Sorry, I wasn't clear. It's not that I don't understand the utility. It's that I have minor hearing loss, and the lower quality of the walkie-talkie connection means that I can't understand a damn word the other guy is saying!
Nice explanation, though. :-) --Ben Jim Campbell wrote: > They're actually pretty useful in some situations. Walking around the > grocery store, jawing about something or asking what kind of cereal to > get? Not really. Working simultaneously at far-flung locations (data > centers, construction, etc.) and needing to have immediate > communication? Definitely. > > It serves the same purpose as, carrying around a separate public band > radio would, it just uses cell service instead of GMRS band (or > whatever). And, to play devil's advocate, Nextel/Sprint don't charge > minutes against using the walkie-talkie feature, either for personal or > corporate accounts, so it's a cheap way to eke some more time out of > your plan. > > /And/, at least as was the case when I had my Motorola i530 "Special > Class" phone, you didn't have to have the walkie talkie play through the > speakerphone, you could use it just as you would normally, holding it up > to your ear. > > Come to think of it, I haven't had a phone set to "ring" in several > years. I always keep them on vibrate and turn off all the extraneous > tones and music. However, I may be too tempted to use Aphex Twin's > "Come to Daddy" if I ever get a phone with MP3 ringtone capabilities. > > - Jim > > Ben Doom wrote: > > >>>public should be, all those walkie talkie things should be illegal in >>>public. >>> >>> >> >>I hate the walkie talkie thing. I can never understand it. >> >> >> >> >>>Did they think that Captain Kirk looked cool when he held his >>>communicator up to talk? >>> >>> >> >>Well.... yeah. >> >>--Ben >> >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165749 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
