See!
But I text *everyone* who doesn't grumble about it. If I can communicate with you textually, I will choose that before a phone call any day.
It was just funny that the last person I'd texted at that moment in time was actually juliana.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
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Cass - Aug 11, 2008 1:44:50 pm PDT #7402 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Daisy Jane - Aug 11, 2008 1:52:49 pm PDT #7403 of 25501
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My texts to juliana tend to consist of "Chartruse!" or "Fernet!" and then some nonsense follows. Would not be the same with a phone call.
javachik - Aug 11, 2008 1:54:47 pm PDT #7404 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Kbug (or maybe Suzi had her phone, I dunno) texted me a picture of an INXS album cover.
Man, I loved The Inkses.
...back to technology: a random survey of my immediate office-mates showed how varying texting plans operate. I had no idear they could be so expensive.
amych - Aug 11, 2008 2:05:06 pm PDT #7405 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I had no idear they could be so expensive.
Yeah, there's been some research out there (you know, out there ::handwave:: on the internet) about how the price structure of US SMS plans has kept the technology from being either as popular or as mainstream as it is in the rest of the world. It's not just that we pay more, but that we pay both coming and going (which isn't the case everywhere) and that it's an extra on all but high-end plans (whereas in more text-heavy places it tends to be included, at least up to a certain level.)
Me, I'm a hopeless addict and get the unlimited plan.
Kevin - Aug 11, 2008 2:14:26 pm PDT #7406 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
My £35 ($70) a month iPhone package includes 500 free text message sends. It doesn't cost anything to receive on any UK network. Texting is *very* popular here.
brenda m - Aug 11, 2008 2:24:42 pm PDT #7407 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, I pay like 20 cents per, and to go to the package would be an extra $15 a month. Annoying, seeing as I am paying for an unlimited data plan. But texting is such a cash cow they exempt it. Or at least that's my assumption for why the difference.
Jessica - Aug 11, 2008 2:55:27 pm PDT #7408 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If I could, I'd forego a voice plan entirely and just pay for unlimited texts. I'm sure I'd save money (which I'm sure is why it's not an option).
Yeah, there's been some research out there (you know, out there ::handwave:: on the internet) about how the price structure of US SMS plans has kept the technology from being either as popular or as mainstream as it is in the rest of the world.
The whole US cell phone marketplace is insane. When I went to this giant electronics mart/small city outside of Seoul, all the teeny adorable UNLOCKED phones were making me drool with jealousy.
le nubian - Aug 11, 2008 5:13:14 pm PDT #7409 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica,
if you have a disability (I'm assuming speech or hearing), you can get unlimited text and data plan. But you have to have certification.
NoiseDesign - Aug 11, 2008 7:51:35 pm PDT #7410 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Jilli, easiest way I've found is this:
If you have Garageband installed you can also just pull the track into Garageband, select the 30 second or less section you want, and then choose "Export as Ringtone" and it will be added to the Ringtone section of your iTunes and be loaded onto the phone.
omnis_audis - Aug 11, 2008 9:02:45 pm PDT #7411 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Damn, you know you are working too hard when Drew, ON A BOAT! beats me to the tip of ringtone and Garageband. Pfft.
Um, Vortex, how do you do that thingie to make your own text or voice mail sound on the iPhone??
And a shoutout to Daniel. How goes the data?
(wow, a mini meara in tech thread!)