New toy...
Feb. 7th, 2006 04:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
senoritafishA Kyocera K10 Royale cell phone, a pay-as-you-go job through Virgin Mobile. I'm making this entry on the bus! Whee!
(Actually, didn't finish till I got inside - slow process, typing on a phone...some of the characters are missing, too.)
(Edit by more conventional means) - Whew, I don't think I'm going to do that too much - maybe the phone post is a better option; if I could get over my self-consciousness about talking in the phone to nobody.
John bought a pay-as-you-go phone a couple of months ago, and after getting some flack from friends (How come you have a phone and Leeanne doesn't), we went to Target to see what they had. This one seemed to be a good deal. Actually, I'd really like a Sidekick or one of the other smart phone type things, but I can't see paying that much money right now, plus the monthly access fees. This was fairly inexpensive and if I want web access I can pay a dollar just for that day and not for days I don't use it. Top up cards are available almost everywhere, too, so that's easy. I've downloaded one screensaver, a ringtone (a Coldplay song) and a game - Snood, which is a favorite at home.
Cons: Tiny screen - I can only see about five words at time (unless I can figure some way to make the text smaller), and I fear I'm going to wear out the down arrow key from scrolling. Most of their downloadable graphics are lame, and frankly I can't see the difference between what they call a wallpaper and a screensaver - the same images are shown and the screensavers aren't animated or anything. I'm certainly not going to pay for anything to use as wallpaper anyway since it would be covered up by the text and the clock anyway. But I keep having to resist the urge to pull it out and play with it - I've been fiddling with it so much I've been having to charge the battery every night.
Ah well, it serves my purposes for now. I am no longer the only person I know without a cell phone. BTW, I enable the text function on my user page here, so if you feel like saying hi, please do!
(Actually, didn't finish till I got inside - slow process, typing on a phone...some of the characters are missing, too.)
(Edit by more conventional means) - Whew, I don't think I'm going to do that too much - maybe the phone post is a better option; if I could get over my self-consciousness about talking in the phone to nobody.
John bought a pay-as-you-go phone a couple of months ago, and after getting some flack from friends (How come you have a phone and Leeanne doesn't), we went to Target to see what they had. This one seemed to be a good deal. Actually, I'd really like a Sidekick or one of the other smart phone type things, but I can't see paying that much money right now, plus the monthly access fees. This was fairly inexpensive and if I want web access I can pay a dollar just for that day and not for days I don't use it. Top up cards are available almost everywhere, too, so that's easy. I've downloaded one screensaver, a ringtone (a Coldplay song) and a game - Snood, which is a favorite at home.
Cons: Tiny screen - I can only see about five words at time (unless I can figure some way to make the text smaller), and I fear I'm going to wear out the down arrow key from scrolling. Most of their downloadable graphics are lame, and frankly I can't see the difference between what they call a wallpaper and a screensaver - the same images are shown and the screensavers aren't animated or anything. I'm certainly not going to pay for anything to use as wallpaper anyway since it would be covered up by the text and the clock anyway. But I keep having to resist the urge to pull it out and play with it - I've been fiddling with it so much I've been having to charge the battery every night.
Ah well, it serves my purposes for now. I am no longer the only person I know without a cell phone. BTW, I enable the text function on my user page here, so if you feel like saying hi, please do!
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Date: 2006-02-07 07:00 pm (UTC)*flick*
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u ar goinge toe giv mee yor numbur, riate?
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Date: 2006-02-27 09:09 am (UTC)Preferably at 4 a.m. - what was yours again? XD
The only person you know without a cell phone
Date: 2006-02-07 08:03 pm (UTC)Re: The only person you know without a cell phone
Date: 2006-02-27 09:19 am (UTC)But it's been really frustrating depending on pay phones when I'm away from home - since they assume everyone has cell phones now they really jacked up the price for even a local call. I've been caught without enough change too many times now, and since I started riding the bus to work, I'm glad I have it at least for emergencies. Um, emergencies, that's right. *furtively tries to cover up the game noises the phone is making*
Re: The only person you know without a cell phone
Date: 2006-02-27 02:46 pm (UTC)I know exactly what you mean about the (#$($&% pay phones. The pre-paid phone card I use even smacks me with an additional $.65 charge per call on a pay phone. You just can't win.