Silliness The "All my phone does is make calls and text" Support Group - Page 5

desertgrandma · 11-05-2010, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Tattncat

Hello, my name is Tattncat, all my cell does is make calls and (under duress) text. It's approx. 8 or 9 years old. I use my Touch for everything else.

Welcome, tattncat!

Could you post a pic of your phone? I'm wondering what they looked like that long ago......

dreams · 11-05-2010, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Dreams........

video? smart phone?

No, no, no.. my phone is not smart. It's just a phone.

It just so happens that the screen is big and moving pictures show up really really well.

Umm, well, OK, I guess it's not a good idea to have me be refreshment chairman or treasurer.

Wait! I got it! I can be the VP! I"ll just sit back, enjoy all the perks, and not have to do anything.

lack · 11-06-2010, 12:01 AM

Hi all, my name is Evan and I like my phone with no cameras, please.
But alas, the world has gotten into me! No more can I find one that has none.

Um.. I do check the web if needed, mainly for train schedules or maps. Am I not qualified?

Madam Broshkina · 11-06-2010, 12:21 AM

Hello my name is MB and I cannot imagine life without my Pomegranate.

http://pomegranatephone.com/

desertgrandma · 11-06-2010, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreams

No, no, no.. my phone is not smart. It's just a phone.

It just so happens that the screen is big and moving pictures show up really really well.

Umm, well, OK, I guess it's not a good idea to have me be refreshment chairman or treasurer.

Wait! I got it! I can be the VP! I"ll just sit back, enjoy all the perks, and not have to do anything.

DIS.......oh wait. Do you know anything about "who did it?" Maybe we can deal.......

Quote:

Originally Posted by lack

Hi all, my name is Evan and I like my phone with no cameras, please.
But alas, the world has gotten into me! No more can I find one that has none.

Um.. I do check the web if needed, mainly for train schedules or maps. Am I not qualified?

DIS qualified!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

Hello my name is MB and I cannot imagine life without my Pomegranate.

http://pomegranatephone.com/

DIS qualified!

desertgrandma · 11-06-2010, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

Hello my name is MB and I cannot imagine life without my Pomegranate.

http://pomegranatephone.com/

Karma to you for this. I love the "harmonica" and coffee brewer.....

desertgrandma · 11-06-2010, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lack

Hi all, my name is Evan and I like my phone with no cameras, please.
But alas, the world has gotten into me! No more can I find one that has none.

Um.. I do check the web if needed, mainly for train schedules or maps. Am I not qualified?

Okay........management decision.

You're in.

I just have a soft heart.

recluse · 11-06-2010, 12:42 AM

My phone is connected to the wall by a wire.
It has a rotary dial and just makes phone calls.
No camera, no text. Just calls.
However, you can beat a man to death with the handset and still order a pizza after.

desertgrandma · 11-06-2010, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by recluse

My phone is connected to the wall by a wire.
It has a rotary dial and just makes phone calls.
No camera, no text. Just calls.
However, you can beat a man to death with the handset and still order a pizza after.

You're in!

Seanette · 11-06-2010, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by GA Russell

I have never sent a text message, and I had the texts blocked because it was costing me money to receive them.

Everyone I have seen personally use his smart phones uses them for trivial reasons. I'm not saying that they cannot be worthwhile to some people, but my observation has been that they are used as toys.

My cell phone service costs about a dollar a day. If I had a job which required me to spend $100 per month on a smartphone, I wouldn't object. But without the specific need, count me out.

As little as I use my phone, I spend about $20 every 90 days.

I have Virgin Mobile pre-paid, no data plan (although my phone claims to be able to do it, the screen's too small for that to be useful). I did splurge on a phone with a full keyboard because DH prefers to communicate by text message when we're not in the same place, being a bit of a phone-phobe, and typing texts on the number pad drives me up the wall.

Seanette · 11-06-2010, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Welcome, both of you to "you know where".

Interesting, PB, about your car.........we drive ours practically till the wheels fall off..I don't see the sense in a new one every couple of years.......I wonder if there is a connection there?

Do we have enough members for a quorum yet?

DH and I are also of the "drive it until it dies" school of car ownership.

We do have the fastest DSL our carrier offers, since like at least one other poster in this thread, we pretty much live online.

desertgrandma · 11-06-2010, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Seanette

As little as I use my phone, I spend about $20 every 90 days.

I have Virgin Mobile pre-paid, no data plan (although my phone claims to be able to do it, the screen's too small for that to be useful). I did splurge on a phone with a full keyboard because DH prefers to communicate by text message when we're not in the same place, being a bit of a phone-phobe, and typing texts on the number pad drives me up the wall.

You're in!

KarenH · 11-06-2010, 01:55 AM

Hi, my name is Karen, and my phone makes and receives calls. Period. Actually it has texting capabilities and a camera, but I've never sent a text and I can count on my fingers the number of pictures I've taken - and they're all trapped in my phone because I have no way to get them out. We don't have cell service where I live, so my phone doesn't get a lot of use anyway. Oh, and as far as internet access goes, to my utter dismay the only things available here are dial-up and satellite, and getting a line of sight to the satellite is iffy at best, so I still struggle along with dial-up. If we ever get cell service up here, I'll get a smartphone with a data plan just so I can tether it to my computer for internet access!

lack · 11-06-2010, 01:56 AM

Yay, I'm in!
the pomegranate stuff is sick! I love the brewer part.
Honestly, do you need more in a phone? I will still bury my head in the sand of luddites' havens about this..

Sweetpea · 11-06-2010, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by thinkpadx

I had a Nokia 6310 for several years the best non smart phone I've ever had. Very sturdy built

I still use my 6210 when I need it... I still love it, but the battery was getting old, it could only hold a charge for less than a week...

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Welcome to "blah blah blah" Sweetpea. I once had my phone "drown" when bottle of water came open in my purse....it was only two weeks old. I took off the cover, let it site for a few days, and voila! It worked again!

Not once, not twice, but three times... And all three times it wouldn't come back on again. That's when I decided I needed a new one, that could withstand the water.

That's when I got this one:

11-06-2010, 12:21 AM	#64
Madam Broshkina Manic Do Fuse Posts: 2,312 Karma: 3325462 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony 500, 505, 350, Kindle 3, DXG, nook, Irex DR800SG, iPad	Hello my name is MB and I cannot imagine life without my Pomegranate. http://pomegranatephone.com/ Last edited by Madam Broshkina; 11-06-2010 at 12:24 AM. Reason: llamas

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11-06-2010, 12:01 AM	#63
lack Zealot Posts: 113 Karma: 44088 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Osaka, Japan Device: PRS-650	Hi all, my name is Evan and I like my phone with no cameras, please. But alas, the world has gotten into me! No more can I find one that has none. Um.. I do check the web if needed, mainly for train schedules or maps. Am I not qualified?

11-06-2010, 12:42 AM	#68
recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	My phone is connected to the wall by a wire. It has a rotary dial and just makes phone calls. No camera, no text. Just calls. However, you can beat a man to death with the handset and still order a pizza after.

11-06-2010, 01:55 AM	#73
KarenH Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 37762 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NW Washington State, USA Device: K3	Hi, my name is Karen, and my phone makes and receives calls. Period. Actually it has texting capabilities and a camera, but I've never sent a text and I can count on my fingers the number of pictures I've taken - and they're all trapped in my phone because I have no way to get them out. We don't have cell service where I live, so my phone doesn't get a lot of use anyway. Oh, and as far as internet access goes, to my utter dismay the only things available here are dial-up and satellite, and getting a line of sight to the satellite is iffy at best, so I still struggle along with dial-up. If we ever get cell service up here, I'll get a smartphone with a data plan just so I can tether it to my computer for internet access!

11-06-2010, 01:56 AM	#74
lack Zealot Posts: 113 Karma: 44088 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Osaka, Japan Device: PRS-650	Yay, I'm in! the pomegranate stuff is sick! I love the brewer part. Honestly, do you need more in a phone? I will still bury my head in the sand of luddites' havens about this..