Community weekly poll: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone?
Internet, Cellphones and Radiation
by flosgrits - 11/2/05 12:29 PM In reply to: I used my cell for. . . by techtypeI don't worry too much about radiation because I text message mostly. And with predicted text (T9.com) it's almost as fast as talking. And no ugly tumor. Unless there's such a thing as thumb cancer! Yeek!
I just get sports scores, my horoscope and weather.
Cell Phone Use
by Dale Toops - 11/2/05 1:40 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatI am quite satisfied with the use of a computer for E-mail messages. Hopwever if my hearing goes worse, I may have to change to gettings written words over a cell phone. Or, not camunicate. >> May spelling is bad, and need a spell checker.
Cell phones for calling only!!!!
by gblayne - 11/2/05 2:07 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatThey are cramming more and more junk into a cell phone that is not needed. We have enough problems with people driving and talking that we do not need them checking e-mail or what ever else.
I am not giving Sprint any more money
by incognito19 - 11/2/05 2:19 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatSprint charges me too much money just for using the cell phone, I am not giving them more money for accessing the internet using my phone. I will just wait till i get home to use the internet. One more year and i can get rid of my sprint service.
It is just like an Ice Cream Parlor
by techtype - 11/2/05 3:02 PM In reply to: I am not giving Sprint any more money by incognito19It is like when a person goes to an ice cream parlor and wants to get some toppings put on that Sunday. Want Strawberries on that? Extra $0.25. Oh and I would like to have some sprinkles on that too? Extra $0.05. I mean these cell companies want to charge a person for every little thing that is on that cell phone. And so I just use it for quick communications and wait till I get home if it is going to be an involved kind of conversation.
It's just not logical!
by MissKit - 11/3/05 7:23 PM In reply to: It is just like an Ice Cream Parlor by techtypeI certainly agree! Right now the cell phone companies are trying to figure out how to get more money out of each and every one of us. Although, I did read a few later posts in regard to people who have been though hurricanes and wildfires. I'm not exactly sure of the complications of these situations, but email on the cell phone could possibly be useful during these times. Talking just seems so much faster and easier though. Perhaps there are a minimal amount of people who really do need it. Personally I haven't any use for it. I believe the guys who advertise "trading stocks--where you can even keep track of it on your cell phone!" have bought stock in every major company that has anything to do with this. There's money in them thar hills! Hmmm, maybe I should call my broker...
Re: Using a cell for emergencies...
by bren384 - 11/4/05 10:55 AM In reply to: It's just not logical! by MissKitUmm.. you mention keeping a cell phone around for emergencies like wildfires and hurricanes... one small problem with this: cell towers go down the same as regular phone towers. In fact, cell towers require separate power feeds to keep them running. No cell tower, no cell phone service. You're better off sticking with a landline phone whose lines run at least partially underground, so you stand at least some chance of having working service.
Email using phones
by Kleet - 11/2/05 3:20 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruat1. I watched a fellow sit through dinner at a crowded restaurant with his head buried in his phone SNEDING MESSAGES, but not talking on it or to the three others at his table. What's wrong with that picture?
2. I once had email on my phone (for a few days). It was too small of a screen, thus hard to read and too hard to answer.
3. I do not need to be SO connected, especially since I have a phone!!!
(NT) Waste of time
by gabby528 - 11/2/05 3:37 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatA keyboard and good monitor makes Email quicker. I think text messaging is fine for folks that don't have computers. Personally I think it is a waste of time. Phones are for talking, not taking pictures and sending mostly unnessary messages. It's just a way for the phone companys to take more of your money.
I could immagine how much time it would take to check my E-mail on a dinky phone screen and having to press keys up to 4 times just to get one character. Forget it.
somebody please make an excelent cell phone
by cweisel - 11/2/05 4:15 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatPlease make me an excelent cell phone .... just a phone , no internet , no answer machine , no camera , Just a cell phone ...PLEASE!!!
Do you access the internet on your cell phone?
by lncoake115 - 11/2/05 6:41 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatNo! They are too slow--lee
During and after hurricane Rita cell phone was valuable
by HiF|yer - 11/2/05 7:40 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatUsing my Motorola V-551 from Cingular, I was able to log on to my email and the WWW from places far from home.
We were evacuated from Houston under a mandatory order, and could not get Internet service except for the cell phone. It was a very special tool in communicating with others during that most uncomfortable journey. The cell phone gave better service than the wireless service in a hotel in a small NM town.
It was slower and had the micro screen of course, but that didn't matter since it was the only game in town! I use it every few days to send pictures and text messages to family and friends.
Like any luxury it becomes a necessity after a while. I would never get a phone that didn't have browser service again.
Certainly!
by Bill S - 11/2/05 9:11 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatI live in the mountains of Southern California. And I'm in Emergency Management. Two years ago, wildland fires destroyed hundreds of homes within five miles of us, and burned within one mile. Last winter, we received three feet of rain in three days. We are eight miles from the San Andreas earthquake fault. High winds, heavy snows and wildfires frequently take out the power mains or telephone lines. And the birds up here have been looking kinda sick lately. Look, with a simple USB adapter cable (DataPilot), my cell phone provides a sloooow dial-up e-mail/web connection to my laptop. In a disaster, that's one more circuit to the world. And it's free on nights and weekends! Certainly I keep that option open, and test it occasionally. Shouldn't you?
Access the net over my cell phone?
by aintnorainbowdorothy - 11/2/05 9:50 PM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatWith three perfectly good computers, two desktops (Apple iMacG5 and custom-built compatible)and a laptop, along with numerous libraries all with working computers, would someone please tell me why I should spend good money to do that?
(NT) Use my cellphone for e-mail messages?
by rjgp - 11/3/05 6:58 AM In reply to: Do you access the Internet on your cell phone? by misteruatI can, but I don't (except)-- I have an email addres known only too my closest family, the junk elimination on it is at the highest level ang it is set to accept only those listed on the accceptable list.
there fore I very seldom recieve that type of message.
rjgp
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