly those that help victims of domestic abuse...

This.

Mail it to Steve Ballmer and tell him to shove this up his iHole.

Close second.

 

[fo0bar]

Unlock it and sell it. Before I got my iPhone 3G on launch day, I had an AT&T Tilt. Without getting into a flamewar, I liked the Tilt, but liked the iPhone better. 6 months later I paid the $599 early upgrade for the 16GB 3G. I figured I'd keep it around as a backup phone or MP3 player or something, but it just sit idle. Since I had another old unlocked GSM featurephone that I could use if something happened to the 3G, I decided to sell it.

AT&T will unlock pretty much any phone (except the iPhone of course) after the contract has been fulfilled or superseded by another contract. If it's an AT&T branded HTC phone, they can unlock it immediately, otherwise it takes about 5 days.

 

[/dev/toaster]

Well, *IF* ... and I do mean *IF* I ever had a Windows Mobile phone. I would dispose of it properly.

... using a shotgun.

 

[cal6n]

I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...

 

[trekkie604]

keep it as a backup phone

 

[spyda]

Sometimes I wonder how you people make it out of bed on your own in the morning. So indecisive.

 

[TSX]

Send it to Microsoft in your new iPhone box.

 

[eyyyephone4]

Just hold it and laugh at it.

 

[ARF900]

Mail it to Steve Ballmer and tell him to shove this up his iHole.

This. do it in a small, unmarked box with nothing but the phone and a post it note saying the exact words: "Shove it up your iHole"

 

[elephunkman]

Will it blend?

 

[RoarinRow]

Recycle it - http://www.recellular.com/recycling/recyclingPartners.asp

 

[drewby]

Will it blend?

+1

 

[RealSkyDiver]

Will it blend?

the first thing I thought when I read the title...almost creepy

 

[tbobmccoy]

Recycle it - http://www.recellular.com/recycling/recyclingPartners.asp

This, or if you're a real skydiver, find out what a drop from 20,000 feet does to a mobile phone

 

[jkozlow3]

It's got to be worth something at an antique dealer, no?

 

[b166er]

microwave

 

[dhc921]

If your dining table is off balance, you can put the phone under one of the legs to make the table stable.

 

[BlueGummiBear]

If you have kids you could give it to them. Then they can dress up in fur coats and gold chains and waltz around the house acting like pimps.

 

[AlanShutko]

Donate it. There are dozens to hundreds of organizations to which you can donate your phone. Particularly those that help victims of domestic abuse...

I still have my old WinMo phone sitting in a desk drawer. I've donated other phones, but I won't donate this one, because a victim of domestic abuse doesn't need a phone with a battery that won't last past dinner and that crashes every couple days.