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[element]

My girlfriend and I both got Motorola V400 today. They had a deal, two for $60 after rebates. But we also got a $50 Best Buy gift card, so each phone ended up being only $5! Not bad.

It is pretty cool, a little different then I am used too. First flip phone. I feel I have to be much more gentle with it.

 

[MIMIC]

My girlfriend and I both got Motorola V400 today. They had a deal, two for $60 after rebates. But we also got a $50 Best Buy gift card, so each phone ended up being only $5! Not bad.

It is pretty cool, a little different then I am used too. First flip phone. I feel I have to be much more gentle with it.

I got the same two phones two weeks ago for $99 after rebates.

What site you get yours from? I got mine from letstalk.com (offer ended 8/31).

 

[element]

we got ours at the local best buy

 

[MIMIC]

we got ours at the local best buy

I probably should have done something like that.

I love my new phone though. And I'm really happy that it takes MP3s.

 

[effzee]

i have the v300...same thing pretty much cept a diff look on the outside. i love it but i already dropped it 2ice and i feel like it might be somewhat damaged. everything works fine but i hear something rolling around when i shake it

 

[Ninja Scooter]

is there a way to get a new phone on the cheap w/o having to sign up for a new rate plan? I want to upgrade and get a new one, but not pay out the ass.

 

[bionic77]

is there a way to get a new phone on the cheap w/o having to sign up for a new rate plan? I want to upgrade and get a new one, but not pay out the ass.

Do you have a GSM plan? If you do, then you can buy any GSM phone and just put your chip in the new phone. I don't know where to get cheap GSM phones, but if you got some cash and are overseas or don't mind importing, get a Nokia

My phone:

Has some useless features, like being able to watch a movie on your phone (who would ever do that?). But, I love Nokia phones, like the way it looks, love using the bluetooth headset when driving, and the camera is occasionally nice. Plus it has kickass reception seemingly everywhere I go (need to try it on the DC Metro one of these days).

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Do you have a GSM plan? If you do, then you can buy any GSM phone and just put your chip in the new phone. I don't know where to get cheap GSM phones, but if you got some cash and are overseas or don't mind importing, get a Nokia

yeah but do you think they'd give me some kind of rebate/discount as an existing customer, or is that only for new users and i'd be stuck paying full price?

 

[bionic77]

yeah but do you think they'd give me some kind of rebate/discount as an existing customer, or is that only for new users and i'd be stuck paying full price?

I think that is usually only for new customers, but friends have gotten really good deals on cell phone on the net, as long as you don't want to get the latest and greatest.

 

[Project Midway]

My phone:

Has some useless features, like being able to watch a movie on your phone (who would ever do that?). But, I love Nokia phones, like the way it looks, love using the bluetooth headset when driving, and the camera is occasionally nice. Plus it has kickass reception seemingly everywhere I go (need to try it on the DC Metro one of these days).

I have 6230 too. I think its great, small and light. And I use it regularly as a mp3 -player during jogging and exercising. MP3 -playback is the best "new" feature in recent cell phones, IMO.

 

[Akira]

I have the V600, which is pretty much the same thing other than a prettier housing. You can change the firmware of the V400 to the V600's firmware if you have the USB cable, I believe.

 

[element]

I have the V600, which is pretty much the same thing other than a prettier housing. You can change the firmware of the V400 to the V600's firmware if you have the USB cable, I believe.

I'm trying to figure out how to use MP3 as ringtones or if you can only download them

 

[Poody]

Flip phones are played out....

and most new phones nowadays are for free with 1 year sign up.

 

[bionic77]

I'm trying to figure out how to use MP3 as ringtones or if you can only download them

I don't have that phone, but I think that you can use any MP3 as a ringtone, right?

 

[element]

I don't have that phone, but I think that you can use any MP3 as a ringtone, right?

i would assume.

 

[Project Midway]

I'm trying to figure out how to use MP3 as ringtones or if you can only download them

I'm not sure if I can remember correctly since its been a while I tried V600 but IIRC I just transfered mp3-files using bluetooth to V600's Audio-folder. I think there is also a limit for a single file....was it 100kb?

 

[Akira]

I'm not sure if I can remember correctly since its been a while I tried V600 but IIRC I just transfered mp3-files using bluetooth to V600's Audio-folder. I think there is also a limit for a single file....was it 100kb?

I doubt there's a 100kb limit. I have a 700kb MP3 on my V600 right now and it works fine. The limit might be the phone's 5MB capacity.

 

[hgplayer1]

I recently got the Motorola V60v phone for Sprint and I like it a lot. very basic phone but I think its got lots of style.

plus its the Cowboys colors

 

[gofreak]

This is just about the sexiest phone I have ever clapped eyes on

I plan on getting it as soon as it's out. I've not seen as nice as phone in a long long time.

 

[Miguel]

I recently got the Motorola V60v phone for Sprint and I like it a lot. very basic phone but I think its got lots of style.

plus its the Cowboys colors

Yuck.

BTW, put my number in

713-908-1910

XD

SEPTEMBER EIGHTH! NEVER FORGET!

 

[Kiriku]

Sorry to hear, you should've got a Sony Ericsson K700i.

 

[aoi tsuki]

To those of you in the US, where do you import your phones from?

 

[Mr Gump]

Anyone here got the 7210? Looks sexy with its 1mp camera.

 

[GONZO]

I'm getting this bad boy in about a month or so. It'll cost me about 700 or so and a ne wcontrct with cingular, but damn that phone is just too damn sexy!!!

Sweet fancy moses that's an incredible phone!!!

 

[Kiriku]

I'm getting this bad boy in about a month or so. It'll cost me about 700 or so and a ne wcontrct with cingular, but damn that phone is just too damn sexy!!!

Sweet fancy moses that's an incredible phone!!!

Looks fragile.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Looks fragile.

It's actually pretty sturdy based on reviews due to it being made of various metal alloys. But i can't justify the estimated ~700USD price tag for a phone who's main feature is it's slimness and weight.

 

[GONZO]

Yeah, the phone is made up entirely of metal and glas!! They used almost no plastic parts. I'm a sucker for over engineered products.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Supposed, Cingular will sell it $350 + a likely 2-year contract. If other carriers follow suit, i might pick it up, but it still wouldn't be available until sometime in 2005. As it stands now, i'll be getting the V600 come November.

 

[GONZO]

Cingular is rumored to be getting the phone next year but I reallly don't want to wait that long. ANd I really really don't want to be locked in to a 2 year contract. I can import it this october. I've had a rough year so I figure I'll spoil myself and get it. It has more features then I need and supposedly the best blue-tooth ever available.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Next year?

Where do you import from? i'm getting the V600 since it's the only BT phone Suncom/AT&T carries. But if i could get a cheaper phone with a SIM card, i'd be tempted to import something i really want.

 

[gofreak]

Not enough love for the phone I linked to..possibly because I didn't post any pictures. So here ya go:

THE sexiest phone I have ever ever seen.

 

[bionic77]

To those of you in the US, where do you import your phones from?

I will ask my friend, but I actually got my phone when I was abroad this summer. I had planned on doing just that, it is weird but the US seems to get the shittiest phone selection. Even 3rd world countries get cooler phones then we do. At least we have cooler televisions, compared to most nations.

Oh and Gonzo, you do know that if you wait a few months the price of that phone will drop in half right?

 

[GONZO]

Next year?

Where do you import from? i'm getting the V600 since it's the only BT phone Suncom/AT&T carries. But if i could get a cheaper phone with a SIM card, i'd be tempted to import something i really want.

I go here:

http://www.mobilecityonline.com/

And didn't cingular recall the v600 because of it's problems? That's what stopped me from getting it. In retrospect I'm glad I did, now I can get the razr.

 

[ChumsGum]

This is just about the sexiest phone I have ever clapped eyes on

I plan on getting it as soon as it's out. I've not seen as nice as phone in a long long time.

6170 is good, but no Bluetooth.

I'd prefer the 6260; it will work with the new Nokia Bluetooth keyboard, and it's a Series 60 phone which means it will do just about everything including play N-Gage games and emus like SNES. Only downside with the 6260 is it's only a class 6 GPRS, so it won't be as fast when you're surfing the web compared to the new class 10 EDGE phones.

 

[bionic77]

What is bluetooth good for? I love my wireless headset, but I don't know of anything else it is useful for.

 

[ChumsGum]

What is bluetooth good for? I love my wireless headset, but I don't know of anything else it is useful for.

The headset is its biggest use. Soon though, you'll be able to connect to BT keyboards; also some new car models (Acura TL and RL) are BT equiped so when you bring your phone in your car, the car will have features like on-screen/voice dialing and hands-free controls.

 

[bionic77]

I don't know why it is exactly, but the bluetooth headset is 100x better then any headset I have used before, not even including how great it is in the car not to have any wires when you are driving.

I use the Sony HBH-65 headet. I got it because I got a good deal on it and it was the most comortable of the headsets for me. The only downside is it doesn't have the best battery life. Only like 90 minutes of talktime and 40 hours of standby. Still, I passed up better battery for comfort.

 

[mint]

My friend just got a samsung d415 for 220, man my e715 is obsolete. Just wait till the p735 comes out..

 

[aoi tsuki]

Who would actually use a keyboard with a cell phone? Portable and wireless keyboards have their uses with PDAs, where the screen is usually large enough to somewhat comfortably make out the characters, but even then you lose a lot of space needed for formatting paragraphs well. Cell phone screens are too big, and the ones that are large enough usually have a keyboard integrated into the unit, which means the screen is closer to your eyes anyways.

 

[Fusebox]

Sorry to hear, you should've got a Sony Ericsson K700i.

Amen brother, why would you buy anything else?

But shhh... dont tell the masses, lets keep this mad shit to ourselves yeah?

What is bluetooth good for? I love my wireless headset, but I don't know of anything else it is useful for.

I have proximity detection set up with FMA via bluetooth. When I walk away from my computer it turns off my music and locks my workstation, when I get back within 10 feet of my workstation it unlocks it and turns my music back up.

It also turns my music down and up when I get/end incoming calls, it lets me compose and send sms' from my PC, send MP3s to my phone etc, start, end, receive calls etc including having the callers photo appear on my PC screen.

I can even leave my phone in the next room, take photos remotely and retrieve and view those photos over bluetooth on my PC.

 

[Ryu]

My phone. Been pretty nice so far. The guy I got it from via ebay upgraded it to windows 2003m and made it to where the phone can work with any worldwide network and applied a few motorolla upgrades to it. Pretty sweet.

 

[Deg]

The ones i'm looking at choosing from.

As you guys can see some of these are feature packed so i have to decide if i will be getting a laptop first.

edit: eliminated one. I think i'll be going for the bottom Nokia overall when its out. I wish it looked nicer however.

 

[Deg]

Whatd you guys think of the Panasonic x700

 

[Defensor]

Looks like an upgrade from my friend's X70:

 

[ChumsGum]

The ones i'm looking at choosing from.

As you guys can see some of these are feature packed so i have to decide if i will be getting a laptop first.

edit: eliminated one. I think i'll be going for the bottom Nokia overall when its out. I wish it looked nicer however.

With the p910, the MPx, or the 6630; who needs a laptop? If I were you I'd choose the p910 or the 6630, both use Symbian OS over the MPx, which uses the buggier Windows OS. One thing about the p910 is that it doesn't have a d-pad so playing Genesis or Snes emus may suck. The 6630 is great, once your spring for the extra wireless BT keyboard.

 

[Deg]

With the p910, the MPx, or the 6630; who needs a laptop? If I were you I'd choose the p910 or the 6630, both use Symbian OS over the MPx, which uses the buggier Windows OS. One thing about the p910 is that it doesn't have a d-pad so playing Genesis or Snes emus may suck. The 6630 is great, once your spring for the extra wireless BT keyboard.

Yeah i'm leaning towards the 6630 the most right no but not because of the games. I'll have to see it person to make a final decision. Its apparently not that big as it looks. The other thing is bluetooth is basically just data transfer rather than having a connection and using it for communication or internet and stuff?

 

[aoi tsuki]

With the p910, the MPx, or the 6630; who needs a laptop? If I were you I'd choose the p910 or the 6630, both use Symbian OS over the MPx, which uses the buggier Windows OS. One thing about the p910 is that it doesn't have a d-pad so playing Genesis or Snes emus may suck. The 6630 is great, once your spring for the extra wireless BT keyboard.

Laptops easily beat out cells and PDAs in screen size and keyboard usability, not to mention um... everything else with exception of portability.

If you're just posting to your blog, something like the P900/910 would do well. i haven't used the phone so i can't comment on it personally, but if the extent of your need for a laptop is "student use" -- word processing, MP3s, email, and light web browsing, you might be better off with a low-end laptop or a PDA and portable keyboard.

The other thing is bluetooth is basically just data transfer rather than having a connection and using it for communication or internet and stuff?

BT can be used for internet browsing, but it has to be through a BT wireless adapter connected to a PC conntect to the net, or via a BT-equipped PDA connecting to a BT-equipped phone, essentially using it as a modem. Unlike WiFi (802.11), you won't be able to find a lot of hotspots where you can connect freely.

As another poster mentioned, it can alse be used in conjunction with Float's Mobile Agent to transfer files between the phone and PC, control the mouse/Winamp/DVD software/etc from the phone, and other things. i haven't used a BT phone for this purpose though.

 

[tmdorsey]

I want the Mpx, but it looks like Tmobile won't be carrying it. I have to a qwerty keyboard. That Nokia looks like nice also.


I'm determined to get a bluetooth capable phone soon.

 

[Project Midway]

I want the Mpx, but it looks like Tmobile won't be carrying it. I have to a qwerty keyboard. That Nokia looks like nice also.

How about the king of cell phones, the Nokia Communicator?

9500, with camera and wi-fi

or the smaller 9300 without camera and wi-fi

"live" pics can be found here -> http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_9300-review-13.php

I hope we are going to get 9500's at my work... my 9210 feels so old and doesnt even have GPRS. Porn sites load so slowly,lol. 9500 should be a nice laptop replacement in many situations.

 

[tmdorsey]

How about the king of cell phones, the Nokia Communicator?

9500, with camera and wi-fi

or the smaller 9300 without camera and wi-fi

"live" pics can be found here -> http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_9300-review-13.php

I hope we are going to get 9500's at my work... my 9210 feels so old and doesnt even have GPRS. Porn sites load so slowly,lol. 9500 should be a nice laptop replacement in many situations.

Both of those look nice. Is either of them Bluetooth enabled?