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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 | ||
| 774309 | 2009-05-16 01:56:00 | Hi, with Telecom marketing its own fancy stuff. I may be old fashion, I have never set a PXT or used email or the net other than trying it once for a few minutes which must be 4 years ago on GRPS. Any of you guys who use these fancy features on a regular level? What is your main reason of getting a new phone? |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 774310 | 2009-05-16 02:39:00 | Nup, only got a mobile last year, never used one before either. Nothing fancy on it besides txting, no cam, but has bluetooth, nothing fantastic Only reason I got one, the rest of the family dont have landlines lol. So, its the only way I can txt them. I dont know if the email function actually works, unless youre on Xtra. Didnt find out, I never tried it But at least it was cheap when I got it, Was 179 went down to 79. Probably the only reason I brought it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 774311 | 2009-05-16 02:50:00 | I find the camera handy, Other then that I do my best to ignore my phone. Just picked up an n65 Slide, If I were paying I would have purchased the cheapest phone available and been just as happy. Kind of bemused at spankers using their spanker phone as a status symbol or jewellery or whatever they think they are doing. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 774312 | 2009-05-16 02:51:00 | My main reason for purchasing a 'fancy' phone would be to have a small, general-purpose unix computer in my pocket. I don't own one due to the extortionate cost of data, and don't intend to purchase one unless the plans become significantly cheaper. I currently have a (jailbroken) 2nd gen iPod touch, which suits the above purpose fairly well - although my ideal smartphone / pda would also have the following: More RAM (no Apple, 116MB is *not* enough)!!! HID profile enabled on the bluetooth stack (allows using things like external keyboards) or a built-in laser keyboard 3G or better mobile net connection with a reasonably-priced data plan AGPS, although standard GPS would be better than nothing Camera Tun kernel driver Linux rather than OSX - OSX is nice, but does lack a few features I use a lot. Projector (you can now get tiny ones that fit in a single cubic centimetre and use almost no juice - they're intended for use in cellphones) Add those, and you get a package of a similar size to my existing iPod (although slightly fatter), which can be built using off-the-shelf technology we already have, and allowing for reasonable markups would probably sell for around $1200. Such a device would easily replace my laptop for almost everything I currently use it for. Come on phone companies... I have no doubt that I'm far from the only person who would buy one of these like a shot if you were to release one... I would also never even consider purchasing a device that didn't give me root access (Apple, I'm looking at you!), or wasn't easily hackable to make this available. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 774313 | 2009-05-16 03:03:00 | Come on phone companies... I have no doubt that I'm far from the only person who would buy one of these like a shot if you were to release one... Your right, there are at east 15 other people in the world that want that product. :rolleyes::lol: |
Metla (12) | ||
| 774314 | 2009-05-16 03:05:00 | Your right, there are at east 15 other people in the world that want that product. :rolleyes::lol: As would many who are currently purchasing netbooks - and those are selling like there's no tomorrow. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 774315 | 2009-05-16 03:20:00 | Well then, I suggest you purchase a netbook, and a cellphone for making phonecalls. | Metla (12) | ||
| 774316 | 2009-05-16 03:25:00 | Well then, I suggest you purchase a netbook, and a cellphone for making phonecalls. Netbooks are great (I have one) - but they don't fit in your pocket. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 774317 | 2009-05-16 03:28:00 | 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. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 774318 | 2009-05-16 04:21:00 | Never even read the manual for my phone, I have no idea what it can do outside of ringing people up, sending them messages and taking photo's. Though I see someone mentioned the alarm, Thats something I always use on mine. It not only wakes me up but ensures I can find my phone in the morning. I think my last phone had more abilities/functions, That didn't stop it ceasing to function when being subjected to the bounce test. |
Metla (12) | ||
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