On 22 Sep 2012 04:18:56 GMT, RobertPatrick wrote:

"HeyBub" wrote in
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wrote:
I've had a basic Tracfone for a few years. It makes calls, texts,
and can get basic internet service. It's just a simple phone without
any bells and whistles. I can download pictures for a fee to use as
wallpaper, or download ringtones also for a fee. I dont want a
contract phone, because I dont make that many calls or send many
texts. A $20 phone card will last me 2 or 3 months.

However I'm looking into getting a more advanced phone. The main
reason is that it has a larger screen and full keyboard. Both of
these are needed, since my eyesite is not the greatest and texting
with the standard keypad is miserable. The other advantage is that
it has a camera. Although I do have a regular digital camera, I do
like the idea of having a camera phone, because I often want to take
a picture and dont have my camera with me.

My question is this? If I take a picture with the camera, how do I
get the picture onto my computer? The phone I'm looking at, is a
LG501C, which is compatible with Tracfone. It says it has "Bluetooth
Technology".... What does that do? Is that some sort of cable that
connects to a computer for transferring photos? I dont see any sense
having a phone camera if I cant get the pictures out of the phone and
onto my computer.

(I've heard some people saying they can send pictures to friends who
use Facebook, but I dont and wont use Facebook, so that leaves out
that option).

Seems the young kids understand all of this cellphone stuff, but an
old fart like myself is totally confused by it....

Thanks for all advice!

Unsolicited advice: Consider buying your 'phone - whatever one you
choose - from a reliable Ebay seller. It will be as much as 90% less
than the same phone bought from a network supplier. Batteries too.



I'd never buy a Tracfone from eBay. It's complicated to get it activated.

I don't know, not experience except with AT&T, but was the complicated
experience starting from scratch? or when you had a sim card you could
take out of an old phone that was activated on Tracfone, and put it in
the new phone?

With my used ebay phone, if I wanted it activated from scratch, I'd
have to buy a plan that included data, but since I already had a basic
phone that couldn't even handle data, not even to download a ringtone,
putting its sim card in my new smart phone activated it, and without
any data. (except what I can get from wifi, which is free) So now
I'm still prepaid and I buy 100 dollars at a time, which expires in a
year if I don't buy more before the year is up.