Oh but I do love my phone - Page 6

Glinda · 07-02-2012, 01:02 PM

<--- Has a $10 cell phone that can be used as a phone, with NO hyper-expensive monthly plan (buys minutes as needed). Is happy.

Undertoad · 07-02-2012, 01:48 PM

chris you seem like a more of an Android sort.

Now not only do you have to hope that your carrier gets them on the market, you have to hope that Apple doesn't file an injunction to stop them from being sold in the US at all. Which they have now done to my Galaxy Nexus and to a Samsung tablet.

chrisinhouston · 08-01-2012, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

chris you seem like a more of an Android sort.

Now not only do you have to hope that your carrier gets them on the market, you have to hope that Apple doesn't file an injunction to stop them from being sold in the US at all. Which they have now done to my Galaxy Nexus and to a Samsung tablet.

My very first computer (after my Radio Shack Tandy model) was the little Mac that was the one piece unit with the floppy drive in the front. I think it was about 1986. I used until it died and in the mid 90's got an Apple Power Mac just before the G3 came out.

I eventually switched to Windows based PCs because I could build really fast and powerful machines to suite my needs much cheaper then with Apple and I could get copies of lots of software through my wife's company and their developers license. I just switched platforms on all of my Adobe products as I upgraded them.

I had wanted tablet and was leaning towards the Asus T200 series that was out after Christmas but it was backordered and there were issues with the GPS and wifi so I just waited for the TF700 to come out and love it. The phone was just in need of replacing and I figured I would go all Android. I'm still learning both devices but so far love them. I got the keyboard dock for the tablet and plan to take it when I go to Australia in September and leave the laptop at home.

jimhelm · 07-02-2012, 02:04 PM

DICKS

regular.joe · 08-01-2012, 06:28 AM

Traded in my Iphone and bought the Galaxy III yesterday, I have to say that this is one awesome phone. I really like the way it syncs up with my Asus Tablet. The Kies media sync software that is free from Samsung is a bit easier to use than itunes was with the Iphone. All the apps that really meant anything to me are available on google play. The phone is so much more customizable, it's crazy. I think It will take me a long time to really learn the ins and outs. I like it a lot.

glatt · 08-01-2012, 07:36 AM

Steve Jobs is dead, and the iPhone inventor left Apple to make thermostats, so since Apple knows they don't have any more killer gadgets in the pipeline, they are turning to litigation for a profit. It's sad to see such a formerly innovative company going down the drain.

Buy those Androids while you still can, because if a jury in Apple's backyard decides that the Androids look like the iPods, it's over.

gvidas · 09-01-2012, 10:27 PM

Every time I research cell phones and cell phone plans, it makes me wish I could avoid paying any of the companies involved. But I still want to be a functioning member of society.

I've been happily contract free for a while, but I think I could pay substantially less with a smart phone and Line2 than I do now with two prepaid phones (work + pleasure.)

Anyone have experience using a smart phone on a prepaid plan? I don't really care about data -- I'd rather use a real computer. If those of you who are on top of such things were to buy a new phone next week, what would it be?

glatt · 09-02-2012, 06:27 AM

My wife has an LG Optimus slider on the Virgin Mobile pre-paid plan. It's pretty cheap for the phone, which does pretty much everything, and the service is good. (Although she encountered a lot of dead zones up in Maine along the coast.). Overall, she loves the phone and service. I do too, but think the camera is lame.

You can get the iPhone now on the cheap Virgin Mobile pre-paid plan, but it's VERY expensive.

Undertoad · 09-02-2012, 07:48 AM

If you don't care about data, you don't care about a smart phone, because that's what it is. But you might care about data after all, once you realize all that you can do...

...last month I played out with the cover band for a private party, and we suddenly got thunderstorm'd on. I went to the My-Cast weather app, and showed everyone the moving radar screen that said we were currently in a thunderstorm but that it would be completely over in 30 minutes with no further storms behind it. The storm passed and we went back on with lightning in the distance, knowing it was headed the other way.

Griff · 09-02-2012, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

If you don't care about data, you don't care about a smart phone, ..

This is me. If I could dump my cell phone altogether I'd do it, but people (read wife and cow-orkers) think I need to be reached.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-03-2012, 08:56 PM

Keep forgetting to turn it on until they get used to the idea they can't reach you. They'll soon find out they really don't have a reason to most of the time.
Then dump the phone.

Or every time you answer snarl, spit, and swear, until they stop calling.
Then dump the phone.

Griff · 09-04-2012, 05:43 AM

solid plan

jimhelm · 09-04-2012, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

My wife has an LG Optimus slider on the Virgin Mobile pre-paid plan. It's pretty cheap for the phone, which does pretty much everything, and the service is good. (Although she encountered a lot of dead zones up in Maine along the coast.). Overall, she loves the phone and service. I do too, but think the camera is lame.

You can get the iPhone now on the cheap Virgin Mobile pre-paid plan, but it's VERY expensive.

Amanda needs a new phone, and is considering Virgin with that same phone.

glatt · 09-04-2012, 12:37 PM

Another problem with the phone is you need to keep an eye on the battery consumption.

You can turn a couple things off and extend the battery so it lasts a day, but if you have GPS constantly running and some other stuff it can drain in just 6 hours or so. You can Google the issue to see what you should turn off to extend battery life. Once she did that, it worked fine. I forget what exactly she disabled, but she doesn't miss it, whatever it was.

So those are my two complaints with the phone. Camera is lame and battery could be bigger. But everything else is good.

jimhelm · 09-04-2012, 01:53 PM

Thanks!

07-02-2012, 02:04 PM	#4
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08-01-2012, 06:28 AM	#5
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Traded in my Iphone and bought the Galaxy III yesterday, I have to say that this is one awesome phone. I really like the way it syncs up with my Asus Tablet. The Kies media sync software that is free from Samsung is a bit easier to use than itunes was with the Iphone. All the apps that really meant anything to me are available on google play. The phone is so much more customizable, it's crazy. I think It will take me a long time to really learn the ins and outs. I like it a lot. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

09-03-2012, 08:56 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Keep forgetting to turn it on until they get used to the idea they can't reach you. They'll soon find out they really don't have a reason to most of the time. Then dump the phone. Or every time you answer snarl, spit, and swear, until they stop calling. Then dump the phone. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-04-2012, 05:43 AM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	solid plan __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-04-2012, 01:53 PM	#15
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Thanks! __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

07-02-2012, 01:02 PM	#1
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	<--- Has a $10 cell phone that can be used as a phone, with NO hyper-expensive monthly plan (buys minutes as needed). Is happy.

07-02-2012, 01:48 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	chris you seem like a more of an Android sort. Now not only do you have to hope that your carrier gets them on the market, you have to hope that Apple doesn't file an injunction to stop them from being sold in the US at all. Which they have now done to my Galaxy Nexus and to a Samsung tablet.

08-01-2012, 07:36 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Steve Jobs is dead, and the iPhone inventor left Apple to make thermostats, so since Apple knows they don't have any more killer gadgets in the pipeline, they are turning to litigation for a profit. It's sad to see such a formerly innovative company going down the drain. Buy those Androids while you still can, because if a jury in Apple's backyard decides that the Androids look like the iPods, it's over.

09-01-2012, 10:27 PM	#7
gvidas Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 286	Every time I research cell phones and cell phone plans, it makes me wish I could avoid paying any of the companies involved. But I still want to be a functioning member of society. I've been happily contract free for a while, but I think I could pay substantially less with a smart phone and Line2 than I do now with two prepaid phones (work + pleasure.) Anyone have experience using a smart phone on a prepaid plan? I don't really care about data -- I'd rather use a real computer. If those of you who are on top of such things were to buy a new phone next week, what would it be?

09-02-2012, 06:27 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My wife has an LG Optimus slider on the Virgin Mobile pre-paid plan. It's pretty cheap for the phone, which does pretty much everything, and the service is good. (Although she encountered a lot of dead zones up in Maine along the coast.). Overall, she loves the phone and service. I do too, but think the camera is lame. You can get the iPhone now on the cheap Virgin Mobile pre-paid plan, but it's VERY expensive.

09-02-2012, 07:48 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If you don't care about data, you don't care about a smart phone, because that's what it is. But you might care about data after all, once you realize all that you can do... ...last month I played out with the cover band for a private party, and we suddenly got thunderstorm'd on. I went to the My-Cast weather app, and showed everyone the moving radar screen that said we were currently in a thunderstorm but that it would be completely over in 30 minutes with no further storms behind it. The storm passed and we went back on with lightning in the distance, knowing it was headed the other way.

09-04-2012, 12:37 PM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Another problem with the phone is you need to keep an eye on the battery consumption. You can turn a couple things off and extend the battery so it lasts a day, but if you have GPS constantly running and some other stuff it can drain in just 6 hours or so. You can Google the issue to see what you should turn off to extend battery life. Once she did that, it worked fine. I forget what exactly she disabled, but she doesn't miss it, whatever it was. So those are my two complaints with the phone. Camera is lame and battery could be bigger. But everything else is good.

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