Comments on: Goodbye to the Free Phone http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/ I FORGET WHAT EIGHT WAS FOR Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:58:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cpt_gloval http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88114 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:49:47 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88114 Seconded on the PPC-6700. I manage a fleet of them for a small company, and I couldn’t be happier. My users do complain about poor battery life, but I suspect that’s because they park them on the cell data network in our low-service neck of the woods and just drain it.

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]]> By: La Gringa http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88112 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:01:10 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88112 Yeah, I’m one of those troglodytes who actually only uses a cell phone as a phone. I occasionally text message on it only because i find it nearly impossibly to actually get some of my younger cooler hipper friends to TALK on a phone. I hate text messages. But I am being dragged kicking and screaming.

Apparently my phone from verizon also does the whiz bang music-video-Tv thing. I haven’t used it.

However, I do like that I can use the theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark as my ringtone. (Yes, I am a big nerd; we’ve established this already. Move on.)

]]> By: Mike Kozlowski http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88110 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:41:24 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88110 The Sprint PPC-6700 is a pretty decent (if chunky) phone, and it’s a superb mobile internet device. QWERTY! EV-DO and WiFi! IMAP!

]]> By: Mike Kozlowski http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88111 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:41:24 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88111 The Sprint PPC-6700 is a pretty decent (if chunky) phone, and it’s a superb mobile internet device. QWERTY! EV-DO and WiFi! IMAP!

]]> By: Ginny http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88109 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:34:43 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88109 I have a Sidekick–the Sidekick 2, I didn’t upgrade to the Sidekick 3 because I head horrific reviews of it–apparently it is more delicate that the Sidekick 2 in that if you look at it the wrong way, it’s going to break.

My Sidekick 2 actually broke on me–the screen would go completely blank for no apparent reason, I don’t drop it or abuse it; I keep it in it’s case which travels with me in my “old lady” purse. Usually a hard reset would bring back the screen but the last time, it died a horrible death–nothing would bring it back. So T-Mobile sent me a new one. The new one is sturdy and hasn’t given me any trouble, and I thoroughly enjoy being able to delete emails from relatives wherever I am.

]]> By: MWT http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88108 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:24:03 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88108 Hmmm. I’m reading along with great interest since I need to switch to a different cell phone plan myself.

At the moment I have a $40/month deal with Cingular, which is the lowest rate for a plan there. The only time I really use the cell phone is when I’m travelling, which isn’t that often.

I don’t have a home phone at all. I don’t use phones that much; why pay an additional $35-40 per month for a land line that I’m also not using, when I can just have a cell phone and not be tied to home?

The only thing I need the phone for is to make calls and store some phone numbers. And to be able to make those calls anywhere in the U.S. (without having to pay extra). I’m open to suggestions. :)

]]> By: Stephen G http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88107 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:22:47 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88107 Of course, at the moment, I would prefer to use the phone I already have, seeing that I already have it and all.

Aha, I have divined their evil plan! They will not pull the wool over my eyes now!

As for the cost of Internet service in hotels, it follows the Inverted Hotel Parabola Law. You start out paying very little money for a terrible room with filthy sheets and a door lock that’s busted. As you pay more money, you get more and more features: a so-so breakfast of cereal and cold muffins, then a decent breakfast of cereal, fruit and muffins, and finally a hot meal. Similarly, you go from no Internet access to a “business room” with a computer that’s on the net to free Internet access in your room.

And then you make the mistake of paying too much and boom, you’re on the downslope of the parabola. From here on out you will pay more and more money for fewer features. Internet access? Why, that’s an extra $10 a day. Breakfast? Sure, you can pay $7 for a bowl of oatmeal.

The exact location of the Inverted Hotel Parabola on the cost-for-amenities graph for each city is left as an exercise for the reader.

]]> By: John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88105 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:59:16 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/27/goodbye-to-the-free-phone/#comment-88105 $10 a day is what I usually see where I stay, and it’s waaaaaay too much, especially considering that if I stayed at the damn Day’s Inn, I’d pay less for the room and get free Internet.

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