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| Victor Henry 2008-03-28, 3:34 pm |
| So what are some of the worst phones VZW has sold over the years--- and what
made them bad?
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| Richard B. Gilbert 2008-03-28, 3:34 pm |
| Victor Henry wrote:
> So what are some of the worst phones VZW has sold over the years--- and what
> made them bad?
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Well, the MicroTAC that I bought back in the mid 1990's was pretty
primitive. It was big, heavy, needed a BIG battery, battery was easy to
run down! I bought that from "Bell Atlantic Mobile" which later became
Verizon Wireless. It got the job done but that's about all I can say
for it. It was my first cell phone. I had it for four or five years
before I replaced it with a StarTac ST9868W which I also had for four or
five years. I'm on my third phone now, a RAZR V3m. I hope to get four
or five years out of that!
I can't say any of them were/are really bad but the technology has come
a LONG way in the last fourteen years! All of them were still working
when I replaced them. All of them were Motorola phones.
I can remember when "wearing a phone" was science fiction!
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| Nick Danger 2008-03-29, 3:33 pm |
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"Victor Henry" <pug@zip> wrote in message
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> So what are some of the worst phones VZW has sold over the years--- and
> what made them bad?
If you look at the various ratings sites, it seems like for any given model,
there are some people who say it's the best phone they've owned and others
who say it's the worst. Come to think of it, this is true for just about any
consumer product that customers are able to rate in significant numbers.
This is puzzling. It could mean that people often come with strong biases
and their decision is made beforehand. It could also mean that first
impressions are lasting impressions, and people seize on one bit of data or
one experience and build their conclusion on that. Or maybe it's a sign of
poor quality control - that of the thousands of instances of a given model,
some work flawlessly and others are lemons. One interesting question would
be where cell phones - or the components that go into them - are
manufactured. If they are made in batches at whichever factory submitted the
lowest bid, then there might be a quality difference between the factories.
Presumably, the lot number is stamped on or in it somewhere, but unless you
know how to interpret that information, you can't do any meaningful
statistical analysis.
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| tigercat 2008-03-29, 10:33 pm |
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"Nick Danger" <yourname@yourdomain.com> wrote in message
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> "Victor Henry" <pug@zip> wrote in message
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> If you look at the various ratings sites, it seems like for any given
> model, there are some people who say it's the best phone they've owned and
> others who say it's the worst. Come to think of it, this is true for just
> about any consumer product that customers are able to rate in significant
> numbers. This is puzzling. It could mean that people often come with
> strong biases and their decision is made beforehand. It could also mean
> that first impressions are lasting impressions, and people seize on one
> bit of data or one experience and build their conclusion on that. Or maybe
> it's a sign of poor quality control - that of the thousands of instances
> of a given model, some work flawlessly and others are lemons. One
> interesting question would be where cell phones - or the components that
> go into them - are manufactured. If they are made in batches at whichever
> factory submitted the lowest bid, then there might be a quality difference
> between the factories. Presumably, the lot number is stamped on or in it
> somewhere, but unless you know how to interpret that information, you
> can't do any meaningful statistical analysis.
Exactly! This is what makes it so frustrating to research online, and why I
haven't taken advantage of my NE2 plan yet - cause I cannot decide!
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| Gerald Ross 2008-03-30, 7:33 am |
| Victor Henry wrote:
> So what are some of the worst phones VZW has sold over the years--- and what
> made them bad?
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Gee, I thought this thread was about cell phones for dogs. My dog
wants one.
--
Gerald Ross
If you don't care where you are, then
you ain't lost.
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| Victor Henry 2008-03-30, 7:33 am |
| "Gerald Ross" <gwader@comsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Victor Henry wrote:
> Gee, I thought this thread was about cell phones for dogs. My dog wants
> one.
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> --
> Gerald Ross
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> If you don't care where you are, then
> you ain't lost.
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Gerry my boy, it sounds like you smoked too much dope in college...
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| Gerald Ross wrote:
> Gee, I thought this thread was about cell phones for dogs. My dog wants
> one.
From my experience, flip phones make much more resilient chew toys
for dogs. Blackberry...umm, don't ask.
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| XS11E 2008-03-30, 12:33 pm |
| Gerald Ross <gwader@comsouth.net> wrote:
> Victor Henry wrote:
> Gee, I thought this thread was about cell phones for dogs. My dog
> wants one.
Dogs usually have trouble with texting so a large keyboard is
essential, particularly if the dog has big paws.....
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| John R. Copeland 2008-03-30, 12:33 pm |
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> Gerald Ross <gwader@comsouth.net> wrote:
>=20
>=20
> Dogs usually have trouble with texting so a large keyboard is=20
> essential, particularly if the dog has big paws.....
>=20
Without speed-dialing, I think my stupid dog would be totally inept.
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| Cubit 2008-03-31, 10:33 am |
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"Gerald Ross" <gwader@comsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Victor Henry wrote:
> Gee, I thought this thread was about cell phones for dogs. My dog wants
> one.
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> --
> Gerald Ross
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> If you don't care where you are, then
> you ain't lost.
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I did too.
I was thinking of showing the GPS location of the dog, and maybe giving a
voice command from the collar. ("Come home!")
How about remotely requesting a cell photo of the area the dog is in?
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| Richard B. Gilbert 2008-03-31, 12:33 pm |
| Cubit wrote:
> "Gerald Ross" <gwader@comsouth.net> wrote in message
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> I did too.
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> I was thinking of showing the GPS location of the dog, and maybe giving a
> voice command from the collar. ("Come home!")
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> How about remotely requesting a cell photo of the area the dog is in?
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The new phones with "bark command" will be released shortly! ;-)
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| Nick Danger 2008-03-31, 3:33 pm |
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"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Cubit wrote:> The new phones with "bark command" will be released shortly!
> ;-)
Interesting exercise:
Activate voice dialing on your phone.
Have your dog bark into it.
See who it dials.
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| Bob Scheurle 2008-03-31, 10:33 pm |
| On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:29:43 -0700, "Cubit" <no@not.not> wrote:
>How about remotely requesting a cell photo of the area the dog is in?
Here's a guy who wanted to see where his cat went all day:
http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/cc_index_en.htm
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