Cellular Phones

[swhitset]

Bill,

I have a V60i and have been very happy with the phone.  I can't say much about the Browser services, because my service, U.S. Cellular, (the dominant service in this area) does not offer any internet service at all.      

Steve

[kps]

Just got back from exchanging the phone, hopefully this one will keep working.

I so much wanted to try using the phone as a wireless modem with bluetooth, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen any time soon with Rogers AT&T. Another provider, Telus, might offer the service and I'll look into that later.

Rogers does offer a "hard wired" option to connect to your own ISP, but guess what...the software needed is Windows only. OTOH, I may not need their "stinking" software anyway if I'm going to dial up.

This sucks!

[Bill]

I'm happy (so far) with my V60i also Steve.
Though it stays out of places like trenches etc because of it's tinniness but hey maybe thats a sign for me to stay out of spots like that myself. <gr>

I wasn't to happy with the travel charger that it came with so I ordered a SPN 5029 base charger. Actually I found a OEM dealer through ebay that had them cheaper new. Should take a week or so to get here.
Just lastnight I found out that some of Nextels base chargers are the exact pin/current configurations as motos V60i.
So I rolled-the-dice and bid/won one of these on ebay.
Might or should be ok. We'll see. It'll get here around a day or so after the SPN 5029.
Yet the way these batteries are doing ... I'm going to have too many chargers sitting around. <gr>
Guess I'll stick them next to all my spindles of verbatim blank CDRs. <gr>

Browser: My provider is Verizon. Not even sure what the story is with them [here] on that. I could very well be in the same boat as you and Kps maybe.

A neighbor was showing me his new motorhome this morning and told me how much he paid for it. Just then my phone rang with the Da-ta-Da-dah ringer.

[taliesin]

I'm happy with my humble Nokia 3330.  
It seems to work everywhere I've been.
Until I read this thread, I had no idea it was all so complicated!  

Though I have been reading about cellphone and Bluetooth and Macs. Has anyone tried it and are they happy with the results? I get the impression it's an expensive business.

[kps]

Yeah Nick, expensive is right, but I was going to "bite the bullet" on that for 6 months as the promo had unlimited connect time...unfortunately it's a no go. I cancelled the Data Access as I'm not interested in surfing the net on a cell phone.  

Basic service ----25.00 + 0.25 /min over plan
Network Charge --7.00
Data Access -----50.00 for 10 MBs of transfer/Month
Excess connect----6.00 per 1 MB
Plus 15% for Taxes

That's CDN dollars, BTW. It would have cost me about $95 /month if I didn't go over my 10 MB.

[sandbox]

T-Mobile, though a EU company doesn’t offer any Mac software, so even if I bought a Nokia with Mac options, I don’t think it would work without their linking software.
The phone came with 2 batteries 1 is a 900... and the backup is a 650...
I deliberately drained the batteries, and recharged them to set their parameters, now I’ll see how long they last?

I do have AIM instant massaging, so I signed up on the desktop to with a new name and I can now send a message to my phone.    I have PIM like, Now Up to Date and Contact.  WAP, but haven’t had time to play with it yet, when I do, I should be able to go to my Home Page and look at my email through the Web Mail slot.

The accessories are extensive, I can connect my Powerbook to the phone and use it like a modem. A camera attachment will take quality pictures and send the in JPEG format in an email type file, it has a head phone that you can talk/answer by just touching your ear plug, and the volume is adjustable on a toggle bar on the side of the phone. It doesn’t have voice command, but I was told it rarely works well when driving anyway.

It has a car carrier that attaches to the dashboard, when plugged in and activated, the  voice comes through the car speakers, they say? It also has GPS if I want to pay for it.

I like the Samsung size and screen more than any other phone I Played With.

For Florida, it seems Sprint PCS has the best coverage, and if this T-Mobile system doesn’t workout I can use my phone using Sprint’s service, they tell me!?

[Bill]

I'll have to admit the Samsung screen size has always been a big plus on all their phones SB.
That and the one key touch to lock the keys also.
I miss that feature in the samsung I now have deactivated. Not sure if they all have that feature though.
Hold that one key down for a second or two .... keys locked.
Lost count on how many times I've seen people bump into something and el-ring-o.

Even though the flip covers the keys .... not the same.
All phones have the lock feature but not just the keys.

btw .. I stopped counting talk time after I hit 200 minutes on this 900mah battery.
More than I expected.

[Bill]

Received the SPN5029 base charger today.
Fits great and works great.
It is actually more than I expected with idiot indicator [red-green-yellow] lights in all.  

Now I've a nextel base coming that could very well be the same.
Only [maybe] the name's been changed.    
Although it's supposed to be a rapid charger.