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05-30-2011, 10:26 PM | #392 |
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My wife just got me a LG Optimus V as an early father's day gift. So, I guess I'm out of the club.
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05-31-2011, 08:32 AM | #393 |
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Drat. Only a few of us old fogies left. My old LG broke and I went to buy a replacement at VZW. I said I wanted the dumbest phone on the planet. I had to settle for one with a camera, though. But I'm hoping this means I get to stay in the club for another five years or so.
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06-01-2011, 12:23 AM | #394 |
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Only if you don't use the camera.
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06-02-2011, 07:27 AM | #396 |
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Is there a group for those of us who don't have a cellphone?
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06-02-2011, 10:27 AM | #397 |
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The only reason I joined the cellphone group is because a couple of years ago one of my son's ladyfriends though I should have a cell, so she gave me her old phone. The only reason my wife got a cell phone is because I recently bought one for her.
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06-02-2011, 11:13 AM | #399 |
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I liked my T-Mobile Sidekick when I had it, BOb, but T-Mobile's coverage left a bit to be desired.
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06-14-2011, 12:23 AM | #400 |
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Scratch what I said before, just got a LG Optimus One.
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The only reason I got one was because I was going by public transport on a daily basis. And my husband lived closer to home. That way I could call I would be later due to a delay on the train service. We still have the most simple subscription. And primarily use the mobile phone to tell we'll be home later.
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06-16-2011, 09:41 AM | #403 |
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My mother, my brothers, my sisters-in-law, my parents-in-law and those companies that need to contact me during office hours, such as my car repair shop.
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06-16-2011, 09:43 AM | #404 |
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I got to play with a HTC Desire HD today. Looks nice, reacts fast, but I would never want one for a phone... I'd be annoyed with it after 5 minutes. And those fingerprints! Horrible!
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06-27-2011, 02:49 AM | #405 |
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Seeing this thread, it's time to see if I'm qualified for membership. I have a cell phone, but it's a very basic pre-paid phone that I use only for emergencies (I only turn it on when I need to use it). It has no music player, no camera, no internet browsing, a few limited PDA-type functions that I don't make use of, and a few preloaded games that I don't play.
It can do text messaging, but I almost never use it for that purpose (I used it only once just see how it worked, and it took me a long time to figure out how to do capital letters on the phone). Overall, I dislike talking on cell phones and if it wasn't for emergencies, I wouldn't have one at all. Except while on the go, I do all of my phone calls on my home landline. As far as old technology goes, I do carry an old-fashioned numeric pager. I use it as a way to avoid junk calls since only people I really want/need to talk to have the number. As far as it's old technology credentials go, it is powered by a single non-rechargeable akaline AA battery (I leave the pager on at all times, and the battery lasts more than a month). If I get a page, I manually dial the phone number into my phone to call. Also provided as support for membership is my Digital Audio Player (DAP). The one I use only has one main function: it plays music. As secondary functions it can play videos and display pictures but due to the small screen (about 2 inches diagonal) it is not much use to me for that function so I no longer use it for that purpose. Plus it has something you rarely see in any of the current DAPs: only physical controls (no touch screen and controls). I did recently try to upgrade to a more modern touch screen DAP with many more functions (including wi-fi, web browsing, and FM radio) and more memory. I found the player difficult to use when on the go and found that I didn't enjoy using it because its complexity got in the way of me using it as an audio player. In the end, I returned to using my older, and more simple, DAP. I tend to prefer devices that each do a single function well. I find that works better than having a number of functions in a single device, especially when the functions contradict each other (when watching videos and reading ebooks you want a large screen, but you want a small screen on portable devices). Thank you for your consideration of my membership in the "All My Phone Does I Make Calls And Text" Support Group. Thanks for reading. |
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