What do you have, Jessica?
I have the Motorola H700, and I find it fits well, has a decent battery life, and IIRC can be set so it doesn't blink when activated.
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§ ita § - May 08, 2007 9:52:34 am PDT #1527 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - May 08, 2007 9:56:33 am PDT #1528 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have a Jabra BT150.
I wonder if there's any place that would let me try on a headset before buying it. I know from buying glasses that my ears are not quite standard shaped.
§ ita § - May 08, 2007 10:02:56 am PDT #1529 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If you shop at Fry's or Best Buy (sure about Fry's, pretty sure about BB) you can just return what doesn't work for you, after having tried it out. If getting back to the store isn't an issue, I'd give that a shot.
Jessica - May 08, 2007 10:06:15 am PDT #1530 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't think we have Fry's on the East Coast, but I'll check out BB's return policy.
NoiseDesign - May 08, 2007 10:08:12 am PDT #1531 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
The RAZR is a temporary fix for me, and the V3i is the second generation RAZR so it fixed some of the problems that the V3 had as well as adding a 1.2 MP camera and a Transflash slot, so currently my phone has 512 MB of memory at least. It's also got the mutant motorola version of iTunes on it.
I've been happy with Cingular. I've not noticed that the cost has been all that prohibitive but since mine is my business line and everything else I guess I'm willing to put up with a bit more expense.
Gris - May 08, 2007 10:17:57 am PDT #1532 of 25496
Hey. New board.
What are your standards?
Mostly, it needs to have the capability of installing external software. Apple is only planning on letting a select few companies write software for it, which makes sense from a stability point-of-view, since they can assure quality control. But I'm addicted to my phone being a full-fledged mini-computer, with a huge variety of available programs, free and commercial. I don't really want to combine an iPod and a phone. I want to combine an Apple micro-laptop and a phone.
Jessica - May 08, 2007 10:21:18 am PDT #1533 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't really want to combine an iPod and a phone. I want to combine an Apple micro-laptop and a phone.
So very much this. The ability to play music on my phone is the least of my concerns. I want a PDA that can make calls and go online.
tommyrot - May 08, 2007 10:32:05 am PDT #1534 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I want a PDA that can make calls and go online.
Plus look pretty while doing it.
Jessica - May 08, 2007 10:33:27 am PDT #1535 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Functionality is always pretty.
le nubian - May 08, 2007 10:35:11 am PDT #1536 of 25496
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
truly.
recently I had surgery and I was in the hospital on my RAZR checking email and writing brief email messages. It would have been nice to have a slightly bigger phone with more features - and longer battery life.
FWIW, I bought another battery that I carry around with me and I swap out batteries when one battery gets low.