Community weekly poll: What do you mostly use your cell phone for?
- 5/23/06 2:02 PM
What do you mostly use your cell phone for?
by Marc Bennett - 5/23/06 2:02 PM
Aside from making and receiving calls, what do you mostly use your cell phone for?
Taking photos (how useful is it?)
Playing games (are you happy with the gameplay?)
Listening to music (how useful is it?)
Internet browsing (how useful is it?)
Text messaging (how useful is it?)
Keeping track of calendar events (how useful is it?)
Other
Nothing else! It's a phone!
Cell phone=Communication
by Dreslinski59 - 5/23/06 6:00 PM In reply to: What do you mostly use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
My daugther is deaf and used a blackberry for a number of years. However, she and her partner bought phones from Verizon == she is using the "V" and he is using something else. While there are many more avenues available now for her to communicate depending on the situation (PC, videotelephone, TTY, instant messages) she decided on a cell phone rather than renewing her contract with GoAmerica. Many of her friends use T-Mobile Sidekicks, but she prefers her "V". My husband and I both have basic cell phones, but made certain that we could text easily. While the QWERTY keyboard would be great, we are fine using the basic phone to contact our daughter.
Hi there
by ryanhabib - 5/23/06 11:54 PM In reply to: Cell phone=Communication by Dreslinski59Sorry to say but as you said on post looks like that phones and communications on USA are decades behind Europe.For example in here in can get phones for people with hearing sight.You can get get phones for blind people and there is even phone designed for childrens.I think is time to telecomunication people in the USA to weak up and use a bit more of creativity.Just check out for exemple at www.vodafone.co.uk or www.carphonewarehouse.co.uk.I may find some help for your daughter in get a phone suitable for her nedds.
Best regards
texting
by naomi.koehler - 11/24/08 8:48 PM In reply to: Cell phone=Communication by Dreslinski59I was texting my daughter the other day and the young gal sitting next to me was surprised that I was texting. Why? Because her Mom doesn't know how. Hey - I'm not THAT old girls! But for all you our there who have people in your life not utilizing this feature, teach them.
Phones
by BKM547 - 5/23/06 6:06 PM In reply to: What do you mostly use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
90% of people I know, just want a phone, with text capability.
Just check out whats is a phone is about
by ryanhabib - 5/24/06 12:09 AM In reply to: Phones by BKM547Sony Ericsson V630 for Vodafone
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Today Sony Ericsson announced V630 - a Vodafone branded version of their K610 handset which was due to hit the shelves in the beginning of summer 2006. V630 is styled in black and orange and it comes with a custom Vodafone visual theme. The design features the successful Walkman navigation D-pad which turns into a music navigation combo during music playback.
V630 is produced exclusively for Vodafone Group and their customers. The phone features a 1.9-inch 262k color TFT display with a resolution of 176x220 pixels, full 3G support for fast data transfer and Vodafone's extended services, a 2 megapixel camera (no autofocus), a Memory Stick Micro (M2) card slot, Bluetooth, and USB 2.0 support.
The handset is designed to make use of all the existing 3G services offered by Vodafone, including video calls with a dedicated front VGA camera and streaming Mobile TV, as well as the new Radio DJ service. It is a personalized streaming radio service which allows you to vote for the songs you like most. That ensures that you get a fully customized live radio stream playing your favorite songs. What is more, you could easily order and buy them online through the phone.
The music features of the handset are backed up by a 256MB Memory Stick Micro Card and a stereo headset. The Memory Stick Micro is still a new standard and is rather unpopular but it should pick up speed this summer.
The mobile device also offers the well-known Sony Ericsson Full HTML browser along with built in RSS feeds reader.
Sony Ericsson V630 is expected in June.
Source:www.gsmarena.com
You can use it in the USA but you can pay to unlock it for about 20 Euros(-+30 dollars)on internet
It's a phone!
by Alucard_Bravo - 5/24/06 12:12 PM In reply to: Phones by BKM547Ok, i have a realitvely primiitive phone by today's standards, it takes calls, it texts, it has a few games, and it has a primitive color screen. No Internet, no IM, no downloadable ringtones or games, no mp3 capibilities, no camera.
My standpoint on things is if you want a camera, get a digital standalone camera, it takes better pictures, greater ease of use and it has a greater ability to share pictures with your computer.
If you want Internet, get a laptop, also, you can IM and put music on there, and if you feel like it, grab a low cost mic, download skype and voila you have a phone
So, in conclusion, i believe that phones should get back to the basics, make calls that arent dropped, have a good keyboard if it comes with txting capibilities (i cant stand that ones that fold out of phones for txting or IM, they are too flimsy and the buttons are too small.) And overall be a low cost high efficency telecommunication device.
Weather forecast
by casecorgis - 5/23/06 6:11 PM In reply to: What do you mostly use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
I often use my phone to check the weather forecast where I live. Knowing the upcoming weather can be important in my line of work, and the weather here along the coast in SE Virginia can change often.
I sometimes do check the news as well, but the weather is more often the "other" feature I use my phone for.
Checking Weather
by thewaldo1389 - 5/23/06 6:51 PM In reply to: Weather forecast by casecorgisHow do U check the weather?
Which site do U use?
Thanks
Checking the weather
by casecorgis - 5/23/06 7:18 PM In reply to: Checking Weather by thewaldo1389I have Sprint as my provider and use weather.com's forecast from the Sprint Vision homepage. Different providers may have differnt ways of accessing the internet. Also, most providers charge for access either by a monthly fee included with your plan or pay as you go. Check with your provider for your particular details.
Radio?
by mikeskara0 - 5/23/06 7:52 PM In reply to: Checking the weather by casecorgisWhy not just turn on the radio? It's free and comes on every few minutes with all the news radio stations out there.
Alarm clock
by thetomcat - 5/23/06 6:14 PM In reply to: What do you mostly use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
I use mine mostly as an alarm to remind me of things to do. It's especially useful since it rings even when tirned off.
OOPS!, I forgot about the alarm
by wasnot - 5/23/06 6:30 PM In reply to: Alarm clock by thetomcatI do use it as a backup alarm to wake me up in the morning.
It's a Great Alarm
by stheis - 5/23/06 7:32 PM In reply to: Alarm clock by thetomcatMy favorite feature of my cell phone, aside for making and receiving calls and the camera is the alarm. I use it in the morning or anytime I am getting ready to go out - it can be set with three different times and I use it to keep on schedule. Plus it is portable so I can carry it with me from the bathroom, to the closet, to the kitchen, etc.
Alarm Clock... and that's pretty much it
by mjhart77 - 5/23/06 7:36 PM In reply to: Alarm clock by thetomcatAt first, I answered the poll question tha I pretty much just use my phone for making calls. Then after seing the first post in this thread, I realiezed that ahh yes, I tend to use the phone as an alarm clock on weekends if I end up crashing in a bed that belongs to someone besides myself. I wish this happened more frequently, but nonetheless, it comes in handy.
Other than that, my phone (a Samsung P207 via Cingular) is pretty much just used for calls. At this point, I don't think a typical cell phone could replace my digital camera, email, internet explorer, or my old fashioned day-planner, for that matter. I'm satisfied with my current phone, but am looking forward to new options which will be available when my onctract is up for renewall next year.
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