Has anyone bought a telephone/answering machine combo that they like recently? It seems like Monday's power outage/power resurgence fried my phone, and now I need to buy a new one.
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Lee - Mar 01, 2006 9:48:04 am PST #7286 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Nicole - Mar 01, 2006 10:36:38 am PST #7287 of 10003
I'm getting the pig!
No. But I have a really crappy one that works intermittently. Wanna buy it?
eta - I can't remember what brand it is but I can tell you once I get home. That way you'll know what to steer clear of, at least.
Lee - Mar 01, 2006 10:42:49 am PST #7288 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Um, thanks?
P.M. Marc - Mar 01, 2006 11:18:58 am PST #7289 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Has anyone bought a telephone/answering machine combo that they like recently? It seems like Monday's power outage/power resurgence fried my phone, and now I need to buy a new one.
Yep. Well, fairly recently.
I can look it up when I get home.
Lee - Mar 01, 2006 11:31:59 am PST #7290 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks!
le nubian - Mar 01, 2006 4:48:47 pm PST #7291 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Perkins, why not voicemail through your local phone service?
Lee - Mar 01, 2006 5:36:23 pm PST #7292 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I thought of it, but tt's the cordless phone part that's fried, so I have to get a new phone in any case, and in the long run, it's cheaper to get a answering machine than voice mail.
Jessica - Mar 01, 2006 7:10:46 pm PST #7293 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have this phone, and it's been great. We've had it for over a year, and haven't encountered any of the problems mentioned in the Amazon reviews.
Gris - Mar 01, 2006 7:43:57 pm PST #7294 of 10003
Hey. New board.
is it possible to use Windows PDAs with Macs?
Yes, to a limited degree, using Missing Sync. It syncs fine, but installing some PDA software can be a total bitch - a lot of it only comes in Windows-only install EXEs, rather than portable CAB files. Annoying, and one of the big reasons I switched to a Palm, but most people really don't need to install new software on their PDA every day, so may not be a dealbreaker for you.
In other news, my MBP came today. So far, I am loving it. It's kind of burning my legs a bit, but I could probably fix that by putting on pants.
The new sharing-enabled frontrow installed on it just fine this morning, and I played around. Pretty nice - with the Divx and XviD Intel Quicktime components installed I seem to be able to play most downloaded movies (VM and Arrested Development worked fine, as did Trapped in the Closet) using it. The iTunes frontend works well, too. Interestingly, the remote will control iTunes/Quicktime Player/DVD Player even if you don't access them through FrontRow, so you can use it just to turn things up/down from across the room. Also, works to control KeyNote, which will rock for presentations. When somebody writes a plugin to make it work with VLC, then I'll be a completely happy camper.
Oops, he's about to go to sleep. I am calibrating the battery, so I'm supposed to leave him asleep for a while. Plus, I should sleep myself.
P.M. Marc - Mar 01, 2006 9:36:03 pm PST #7295 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear