Telephone companys evil ways
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I needed a new phone. I do not use a smart phone. In fact I do not text or check email. So the salesman asked if I took pictures with my phone, I said yes and he suggested a phone. Worked well for me, until I wanted to test the picture transfer from phone to PC. Verizon wants me to upload my photos to their web site to download to my PC. I do not pay for "data time" and do not want to pay close to $2 a mb to use their system (not to mention the per minute charge). :mad: Thus I am taking the phone back tomorrow. If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
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I needed a new phone. I do not use a smart phone. In fact I do not text or check email. So the salesman asked if I took pictures with my phone, I said yes and he suggested a phone. Worked well for me, until I wanted to test the picture transfer from phone to PC. Verizon wants me to upload my photos to their web site to download to my PC. I do not pay for "data time" and do not want to pay close to $2 a mb to use their system (not to mention the per minute charge). :mad: Thus I am taking the phone back tomorrow. If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
djj55 wrote:
If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
Newer phones actually have batteries that can recharge. Check the manufacturers website; you may be one of the lucky ones!
Martin Fowler wrote:
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
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I needed a new phone. I do not use a smart phone. In fact I do not text or check email. So the salesman asked if I took pictures with my phone, I said yes and he suggested a phone. Worked well for me, until I wanted to test the picture transfer from phone to PC. Verizon wants me to upload my photos to their web site to download to my PC. I do not pay for "data time" and do not want to pay close to $2 a mb to use their system (not to mention the per minute charge). :mad: Thus I am taking the phone back tomorrow. If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
Maybe this may be of some help (although it might not), on my phone you can move the pictures to a memory card (then just take the memory card wherever), alternatively, I can text (using MMS) the pictures to my e-mail address.
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djj55 wrote:
If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
Newer phones actually have batteries that can recharge. Check the manufacturers website; you may be one of the lucky ones!
Martin Fowler wrote:
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
AspDotNetDev wrote:
manufacturers website
My dial-up modem is not working properly, I'll have to find the number in my Rolodex.
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I needed a new phone. I do not use a smart phone. In fact I do not text or check email. So the salesman asked if I took pictures with my phone, I said yes and he suggested a phone. Worked well for me, until I wanted to test the picture transfer from phone to PC. Verizon wants me to upload my photos to their web site to download to my PC. I do not pay for "data time" and do not want to pay close to $2 a mb to use their system (not to mention the per minute charge). :mad: Thus I am taking the phone back tomorrow. If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
I don't own a cell phone anymore because of the ridiculous/outrageous pricing. I was paying almost $90/mo. for a phone that all I did was take and receive calls. Tried using the camera and it was a POS. I payed $350 for this phone, a HTC Diamond and I absolutely hated it, and the service was even worse...Sprint.
The problem with borrowing money from China is 30 mins. later you feel broke again.
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I don't own a cell phone anymore because of the ridiculous/outrageous pricing. I was paying almost $90/mo. for a phone that all I did was take and receive calls. Tried using the camera and it was a POS. I payed $350 for this phone, a HTC Diamond and I absolutely hated it, and the service was even worse...Sprint.
The problem with borrowing money from China is 30 mins. later you feel broke again.
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
manufacturers website
My dial-up modem is not working properly, I'll have to find the number in my Rolodex.
:laugh: At least you have a life with enough contacts for a Rolodex. :laugh:
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Maybe this may be of some help (although it might not), on my phone you can move the pictures to a memory card (then just take the memory card wherever), alternatively, I can text (using MMS) the pictures to my e-mail address.
No memory card. :( Texting costs.
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Most of the cameras are pretty bad... there's a few good ones now though... my phone takes horrible pictures, so its pretty worthless for that.
When I first bought it it would snap after pressing the button and waiting about 2-3 seconds but after a while it started working intermittently. My son's phone takes good pictures, when we went camping he took pictures and they looked better than the ones I took with my Sanyo.
The problem with borrowing money from China is 30 mins. later you feel broke again.
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I needed a new phone. I do not use a smart phone. In fact I do not text or check email. So the salesman asked if I took pictures with my phone, I said yes and he suggested a phone. Worked well for me, until I wanted to test the picture transfer from phone to PC. Verizon wants me to upload my photos to their web site to download to my PC. I do not pay for "data time" and do not want to pay close to $2 a mb to use their system (not to mention the per minute charge). :mad: Thus I am taking the phone back tomorrow. If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
Does your phone support blue-tooth ? or infrared transfer ? I've had an old Motorola photo that I could connect to my laptop via blue-tooth and transfer the images on the computer that way.
Watched code never compiles.
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When I first bought it it would snap after pressing the button and waiting about 2-3 seconds but after a while it started working intermittently. My son's phone takes good pictures, when we went camping he took pictures and they looked better than the ones I took with my Sanyo.
The problem with borrowing money from China is 30 mins. later you feel broke again.
My Droid X actually takes fairly decent pictures. It's no DSLR, but it is not bad.
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
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I needed a new phone. I do not use a smart phone. In fact I do not text or check email. So the salesman asked if I took pictures with my phone, I said yes and he suggested a phone. Worked well for me, until I wanted to test the picture transfer from phone to PC. Verizon wants me to upload my photos to their web site to download to my PC. I do not pay for "data time" and do not want to pay close to $2 a mb to use their system (not to mention the per minute charge). :mad: Thus I am taking the phone back tomorrow. If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
No USB cable??? :omg:
Wout
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My Droid X actually takes fairly decent pictures. It's no DSLR, but it is not bad.
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
Yeah I wasn't expecting anything spectacular but would have liked to be able to snap a fairly decent pic. Oh well I bought a Nikon to do that and it takes awesome photos. Will be taking another month long adventure in a month or so and am looking forward to taking some awesome pics during the trip.
The problem with borrowing money from China is 30 mins. later you feel broke again.
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No memory card. :( Texting costs.
djj55 wrote:
No memory card. :(
I am wondering why you are blaiming the phone company and their 'evil ways' then. They did not trick you into buying the phone. You were asked if you want to take pictures and they provided that phone. As someone who is in a tech field (I assume you are because you are here on CP), you should understand that those pictures do not just magically appear on your computer. So, you who has the no data plan and decided to go with a basic phone (that has a camera) is now having issues with not getting the pictures off the phone at a 'good rate' Now if you were my grandma or someone that is not so up to date in the tech world one could sympothize, but it is still your fault. Ignorance does not mean that the one who sold you it is at fault. If you buy a car that gets 5mpg and has a tank of that holds 1 gallon its not the salesman's fault you can't make it to work on a full tank of gas, its yours for not understanding what you purchased does not meet your needs. Now if you said to the salesmen "I need a cheap, easy, and quick way to get the pics off the phone onto my PC", and he replied with something that is not true it is their 'evil' fault.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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djj55 wrote:
No memory card. :(
I am wondering why you are blaiming the phone company and their 'evil ways' then. They did not trick you into buying the phone. You were asked if you want to take pictures and they provided that phone. As someone who is in a tech field (I assume you are because you are here on CP), you should understand that those pictures do not just magically appear on your computer. So, you who has the no data plan and decided to go with a basic phone (that has a camera) is now having issues with not getting the pictures off the phone at a 'good rate' Now if you were my grandma or someone that is not so up to date in the tech world one could sympothize, but it is still your fault. Ignorance does not mean that the one who sold you it is at fault. If you buy a car that gets 5mpg and has a tank of that holds 1 gallon its not the salesman's fault you can't make it to work on a full tank of gas, its yours for not understanding what you purchased does not meet your needs. Now if you said to the salesmen "I need a cheap, easy, and quick way to get the pics off the phone onto my PC", and he replied with something that is not true it is their 'evil' fault.
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
That's a bit harsh. I don't think it is too much to expect to be able to transfer pictures from your phone to your PC via a USB cable. That's how it used to be done, and there is no reason that it shouldn't still work like that. Yes, wireless transfer is nice and all, but it shouldn't be the only option.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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That's a bit harsh. I don't think it is too much to expect to be able to transfer pictures from your phone to your PC via a USB cable. That's how it used to be done, and there is no reason that it shouldn't still work like that. Yes, wireless transfer is nice and all, but it shouldn't be the only option.
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
I have certainly seen phones that use bluetooth or usb. But if a phone does not provide either but does it via the data service then that is nothing but a marketing ploy on the part of the vendor. Especially if they sell the phone without the service. And perhaps the sales person. Since although there are probably some people that only have pictures on their phones there are probably others that want to move them. So selling a phone/service to someone which which requires an additional fee based on a service that the sales person specifically asked about suggests ignorance or deceit.
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I needed a new phone. I do not use a smart phone. In fact I do not text or check email. So the salesman asked if I took pictures with my phone, I said yes and he suggested a phone. Worked well for me, until I wanted to test the picture transfer from phone to PC. Verizon wants me to upload my photos to their web site to download to my PC. I do not pay for "data time" and do not want to pay close to $2 a mb to use their system (not to mention the per minute charge). :mad: Thus I am taking the phone back tomorrow. If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
djj55 wrote:
upload my photos to their web site to download to my PC
Or email it. X| That's one of the reasons I continue to use a non-camera phone. I also turn off texting. All I want is a phone.
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I don't own a cell phone anymore because of the ridiculous/outrageous pricing. I was paying almost $90/mo. for a phone that all I did was take and receive calls. Tried using the camera and it was a POS. I payed $350 for this phone, a HTC Diamond and I absolutely hated it, and the service was even worse...Sprint.
The problem with borrowing money from China is 30 mins. later you feel broke again.
I have a similar phone, got the minimum contract and my normal bill is about $20, if I roam or use that data it skyrockets but that almost never happens! You must be on a really shitty contract.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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:laugh: At least you have a life with enough contacts for a Rolodex. :laugh:
Yes, but they're all tech support people.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I needed a new phone. I do not use a smart phone. In fact I do not text or check email. So the salesman asked if I took pictures with my phone, I said yes and he suggested a phone. Worked well for me, until I wanted to test the picture transfer from phone to PC. Verizon wants me to upload my photos to their web site to download to my PC. I do not pay for "data time" and do not want to pay close to $2 a mb to use their system (not to mention the per minute charge). :mad: Thus I am taking the phone back tomorrow. If a new battery for my old phone did not cost more than a new phone I would just get a battery.
So, how's the new phone working right now? after taking it back?
