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Wireless Transciever Devices and the Discussion Thereof

AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
edited October 2007 in Social Entropy++
Cell phones are pretty rad.

Some of us have very old ones

Some of us have iPhones.

I myself have a Helio Ocean, and it's pretty great. GPS, Bluetooth, Dual-Slide mechanism with a QWERTY keyboard.

Here's a photo:
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What kinds of phones do you have and what do you like/dislike about them?

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited September 2007
    INCORRECT FORMATTING.

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  • M.D.M.D. and then what happens? Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I have a crappy razr. I got it cause it was free and it was free cause it sucks.

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    just got me a samsung e900

    and i have realised i have nobody to talk to

    this phone was a curse in a sexy black disguise

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I have the most useless fucking cell phone in the known universe.

    Just ask anyone from PAX.

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited September 2007
    i don't even know where my phone is

    oh well

    good riddance, phone

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  • SporkAndrewSporkAndrew Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2007
    Sony Ericsson w700i
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    The battery dies after one phone call and every time I send a text it thinks that the credit reminder I get every fucking time is a new message and plays the message tone.

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    The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
  • I'd Fuck Chuck Lidell UpI'd Fuck Chuck Lidell Up Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    that's not a phone dumb hero

    it's a helio

    (I'm so ashamed)

    i own a blackjack

    they are nifty and take better pictures than my digital camera

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Not to sound like a plant, but Helio is pretty damn good for folks who don't tend to use many minutes but use a lot of data. $65 a month for unlimited text, photos, and data, 500 minutes. You can check your available minutes anytime from their site, as well as having an online address book that will sync with the phone.

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    mr. smart hero

    how does the phone open with a qwerty keyboard and a number pad

    it looks like a devilish optical illusion to me

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Nuzak wrote: »
    mr. smart hero

    how does the phone open with a qwerty keyboard and a number pad

    it looks like a devilish optical illusion to me

    It has a wonderful spring mechanism that feels really solid when you open/close either keypad. The phone is a bit thicker than the average phone.

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  • Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 One of the multitude of Dans infesting this place Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I still have one of those old Bell Solo phones, that came in a large metal can (interestingly enough, the can can be used to carry an entire original Settlers of Catan game).

    also, nuzak, I think I see layers there. top is the screen, middle is the number pad, and bottom is the qwerty pad.

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited September 2007
    what sort of stuff can a helio do

    can you take notes on it

    can you internet on it

    can it draw pictures

    is there a camera inside

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Dumb Hero wrote: »
    Nuzak wrote: »
    mr. smart hero

    how does the phone open with a qwerty keyboard and a number pad

    it looks like a devilish optical illusion to me

    It has a wonderful spring mechanism that feels really solid when you open/close either keypad. The phone is a bit thicker than the average phone.

    holy shit i see it now

    so those pictures aren't very flattering, it looks as big as an etch-a-sketch

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited September 2007
    basically i need something that is almost a palmtop

    something that does internet (with a decent fucking browser with flash and java support) decently

    that i can also type things into, maybe with a collapsible bluetooth keyboard and export as text files, or upload to my webspace via ftp

    also i guess it would be cool if it made phone calls

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    nokia make the best phones. those crazy japanese can do it all

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited September 2007
    bsjezz wrote: »
    nokia make the best phones. those crazy japanese can do it all

    sucks that nokia's finnish, huh

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  • SilmarilSilmaril Mr Ha Ha Hapless. Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    What? I though Nokia were Scandinavian?

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    basically i need something that is almost a palmtop

    something that does internet (with a decent fucking browser with flash and java support) decently

    that i can also type things into, maybe with a collapsible bluetooth keyboard and export as text files, or upload to my webspace via ftp

    also i guess it would be cool if it made phone calls

    sounds a bit like an iphone

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    what sort of stuff can a helio do

    can you take notes on it

    can you internet on it

    can it draw pictures

    is there a camera inside

    Well, Helio is the phone company, they have about four or five different models phones out at the moment, with the Ocean being the only one with a QWERTY keyboard. It has internet, you can take notes on it, and it has a 2.0 megapixel camera that includes video.

    A couple neat features are their 'Ultimate Inbox' wherein you can have access to AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Chat, Gmail, as well as Text/Picture Messaging, as well as setting up POP3 mail accounts all from one screen. In addition, you get an email address tied to the phone that has 'push' mail like a Blackberry, where once an email is received it'll inform you within a minute or two that you have new mail.

    On the photo/video front it has integrated functionality with Flickr and YouTube where you can take a photo or shoot a video and have it uploaded to either site within a couple minutes.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    bsjezz wrote: »
    nokia make the best phones. those crazy japanese can do it all

    sucks that nokia's finnish, huh

    no no-ki-a it's japanese duh

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    my shitphone sucks

    you're ugly, phone

    and your mother was a whore

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Knob, unfortunately it doesn't support Flash at the moment. All the applications on it (Google Maps, Buddy Beacon [GPS locater for friends with supported phones] and a few others) are all Java based apps.

    It hasn't had any official 3rd party apps, however some clever folks have managed to begin hacking it to allow some.

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited September 2007
    okay, sounding good so far

    now for the salient points

    is there a fullsize foldable bluetooth keyboard for it

    can the notes you take on it be transferred to a pc

    does it only upload to flickr and youtube, or does it do something actually useful and let you ftp to whatever site you like

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  • FlyingmanFlyingman Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Got my bill today, $1200...

    Turns out I haven't been paying my bills, any of you guys know anything about faking a death?

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited September 2007
    Flyingman wrote: »
    Got my bill today, $1200...

    Turns out I haven't been paying my bills, any of you guys know anything about faking a death?

    No, but I do know a little bit about being responsible!

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    you should probably gouge out your own eyes in shame at this point

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited September 2007
    the best way to fake your death is to cut your wrists and sit in a hot bathtub

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  • FlyingmanFlyingman Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Well I payed it, thing is I hadn't received a bill so far until I changed address, I don't know what fake address I gave them...
    It's pretty cool, I called them up, bought the phone outright and kept going with the plan.

    I own a SE w950i

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    the best way to fake your death is to cut your wrists and sit in a hot bathtub

    Be a man, swallow the business end of a shotgun at a daycare and teach the kids a lesson about personal responsibility.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    okay wow so sleep deprivation makes me see sexual innuendoes in everything apparently

    well

    more so than usually

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Flyingman wrote: »
    Well I payed it, thing is I hadn't received a bill so far until I changed address, I don't know what fake address I gave them...
    do you own credit cards?

    have you thought about melting them down into goo then quickly scooping it all into your butthole before it cool?

    to control your spending

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    okay, sounding good so far

    now for the salient points

    is there a fullsize foldable bluetooth keyboard for it

    can the notes you take on it be transferred to a pc

    does it only upload to flickr and youtube, or does it do something actually useful and let you ftp to whatever site you like

    No keyboard (yet, the phone is only about 4 months old) they've got the Bluetooth file stuff locked down pretty bad right now. My guess is to prevent folks such as ourselves from using it's unlimited data in conjunction with a laptop to turn it into a bluetooth modem.

    Unsure about the memo -> PC situation, I'll give that a try this afternoon, but if all else failed you could just use an gmail account or something to send the info to.

    No FTP stuff that I've heard of, but I haven't really tried to play around with it.


    The browser uses Google Optimizer to try to cut back on the data usage and make pages load faster, but sometimes it can be a pain; thankfully they also have the option to view pages in HTML.

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  • FlyingmanFlyingman Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Faricazy wrote: »
    okay wow so sleep deprivation makes me see sexual innuendoes in everything apparently

    well

    more so than usually

    Wow... the daycare or the shotgun?
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Flyingman wrote: »
    Well I payed it, thing is I hadn't received a bill so far until I changed address, I don't know what fake address I gave them...
    do you own credit cards?

    have you thought about melting them down into goo then quickly scooping it all into your butthole before it cool?

    to control your spending

    I avoid them like church.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Flyingman wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    okay wow so sleep deprivation makes me see sexual innuendoes in everything apparently

    well

    more so than usually

    Wow... the daycare or the shotgun?
    CODE YELLOW

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  • KnobKnob TURN THE BEAT BACK InternetModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited September 2007
    well shit

    doesn't seem like it does the main stuff i need out of a device without some dicking around

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Also on the photo aspect it even has geotagging built in, which is pretty neat.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Knob wrote: »
    well shit

    doesn't seem like it does the main stuff i need out of a device without some dicking around

    Yeah, same here. I've been looking at possibly getting a halfway decent PDA with a bluetooth keyboard or a mobile PC for that sort of thing.

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2007
    I've got a Cingular/AT&T 8525, it's pretty bad ass though a little chunky.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    if i get a data plan phone it'll probably be a helio

    because it seems like their data plans are the cheapest and also aren't formulated and promoted to pocket protectors

    that new flip looks nice

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    That's the Hermes, right Dyna?

    My roommate's got one and he's pretty happy with it.

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