Community weekly poll: What do you use your cell phone for?
- 1/16/07 5:18 PM
What do you use your cell phone for?
by Marc Bennett - 1/16/07 5:18 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!
Calendar
by MurrayA - 1/16/07 8:36 PM In reply to: What do you use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
I was SO fed up with carrying a phone AND a PDA, I searched for a cell phone that I could sync with my outlook calendar and phone book.
I did not want a TREO or Blackberry-type as in Canada it costs a fortune... you have to subscribe to BOTH the phone service and a separate e-mail account... costing upwards of $100/month....and I don't want to be bothered with emails away from my laptop.
I ended up with a Motorola RAZR with an add-on software that allows me to import from OUTLOOK. Everything I need in one SMALL package! I LOVE IT!!!
Are you working for MS?
by Rickb1 - 1/16/07 9:02 PM In reply to: Calendar by MurrayALook folks, simply, this phone is primarily targeted to MAC users. They benefit from all of the bells and whistles. Its good old MS Marketing at its best,,, Just based for the MAC. Mac Users could care less about OUTLOOK. Besides by June the iPhone will work with Entourage the MAC version of outlook (better actually) which is due out possibly in June-July (Mac Office 2007). So come on folks, get real... If you dont understand the features, Buy a MAC... then you will... It's a Phone first, Not meant to replace a PC.. I could not live without a laptop in any platform... (Hey that's an idea... why not put the phone into the laptop?) I could not possibly do one of my spreadsheets on something the size of a cell phone. Those of you who can just need something to keep your mileage and gas expenses in... Come on...
Like the iPod was made only for Mac users!
by nevido - 1/17/07 6:14 AM In reply to: Are you working for MS? by Rickb1Don't really understand your post. Murray says he loves it and he's a Dell man, like my nephew who is equally enamoured! I think this phone will sell more to PC users (because there are more of them). My wife uses her Blackberry constantly (that's why they call them crackberry's) and she's thinking her department should switch.
Not just for Mac
by Maestro_64 - 1/18/07 11:40 AM In reply to: Are you working for MS? by Rickb1It is not target at just Mac, Apple said it will work for PC users as well. I know that is a general statement Apple made, but it would not be hard for them to integrate syncing to outlook.
Cell phone poll Motorola SLVR L7
by ylselo - 1/18/07 2:13 PM In reply to: Calendar by MurrayABesides making phone calls, this phone is my personal secretary. I use the calendar extensively for appointments, reminders, birthdays, etc. I use the iTunes feature for music on the road using an adapter in my car. And with 600 phone numbers,+ regular addresses, + email addresses, there's no end to it. However, the video is terrible. There again, I don't care so much for that.
By the way, you mentioned a software you use with your RAZR,can you please tell me the name and where to get to use with my SLVR?
Thank you.
Add on Software
by pwolle - 5/16/07 9:58 PM In reply to: Calendar by MurrayAWhat software did you use to be able to sync your contacts and calendar?
I want to dump my Treo and get a flip phone and no one at the Verizon stores knows anything about this type of capability on their non-pda phones.
Text messages for my deaf daughter
by Dreslinski59 - 1/16/07 8:37 PM In reply to: What do you use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
I've had a basic cell phone for many years. As my daughter, who is profoundly deaf, grew from a little girl to a college coed to a grown woman, so has my need for a cell phone with text capabilities. She used a Blackberry for a few years, but she and her partner upgraded to new cell phones. She choose The V as it was much easier to text and she prefered the coverage and the plan over T-Mobile's Sidekick. When it became time to upgrade my phone, I too choose The V. I really prefer a QWERTY keyboard. I seldom use the other features, but the alarm is useful. I've used the photos a couple of times, but would never consider it as my main camera!
Gesele
if the phones were just phones...maybe they would work best
by bartsfarts - 1/16/07 8:45 PM In reply to: What do you use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
As music devices they suck, for videos they suck,as cameras ..you guessed it ..they suck same can be said for internet apps. There are far better options for dealing with all of the above. Why not just make them decent phones and be proud,
Agreed
by rbrodner - 1/17/07 6:07 AM In reply to: if the phones were just phones...maybe they would work best by bartsfartsI work for a company that does classified work, so no cameras are allowed on site. That means... you guessed it... no cell phones with cameras! So I have to leave my phone in the car all day where it's 150 degrees and ruining all the electronics inside. Why can't they just make a great phone without all these useless gadgets that I don't need or want?
You ask why
by Maestro_64 - 1/18/07 11:42 AM In reply to: Agreed by rbrodnerbecause you and are no longer the target market for these products. the 20somethings, they are a larger market segment for buying cell phones.
(NT) I agree 100%
by guyi - 1/27/07 4:48 AM In reply to: if the phones were just phones...maybe they would work best by bartsfartsYou asked the wrong question.
by timuskm - 1/16/07 8:45 PM In reply to: What do you use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
Yes today I use my cell phone only for calling - because my cell phone today doesn't do anything else well enough to be useful. Nothing I have to hunt and peck for through 6 levels of navigation is worth using.
But could I use a device like the iPhone to do more than just be a phone...ABSOLUTELY. Although I really honour Steve again for hitting it bang on. The Killer app for a cell phone.. is the phone. It MUST do that well. Which it looks like the iPhone might do a good job at, at least from the demo. I will miss the dimple on the 5-key but I will live and learn.
The difference between other cell phones and the iPhone is the iPhone will do other things the way you do them on your other devices - address book and SMS like on your computer and music and video like on your iPod. It will be a breeze to do those things, so why not. It's not like I am going to have to read a 50 page manual in order to get my phone numbers in there.
The other thing of course is that because it is apple, it will just work. Plug it in and features will work as described without rebooting, reinstalling, or retreating to bizzare support websites for downloads of drivers for your third party USB card. No because this is Apple, the software will work, it may be limited (unbelievable that you can't write appointments in on the device - major feature gap) bit it will work as described gracefully. And it will work like your Mac if you are fortunate enough to have one.
So will I use the address book function? ASOLUTELY! The iPod? ABSOLUTELY! The Web broswer, Mail? Oh yeah baby. I will use them all. Well I may be too old for SMS.
My point was if you asked people which features would they use the result would be different given how much more usable this "Cell Phone" is going to be. Maybe not as different because it must do the phone bit first. But lots of people are going to pick this as their next iPod too.
Can't wait....
You left out an obvious answer.
by jsdoyle - 1/16/07 8:57 PM In reply to: What do you use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
I use my phone for PHONE stuff but you left out email!! How could you leave that out as an option??
I check my email when I'm out of the office. Very important!!
Now, I have the Cingular 8125 and it is everything I need at this time. It's not the fastest on the Edge network (iPhone's connection) but it's fine for my needs.
That said, I'm in line to get an iPhone. Sign me up, reserve me one, I will switch. Unless... the specs from now until the launch bring out some hidden down side to the iPhone.
I'm a heavy Microsoft user but an Apple want-a-be.
Scott
If only they could get the phone part working better....
by Artcabell - 1/16/07 9:02 PM In reply to: What do you use your cell phone for? by Marc Bennett
My complaint about cellphones is that I wish the phone part worked better. I can't seem to make a 3 minute phone call without it dropping. Its bad enough trying to have conversation on a cellphone any because of the non-duplex operation and because you can't hear yourself in the earpiece. The dropping calls is intolerable. And I have Verizon.... can you hear me now? No...
I occasionally use the camera function when I'm travelling. I bought a USB cable to download the pictures to my computer, but the quality is poor. Its OK to send a photo to someone, but I could live without that.
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