They're actually pretty useful in some situations. Walking around the grocery store, jawing about something or asking what kind of cereal to get? Not really. Working simultaneously at far-flung locations (data centers, construction, etc.) and needing to have immediate communication? Definitely.
It serves the same purpose as, carrying around a separate public band radio would, it just uses cell service instead of GMRS band (or whatever). And, to play devil's advocate, Nextel/Sprint don't charge minutes against using the walkie-talkie feature, either for personal or corporate accounts, so it's a cheap way to eke some more time out of your plan. /And/, at least as was the case when I had my Motorola i530 "Special Class" phone, you didn't have to have the walkie talkie play through the speakerphone, you could use it just as you would normally, holding it up to your ear. Come to think of it, I haven't had a phone set to "ring" in several years. I always keep them on vibrate and turn off all the extraneous tones and music. However, I may be too tempted to use Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy" if I ever get a phone with MP3 ringtone capabilities. - Jim Ben Doom wrote: >>public should be, all those walkie talkie things should be illegal in >>public. >> >> > >I hate the walkie talkie thing. I can never understand it. > > > >>Did they think that Captain Kirk looked cool when he held his >>communicator up to talk? >> >> > >Well.... yeah. > >--Ben > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165735 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
