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    Pete OHanlon
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    OK - I'm not normally a one for updating to the "latest kit", but I just bought one of these[^] little babies yesterday. Whoah - this is a seriously high powered phone; 8GB RAM, Music Player, Sat Nav, Video Player (comes with Spiderman 3 on it). Wait - how do I actually use it as a phone? It seems to have about 3 bazillion functions on it, but how do I turn the damn ring volume down? Oh wait - I have to change "modes". Hooboy - by the time I come to change it again I might actually have figured out how to use it.

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      OK - I'm not normally a one for updating to the "latest kit", but I just bought one of these[^] little babies yesterday. Whoah - this is a seriously high powered phone; 8GB RAM, Music Player, Sat Nav, Video Player (comes with Spiderman 3 on it). Wait - how do I actually use it as a phone? It seems to have about 3 bazillion functions on it, but how do I turn the damn ring volume down? Oh wait - I have to change "modes". Hooboy - by the time I come to change it again I might actually have figured out how to use it.

      Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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      Your teenage children will be more than happy to explain to you how it works. :doh: Did you have similar problems with your VCR :sigh: Anyhow, congrats on your interview article with Marc. :)

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        Your teenage children will be more than happy to explain to you how it works. :doh: Did you have similar problems with your VCR :sigh: Anyhow, congrats on your interview article with Marc. :)

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        Richard A. Abbott wrote:

        Your teenage children will be more than happy to explain to you how it works.

        I'll have to wait a few years then. Catherine's only 6.

        Richard A. Abbott wrote:

        Did you have similar problems with your VCR

        Betamax baby. Groovy.

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        Anyhow, congrats on your interview article with Marc.

        Thanks - it was a fun article.

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          Richard A. Abbott wrote:

          Your teenage children will be more than happy to explain to you how it works.

          I'll have to wait a few years then. Catherine's only 6.

          Richard A. Abbott wrote:

          Did you have similar problems with your VCR

          Betamax baby. Groovy.

          Richard A. Abbott wrote:

          Anyhow, congrats on your interview article with Marc.

          Thanks - it was a fun article.

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          Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

          Betamax baby. Groovy

          Didn't think you were old enough to remember them. Just as well you didn't say Philips 2000 (yep, I remember them). However, things are starting to look up for the Magpies. They might now escape the fears of relegation.

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            OK - I'm not normally a one for updating to the "latest kit", but I just bought one of these[^] little babies yesterday. Whoah - this is a seriously high powered phone; 8GB RAM, Music Player, Sat Nav, Video Player (comes with Spiderman 3 on it). Wait - how do I actually use it as a phone? It seems to have about 3 bazillion functions on it, but how do I turn the damn ring volume down? Oh wait - I have to change "modes". Hooboy - by the time I come to change it again I might actually have figured out how to use it.

            Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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            Geez, that thing is a brick! Marc

            Thyme In The Country Interacx My Blog

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              Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

              Betamax baby. Groovy

              Didn't think you were old enough to remember them. Just as well you didn't say Philips 2000 (yep, I remember them). However, things are starting to look up for the Magpies. They might now escape the fears of relegation.

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              Richard A. Abbott wrote:

              Didn't think you were old enough to remember them. Just as well you didn't say Philips 2000 (yep, I remember them).

              Thanks. :-D

              Richard A. Abbott wrote:

              However, things are starting to look up for the Magpies. They might now escape the fears of relegation

              They are indeed. There's a renewed optimism at the ground, and the atmosphere's great. I'm a happy camper now.

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                Geez, that thing is a brick! Marc

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                Pete OHanlon
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                Naw. My first[^] mobile was a brick.

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                  Naw. My first[^] mobile was a brick.

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                  I walked around with a Nokia 2110 (i think) for 2 years. Not as bad as the MotoBrick, but close.

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                    OK - I'm not normally a one for updating to the "latest kit", but I just bought one of these[^] little babies yesterday. Whoah - this is a seriously high powered phone; 8GB RAM, Music Player, Sat Nav, Video Player (comes with Spiderman 3 on it). Wait - how do I actually use it as a phone? It seems to have about 3 bazillion functions on it, but how do I turn the damn ring volume down? Oh wait - I have to change "modes". Hooboy - by the time I come to change it again I might actually have figured out how to use it.

                    Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                    How much did it cost, and can you plug it into a PC as a mass store device, or are drivers required?

                    We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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                      I walked around with a Nokia 2110 (i think) for 2 years. Not as bad as the MotoBrick, but close.

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                      IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 3 out now

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                      leppie wrote:

                      I walked around with a Nokia 2110 (i think) for 2 years.

                      That was a nice phone.

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                        OK - I'm not normally a one for updating to the "latest kit", but I just bought one of these[^] little babies yesterday. Whoah - this is a seriously high powered phone; 8GB RAM, Music Player, Sat Nav, Video Player (comes with Spiderman 3 on it). Wait - how do I actually use it as a phone? It seems to have about 3 bazillion functions on it, but how do I turn the damn ring volume down? Oh wait - I have to change "modes". Hooboy - by the time I come to change it again I might actually have figured out how to use it.

                        Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                        I am thinking of getting the HTC Touch, what a pretty phone, and small too. Just pricey at the moment, and I cant upgrade yet, but I hope the price comes down by then.

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                          How much did it cost, and can you plug it into a PC as a mass store device, or are drivers required?

                          We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
                          blog: TDD - the Aha! | Linkify!| FoldWithUs! | sighist

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                          Pete OHanlon
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                          peterchen wrote:

                          How much did it cost,

                          Free on a new phone contract.

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                          can you plug it into a PC as a mass store device, or are drivers required?

                          I've not actually tried that, but 8GB isn't actually much in mass storage terms.

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                            I am thinking of getting the HTC Touch, what a pretty phone, and small too. Just pricey at the moment, and I cant upgrade yet, but I hope the price comes down by then.

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                            Pete OHanlon
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                            That is a pretty phone. Not at all brick like.

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                              OK - I'm not normally a one for updating to the "latest kit", but I just bought one of these[^] little babies yesterday. Whoah - this is a seriously high powered phone; 8GB RAM, Music Player, Sat Nav, Video Player (comes with Spiderman 3 on it). Wait - how do I actually use it as a phone? It seems to have about 3 bazillion functions on it, but how do I turn the damn ring volume down? Oh wait - I have to change "modes". Hooboy - by the time I come to change it again I might actually have figured out how to use it.

                              Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                              Same here. I Love my N95. I tried to like the iPhone my wife gave me but it lacked the two most important features I use on phones; speed and voice dialing. So, I hacked the iPhone and then sold it on ebay for more than my wife payed for it and bought my N95. Love it.

                              A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long

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                                Same here. I Love my N95. I tried to like the iPhone my wife gave me but it lacked the two most important features I use on phones; speed and voice dialing. So, I hacked the iPhone and then sold it on ebay for more than my wife payed for it and bought my N95. Love it.

                                A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long

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                                Chris Austin wrote:

                                So, I hacked the iPhone and then sold it on ebay for more than my wife payed for it

                                Very nice. :-D I have to say that I don't really like the look of the iPhone. There's just something about it that really gets on my nerves.

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                                  OK - I'm not normally a one for updating to the "latest kit", but I just bought one of these[^] little babies yesterday. Whoah - this is a seriously high powered phone; 8GB RAM, Music Player, Sat Nav, Video Player (comes with Spiderman 3 on it). Wait - how do I actually use it as a phone? It seems to have about 3 bazillion functions on it, but how do I turn the damn ring volume down? Oh wait - I have to change "modes". Hooboy - by the time I come to change it again I might actually have figured out how to use it.

                                  Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                                  So you finally switched to Java and Flash? :-) You can sign up for Twango too, for some fast and useful results. Likely you'll have to write some filters (should be easy with WCF) too make sure you don't blast your bandwidth on that slipper :-) That is, assuming you have contract covering decent usage for those massive size and quality pics on a move. For MS tech friendly bits definitely HTC, but I heard there's been some trouble out there between the two.

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                                    Chris Austin wrote:

                                    So, I hacked the iPhone and then sold it on ebay for more than my wife payed for it

                                    Very nice. :-D I have to say that I don't really like the look of the iPhone. There's just something about it that really gets on my nerves.

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                                    Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                    There's just something about it that really gets on my nerves.

                                    I didn't mind it either way since most of the time when I was using it as a phone it was in my pocket and I didn't have to look at it. It was just silly that I couldn't push the voice dial button on my bluetooth ear piece when I needed to make a call. What got to my nerves about it was when I complained about the lack of basic functionality I was told by the fan boys that the iPhone's "workflow" was superior. No one wanted to talk about the elephant in the room.

                                    A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long

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                                      So you finally switched to Java and Flash? :-) You can sign up for Twango too, for some fast and useful results. Likely you'll have to write some filters (should be easy with WCF) too make sure you don't blast your bandwidth on that slipper :-) That is, assuming you have contract covering decent usage for those massive size and quality pics on a move. For MS tech friendly bits definitely HTC, but I heard there's been some trouble out there between the two.

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                                      User of Users Group wrote:

                                      So you finally switched to Java and Flash?

                                      Nope. Just because I've previously bought PCs with JVM and Flash installed doesn't mean I've moved over to the dark side. :-D

                                      User of Users Group wrote:

                                      That is, assuming you have contract covering decent usage for those massive size and quality pics on a move. For MS tech friendly bits definitely HTC, but I heard there's been some trouble out there between the two.

                                      The bit that phone manufacturers seem to forget, is that people occassionally just want to use it as a bloody phone. Oh well.

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                                        Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                        There's just something about it that really gets on my nerves.

                                        I didn't mind it either way since most of the time when I was using it as a phone it was in my pocket and I didn't have to look at it. It was just silly that I couldn't push the voice dial button on my bluetooth ear piece when I needed to make a call. What got to my nerves about it was when I complained about the lack of basic functionality I was told by the fan boys that the iPhone's "workflow" was superior. No one wanted to talk about the elephant in the room.

                                        A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long

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                                        Pete OHanlon
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                                        Chris Austin wrote:

                                        I was told by the fan boys that the iPhone's "workflow" was superior.

                                        Argghhhhhh! It's a frickin' phone - just let me phone the wife and tell her I'm going to be a few minutes late.

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                                          Naw. My first[^] mobile was a brick.

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                                          Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                          My first[^] mobile was a brick.

                                          8-character dot-matrix red LED display We've come a long from an 8 character LED display to playing Spiderman-3, haven't we? Marc

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