On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:04:54 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:
On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 06:10:24 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:47:37 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:
storage chip, my last one did just fine. So I can only run 10-15
programs at the same time..not counting the housekeeping Stuff that
the phone operates with/on.
What programs do you run? (Other than games, which I don't partake in
at all.) I'm trying to figure out if a smartphone would
satisfactorily replace my land line, and what the cost differences
are, and what potential benefits would be. Security for lost phones
is another area I haven't really delved into.
I run several reloading and shooting programs. I run Yahoo, Google and
Hotmail. I run several photo programs that allow me to modify photos
Ive taken with the 6mp camera.
I run a Craigslist search program, Ebays app, Facebooks app, several
GPS and travel apps, 2 music players (I keep 3 gigs of music on the
external card), 2 book readers, my Wells Fargo banking app, a Youtube
app, and a number of utility apps, such as machining, WIFI hacking, a
Dayum, there really _is_ and app for everything now, isn't there?
Doesn't the small screen cause problems for aging eyes like ours?
movie app called Chuckle (works nicely when I sleep in my truck) and
so forth and so on.
Whew! For a minute there, I thought you were going to say you had a
sex surrogacy program with it, too. g
I have a Sprint Victory smartphone and it works quite nicely for me.
It seems that most people who like their phones (at least those with
whom I've talked) are using Sprint.
There are a number of cross platform phones. My phone is available
with several companies.
What's your monthly cost, total, with taxes?
And Ive had cell phones since the early 1990s
Some Areas..are better than others of course. In So California..we
have towers everywhere.
My sister in NorCal is my most frequent cell phone caller. I believe
they have a ton of towers in the San Fran East Bay area, too, but she
cuts out on almost every call, at least for a few seconds. That's why
I still feel that cellular isn't yet ready for prime-time. (I know, a
billion people can't be wrong, huh? 
Some places are better than others. If I get a fuzzy call or drop
out, hummm 2x a month..Id be surprised.
There are 2 places that I travel that calls WILL disconnect. One is
on the 210 Freeway at La Tuna Canyon..the other is at the off ramp for
Pyramid Lake up on the Grapevine. Those are the only two Ive found.
So I let the caller know whats going to happen before I get there and
we call each other back in less than 1 minute.
And as you know..Im deep in machine shops and factories all over So
Cal. Few if any issues. I do have a couple thin spots between I5 and
Taft, when traveling on 166...but...its a 27 mile, straight as an
arrow road with moderate traffic out in the desert, and no one seems
to ever call me while Im on it.
That you know of. g
I will say..that the smart phones do not have an external antenna and
that does reduce their ability to connect in thin areas. Having had a
number of phones with good antennas (Nextel is quite good for
those..but they have merged with Sprint)..I have noticed this. On the
other hand..the reduced range is less than one would think and one
simply takes the good with the less than good.
Hmm...
If you get a smart phone...be sure..do this without fail..to install a
GOOD external case on your phone. Otterbox is good, and there are
literally hundreds of other good ones on Ebay. Walmart and the
discount houses sell them..and always for much less than the carriers
like Sprint sell them for.
Such as this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Carbon-Fiber...-/290978031941
Buy a couple if you buy one with a belt clip. Ive busted most of the
belt clips on external cases over the years.
Dont waste your time with the poly/rubber cases that are a couple
bucks. They simply dont do much. My current case has an airgap around
the phone and is lined with rubber of some sort, so if/when it falls
on the concrete..it doesnt smash the phone.
The Otterbox Defender cases are damned good, but you will pay up to
$40 for one. I do recommend them, among others.
I also have found little or no need for "display film" used to protect
the screen. That high tech glass...is incredibly tough stuff and will
take a ****load of work just to scratch it. Just make sure that
whatever hard shell case you purchase..keeps the entire phone inset
into the case..so if you drop it on the face..it simply hits the rim
of the case and bounces.
Good tip.
They have been making the cell phones thinner and thinner..and they
are now so ****ing thin that its uncomfortable to hold. Its like
holding a playing card next to your face. So any hard case that adds
some bulk to the phone...for me..is a very good thing.
Yeah, I have a Samsung dumb phone and it's smaller than I'd like but
is as thick as my forefinger. I use it for emergencies. It's a
Tracfone, and upon $99 annual renewal, I get an extra 800 minutes. It
has 2,973 unused minutes now. When I called tosee about transferring
some of my minutes to my neighbor's phone, I found that they'd only
transfer all the minutes, not just 1k or so, and that would unregister
my phone. Bastids.
http://www.otterbox.com/armor-series...efault,pg.html
OMG, 100 ****ing bucks? Get real.
My favorite case....
http://www.otterbox.com/defender-ser...efault,pg.html
Not cheap, either.
My wife and DIL have that case..and it simply..works.
They have expensive phones, expensive cases, expensive calling plans,
and still they can't help with the rent/utilities, etc? sigh
Thanks for all the info, mon.
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Try not to become a man of success but
rather try to become a man of value.
--Albert Einstein