what kind of cell phone do you have? - Page 3

jinx · 11-06-2009, 06:03 PM

I like my Razr, but it's showing it's age. The camera broke and that's the one "extra" that I actually want - so I want my new phone to have a good camera. The only other things I use/need would be the phone part and the scrabble game. If I can get that done for considerably less than the costs of a nice caribbean vacation every year, I'm sold.

Cloud · 11-06-2009, 06:15 PM

Re: comparison in post #10: my iphone plan is about $1,000 less than what they show there (not including taxes, but I'm sure taxes aren't included there either).

For people who live on the 'net, as we do, a smartphone isn't a toy at all. Just as an example, it saved my sanity while I was in the hospital, by using the white noise generator application.

jinx · 11-06-2009, 06:27 PM

I have a white noise machine.

DanaC · 11-06-2009, 06:47 PM

wtf is a white noise generator app? or indeed a white noise machine? Why would one want to generate white noise? I am lost.

jinx · 11-06-2009, 06:50 PM

Well it's not technically white noise... I have my machine set to 'crickets' most of the time. It drowns out the sound of snoring and/or silence so I can sleep.

Cloud · 11-06-2009, 07:09 PM

I have a white noise machine at my bedside, and really prefer not to sleep without it. White noise (and other kinds of masking noises technically described with various colors) is like a fan--it provides a stable background noise which masks noises and distractions.

Undertoad · 11-06-2009, 08:19 PM

http://simplynoise.com/

Elspode · 11-06-2009, 10:33 PM

Selene was an early adopter of the Blackjack. She's had it three years, giving it hard use all the way. She's lost the back of it and the multifunction charger/data port is pretty much shot, so she's going for a new smartphone. I think she's got her heart set on the iPhone 3GS. She's played with my 3G for awhile now, and I'm pretty happy with it.

All of these smart phones just about kill you as far as monthly charges, though. Having portable data in the palm of your hand is *not* cheap. I pay nearly three times what my kids pay for their unlimited talk minutes, unlimited text and MMS messaging - $45 for them to $125 for me. My phone does lots of stuff theirs don't, but wow. Expensive.

That said, I've used the GPS and mapping function three times in the past two evenings, I use Twitter and Facebook pretty much daily, I've browsed up tons of useful info while out and about via the voice activated Google Search. So, yeah, it's expensive, but at this point I'd feel like I'd lost a limb if I had to be without it.

DanaC · 11-07-2009, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

She's played with my 3G for awhile now, and I'm pretty happy with it.

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Is that what they call it these days?

dar512 · 11-06-2009, 10:33 PM

Very nice, ut.

monster · 11-06-2009, 10:57 PM

our phones cost $60/year :p

I just ordered a new one today. the charge isn't holding so well on my antique any more.

DanaC · 11-07-2009, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

our phones cost $60/year :p

I just ordered a new one today. the charge isn't holding so well on my antique any more.

Awww. Hate when that happens. I actually kept my beloved brick when I acquired this nasty razr. It's in a drawer as my spare phone. I'd still be using it as my main phone if it held its charge.

dar512 · 11-08-2009, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Awww. Hate when that happens. I actually kept my beloved brick when I acquired this nasty razr. It's in a drawer as my spare phone. I'd still be using it as my main phone if it held its charge.

A new battery will fix that.

monster · 11-06-2009, 10:59 PM

I'm getting an LG Flare

for $25 ....but I'm getting a free car charger and headset with that :p

Crimson Ghost · 11-07-2009, 05:02 AM

White noise - aka Rock 'n' Roll.

Anyway -

Samsung a237
Yup, it's cheap, and I don't have all the bells and whistles, but it does what I want it to do.
Make and receive phone calls.
That's what a phone is supposed to do.

11-06-2009, 06:15 PM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Re: comparison in post #10: my iphone plan is about $1,000 less than what they show there (not including taxes, but I'm sure taxes aren't included there either). For people who live on the 'net, as we do, a smartphone isn't a toy at all. Just as an example, it saved my sanity while I was in the hospital, by using the white noise generator application. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-06-2009, 06:27 PM	#3
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I have a white noise machine. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

11-06-2009, 06:50 PM	#5
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Well it's not technically white noise... I have my machine set to 'crickets' most of the time. It drowns out the sound of snoring and/or silence so I can sleep. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

11-06-2009, 07:09 PM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I have a white noise machine at my bedside, and really prefer not to sleep without it. White noise (and other kinds of masking noises technically described with various colors) is like a fan--it provides a stable background noise which masks noises and distractions. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-06-2009, 10:33 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Selene was an early adopter of the Blackjack. She's had it three years, giving it hard use all the way. She's lost the back of it and the multifunction charger/data port is pretty much shot, so she's going for a new smartphone. I think she's got her heart set on the iPhone 3GS. She's played with my 3G for awhile now, and I'm pretty happy with it. All of these smart phones just about kill you as far as monthly charges, though. Having portable data in the palm of your hand is not cheap. I pay nearly three times what my kids pay for their unlimited talk minutes, unlimited text and MMS messaging - $45 for them to $125 for me. My phone does lots of stuff theirs don't, but wow. Expensive. That said, I've used the GPS and mapping function three times in the past two evenings, I use Twitter and Facebook pretty much daily, I've browsed up tons of useful info while out and about via the voice activated Google Search. So, yeah, it's expensive, but at this point I'd feel like I'd lost a limb if I had to be without it. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-06-2009, 06:03 PM	#1
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I like my Razr, but it's showing it's age. The camera broke and that's the one "extra" that I actually want - so I want my new phone to have a good camera. The only other things I use/need would be the phone part and the scrabble game. If I can get that done for considerably less than the costs of a nice caribbean vacation every year, I'm sold. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

11-06-2009, 08:19 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	http://simplynoise.com/

11-06-2009, 10:33 PM	#10
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Very nice, ut. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-06-2009, 10:57 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	our phones cost $60/year :p I just ordered a new one today. the charge isn't holding so well on my antique any more. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-06-2009, 10:59 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'm getting an LG Flare for $25 ....but I'm getting a free car charger and headset with that :p __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-07-2009, 05:02 AM	#15
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	White noise - aka Rock 'n' Roll. Anyway - Samsung a237 Yup, it's cheap, and I don't have all the bells and whistles, but it does what I want it to do. Make and receive phone calls. That's what a phone is supposed to do. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

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