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Just got an email from my dad and am seeking advice:
I still haven't used the BestBuy certificate that you and Drew gave me and am thinking of getting a new cell phone. I hate the one I have prinmarily becase I keep hitting a button on the side of it when I go to open it. That results in muted sounds and volume changes and drives me nuts. The other reason is that Virgin Mobile does not have as good reception as other companies - which I discovered in the mountains when I was out there. Virgin Mobile doesn't have any contracts, so I think I can switch to anything... suggestions? It doesn't have to be fancy since I rarely use the camera on the one I have and the only person who sends me a text message is sister Kathe. I think I am signed up for 600 minutes now, but I don't use all of them because minutes are free after 7:00... a Catch-22 situation since 300 minutes didn't give me any free minutes. So, if you have any thoughts, let me know.
Things to know: he is very serious about not wanting something fancy. An iPhone would horrify him. Also, like he says, he talks somewhere around 300 minutes a month, and he is a complete and utter cheapskate.
Suggestions?
Well, NSM servers, but the rest of my tech stuff--peripherals and applications that live on the desktop--needs to be within fast reach.
Never discount the chairs. They are very important factors in me getting anything done.
I doubt I'm worth hero-worshipping, but I'll take some propping up right about now.
Does no one care that I recovered my cache of bad (and good) 80's music!! And didn't blow anything up!!
I care! YAY recovering music!
I am so going to point the finger at my awful Staples chair for the screwup this morning. It deserves it. (not to mention the humans that I elected to trust, rather than scripting around them. darn you, humans.)
yay for music recovery!
Kristin - where's your dad usually? There are some cell phone coverage maps to look at... ::waddles off to find them::
Sox, he lives in CT, but he spends the winter in FL.
I think his options at Best Buy are limited to Verizon and Sprint - I don't think they sell unlocked phones.
As far as not wanting something fancy goes, his best bet would probably be to sign up with a contract and get one of the free phones, which tend to be pretty no-frills (though most of them will still have cameras). Which still leaves him with a gift certificate to spend...would he have any use for a Bluetooth headset?
cell phone coverage search: [link]
Signal map: [link]
Deadzones: [link]
Virgin uses the Sprint networks, so if he's having trouble with it it's not likely to change.
Does no one care that I recovered my cache of bad (and good) 80's music!!
Does this include your RAGE mix??? Hmmmmmmm?
