Toothing
 

Interesting. I'm thinking of upgrading to the new Motorola V600 phone with Bluetooth and the cordless headset. Could be fun.

I've got a friend at the office who bought the new Acura TL with the panel display and Bluetooth enabled so he can voicedial his phone while its still in his pocket, in his briefcase, etc. Have to ask him if he's driving around trying to torment people with this...

Toothing
 

Sounds like you could really goof on a person. Like Hey, I'm the guy in the business suit with TM embroidered on my european cut dress shirt, could you come over and squeeze my ass?

So, if I had a wireless option for my HP PDA, would it be worth it to get the attachment?

Toothing
 

Depends on how much it is, I guess. My phone just has it. It is pretty cool to have a wireless headset though, and if you have a bluetooth enabled car like Aloha's friend, it's pretty cool too.

If you all are interested in bluejacking, you should visit:

http://www.bluejackq.com/howtobluejack.asp

Essentially, you should have a pre-prepared set of call contacts (instead of "Mom" you have "I like your ass" or "I'm made of cheese") so you can quickly and surrepticiously (sp) bluejack your target. I programmed, "yes" "no" and "I'm calling the cops" in my phone to cover all applicable responses.

Have fun.

Toothing
 

Not sure. Nor do I know who it was, and I suspect the other person didn't know who I was either.

Toothing
 

Having used a bluetooth enabled handset and headset for a while now, I will never use a wired headset again. It's a total fucking revelation, as far as I am concerned.

Toothing
 

Toothing
 

I usually just leave BT off when I am not using it. I find that it is a HUGE drain on the battery, over the course of a day.

Toothing
 

So all you people have it on your phones - not PDAs?

Toothing
 

I have BT on my phone, and also on my PC (via USB dongle). My current PDA (which I hardly ever use because of the great PIM features in my phone, natch) is without BT.

Scans on a wireless handheld
 

Sorry to jump into the discussion months behind the times, but there are a couple of misconceptions here.

1. Standard fax format (TIFF with CCITT-4 compression at standard resolution) takes only about 20-25k per page. It would take a while to download a 40-pager over wireless, but a 10-page fax at 225K is perfectly manageable.

You are dealing with 1MB per page only if you scan to pdf format. Sadly, that is what most of the office scanners are set up to do, but the size problem could be avoided (a) for all faxes received electronically, if your GP has a network fax extension, or (b) if the secretary is tech-savvy enough to convert the greyscale pdf from the scanner back to a black-and-white tiff at fax resolution. (I couldn't find any easy way to do (b) in Adobe Acrobat 6, but I was at least able to get it to save in TIFF format, after which I used freeware IrfanView to cram it back into black-and-white with CCITT-4 compression.)

2. AcidImage Pro, mentioned earlier, is a reasonably satisfactory solution for reading the fax on a small screen. (It would be even better if they would program it to take advantage of my Tungsten T3's "landscape mode" where you use the silkscreen area as part of the display and rotate the image 90 degrees). You can zoom in and drag the your viewpoint around with the stylus, which is good enough for reading, e.g., a handwritten markup sent by fax.

Bottom line, you can do faxes via wireless, but you need to be willing to go considerably beyond commodity technology like the BlackBerry.

v600
 

I just got a Motorola v600 from Cingular. You can find more detains from phonescoop.com here. It cost me $150, after rebates, from an indy dealer with whom I have done business in the past. I've only had my hands on it for a few hours, so I can't say much, but my initial impression is: WOW! It's solid and beautiful, and has the best screen of any handset that I have ever seen. BT implimentation (with my moto headset) is terrific, too. I'll write a more thorough review after I've had it for a while.

Here's a pic:

http://commerce.motorola.com/consumer/QWimages/v600.jpg

v600
 

Until they get it to work properly with iSync, it's a non-starter for me, nice as it otherwise is.

T-Mobile
 

Has anyone tried cell service from T-Moblie (née Voicestream, née Omnipoint)? I'm considering trying them in the Boston area, where they are not one of the big competitors but claim to have a comprehensive network. I'd be interested to hear comments about service availability experience (anywhere) and customer service.

Thanks!

T-Mobile
 

Yes, we got service with them about a month ago. The experience has been quite good, both in terms of quality of the network and the customer service.

This is in PA by the way. We are using Nokia 3650s, which have great sound quality and way too many buttons.

T-Mobile
 

I have T-Mobile and have been very pleased with it. Good price points, good coverage (except in southern virginia, where for a while there was NO coverage [dead phone] and now is still hit or miss -- but who goes to southern virginia?). In the Baltimore-Washington area, I've had Sprint, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, and have found T-Mobile the most reliable (but this is partially due to a change in time - everybody is better than five years ago - as well as a change in phone - Nokias always seem to get better reception).

Also, T-Mobile is the only one of the four that hasn't had a billing error. Sprint kept sending me dunning letters for my failure to pay my seriously past due account balance of $0.00.

ATT Wireless
 

OK, for 6 months I have been getting a bill from ATT Wireless for $00.00. I ordered a phone and then canceled it. When I called CS after I got the 1st bill, after waiting on hold for 45 minutes, they could not bring any account information up with the number on the bill.

How should I handle this?

1. Send a check for 00.00?
2. Send a check for 00.01 and then ask for a refund?
3. Send back a penny in each bill?

ATT Wireless
 

I'd go with (4) - send them a letter on firm letterhead demanding that they remedy the problem immediately and threatening them with a suit for defamation of credit if any mention appears on your credit report.

Better, yet, check your credit report, and if there is anything on it, skip directly to filing suit.

ATT Wireless
 

Sprint did this to me. I just kept ignoring them. They stopped after about 6 mos.

v600
 

That's coming. In the mean time, bt file transfers work just fine.

v600
 

After about a week with the v600, I am really happy. RF is EXCELLENT, the best of any GSM handset that I have ever used. Batter life has been so-so, but then I use BT all the time, so that causes much of the drain. Outlook synchronization has been pretty much flawless (constrained, of course, by the shortcomings of moto's handset software) using BT or a cable (bought for $0.50 on ebay, BTW). Plus, it's a badass-looking phone, IMHO, the most solidly-built handset I've used.

apple iphone
 

Huh, this made the local news, but has not spread.

Apple is being sued by the Center for Environmental Health based on a recent report by environmental group Greenpeace which found dangerous chemicals in iPhones.

The report found that the earphone wiring pieces found in Apple’s new mobile device contained high levels of “phthalates,” which are, “a family of compounds made from alcohols and phthalic anhydride. They are oily, colorless, odorless liquids that do not evaporate readily,” according to the Phthalate Information Center.
The levels of phthalates found in the iPhone wiring pieces were found to be higher than that allowed in children’s toys in both California and the European Union.

Here.

apple iphone
 

Maybe there's sanity:

• there is no documented evidence of verifiably hazardous side effects resulting from exposure to phthalates

A window into the weird world of Prop 65.

It essentially rewards watchdog groups for pointing out non-compliance. I suspect that is all that is going on here. Watch for Prop 65 stickers on iPhone packaging in the future.

I am surprised that Apple wouldn't already have tons of Prop 65 warning on these things.

apple iphone
 

But there are side effects - CNN article

That said, any downsides to the iPhone? I currently have AT&T/Cingular coverage and even though my plan hasn't changed in the 10+ years I've been with them, I have had problems with dropped calls whenever I had a non-Nokia phone.

ATT/Tethering/iPhones
 

WTF!?!? http://www.fiercecio.com/techwatch/s...ing/2010-04-30

I call bullshit!

Re: ATT/Tethering/iPhones
 

Why is this surprising?

Re: ATT/Tethering/iPhones
 

Hope springs eternal?

Re: ATT/Tethering/iPhones
 

The fact that AT&T can't handle the traffic is surprising to no one. The fact they admitted it is.

Re: ATT/Tethering/iPhones
 

Any recommendations on which work arounds to use?

Re: ATT/Tethering/iPhones
 

Yeah. If you need 3G access on your lappy, just have your employer pony up the $30/mo for a Verizon dongle.

I don't do this, but this is what I would do.

Re: ATT/Tethering/iPhones
 

I want a free lunch. next?

Re: ATT/Tethering/iPhones
 

Free lunches are usually low quality and bad service.

Crackberries v. the iphone
 

So I crushed my iphone and want to wait until WWDC to get another one. In the meantime, I am using a work-issued blackberry.

The iphone slays the blackberry in every way. Pressing those little tiny keys, rolling that wheel around and not having everything in one device at my fingertips = not for me.

Battery life for the blackberry is much better though.

Re: Crackberries v. the iphone
 

Also, no dropped calls with Verison, but I still suffer through AT&T for the iPhone. no offence.

Re: Crackberries v. the iphone
 

I am crippled w/o my iphone. Internet is spastic on the bberry. Also no matter what I do, I cannot get my contacts and datebook to transfer.

Obviously I am waiting for iphone 4 then I will wipe my ass with this thing and give it back.

Re: Crackberries v. the iphone
 

This is now legal again in all 50 states after U.S. v. Stevens.

Re: Crackberries v. the iphone
 

Yeah, but Steve Jobs prevents it. Except for Atticus, when he's in the can. "Fuck--I said front video camera, not rear."

Re: Crackberries v. the iphone
 

Plus shit like being able to set appointments from emails automatically into Ical, then having all the info show up on the iphone is classic.

Re: Cellphones and Other Wireless
 

Via Sullivan:

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...e2746970c-.png

Help me back away from the ledge
 

The Siren of the 3G iPad is calling to me. I am trying very hard to stick to my rule of never buying first generation gadgets. That's a good rule, right?