Not boring at all Tod. Very informative! And here we are both in Tucson (although maybe 40-45 min away...dunno) and haven't met yet! Remember Joe Chrisiani's stores? He musta went out of business from competition with the big boys. ???
You must have more movement than Dan and me. I need one that can be used by ONLY ONE "Quad Paw." Like I mentioned earlier - we tried finding a cell I could use in 2001-2002 when we moved here but THEN the technology wasn't perfected enough. So the Motorola RAZR with earpiece that acts as both a mic and a reciever is what we FINALLY got a yr ago. *SERVICE*: Started out with AT&T but their service area was POOR. They fed us a line every month that they were putting up more towers. After 6 months we saw they were not doing as promised so we went to Altell for the same phone. Works great everywhere! The rep there said AT&T HERE has been making those excuses to people for 2 yrs! Many were switching to Altell here cuz of that. We don't chat much so chose the cheapest plan. 8-9 hours A MONTH. For BOTH PHONES COMBINED. (Hubby's and mine). But free weekend minutes so THAT is when we 'chat.' Use the weekday hours for business calls and quick calls. We get abt 500 WEKEDAY minutes and still only use (both combined) only abt 200 and that is a "busier" billing period. So enough room for more chat. Free daily minutes before 7AM and after 9PM but we never use the phones then. *CAMERA FEATURE:* ** I can't use the camera feature (limited movement) and hubby rarely uses that. We just want a cell phone not all the bells & whistles they come with ANYWAY. We have 3 great digi-cameras as hubby is into advanced photography. Nature, sunsets, etc, etc. Olympus for that but it's big & bulky with many lens'. Our 'together gift' this yr was a smaller sized one thay hubby is just now learning. A Canon that he can fit in his shirt pockets to just whip out when needed (on hand). It's not TINY but abt the size of a deck of cards. And we have our 1st dig-cam from 12 yrs ago (nice Kodak with several lens) which still works fine. We just "moved up" with pixels, etc by getting the Olympus for advanced photography and now a lil guy to have on hand and it's cool! Dan - go to your local At&T or Altell store and get a Motorola RAZR and get the earpiece there or at Costco, etc. The earrpiece I got at Altell fizzled out in September. Folks couldn't hear me -- like I was far away or at th bottom of a well even if I talked as loud as I could. So hubby got me another at Costco. $70.00. Works fine. I also have a separate mic I can put on my thumb (for example) overnight when I sleep on the ear that I can reach with my ONE usable arm/fist. The ear I wear it on daytimes. It'd be a speakerphone but have it for say an emergency or something. We got rid of our home phone/landline. Tooooo many fees, taxes, subcharges that are a joke. Need a cellphone so, right now, why pay for both? We don't get telemarketer calls, etc either. :-) Good luck! Lori Age - 44 C4/5 complete quad, 29 years post Tucson, AZ On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Tod E. Santee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dan... > ... And Happy New Year '09 to the whole Family/List of Q's! > > Yes, my "home phone" is a land line. > > My cell phone is a "whole 'nother" story... > My cell phone "use" (more like carrying) began 16 years ago when BellSouth > offered a plan for folks with disabilities or special needs who had a letter > from a doc stating they might require low-use emergency access to a phone. > It was ~ $14.95/mo ($18 now) with 30 min. free. After the free 30, minutes > were (and still are) costly at $0.33 peak, $0.18 off-peak times. > > Well, I kept that plan and it was honored when BellSouth became or was > purchased by CellularOne, then someone else, then (and still) Alltel. > > Later, a deal came along offering 500 free night & weekend minutes/mo, at > NO extra charge, for as long as I kept the plan... So I took it. > > They don't offer this plan anymore --and haven't for nearly 10 years-- BUT > they agreed to allow me to keep the plan... until I change plans... I can't > go back to it if I change. But they said, after all, I've been a "loyal" > customer for 190-some months! ...the most they've ever seen, is what they > tell me. > > So, with the 30 free peak minutes/mo and 500 off-peak, I can't remember the > last time I paid for airtime! With my job as a full-time teacher, I don't > get much time to make daytime/peak calls anyway... at least not without > setting a bad example for my students who aren't allowed to use theirs at > school (yeah, right!!). > > I love going to the malls or RadioShack and having all the dealers try to > talk me into a new deal with them. Nobody can match what I have so far... I > keeping it! > > > So that's my story for today... if anyone cared to know. Don't know why I > wrote so extensively about it. But I figure you all must be pretty bored if > you made it this far! (LOL) ...and that's likely the reason I kept > typing... bored today, so far. > > ANYWAYS... YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFULL START TO YOUR NEW YEAR! STAY SAFE, > WORK ON YOUR RESOLUTIONS IF YOU MADE 'EM, AND KEEP ALL THE GOOD THINGS IN > MIND AS THE LET THE BAD FALL BEHIND YOU! > > BEST TO ALL OF YOU... MY EXTENDED BRETHREN! > > Sincerely, > Tod Santee > > ---- Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Todd, > > > > At 12:53 PM 12/30/2008, Tod E. Santee said: > > > > >Hi All! > > > > > >About 2 months ago I purchased a home phone with a bluetooth headset > > >(over-the-ear type, not over-the-head). It's a "Calisto" by > > >Plantronics. It can be used as a handheld, o speakerphone, or with > > >the headset/earpiece at the press of a button. And it's all > > >switchable between them even in the middle of a call. > > > > > >The home headset is compatible with my super-cheapo, Samsung R430 > > >camera phone. The cell was $30 but with a 2 yr contract with Alltel > > >I got a $30 rebate... i.e., free phone! I can switch the home phone > > >headset/earpiece between cell and home by pressing a button on the > earpiece. > > > > Is your 'home phone' a land line? > > > > >Then just yesterday I bought a USB-to-Bluetooth adaptor (Belkin, $35 > > >at OfficeMax) and found I was able to transfer pics from my camera > > >cell phone to my computer without using Alltel airtime. ALSO, and > > >this is the best part, the Plantronics headset/earpiece is an > > >approved DragonDictate microphone! > > > > > >So one headset operates home phone, cell phone, and Dragon. > > > > > >The Plantronics Calisto was a bit pricey but absolutely worth every > > >penny! With the earpiece always on, or if I'm in reach of the > > >handset, I can easily answer without wresting with headset or phone > > >wires even if I don't have the phone with me (It works within 30 ft. > > >of the handset. And the handset works within 100 ft. of the > > >base.) Only drawback is tiny numbers but a mouthstick takes care of > > >that and USB integration to Microsoft Outlook's Contact list helps. > > > > > > > > >I hope that helps. > > > > > >Best of luck to ya! And VERY Happy Holidays to All of You! > > > > > >Sincerely, > > >Tod > > > > > >---- Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I haven't found a cell phone yet that I can use. Also, what type of > > > > camera do you photographers use? > > > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > At 11:12 AM 12/30/2008, Julie said something that elicited my > response: > > > > > > > > >Hi All, > > > > > > > > > >I'm wondering what kind of cell phones your using? I'm a quad, but > > > > >can punch the numbers...Does anyone use a Bluetooth? Any > > > > >suggestions on what works for you or what doesn't? > > > > >Thanks, > > > > >Julie > > -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
