Thread: Communication Devices

um.... thanks for your input. very valuble advice.

how bout this--
what kind of browsing can I do on a BlackBerry? I'm limited and stuff right? Does anayone here have one? The sales guy claimed it could do just about anything but my bro said otherwise. So I dunno.

Dont get one, There aint much point if you already have a pc.
Its only a good thing to have if you are travelling a lot.
Remember you would need to pay for its internet.

As for a digicam, get on there worth the money but dont go overboard.

And mp3 player get atleast 256mb one, and ill tell you how to lower mp3 file sizes and get more on your player than your supposed to.

Well I don't have a pc, which is why it'd be super swell to have access outside of work and my momma's house. I got a pretty sweet deal lined up too.
Mmm interesting proposal. I won't be getting the mp3 player for a while, and I might just get an mp3 cd player cos I have a ton of my music collection on mp3 discs. Not ideal, but works for me.

Oh and also- it seems like the Sidekick or SidekickII would be a better buy. I looked at this comparison chart and it really stacks up. Plus the screen is neato burrito. I can't wait to get this in the works.

O, well id go for a real pc and internet b4 i got a portable.

You really don't want to be browsing on a phone, its a small screen, tiny keyboard and they charge you through the nose for the poor connection...

Get a laptop, you can get them cheapish and they are portable.

Yea but see, the beauty of the Sidekick or Blackberry is that I get a phone, imer, browser, and camera for the low low price of $60 a month. Unlimited web and imer that is. And a decent calling plan. Money.
I don't want a computer cos my apartment building is not wired for internet. Yea, don't ask.

Originally posted by sprankified@Jul 8 2005, 04:19 PM
Yea but see, the beauty of the Sidekick or Blackberry is that I get a phone, imer, browser, and camera for the low low price of $60 a month. Unlimited web and imer that is. And a decent calling plan. Money.

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Trust me, its bloody infurating to surf the web on a phone, its usually limited in capacity and is slow and all sorts of problems come up when you try to do anything even remotely entertaining on it (Battery dies, signal dies, browser crashes, you break your fingers trying to type in addy's, etc)

I have a Sharp TM150 and the internet and IM'ing on it have come in handy but it all kills the battery in a short period of time. Also, it's not the easiest thing to hold up multiple conversations at once on IM. Phone can't load some pages and this site, specifically, takes a long long time to load and can't always load all the content. T-Mobile also likes to be a pain and not work for periods of time.

However, if you use it while plugged into the charger, you can eliminate the battery dying quickly con.

Anyhow, that's just what I've found with my phone's web browser and wanted to lay that all out for you before you decide to get it or not.

Mmmm. Interesting. Thanks!
I don't think I'll have to worry too much about battery power. The internet stuff I want soley for use in my apt. And the rest of the time, for games and the cell.

edit- wait, so Tmobile sucks then? booo

Originally posted by sprankified@Jul 8 2005, 12:45 PM
Mmmm. Interesting. Thanks!
I don't think I'll have to worry too much about battery power. The internet stuff I want soley for use in my apt. And the rest of the time, for games and the cell.

edit- wait, so Tmobile sucks then? booo*

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I've never been a fan of Tmobile. Andrey has them and he hates it. And everyone's right abuot the internet thing, it's not like a computer where you just go on and shit, it's a cell phone internet and theyre slow and you gotta visit pages made specifically for cell phone internet not just any page. Or at least that's how it works on my phone, I'm not sure if it would be different for blackberry. You could always get a dial up phone and use that to connect to the internet too.. but I know you probably want a cell phone.