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Old 01-24-2011, 04:17 PM   #16
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Because I watched the football game live yesterday, I saw an iphone commercial. It made me very anxious and not in a good way. I think I'm becoming technophobic. I've also successfully kept computers out of my classroom so far despite my administrators passion for them. I can't quite make this jibe with my cellar love.
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Old 01-24-2011, 05:17 PM   #17
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I'm going to show my ignorance a little more: what exactly is Android?
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Old 01-24-2011, 05:27 PM   #18
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An operating system for smartphones.
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Old 01-26-2011, 07:43 AM   #19
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Thanks HM.

OK, got my new phone. So far I like it! Amazing how much bigger the screen is, and the slide-out keyboard is the shit!

Might take me years to figure it all out.
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Old 01-27-2011, 10:31 AM   #20
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That's something I've been thinking about dropping: cable and internet. I don't know where else I could cut much more. I mean, I can read and have lived without TV before, and this new phone might do better with the web. That might be a good idea.

I haven't had a landline in years either.
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I expect your new droid will have mobile hotspot capability. I can run my phone like a wireless router and hook up up to 5 devices at once. (so I can take my laptop out into the woods and still hook up to the web!) Slow, but it works. If you get 4g, it might be fine in that capacity.
I urge caution with this plan. Depending on your terms of service, it could be ... painful.
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Old 01-27-2011, 10:42 AM   #21
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I think I stole "crackberry" from wolf.
And I, in turn, stole it from someone else. The term, not my Crackberry.

I love my Bold. I'm current trying to decide about my own phone upgrade, Crackberry Torch (slider) vs. iPhone. Or Android. Whatever it is, I have to be able to get a Kindle app for it.
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Old 01-27-2011, 11:16 AM   #22
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the term crackberry is well entrenched. there is a forum called crackberry dot com that has lots of tips and tricks and hacks for blackberries of all kind.
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Old 01-27-2011, 02:00 PM   #23
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I am fond of Android and also in the process of deciding on a new phone. I have T-Mobile, and my phone is an HTC G1. It is one of the first that they put android on (so the phone itself has been a little flakey.) I keep getting tempted with those Windows phones and their big ass screens, but I want the wide selection of apps that android has...plus I don't totally trust Windows with their cell phone OS. Right now, I am considering a Samsung phone. But I want the huge ass screen!

I use to hear crackberry a few years ago when I noticed more people getting them. I think I still call them that when they come up in conversation.
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