Josh,
Is it the phone or the provider that makes you sound like your tonsils
are being attacked by bees?
Cliff
On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 15:12 -0800, Joshua Schmidlkofer wrote:
> Jonathan Daugherty wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm going to lose my employer-provided cell phone soon and I'll need
> > to find a provider and plan. I've used Cingular on the east coast
> > (which has now crept its way out here) and my current cell phone is
> > with T-Mobile.
> >
> > I'm looking to get two cell phones (one for me, one for my wife), and
> > ideally the plan I get will allow me to talk to my wife for free.
> > Instant messages are not required but useful, but I don't want to pay
> > too much for them. I only need 500 minutes per month or so. Good
> > service (coverage area), sound quality, and decent phone selection are
> > important. I'm not interested in a phone that can take pictures,
> > record movies, send faxes, record voice notes, or allow me to watch a
> > DVD rip while playing Duke Nukem 3D on the MAX.
>
> I would recommend the Motorola E815. Good call coverage. Can be paired with
> a nice BlueTooth Headset (Motorola HS850). The text support has a good quick
> typing mode, and it has a camera, etc, etc, etc. It supports all the
> horrible full motion video crap, but that is pretty much useless.
>
> The real hotness is that you can upload new SEEM files, and enable all the
> good features on the phone. (File Transfer bia BT, local TransFlash<->Phone
> copy/move. etc.) The camera is nice to have, but nothing to write home
> about. For a two phone deal, you can usually get them as part of a 2 year
> contract.
>
> I have had very good luck with reception from here to the coast, and using
> the Werb browser with an open WAP proxy has been cool.
>
> I use Verizon. They are no worse than anyone else, and from some I hear
> significantly better then Sprint or Cingular/AT&T. {Isn't Cingular like an
> anti-herpes drug or something?}
>
> >
> > I guess many (if not all) of the people on this list have cell phones,
> > and I understand this is an issue of notable religious significance.
> > So, please chime in; what do you recommend? What is your experience?
> >
>
> WWJU? Who Would Jesus Use?
>
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