Comments on: New Phone http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6215 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:36:23 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6215 Yeah - AT&T lock in was reason #1. I'm with Verizon, and I'm relatively happy with their service and coverage. Most of my family and friends are on Verizon - free in network calling works out great. Oh, and my company reimburses your cell bill but only if you are on Verizon (exploiting free in network calling FTW) . And I know that it's been hacked, but I just don't feel spending this much money on a phone that I need to hack to work with my network. The LG phone will cost me around $80 after the mail-in rebate. How much does the iPhone cost these days? So yeah - vendor lock-in + high price = no iPhone for me. Yeah - AT&T lock in was reason #1. I’m with Verizon, and I’m relatively happy with their service and coverage. Most of my family and friends are on Verizon - free in network calling works out great. Oh, and my company reimburses your cell bill but only if you are on Verizon (exploiting free in network calling FTW) .

And I know that it’s been hacked, but I just don’t feel spending this much money on a phone that I need to hack to work with my network. The LG phone will cost me around $80 after the mail-in rebate. How much does the iPhone cost these days?

So yeah - vendor lock-in + high price = no iPhone for me.

]]> by: Ricardo http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6214 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:13:19 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6214 By the way, Luke, do you know why the Indian flag is not appearing after my name anymore? By the way, Luke, do you know why the Indian flag is not appearing after my name anymore?

]]> by: Ricardo http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6213 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:04:16 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6213 Since you're in the US, why didn't you buy the iPhone? Was it the price, the lock-in with AT&T or something else? Here in India I got a Motorola L9. It also has a 2Megapix camera, plus radio and an outside micro-SD slot that's easy to access. It is also all black which is my favorite color for a mobile phone. So far, I'm really happy with it as well. Since you’re in the US, why didn’t you buy the iPhone? Was it the price, the lock-in with AT&T or something else?

Here in India I got a Motorola L9. It also has a 2Megapix camera, plus radio and an outside micro-SD slot that’s easy to access. It is also all black which is my favorite color for a mobile phone.

So far, I’m really happy with it as well.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6212 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:52:43 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6212 Neither my desktop nor laptop has a bluetooth though. Maybe I can buy one of those USB based bluethooth things. Still, it's probably more expensive than the $10 cable. :) And yeah - the SD card might be necessary if I want to use it for music and pictures. :) Neither my desktop nor laptop has a bluetooth though. Maybe I can buy one of those USB based bluethooth things. Still, it’s probably more expensive than the $10 cable. )

And yeah - the SD card might be necessary if I want to use it for music and pictures. )

]]> by: Craig Betts http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6211 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:11:39 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/09/15/new-phone/#comment-6211 Nice choice! I go t the VX8300 recently and just love it. I think your phone pretty much has similar features. I used BitPim on mine via Bluetooth, so no cable was needed. I also had fun usin BitPim to hack the code on my phone to allow me to put in my own web proxy settings, thus bypassing Verizons' and not having to pay the additional $10 for web. I even wrote a web page for my phone so I don't have to type in URLs in the numeric keypad (painful). Invest in the uSD card. You won't regret it! I bought a 1gig card on EBay for $10! Plus, you will need to put your music files here if I am not mistaken. You can always check HowardForums for the details. Nice choice! I go t the VX8300 recently and just love it. I think your phone pretty much has similar features.

I used BitPim on mine via Bluetooth, so no cable was needed. I also had fun usin BitPim to hack the code on my phone to allow me to put in my own web proxy settings, thus bypassing Verizons’ and not having to pay the additional $10 for web. I even wrote a web page for my phone so I don’t have to type in URLs in the numeric keypad (painful).

Invest in the uSD card. You won’t regret it! I bought a 1gig card on EBay for $10! Plus, you will need to put your music files here if I am not mistaken. You can always check HowardForums for the details.

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