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Open Question: I found a GE Cellular Monogram XR in my basement. Any suggestions on what to do with it besides trashing it?
I was digging through my basement sorting out junk to sell and keep, when I happened upon my grandfather’s old mobile phone. You know, the ones in a case of sorts. Well, I’ve been searching all over the internet and I have ABSOLUTELY no idea what to do with it. I don’t want to throw it away or take it apart and use the components. I would have no idea what to do with the components. Any suggestions? Museums to donate it to perhaps?
Open Question: How can i purpose to my parents that i am ready for a cell phone? please help.?
i’m 13 and i want to get my first cell phone. my parents have previously said “No” but that was almost a year ago and i’m ready to try again. its getting very irritating not to be able to call my friends.
i want a 16GB iPhone 4. i’ve configured the calling plan, and i ended up with: 450mins (i don’t talk that much), no texting (i don’t text), and 2GB Data (i need the internet capability the most, and i can just tether it to my MacBook Pro by jailbreaking it, and save $30/mo.)
in total, it costs $64.99/mo. i can make maybe $350-$450 a month, but i don’t want to spend more than $100 a month on phone service.
i already have an iPod Touch, so don’t recommend that to me. but its over 2 years old, and it crashes ALL the time. i started typing this question on it, but then it CRASHED and i had to retype it! i’m typing it on my Mac Pro now. this is also why i want to upgrade to an iPhone, which has enough RAM to run applications steadily… over twice what my Touch has…
please DON’T tell me i’m too young to have an iPhone! this is the 21st Century!! WHY don’t any of you allow any change! this is how the world works! CHANGE. just because “we didn’t have these fancy schmancy machines when i was a youngin’” doesn’t mean we can’t have them now.
how about this, a couple hundred years ago, if a woman wore pants (not a dress) she was considered to be rebellious and disrespectful. NOW, women who wear pants aren’t viewed as any different from the others.
i believe that the same thing is for today’s controversy against teenagers owning electronic devices. in 150 yrs-200 yrs, we will all wonder what was wrong with us.
while i do acknowledge some of the dangers of teens owning personal internet devices (pornog.raphy, internet stalkers, identity theft etc.) i think the positives (learning from the internet, using for emergencies, useful apps like the unit converter, etc.) far outweigh the dangers. and if you’re careful, you won’t run into any of the dangers.
iPhones are great learning devices. i have an iPod Touch 2G, and i learned more from that awesome little device than i learned from school or books in my entire life! you all fail to realize the potential of these magnificent devices.
many of you will probably ask how i make all this money, well, here it is: i make my money by doing yard work for my parents and relatives, and doing random odd jobs around the neighborhood. i doo very well in school too (straight A’s and B’s) so i reel in a respectable sum every couple months to reward my good work and behavior.
i also make about the other 60% of my money by sending in video’s i have made using my Mac Pro to contests. i make special effects videos and i send them in to various contests a couple times a month. i usually win because my videos are of almost professional quality, and i intend to be a film director or editor when i grow up.
i also save most of my money too. i keep it for years on end to buy hugely expensive things. i saved for 3 years to buy my Mac Pro (2.66hz 8-Core Intel Xenon) and 1 1/2 years for my 15″ MacBook Pro Core i7, which i JUST bought, and it is amazing.
i am now saving for a 30″ Apple HD display to accompany one of my old DELL displays.
i would also of course pay for the iPhone and the monthly fee.
please be open minded about all of this. i’m just sharing my thoughts.
haha, sorry that this is turning into more of a lecture than a Yahoo question, but i just thought i’d give you all a piece of my mind, and show you the truth, because i asked this question 4 times before, and ALL i got was a bunch of angry adults telling my i’m too young for an iPhone (or a cellular phone, for that matter)…………….
please just take all this into consideration, and give me some real answers, not just some nagging.
my best friend just got an iPhone for his birthday, and that is what kicked me into overdrive to get a cell phone.
they said they were going to get me a cell phone for emergencies (not an iPhone, probably some crappy samsung or something) but then, my Mom backed out because she thought it was too expensive just to add another phone (she over-saves her money, LOL) but, now that i’m willing and able to pay the bills, i’m wondering if she’ll reconsider.
please give me some good answers! =)
Thanks!!
Open Question: Can you add to this list of internet proverbs?
I’m not sure where they originated, but they are clever. Got any more?
Just because: Internet Proverbs
1. Home is where you hang your @.
2. The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail.
3. A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click.
4. You can’t teach a new mouse old clicks.
5. Great groups from little icons grow.
6. Speak softly and carry a cellular phone.
7. C: is the root of all directories.
8. Don’t put all your hypes in one home page.
9. Pentium wise; pen and paper foolish.
10. The modem is the message.
11. Too many clicks spoil the browse.
12. The geek shall inherit the earth.
13. A chat has nine lives.
14. Don’t byte off more than you can view.
15. Fax is stranger than fiction.
16. What boots up must come down.
17. Windows will never cease.
18. Virtual reality is its own reward.
19. Modulation in all things.
20. A user and his leisure time are soon parted.
21. There’s no place like home.com.
22. Know what to expect before you connect.
23. Oh, what a tangled website we weave when first we practice.
24. Speed thrills.
25. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won’t bother you for weeks.
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iPhone 4 Adventures
Everything I’m going to say about the iPhone 4 is something you’ve heard before, but I guess I’m going to say it anyway. I haven’t bothered taking actual photos of the phone because 1) I suck at taking “good” photos, and 2) you can see gorgeous photos of the new phone everywhere. So, above are some sample untouched photos I took with the phone.
Getting the phone
I never wanted to wait in line. I tried pre-ordering from the online store for hours and the iPhone Apple Store app for hours and hours. When it became clear I might never get to pre-order, I decided to make a reservation at my local Apple Store, which happened to be the Fifth Avenue Apple Store. Alas, I never was able to pre-order, so off to the huge Cube I went.
I dragged my good friend Justin to the store around 4 am. There were of course two lines, and the reserved line had at least 100 people on it already. An employee said that at that time the regular line was already one and a half avenue blocks long.
The time passed quickly thanks my trusty iPad. We sat and read the reports of all the others on twitter who were also waiting on lines all over the world. Over the next couple of hours both lines got longer and longer. There were plenty of video cameras. We sat and waited until around 6 am, when Apple Store employees started sifting through our line to confirm our reservations. Unfortunately Justin did not have a reservation (he was just super nice and keeping me company), and was asked to leave around 6:30 am. As we got closer to 7 am, the crowd got more lively and all sorts of free stuff was being given out, bagels, cupcakes, t-shirts, etc.
Right before 7 am, a ton of Apple Store employees appeared from Cube and began clapping. Lots and lots of clapping. There was a countdown, and finally, they started to let people in!
I was in the second wave of reserved line-waiters to be let in. There were plenty of very peppy Apple Store employees, along with many video and photographers inside the store. A super nice Apple employee grabbed a few Bumper Cases for those of us waiting to buy with our phones so we didn’t have to (I really don’t think we could) get off the line to grab them. It looked to me like they only had black Bumper Cases.
Finally I was called over, and another very nice Apple Store guy confirmed the reservation for my phone. I chose to let the him activate my phone in-store hoping to avoid any possible issues activating my phone later in iTunes at home. Activation took about five minutes. He seemed to think turning off all cellular data would speed up activation, so if you’re having issues waiting for AT&T to push your phone through it could be worth trying.
All told, I left the Fifth Avenue Apple Store with my iPhone 4 before 7:30 am. I texted and made calls on it with no problem as soon as I left the store. I put in my mobileme account on my way home, and I had all my contacts/bookmarks/etc synced up before I got home.
While getting up at 3 am sucked, I’m happy I did it. If I had gone to the store at 7 am, who knows how long I would have had to wait on line. Also, since it was still dark out, it was warm, but certainly a livable temperature. I am very happy I didn’t have to stand there all day.
Antenna & Cell Service In General
Since the Apple Store guy offered to put the Bumper Case on my iPhone for me, I’ve had the bumper on for almost the entire (very short) time I’ve had the phone.
The whole don’t-hold-it-in-your-left-hand thing did happen with my phone in my apartment today when I tested it without the Bumper case this morning. However, it didn’t happen when I tested it without the Bumper case briefly yesterday. I have a feeling it has a lot to do with where you are and how the AT&T service is there in general. Something may also be up with how the phone is reporting bars in general, they may be overly sensitive.
I have a feeling Apple will have more to say about it. I’m guessing I’m going to end up being reimbursed for the Bumper case I bought. I also think we’re going to see an update that makes the bars less sensitive.
The real test will be seeing how it works around the city, which I’ll be doing a bunch this weekend. I’m cautiously optimistic.
Build
Obviously this is a great looking phone. Coming from a 3GS, for me, it feels fragile, even though I know its not supposed to be. I pre-ordered an Invisible Shield that arrived a couple of days before I got the iPhone, so I put that on last night before my first night on the town with the phone.
Display
The display is simply stunning. Everything you’ve heard about it is true. Text is incredibly clear and precise. Updated apps look beautiful. Old apps just look awful. Really awful. Its impossible to describe just how gorgeous it is. I think you get the point.
Photography
I have notoriously poor photo-taking abilities. You can see some sample untouched photos at the top of the post.
Etcetera
I already miss having a jailbroken phone, mostly for SBSettings and of course Winterboard. I’ll probably jailbreak as soon as its available.
I like iOS4’s folders much more than I thought I would. They are very very useful. I’m still trying to work out the best organization and still just trying to get used to opening them quickly. I’m sure my hands will get used to it very quickly.
Holy crap, fast-app-switching/multitasking is fantastic. Everything is so smooth and instant. It is such a pleasure to use.
My iPad feels like its sorely missing out. I can handle not having a retina display. But I do miss folders and fast-app-switching. Even with a jailbroken iPad that uses backgrounding and iPhone ProSwitcher, its just not the same.
So, there you have it. My brief thoughts on the new iPhone 4, that are just like everyone else’s. Wee!
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