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amsalpemkcus · Nov 3, 2002, 12:07 PM

looks pretty darn gud!! wth cant they sell it here??!!
http://www.nokia.com/phones/7650/

daimoni · 03:57 AM

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rjenkinson · Nov 3, 2002, 12:24 PM

the SA-04 made by sanyo. built in camera, 16-bit colour screen, and 512 KB of memory for pictures, MIDI songs, and email.

-r.

el lindo · Nov 3, 2002, 02:31 PM

Call me old fashioned, but I'll stick with my Nokia 3390.

tterp · Nov 3, 2002, 03:19 PM

Ericsson T39m - the best cell-phone ever!

/tterp

macvillage.net · Nov 3, 2002, 06:24 PM

http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/3285

It's free... what else can I say...

I don't have the budget to be buying an expensive phone...

Besides... I lifeguard... the day I buy an expensive one.. it will fall in the water.

el lindo · Nov 3, 2002, 06:50 PM

...and it will most likely then electrocute you, thus disabling you from saving anybody. Bummer.

scaught · Nov 3, 2002, 07:13 PM

my favorite cellphone is....NONE!!!

i hate the damned things. i absolutely hate people who drive and talk on them at the same time. i guess i just hate phones in general. i dont even use the landline phone at my house. a couple months ago, the bill came. we called 2 people. 2.

we got a cellphone a year ago when we were looking at houses so we could contact our real estate agent. a week after signing up for the thing we found our house. over the course of the year we pretty much never used it except to make a couple long distance calls.

iCol · Nov 3, 2002, 07:31 PM

The Sony Ericsson T68i...... cool looking phone, colour display, 1MB for picture / sms / everything storage..... With built in Bluetooth and iSync compatible!

Anomalous · Nov 3, 2002, 07:40 PM

I like my Motorola StarTAC because it is easy to get a cable that connects it to almost any Palm device.

AlbertWu · Nov 3, 2002, 08:54 PM

Nokia 8290

small, thinner than the 8260, 1900 gsm, voice dialing, and the best reception of any phone i've ever seen.

did i mention it was small?

DaKiwi2788 · Nov 3, 2002, 09:24 PM

I'm in the market for a new cell phone. Since I threw mine across the room, it doesn't seem to work so well.

Indiana has terrible cell phone service, and because of my service, I have to get a Nokia or a Motorolla phone. Anyone have any suggestions? I want a cool one.

ThisGuy · Nov 3, 2002, 09:35 PM

DaKiwi2788 · Nov 3, 2002, 09:43 PM

Originally posted by ThisGuy:

It that one available in the US? How much is it?

ThisGuy · Nov 3, 2002, 09:47 PM

Originally posted by DaKiwi2788:

It that one available in the US? How much is it?

Voicestream/T-Mobile has it for $299.00. It is giving me object lust lately.

DaKiwi2788 · Nov 3, 2002, 09:49 PM

Originally posted by ThisGuy:

Voicestream/T-Mobile has it for $299.00. It is giving me object lust lately.

Ohhhhhh!!! Santa Claus is coming to town!!!

ThisGuy · Nov 3, 2002, 09:51 PM

Originally posted by DaKiwi2788:

Ohhhhhh!!! Santa Claus is coming to town!!!

Get on that boyfriend of yours and make him buy it for you earlier than Christmas.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 3, 2002, 09:51 PM

Originally posted by DaKiwi2788:

It that one available in the US? How much is it?

Have you seen this thing in the flesh? It sucks large. I thought I was super cool in picts also but when I saw it and held it is just cheap plastic and awkward to open and use. Not to mention it is overpriced and missing many features that other phones currently have. Oh and it has an antenna, how 1999.

I bought the T68i instead and it kills that Motorola.

ThisGuy · Nov 3, 2002, 09:56 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:

Have you seen this thing in the flesh? It sucks large. I thought I was super cool in picts also but when I saw it and held it is just cheap plastic and awkward to open and use. Not to mention it is overpriced and missing many features that other phones currently have. Oh and it has an antenna, how 1999.

I bought the T68i instead and it kills that Motorola.

maybe that is what i am looking for in a phone.

Sealobo · Nov 3, 2002, 10:17 PM

This one... Sony Ericsson P800... it's kinda big but i have big hands... o well...

Mac Zealot · Nov 3, 2002, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by rjenkinson:

the SA-04 made by sanyo. built in camera, 16-bit colour screen, and 512 KB of memory for pictures, MIDI songs, and email.

-r.

Ditto. I like that because it has everything I want AND A cover on the buttons!

I absolutely hate phones that have no cover over the buttons, especially when they start making calls from your pocket!

*grumble* I miss my old startac

Sealobo · Nov 3, 2002, 10:37 PM

Originally posted by Mac Zealot:

Ditto. I like that because it has everything I want AND A cover on the buttons!

I absolutely hate phones that have no cover over the buttons, especially when they start making calls from your pocket!

*grumble* I miss my old startac

Hm... what about using the Key Lock function?

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 3, 2002, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by sealobo:

Hm... what about using the Key Lock function?

ya, Duh.

ARENA · Nov 3, 2002, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by tterp:
Ericsson T39m - the best cell-phone ever!

/tterp

I second that. The T39 is a great phone with all the esential technology and a very clean elegant look,
Here's a pic of mine.

DaKiwi2788 · Nov 3, 2002, 11:14 PM

Originally posted by ThisGuy:

Get on that boyfriend of yours and make him buy it for you earlier than Christmas.

I would, but he went on a shopping spree for me at the Apple store yesterday...better wait a week to ask for more

ThisGuy · Nov 3, 2002, 11:41 PM

Originally posted by DaKiwi2788:

I would, but he went on a shopping spree for me at the Apple store yesterday...better wait a week to ask for more

What did you score?

DaKiwi2788 · Nov 3, 2002, 11:56 PM

Originally posted by ThisGuy:

What did you score?

A new iSub and a promise for an iPod for Christmas. We also looked a some potential gifts: a Canon s230 digital camera and an airport.

We also went to look at laptops. Maybe if I am a REALLLLY good girl, I'll get one before I go to study in Spain.

ThisGuy · Nov 4, 2002, 09:19 AM

Originally posted by DaKiwi2788:

A new iSub and a promise for an iPod for Christmas. We also looked a some potential gifts: a Canon s230 digital camera and an airport.

We also went to look at laptops. Maybe if I am a REALLLLY good girl, I'll get one before I go to study in Spain.

NICE!

Jens Peter · Nov 4, 2002, 09:42 AM

I vote for the T39m!

Got my first in january, had lots of problems with it, Ericsson had it for 1.5 months and then I got a new one....

If I've were to buy a new one now, I think it would be the Motorola V.60 - it's not new, but I think it's so cool!

Jens Peter

deekay1 · Nov 4, 2002, 01:01 PM

Originally posted by amsalpemkcus:

looks pretty darn gud!! wth cant they sell it here??!!
http://www.nokia.com/phones/7650/

i was all stoked about nokia coming out with a cellphone that can take pictures...until i saw it

way too big and bulky (just like the sonyericsson p800). it would have to get way smaller for me to consider it.

until then, i'll stick with my fave...everything you ever wanted in a cellphone...and more

Vanquish · Nov 4, 2002, 01:11 PM

I like everything that's NOT a Nokia (ok that's not true but I HATE Nokia).
Don't have a favourite phone, the T68 is cool, but I don't like the screen, I also like the new Motorola shown above. I personally own the T29s at the moment, I just bought it because I needed te spend money

maybe in December or January i'll buy a T68 or T66.

agentz · Nov 4, 2002, 07:29 PM

This is what I'm using at the moment:

Samsung SGH-T100

Its the first non-Nokia phone I've had in like six or seven years and overall I'm fairly happy with it, although there are things that I really don't like about the phone (or more likely I've not got used to it yet - had it about six weeks now). I hate the implementation of T9 Predictive text on it. I hate the crappy memory - can only have 10 SMS on it before it bleats about being full - got so used to having 150+ on my old Nokias. I also really don't like not having ringer profiles that I can chop and change between at a moments notice (other than one button to silent). Oh and I absolutely hate the 'handsfree' kit it comes with - its designed to hang the phone round your neck but its too awkward to use in the car.

What I do like however is the size of it and the display - its really lovely for such a small device. And the fact that it comes with two batters as standard - a slimline one which only lasts a couple of days and the extended one that lasts about five/six days with moderate use. The polyphonic ringtones are cool, even though once the initial woo factor wears off you'll probably never use them.

I can live without Bluetooth at the moment until Bluetooth car kits become much more common place then I can do without. I can also live without IR just now - my three previous phones have had it and I can count on my fingers the number of times I actually used it for anything other than playing 2 player snake. The T100 comes with a data cable suitable for importing contacts from another source at initial setup.

The other thing that I really liked about it was that it only cost me �4.50

I'd go back to Nokia in a shot, but there just really isn't anything on the market right now that grabs my attention.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 4, 2002, 09:45 PM

The thing I hate about nokia's is the battery life. I had a top of the line 8860 and the battery would last 20 minutes talk time after a year of use. Out of the box it was about an hour or two talk and 2 days standby.

With my new Sony Ericsson T68i I get 5-6 hours of talk and a week of standby. It is also lighter then any nokia in its class.

gyc · Nov 4, 2002, 10:40 PM

Samsung SPH-A500 CDMA phone on Sprint PCS. It's small, has a bright color screen, can download J2ME apps, and if connected to my computer, can get >100kbps... Not too shabby.

Brien · Nov 4, 2002, 10:48 PM

Ericsson T68i; I want one so bad!!!

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 4, 2002, 11:50 PM

Originally posted by gyc:

Samsung SPH-A500 CDMA phone on Sprint PCS. It's small, has a bright color screen, can download J2ME apps, and if connected to my computer, can get >100kbps... Not too shabby.

I dunno, since I always have my phone in my pocket I can't ever get a phone with an antenna. I find it surprising that anyone would still make them with one as it has been possible to take it out for years.

Brien · Nov 4, 2002, 11:59 PM

Nokia's break easily when dropped when compared to Motorola or Ericsson's. I don't know about thosae new KyoCera's though. Anyone know anything about them?

Sealobo · Nov 5, 2002, 12:14 AM

These just in...

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Nov 5, 2002, 12:50 AM

Originally posted by sealobo:
These just in...

And and typical Nokia: Talktime: Up to 2 - 5 hours

please.

Cipher13 · Nov 5, 2002, 01:56 AM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:

And and typical Nokia: Talktime: Up to 2 - 5 hours

please.

Siemens S45 and a Nokie 3310 here.

The Siemens lasts about a week and a half to two weeks on standby. Dunno 'bout its talk time - I've never been able to run it down...

Light too, big screen.

Leia Shoots Like a Girl · Nov 5, 2002, 02:32 PM

This is the most incredible, inovative design I have ever seen for a cellphone:

http://www.nokia.com/phones/6800/

agentz · Nov 5, 2002, 03:29 PM

Dear god, Nokia have gone mad, truly flipped. Some damn nice phones tho - I love the look of the 6800.

gyc · Nov 5, 2002, 06:12 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:

I dunno, since I always have my phone in my pocket I can't ever get a phone with an antenna. I find it surprising that anyone would still make them with one as it has been possible to take it out for years.

For GSM and TDMA phones, yes (note: they still have an internal antenna), but for CDMA phones a pull-up antenna is needed. Notice that the Nokia W-CDMA phone (6650) looks to have a pull-up antenna.

Leia Shoots Like a Girl · Nov 5, 2002, 06:42 PM

Originally posted by gyc:

For GSM and TDMA phones, yes (note: they still have an internal antenna), but for CDMA phones a pull-up antenna is needed. Notice that the Nokia W-CDMA phone (6650) looks to have a pull-up antenna.

What the hell is CDMA?

thePurpleGiant · Nov 5, 2002, 11:58 PM

Originally posted by Leia Shoots Like a Girl:

What the hell is CDMA?

Not sure what it stands for, but over here it is used in regional areas of Australia, where normal mobile reception does not reach. AFAIK it is a variaion of digital networks, that requires a CDMA fone and network carrier to use.

Jeremy

Hawkeye_a · Nov 6, 2002, 01:14 AM

i hate cell phones period. It's about time someone came out with a telephone protocol over TCP/IP, and do away with phones all together. But wither way cell phones annoy the hell out of me.

Stogieman · Nov 9, 2002, 10:08 PM

Sony Ericson T68i - This phone is freak'n awesome. It's small, light, decent battery life and has a nice color screen. I purchased mine last night and I'm only half way through the manual. I just found out that I can assign custom pictures and ring tones to a specific caller. How cool is that? Besides it's the only phone AT&T offers with built in Bluetooth. The phone came with a $50 mail-in rebate so I will use that money to purchase a Bluetooth adapter for my PowerBook.

Miniryu · Nov 10, 2002, 12:26 AM

Originally posted by scaught:
my favorite cellphone is....NONE!!!

i hate the damned things. i absolutely hate people who drive and talk on them at the same time. i guess i just hate phones in general. i dont even use the landline phone at my house. a couple months ago, the bill came. we called 2 people. 2.

we got a cellphone a year ago when we were looking at houses so we could contact our real estate agent. a week after signing up for the thing we found our house. over the course of the year we pretty much never used it except to make a couple long distance calls.

Did you give your number to spouse/partner? What about your friends? My parents both have them, as do I and my brothers. We use them all the time- mostly for small stuff like when my dad has to work late, or when someone will need the car and someone else has it at the mall. Not a lot of long calls, just short useful ones to keep track of other people.

Jerommeke · 12:20 PM

a friend of mine showed up with a t68i one day, and it frickin awesome. the fact i desire the most on my next phone is the fact it is also US-compatible. I dream of all phones becoming suitable for all networks pretty soon.

however, I'm not a rich man, just a poor student.

at the end of the week I have the siemens m50 which is also pretty cool 8)

the 4th edit: it is a gprs phone

Vanquish · Nov 10, 2002, 12:16 PM

heh, I just traded my T29s for a Moto V50 with someone. I some aspects it's a downgrade, but in others an upgrade

. Maybe by the end of the year i'll get myself an Ericsson T68i or maybe a new Motorola T720 (not sure about the type, it's the new-one with the colorscreen etc.) And after that, i'm not buying (or trading

) a phone until we have full UMTS here (normally at the beginning of 2004 IIRC).