Just to check what kinds of mobile phones people have!+-
If I have missed any important category, pleae let me know!
Just to check what kinds of mobile phones people have!+-
If I have missed any important category, pleae let me know!
Nokia.I am not a gossiper. Neither do I entertain gossip. So I pay as I go. Besides, it has already been 6 months, I just had spent 15 dollars for those six months. I only use it during emergency. Otherwise, I am reading.
I'm the only guy who has no phone. Just like always! :lol2:
Heartfelty, you are a genius. I wish I could do so and have your level of control.
But when I had a cellphone, I was getting about 15 calls a day.. and 14 of them I did not need. For me it's always family who will call, they insist and will get offended if they can't talk.. I'm sure I'll get one again soon. But it's been nice not to have this little ball-and-chain.. (except for one big thing - vKontakte. Hard to get in with them without one, though I've tried)
Seems like Windows Mobile phones were left in dust by Apple lovers :)
It'd be really interesting to see what cell phone the OP has (given what I've learned of her so far). :D
As for mine, it's iPhone 4 Black 16 GB. I was going to replace it with a 4S one, but then decided to wait for iPhone 5 to be released, it's gonna be so cute with this new A6 CPU.
Loose lips sink ships. I am in the Army. Only my superior officer.
HTC Wildfire, Android-based. For me it's Linux or nothing.
Nokia N8
4 Map-Navigation related apps: Nokia maps (map preloading for offline work overboard, free voice navigation), Yandex maps (realtime traffic jams), Google maps (if first two would ever have some problems), 2Gis (Novosibirsk map + full preloaded Yellowpages database).
Opera Mobile for MasterRussian access
12 Mpx camera.
and finally pre-installed Shazam service as a bonus.
Interesting! It seems you made really good use of your mobile.Quote:
Originally Posted by CoffeeCup
For me, the most useful app is the map, and internet access.
I use Android on a Galaxy s2.
I am going to install "Ankidroid" a language study software over the weekend. Robin, check it out!
That was my second guess :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanna
What are you trying to say?Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric C.
PS - what Nokia phone is it that has Windows on it? Is it the one that CoffeeCup has?
Nokia smartphones work on Symbian OS
Windows mobile supported by many vendors(Pocket PC phones), for example HTC makes phones which work on Windows Mobile - http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_hd2-2957.php
Well, now I can say for sure your picking Samsung Galaxy SII pretty much surprises me. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanna
I got it from work and I could choose between that, iphone or HTC. I simply took the one that has the biggest screen which happened to be the Samsung.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric C.
I am not fussed about mobile phones whatsoever, I see it as necessary evil.
If you are trying to say something then spit it out.
i have two but can only list one.
My "Noka N8" has Symbian v3, the only Nokia with "Windows Phone" is "Nokia Lumia".Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanna
By the way, Samsung released smartphones with quite a number of OSs (Samsung-bada, Windows, Android, Symbian) as well as SonyEricsson (the only exception for SonyEricsson is that they never used samsung-bada).
I'm a bit disappointed by myself, cause my judgment was wrongQuote:
Originally Posted by Hanna
I thought you chose it because it's new and fun and fast and it's a smartphone. You seem to be a person who likes to try new stuff(language learner, traveler) and you use Internet a lot (using 3G in some God forgotten village on a train stop) thus this model suites you perfectly. I also thought that your pick would be iPhone (for the reasons that I'm not going to tell)
Anyway, how come that you are in the middle of all discussions, Hanna :) You seem to be the most inspiring person here
My phone is SonyEricsson P1i. It is old. But I don't like to buy new stuff when old is working. And before it I had P910i (But I have broken it into pieces. :))
I don't use any learning software or material. I simply can't work with that. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanna
But if you connect your mobile to your WLAN at home you might want to check out AirDroid. It allows you to communicate with your mobile from your PC wirelessly, you can copy data to and fro, make backups of your apps to the computer, write SMS from the computer etc.
I have an iPhone 4S. I can talk with my family on Facetime for free. Video calls, FREE! I check stock prices, read the news, browse Master Russian and even watch football games. Sometimes I chat with Siri and she talks back. (and I hear she's learning Russian too.) I love you iPhone..
So do I! Nice to meet another pal with Android free mind! =)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sala_
How's this FaceTime thing different from video calls on Skype? I mean does it provide some extra services/possibilities Skype doesn't? Don't you have to pay for your Internet traffic anyway?
What was your previous iPhone? How did you like it? Why did you finally change it?
That's what I've been wondering. I thought it was because she is well versed in IT stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doomer
Then Eric left me wondering what was really going on here.
"Necessary evil" is exactly what I was expecting to hear from you. The strange thing to me is a person choosing not the cheapest and simplest phone, to put it easy, while it's just s/he HAS to use it. Not to mention by his/her choice s/he supports those "evil corporations" which s/he so much stands against. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hanna
An old Sony Ericsson. It is comfy to hold in my hand and I know it inside out, so I don't feel like replacing it anytime soon. :)
Fitting, because that's exactly what I expected to hear from YOU - that you would turn an innocuous conversation about cell phones into a personal attack against Hanna, a technique you have employed before on this website and which is really disappointing to see you doing again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric C.
So.. which one is it, Eric? A vendetta, or a crush? Or a little of both?
Oh c'mon, we don't come from Italy, do we? And luckily I'm still under my 30s to take your 2nd option. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kidkboom
What is it? I'm not quite sure but it seems, all I could possibly offend her with in that post was my saying what I had expected to hear from her, if this is at all offensive. All the rest wasn't technically personal.
Thanks for the compliment Doomer and for the moral support, KidK!
Well, since this has come up, I'll explain that I got very, very fed up with mobile phones during a period in my life when I had a work Blackberry that was beeping 24/7, every five minutes, and a boyfriend who as calling and texting obsessively (until I ended it).
A mobile phone can become a real nuisance that constantly harasses you.
As for evil corporations - yes, both Samsung and Apple to some degree fall into that category. But they are also innovative companies at the forefront of technology. For me it was obvious that Android was preferable to Apple, since Android is open source. With only three choices, it was a fairly obvious choice. The HTC Wildfire, although also Android, had a smaller screen and I did not know anything about the company. I know that the quality of both Samsung and Apple products is generally good.
And KidK - somebody else is like you too - they don't have a mobil either!
Hello! It's very nice to meet you too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric C.
I don't know much about Skype but FaceTime rings my phone like any other call and it's in the palm of your hand. Officially FaceTime is a WiFi function but it will work over 3G if you're so inclined. iPod Touch supports FaceTime as well so you can connect with the non-cell service devices. iMessage is a free text function. I've yet to test it internationally but I don't see any reason why that wouldn't work. If it does, wow, free international texts.
Previously I had an iPhone 3G. I had it forever because it wouldn't stop working. Most new apps require more processor than the old phone had and I wanted the forward facing camera for FaceTime and the Cloud backup. I also like the idea of the lost phone locator and remote self destruct button just in case I do lose it. I really like iOS, the buttons and flow from one function to the next are logical and transition to the new phone was as seamless as you would expect. I instantly knew how to use the new phone and everything I had on the old phone, even bookmarks were on the new phone after a sync, but with lots more horsepower. And I really like holding a glass and metal device, it just feels right.
Well, this at least means FaceTime is cooler than video calls using Skype because it can work over WiFi, and Skype requires you to get connected to its server on the web, so you can use FaceTime without being actually connected to the Internet and spending your traffic (but you have to be as close to who you talk to as the WiFi range lets you).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sala_
You made a great deal replacing your 3G one with a 4S. The former is based on a really old CPU which doesn't even enable you to set up the iOS 4+ which supports multitasking. Apart from that, 4S really beats 3G in CPU performance (it's more than four times faster), and I can only guess how many times it's cooler than 3G in graphics performance, because its graphics performance is actually up to 7X faster than the graphics performance of my iPhone 4 (whose CPU is ~ 2.5 times faster than the 3G CPU).
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