Any phone / gadget junkies here?

[prntrfxr]

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That seems to be unfashionable these days.
Have you noticed that if ten work colleagues are in a room together taking a break, three quarters of them get their phone out. At the best one might make a useless phone call, the others texting or quite happily reading impossibly small text on a internet site. Someone else enjoying a movie on a 3"x2" screen.

I am not a phone junkie...

I used to think the same thing. Then I bought my first smart phone (Pre) and wondered what I ever did without it.

1. I can Google the answer to any question immediately. (Before I would make a mental note to look something up when I got home but always forgot.)
2. I can send texts with a full size keyboard (I couldn't do that on my old flip phone with the number pad.)
3. I can take pretty good quality photos with it and email/text them directly from my phone. (I didn't think that was important but I use it all the time to help other techs out and get help from others in return.)
4. I can use my phone like a jump drive (used it to set up my home network).
5. I have access to wonderful apps that organize my time/day.
6. If I'm waiting in line or at doctor's office, I can check email, pay bills, watch a video, send a text message, play games, make a grocery list or menu, surf the web, listen to music, or use the phone to pass the time (some of this requires headphones). I no longer get angry waiting for anything.
7. Yes the text is smaller, especially on websites. However, many of the most used sites are mobile friendly or have their own apps so the text is no longer tiny. There are ways to zoom a screen to see text better. My phone is more like 2.75"x5". You've uses a 3x5 card before, haven't you? It's not that small.
8. I can use or have the following on my phone:

-Email on the fly (including opening and sending attachments)
-Text without typing (Swype capability)
-Open MS word, excel, and pdf files on my phone
-Sign my signature on documents
-keep a checkbook register
-log my mileage and fuel usage
-scan documents
-count calories, get recipes, and record what I eat (lost 14 lbs in 3 weeks, so far!
-Go to copytechnet on the fly
-Pay bills online on the fly
-record notes in my voice recorder
-scan barcodes
-look up phone numbers in phonebook app
-track UPS packages with UPS app
-send and receive instant messages
-Create and send documents
-watch netflix videos
-stream music
-use the GPS or Google maps to find my way
-Check out what's selling on Craigslist
-Read my Bible reading for the week
-Play games
-Sync my home and work computer with my phone
-apartment hunt/job hunt/house hunt on the fly
-download and read books on the fly
-shop for anything
-keep track of car maintenance
-watch you tube videos

. I no longer own/use the following:

-alarm clock/clock radio
-home stereo system
-stopwatch
-timer
-electronic address book
-video game system
-CD/Tape Player in the car
-pocket organizer
-mileage tracker
-no longer call the bank once a day to check my balance
-phonebook
-calculator
-spanish/english dictionary (used to bring it to work with me)
-book map in the car
-photos (don't carry them with me anymore)
-mp3 player
-use/carry a sketchpad to draw something

[Dalamar]

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I had windows phones, then switched to blackberry, then tried android on a Droid X when they first came out, then had an Iphone 4 for about a month before I threw it away (no worth while free apps, no adobe support, no multitasking, I hate Starbucks, and I don't belive I'm hip or cool enough to own an apple product) , I then went back to my Droid X and eagerly awaited the Droid Bionic, which I picked up on it's release date Sep 8, 2011.

In short Android > Everything Else

/thread

[Dalamar]

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Also for everyone's convenience, here is a generalized guide for those seeking PC or Gaming system advice.

[Dalamar]

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I have found further evidence to support my opinion. And it has unlimited Data

[CanonSco]

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I use a Galaxy S2. Great bit of kit. Still have a Nokia classic as my company phone though. As a phone its unbeatable.

Im very anti Apple - I wont pay more for less regardless how cool a guy in a turtle neck and open toe sandals tells me it is.

[mrwho]

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I love my cheap-ass android Galaxy 5. Just recently updated it with the lastest version of Cyanogen Mod, and expanded the battery longevity from barely one day almost without use to more than a day with moderate use (some calls and some music listening along with email checking once every hour) just by resetting the battery stats. Not bad for a sub-100$ android phone.

Now only if I could do that with my latop...

[pacman]

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I love my cheap-ass android Galaxy 5. Just recently updated it with the lastest version of Cyanogen Mod, and expanded the battery longevity from barely one day almost without use to more than a day with moderate use (some calls and some music listening along with email checking once every hour) just by resetting the battery stats. Not bad for a sub-100$ android phone.

Now only if I could do that with my latop...

I still use my Galaxy S as a media player. I flashed one of the first Ice Cream Sandwich ROMS over it and MAN, it SCREAMS!!!

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

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Well I guess it's finally happened. I'm now an old f*ck. I always thought I was a hip nerd tech kind of guy because I knew more about computers than my parents did. Before puberty I was ruling the computer world using MS-DOS, then Windows 3.1/95/98/XP and so on. I used to hear the old people, all of whom are dead now I'm sure say "oh you kids and your damn computer games and Nintendo/Sega/Genesis well you get the idea. I suppose it's my turn to keep the motto going...

Here goes...you damn kids these days with your computer applephones and texting and watching movies on a screen the size of a nickel...

I haven't gotten into all the phone hype. Mind you I haven't avoided all of it, I'm just slow to enter. It wasn't that long ago that I remember going to and from college and interviews and having to use the latest innovations at the time, such as, stopping and asking for directions, using a payphone, or pre-mapping out my route. Remember paper maps? Used to have one in the glove box of my car. I was so tickled pink when cell phones started becoming "affordable" in the early 2000's and remember the innovative mapquest and yahoo maps, and now google maps. I have had a Garmin for years now and for some reason I "need" the lovely lady to tell me how to get home from the office. It's just not the same without her.

FYI, we have two apple ipods for working out at the gym, several pcs in the house but as far as phones, we all use the Samsung T401g. It has a sliding QWERTY keyboard. Honestly, we only have them because they were free with the purchase of a Straight Talk Unlimited plan for $45.

So I've been slow to get into all the hip stuff these days. The way I see it the phone is for talking. I mean why would I keep buying bigger computer monitors and plasma tvs and then watch a movie on a phone? I suppose they'd be cool for traveling. Right now I find solace in not being able to be found and connected to everything else at all times of the day. I'm even thinking about getting away from it all and living in a log cabin on top of a mountain somewhere with no phones, internet, or electricity just for some peace.

A few other rants and raves: I don't like Apple, they try to control everything too much. All you ppl are into Apps these days...well do you know Apple once sued their customers over them and lost. Use your Droid or Iphone to google it. Someone hacked an Iphone and made personal apps. Apple didn't like it so they sued their customers. The federal judge said it's ok and part of the fair use because they paid for the Iphone. So yeah, not a big apple fan. Not a big Sony fan either for the same reasons. They're notorious for DRM and killer on pc gamers. I'll get into the tech more eventually. I want a smeerless smudgefree touchscreen developed first.

And if I might add...what's up with people sending a text but not picking up their phone two seconds later? Pisses me off.

[prntrfxr]

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I have a co-worker who has an Ipod. He got it hooked to magic jack and gets all the same benefits of Iphone without buying a new phone. I had the same issue you do with Apple. Supposedly, Apple's technology only worked with AT&T's network (back in the day). Now after customer demand other competitors have upgraded their network and now offer them. I have always had a problem with AT&T. They bought out my previous cell phone customer. When it happened I dropped them. I hate monopolies. So when Apple came out, I went... oooh...when I learned only AT&T had them, I went . I refuse to buy one. My brother (the traitor) has bought one and then he bought a mac. Now, if I mention a problem with my PC all I get from him is "you should have bought a mac". Well, . I will muddle through any problem I have with my PC and I think he was shocked when I bought my Android. His Iphone locked up the other day and he had to restart it. (I laughed my head off.) But I do know how you feel. I used to be on top of new technology, now I have difficulty understanding it. I feel tired when I think about having to learn something new. In the old days, I would have had my phone all figured out by now. I'm still learning new things about this thing.

[blaze2000]

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Have used Blackberry Curve, and currently have Android for work and a Windows phone 7. I love my WP7, so much quicker and a breeze to use. Not that is android is terrible but in comparison to my WP it sucks. Just my opinion

[CanonSco]

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Just had my email through and ordered my Pi Rasberry. Pre ordered before and now done the payment. Delivery is unknown though. ( might be up to 30 days as ALL the UK ones are gone now anyway )

\Cant wait. Nerd heaven.

I truly hope thousands and thousands of these end up in our schools.

[CanonSco]

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Just had my email through and ordered my Pi Rasberry. Pre ordered before and now done the payment. Delivery is unknown though. ( might be up to 30 days as ALL the UK ones are gone now anyway )

\Cant wait. Nerd heaven.

I truly hope thousands and thousands of these end up in our schools.

Ufff. Confirmed ( as much as it can be I guess ) deliver date of 30/4/12

Anyone else getting one?

[Darren King]

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Blackberry all the way. 9300 Curve. I need a phone that works. Not interested in all the "toys" that are on the apple and android systems. I don't have the time to play on my phone. Not trying to insult anybody, just the way I feel.

[Jamesu]

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I'm using a Jailbroken iPhone4.

I haven't really tried others, but my boss has tried most Androids and a few Blackberry's and as for the e-mail, ease of use and everything else he's always come back to the Apple!

I'm not sure but im sure he couldnt add attachments or open certain attachments on other phones?