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Thread ID: 99818	2009-05-16 01:56:00	Cellphone's fancy features	Nomad (952)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
774319	2009-05-16 05:05:00	Any of you guys who use these fancy features on a regular level? I use the internet a lot on my phone. I use the camera occasionally. What is your main reason of getting a new phone? When the current one breaks (which it has now done), or when I see a good bargain on offer.	davidmmac (4619)
774320	2009-05-16 05:13:00	I use my current phone for calling people or texting them it pretty much doesn't do anything else anyway although it does have an alarm which will get some use. About the only other function it has that's useful is a conversion app. But then for a $80 phone I didn't expect anything else or want it	gary67 (56)
774321	2009-05-16 06:25:00	Well then, I suggest you purchase a netbook, and a cellphone for making phonecalls. I would never buy a netbook - they're far too big (and easy to damage), and consume far too much power. I currently have a cellphone and an iPod touch - that does most of what I want (which is generally email, calendar, web browser, ssh, various networking tools, and a bash shell).	Erayd (23)
774322	2009-05-16 07:11:00	I would never buy a netbook I insist. And get a perm.	Metla (12)
774323	2009-05-16 07:29:00	You've been watching too much TV, Metla!	johcar (6283)
774324	2009-05-16 08:54:00	I think use my Palm Treo 650 smartphone pretty thoroughly . I use most features on the phone reasonably regularly, but data (browsing and/or email) very irregularly due to, as Erayd mentions, the extortionate price of mobile data (the price of which is high ONLY because phone companies see it as a "business need", and businesses will pay, no matter what the cost . The only other reason might be that the phone companies don't want their networks getting overloaded by Joe Public downloading all sorts of data files and upsetting the quality of service of voice callers - who they also sting unnecessarily hard) . So, features I use: Calendar, Contacts, Memos, Tasks (all sync'ed with Outlook - using the built-in Bluetooth), text, camera (including video), alarm clock (when away from home) Plus numerous applications I have installed: various games, a timesheet application, eReader (about 125 books on an SD card - very handy, when sitting on a ferry or plane with nothing to do), Word and Excel, music (occasionally) and a few others . I sometimes even make phone calls on it! The Treo doesn't do PXT, but I could use email to send a picture if I wanted . . . Any replacement phone would have to be able to do all of that (with a stable and intuitive interface - so not Windows Mobile OS!) plus more . So at the moment my only choice would be the iPhone, but the Palm Pre is the one I have in my sights - once it is launched later this year . x2	beeswax34 (63)
774325	2009-05-16 09:05:00	I use phone, text, alarm and Calendar. All other features pointless including camera, e mail, word, excel, tasks, powerpoint, calculator, mp3 player, internet etc etc Jury is out on games, a good one can be handy when stuck at places like airports.	Twelvevolts (5457)
774326	2009-05-16 12:55:00	When I was in America I made the mistake of shelling out about $350NZ for a phone with MP3 and AGPS. Unfortunately the salesman incorrectly told me I could use the AGPS for $10US/month, when in fact it cost $3US for 24 hours access..... Needless to say I kept that to a minimum. Few phones can replace a separate MP3 player in convenience, and I found that that one didn't. So I didn't use that feature either. My current phone is a 6275i which is quite nice and has GPS (works with MGMaps so I can save the NZ maps on the microSD card and not have to pay $10/MB). Also plays music. I will use the camera often enough, but the GPS will only ever be useful if I manage to get entirely lost and don't know where I are. I don't need driving directions. And I rarely use an MP3 player, though it will be great if I ever need to take a long walk or something. I wouldn't have even considered paying the new price of $399 for it though. It was $170 used off TM which I think is perfectly reasonable for a nice phone with a camera, all extra features aside. I do use the calendar all the time though to remind me stuff.	george12 (7)
774327	2009-05-16 15:05:00	Are you sure you're not thinking of DGPS? AGPS is usually free, and uses cell tower triangulation to help acquire a location fix and improve accuracy. DGPS requires a special base station.	Erayd (23)
774328	2009-05-18 10:02:00	Are you sure you're not thinking of DGPS? AGPS is usually free, and uses cell tower triangulation to help acquire a location fix and improve accuracy. DGPS requires a special base station. Definitely assited GPS. The phone has it but it only works using the special Verizon software, which is what you have to pay for. It did work very well though.	george12 (7)
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