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Subject: Cell Phones
Posted by: Punk42AE
- Donor [036635522] Mon, Mar 19, 2007, 18:17
I'm going to be getting a new Cell phone in the next few days and looking for some good options from board members. I'm with Verizon so has to be a phone with capability with them. |
| 1 | ksoze
Leader
ID: 04619323
Mon, Mar 19, 2007, 18:50
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Punk, I traded up for the Verizon Env about two and a half months ago and have been nothing but thrilled with it. It's more then I need in a phone but, when trading up, I got a $100 credit (by extending my contract of course) plus a $50 mail in rebate. The cost was $200 so after receiving the rebate I paid a total of $50. I don't care about using it as an MP3 player (need the memory card for that) but the online capabilities are nice (though not necessary), especially since my wife pays the phone bill through her business. Although... I'm not able to access Kafenatid on the browser :-(. I especially like the battery power. The power in my last phone drained pretty quickly and I expected the same with this one, considering the larger screen and all, but not so. I very seldom go down any more then a bar before I get around to re-charging it in the evening.
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| 2 | Farn
Leader
ID: 451044109
Mon, Mar 19, 2007, 19:04
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I've got the LG8300 and love it. Reception is great and the phone funcationality is outstanding.
I've got friends with the LG8600 that hate it. And of course the Razr is a disaster.
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| 3 | Punk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Mon, Mar 19, 2007, 19:35
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Yeah I can trade up with my phone too, actually could have almost a year ago but never got around to it. Now i'm finally looking at them. I've looked at the Env online but figured it'd be too much of a phone since I wouldn't use alot of it's functions. What's the difference between the 8300 and 8600?
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| 4 | Boxman
ID: 571114225
Mon, Mar 19, 2007, 19:43
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I have an Env, my wife has a Motorola Q both with Verizon and we're happy with them. My lone complaint is the difficulty that I have connecting my bluetooth earpiece with the phone. It's a royal PITA.
The battery life and signal strength of the Env is great and a very noticeable improvement over my past phone that was about 3 years old.
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| 5 | Punk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Mon, Mar 19, 2007, 20:09
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What is the problem with hooking up the bluetooth Box? I haven't gotten one or really wanted one, but eventually I know I would. Also looking at the EnV puts it to my front runner.
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| 6 | Boxman
ID: 211139621
Tue, Mar 20, 2007, 06:40
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What is the problem with hooking up the bluetooth Box? I haven't gotten one or really wanted one, but eventually I know I would.
The PITA with the bluetooth is that it is very difficult to connect to the Env. It's touch and go. I'm still not entirely sure how it works, but I'm supposed to press down on a button on the earpiece until it blinks twice and then stays blue. Then I have to go and connect it on the Env side then the unit says "Bluetooth Connected". A problem is that half the time it doesn't detect the bluetooth device. Another problem is that it will magically disconnect during the workday. I keep the earpiece and the phone right by each other during the workday either in my pocket or on my desk, but without fail over lunch or on my way home I've got to go thru the re-connect all over again.
It's just a pain. Why couldn't they just have a simple ON/OFF switch on the earpiece? This whole thing waiting for it to blink twice, then stay a solid blue reminds me of playing that game Simon when I was a kid. Then sometimes it blinks twice and doesn't stay blue. It's irritating.
The problem is that it works just well enough for me to not go to the cell phone store and spend 90 minutes waiting for someone and then getting help.
The Env though is top notch in my book. The keyboard is a good size for me to use to text message and it's a small phone, but not so small that I'm afraid of losing it. The camera phone aspect takes good pictures for a cell phone camera and it is easy to operate. There's also a mini-SD slot if you want to save pics or music.
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| 7 | Punk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Tue, Mar 20, 2007, 08:35
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I'll think i'll go in tomorrow and check it out when i'm Off. Sounds like the one i'll be planning on getting.
Thanks
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| 8 | Great One
Sustainer
ID: 053272014
Tue, Mar 20, 2007, 09:30
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There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.Your mobile phone can actually be
a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Checkout the things that you can do with it:
FIRST Subject: Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your
mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to
establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.
SECOND Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car?
Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away,
and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote"for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk). Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!"
THIRD Subject: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.
FOURTH How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 #
A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This numbers unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
And Finally....
FIFTH
Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800) FREE 411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.
This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends
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| 9 | boikin
ID: 59831214
Tue, Mar 20, 2007, 09:52
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have you tried the battery trick? and does it work on any phone?
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| 10 | Great One
Sustainer
ID: 053272014
Tue, Mar 20, 2007, 11:07
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I just got that in a forward. GO is not responsible for the validity of the claims, use them at your own risk or creativity. :)
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| 11 | Punk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Tue, Mar 20, 2007, 11:09
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K who's going to try the car opener thing first?
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| 12 | blue hen
Leader
ID: 710321114
Tue, Mar 20, 2007, 11:19
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Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong.
As usual, Snopes has your back.
Highlights:
Cars with remote keyless entry (RKE) systems cannot be unlocked by relaying a key fob transmitter signal via a cellular telephone. RKE systems and cell phones utilize different types of signals and transmit them at different frequencies.
The claim that pressing the sequence *3370# will unleash "hidden battery power" in a cell phone seems to be a misunderstanding of an option available on some brands of cell phone (such as Nokia) for Half Rate Codec, which provides about 30% more talk time on a battery charge at the expense of lower sound quality. However, this option is enabled by pressing the sequence *#4720# — the sequence *3370# actually enables Enhanced Full Rate Codec, which provides better sound quality at the expense of shorter battery life.
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| 13 | Punk42AE
Donor
ID: 036635522
Fri, Mar 23, 2007, 21:34
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I went with the LG 8300 when I was there today. When I was talking with the guy finding out about the two phones I just switched. Basically it sounded like EnV only huge advantage was the full keyboard, and I wasn't going to pay double for a small amount of extra things. Anyone have V-Cast? I guess i've got it for free for a month.
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