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Old 01-18-2006, 05:53 AM   #1
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That's weird! I wonder why he said that? It's a pain in the ass to replace all your contact information, but I upgraded just so's I could get a 1 megapixel camera and bluetooth. "New every two" is a great plan for gadgetheads and it's why I stick with Verizon.
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Old 01-18-2006, 11:21 AM   #2
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That's weird! I wonder why he said that? It's a pain in the ass to replace all your contact information, but I upgraded just so's I could get a 1 megapixel camera and bluetooth. "New every two" is a great plan for gadgetheads and it's why I stick with Verizon.
Come back when it's broke is why I have warm fuzzy feellings for Cingular.

That and the more bars thing. It's true.

When I was camping last summer, I was the ONLY person who had signal at the campsite. Everybody else had to walk about a mile to get even a weak signal.

Friend of mine that recently did a phone upgrade said his provider had a device that they stuck his phone in, stuck the new phone in, and it sucked the contact information from one to the other.
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Old 01-18-2006, 11:41 AM   #3
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When I was camping last summer, I was the ONLY person who had signal at the campsite.
I bet your campmates just loved you.

"It's it just beautiful out here? The trees, the moon, the glow of the campfire, th--" Breep! Breeeep! Breeep! "...the incoming phone calls and text messages..."

Oh, wait, that is several years out of date. Let me correct that.

"It's it just beautiful out here? The trees, the moon, the glow of the campfire, th--" Doop-doop-dee-dooptydoopty-doop-doop-doop-doo-doobydooby! "...the incoming phone calls and text messages..."

God, I hate ringtones.

I say this in jest -- I'm very pleased that my phone works while in the national forest. All it takes is one broken ankle to make the annoying phone become your best friend.

Addition: all it takes is an annoying phone to get a broken ankle from your best friend.

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Old 01-18-2006, 12:09 PM   #4
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The whole "you'll have to email the pictures to get them out of your phonecam" is typical shortsighted corporate BS. Money-grubbing scumbags. They're my pics...why can't I get at 'em like any other digital camera?
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Old 01-18-2006, 01:18 PM   #5
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I bet your campmates just loved you.

"It's it just beautiful out here? The trees, the moon, the glow of the campfire, th--" Breep! Breeeep! Breeep! "...the incoming phone calls and text messages..."[/size]
Damn straight they did. I was able to get weather reports via my GPRS connection. Weather reports become critical when you have to keep a sacred fire burning non-stop, even in the rains, or the whole show folds up it's tents.

I didn't get a lot of incoming calls. Most of the people who would ordinarily call me were at the campsite, and I kept it on the "notify with single beep" option rather than having it blast the Theme from Twin Peaks at max volume.
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