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well, in montreal, I get dissed for hving a phone that can do more than their brain can ever do
they dont even WANT color screen
I know ppl who hv their battery taped to the phone
ppl want to be able to receive/make calls
and I get made fun of when I'm on MSN on my P800
no one digs it
or maybe it's cuz I'm young and thus ppl get jealous of a guy my age with a 800$ phone
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Posted: 2003-07-26 08:27:08
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haha same with my near $1000 pda
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Posted: 2003-07-26 18:41:49
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i disagree...i can even say americans are the ones who are willing to spend more money on cellphones, NOT A PDA PHONE, PPC PHONE, but a cellphone.
again, we have different perspectives.
a cell phone is made to make and receive phone calls.
wonder why cars that fly has never been released?
coz i think the majority will not digg it.
if you're that RICH, why not buy a private plane and the most expensive car instead?
why not buy a 5mp camera instead of using the phone's cam since you're willing to spend $$$?
again, portability and ease of use is not an issue here.
just a thought guys...
dont get me wrong as i use
p800s
t610s
GD87/88
...phones with integrated cameras.
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Posted: 2003-07-27 00:31:10
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well listen, money is money, I dont care how rich u r
u still dont want and throw ur money at something u know is stupid
and like u said, it's a question of simplicity
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Posted: 2003-07-27 07:39:36
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for me, if i invest a lot of money in something like my pda
or computer i always make it worth while
i'm a heavy power user and suck all the performance out of it
eventually i'll get to my project STi
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Posted: 2003-07-27 08:29:43
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@rj, A phone is a COMMUNICATION device, all recent developments are just extending that role
I think Americans DO want lots of features but their priority is always going to be signal & sound quality because in lots of areas they suffer terribly with a poor quality GSM infrastructure & are NOT happy about that, this is mainly due to the huge scale of the country, making it far harder to make a good coverage service than in europe or South East Asia.
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Posted: 2003-07-27 15:09:30
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I can recommend a combiation of very small phone and a pda. Actually I have a T39+Tungsten. I really understand the Jupiter R. result, because it is the reasonable arangement: a very small phone with excellant acustics and BT.
This message was posted from a WAP device
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Posted: 2003-07-27 16:40:08
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In America everything has to be big, comfortable and simple. Thus nobody wants to tap little keys and try to read something of a tiny screen. What is great is that americans belive everything that they are told... hence there is a need for a better marketing strategy saying that sending an SMS is cheaper than making a call; it's just you have to start with the big corporations and convince them that they have to provide services similar to SMS on request and stuff... For instance to find out your bank balance or movie times -- this saves time instead of calling customer service... I bet the only bank in the US that sends SMSs with your balance is CITI Bank (love it).
There is a need for an education. In my opinion wireless providers (Cingular and T-mobile) do a super lousy job advertising their wireless internet. They need to let people know that all you have to do is to hook up your PDA/PC to your phone via bluetooth (when I say bluetooth in my office people start looking in my mouth) or cable and you can have internet everywhere (well almost). Americans use the interenet a lot and I bet if they knew more about the wap and gprs, they would have used it a lot. The problem is that 2.5G is still super slow. And I mean -- SLOW... Any-hoo it feels nice to be ahead of the rest....
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Posted: 2003-07-31 19:09:21
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Hey RJ,
Just a thought aren't the best phones the most expensive ones that also have the most toys?
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Posted: 2003-07-31 19:34:35
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CITI bank does NOT send you balance updates via SMS as they claim. They will do it via "e-mail" that is then extended to their phone. Moreover, they gave never heard of an SMS.
Guaranteed and verified.
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Posted: 2003-07-31 20:09:21
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