Comments on: Help: Cell phone advice

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:31:27 +0000

I am pleased with my enV2 as well, as much as I hate the stylized name of the thing. It has, however, made calls from my pocket and from my purse, despite its flip-open capabilities.

I have used Verizon international and the rate structure is confusing, but if you are billing it to work, who cares? And if you are anywhere for a long period of time and run into a problem, many foreign countries let you do short term phone rentals. We had one in South Africa and that was years before the U.S. had tracfones.

By: Daryl Lang

Daryl Lang — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:40:25 +0000

Jess is right. Succeptable is not a word.

By: B-Rock

B-Rock — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:18:32 +0000

Soon, when Facebook and Twitter and your multiple blogs and those of your friends are all merged into a single-source data collection, you won’t need a cell phone. Because someone at Google will be able to tell the caller what you’re doing, what you did last night, what you’re doing this weekend, who you intend to vote for in the next election and on what policies and points you made your decision. You just need a little device you can post “Call 9-1-1!” to your status updates from. They’ll be there in 10 minutes.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:02:15 +0000

I think you mean “susceptible.”

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:38:36 +0000

I’m going to start a fund, a collection, you could say. My fund will target $33.00 a month in collections. This fund then pay out a distribution to you for use on your AT&T iPhone bill. As this will be well less than $500 you will not have to claim this income on your tax return.

Buy an iPhone, it will change your life.

By: Stephenie Steitzer

Stephenie Steitzer — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:55:12 +0000

I DEFINITELY agree with your decision to stay away from smart phones. Aside from paying for data plans, battery technology is not even close to being able to adequately support these devices yet.
I also agree with your brother’s advice to get a flip phone. Dealing with key locks is a pain, and they often don’t work well anyway.
You are on the right track: cheap, no bells and whistles.

By: Gerritt

Gerritt — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:19:22 +0000

Drop T-Mobile. You may be able to call internationally with Verizon, though I’ve never tried it. Buy a phone that flips closed or somehow covers the keypad (mine keeps dialing people from my pocket, even with keylock on!) Avoid touch screens made by anyone other than Apple. I’m pleased with my LG EnV2, but like any phone that does too many things it is hard to navigate the labyrinthine menus. Go to a store and play around with the phones before you decide on one. And stop whining.