Re: Cell phone plans and providers.
Joshua Schmidlkofer <[email protected]> Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:12:34 -0800
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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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