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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 1573/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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I figure I might get one if I can find a plan (available in Ontario of course  ) that suits my very low-budget needs. Basically I'm looking for something that you just buy some number of minutes, and that's about it. No (or very little) monthly/annual service charges. Also, I'd rather not have one of those crazy newfangled phones that tells the weather, checks your email, and makes toast. Just a portable phone. (Well, maybe with text messaging and ring tones, if possible.  )Does anyone know of a plan somewhat like this? I thought it'd be pretty cool to have one but I can't exactly keep up a monthly charge with an income of whatever I mooch off my mom.  (I might be getting a job soon, but I still wouldn't want to be blowing a lot of cash on that.) |
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drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56  Posts: 646/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| (tries to throw a shoe without hitting someone hawking prepaid wireless) Nope, can't do it. At least down here. Although the basic phones WILL have most of those features. Just don't get a Siemens SL56. Sucks the shit out of a llama's GI tract. I'm just gonna upgrade to something that might get reception in my house. |
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BMF98567 BLACK HAS BUILT A SILLY DICE-MAZE! GO! Current list of BURNING FURY >8( recipients: - Yiffy Kitten (x2) - Xkeeper Level: 53  Posts: 346/1261 EXP: 1094149 For next: 62970 Since: 03-15-04 From: Blobaria Special Move: Rising Meatloaf Backhand Combo Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Bah, cell phones. Worthless little devil-machines, the lot of 'em! Always with the BLAH BLAH BLAH, it's like the whole frickin' WORLD has a little plastic box permanently glued to its collective ear! It's like the pager fad all over again, but...NOT GOING AWAY  (obviously not a huge fan of cell phones) |
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MathOnNapkins Math n' Hacks Level: 67  Posts: 485/2189 EXP: 2495887 For next: 96985 Since: 03-18-04 From: Base Tourian Since last post: 1 hour Last activity: 32 min. |
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| Most companies offer plans like you're looking for, HH. But you need to make certain you're not paying the extra fees and what not. If you're thinking of getting the kind of wireless service where you buy a phone and purchase minutes only when you need them, I suppose that would work. Otherwise you'll be paying at least $35/mo. (almost guaranteed to be more) for a set number of minutes per month. On the other hand, those "pay as you go" wireless serivces tend to suck, from what I've heard. As a hint, my friend told me that if you don't get one of those nationwide plans you can usually pay like $5 extra per month to get no roaming fees ever. Which would come in handy for me during the summer since I move out to the woods of michigan. Don't know if you're ex urbis much, though. |
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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101  Posts: 2209/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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Originally posted by BMF54123 I hear ya brother, I hear ya.  |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 5034/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| I have a cellphone, a Siemiens. It's old today but you can *gasp* call with it! And I never call with it, or seldom have it turned on in the first place. Get a old phone, at least three years old. Replace the batteries if you have too. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 3693/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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| I have a Nokia 3310. It | |||
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Zem You can be civil without being flowery, dipshits. Level: 49 Posts: 130/1107 EXP: 829398 For next: 54485 Since: 06-13-04 Since last post: 131 days Last activity: 131 days |
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| I hate cellphones only because I hate phones, and making them more portable is a step in the wrong direction. Hate. | |||
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Sofie Level: 52 Posts: 847/1210 EXP: 1028812 For next: 55028 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 187 days Last activity: 279 days |
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| I have a cellphone that can actually last for a week without recharging. So handy when my mother decides to call me, as my previous cellphone could only handle ~30 mins of active use. I supose you don't have a reload card system there? (you're under an operator and buy a card with a code and fixed ammount, you call the number and insert the code and voil |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49  Posts: 587/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Most of very young cell phone users are getting them from their parents ("Mom, can I have one, pleeeeeease. The other ones also have one!  ") and then I'm experiencing calls like this when I'm heading home from work in the bus:"I'll be there in ten minutes!" "Please bring me some potatoes and a bottle of milk" etc. Or people having the big new models just flipping out of their bag when being in a crowd, just for showing "My  As for me, I also have one, but I'm using it rarely and it is quite handy in some cases. I don't like affect too much attention, so inside a bus I'm having it in silent ring mode and not shouting when someone is calling As for recommendations, I cannot help too much. I have a 3200, but I got a used one (my 3310 broke after four successful years), but you can take nearly any phone today. The included camera is a toy, but as for mostly messaging and telephoning any cell would fit for me Via IrDA or a data cable you can load your favourite MIDIs into the phone, so when you can take your most favourite (game) tracks with you. The Nokia 6230 even has an included MP3player with a lot of space - but since you don't need these extras, get the phone which fits within your price range and appearance |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143 Posts: 3703/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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My father's 3210 got runned over by a truck... You can only guess how much I laughed... He forgot it on the car's roof so it fell off after a while... |
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BookReader Ninji Level: 25  Posts: 168/232 EXP: 86317 For next: 3303 Since: 03-15-04 From: Albuquerque, New Mexico (Land of Disenchantment) Since last post: 22 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| I hate cell-phones. They | |||
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Kwan Doesn't have a valid sized userpic. ||bass will be pissed :(((((((( Level: 50  Posts: 810/1137 EXP: 937111 For next: 10206 Since: 03-15-04 From: Durkadurkastan! Since last post: 22 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| i have some 6*** Nokia one. It doesn't do much, but it looks cooler than most phones, and isn't a bulky thing either. I don't use it much either, it's more of an emergency thing. | |||
Uncle Elmo Hammer Brother Partly Sweet, Helpful, good at advice and a half decent writer. Also modest. Level: 49 Posts: 693/1062 EXP: 845899 For next: 37984 Since: 03-15-04 From: Prestatyn, Uk Since last post: 23 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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After reading people's fierce responses to this thread I'm scared of posting.... please don't hurt me  I'm a Cell/Mobile phone NUT. AT the moment I own 2, as for why I need 2, well the bettery on my newest phone's not too good, so it's not that great as an alarm clock, plus I can play games for longer. In direct answer to your question Hyper, it seems that your best option would be to go for a "Pay as you go" deal. They're VERY common place over here, but I obviously don't know about your neck of the woods As for a specific handset, well ALL Handsets offer at leats Monophonic ringtones and SMS. If you were in the UK you could get something pretty basic, like a Nokia 3310 for about |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49 Posts: 588/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Yeah ... MIDIs are nice ... *cough* ... |
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45  Posts: 534/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| I don't get the hating on the cell-phones. They are good for their uses, and, well, I think it is nice to be available. However, all the trash around the cell-phones, that's what I dislike! All else who hate Jamba, raise your hands! (edited by The SomerZ on 09-20-04 12:37 PM) |
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Surlent サーレント Level: 49 Posts: 589/1077 EXP: 863920 For next: 19963 Since: 03-15-04 From: Tower of Lezard Valeth Since last post: 16 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by The SomerZ Paying up to two Euros for maybe 20 KB of data ... like a ringtone  It's even cheaper to download these using your cell via GPRS. A good free page, except your GPRS costs, is http://www.polyphonicringtonez.com/wap, only accessible via WAP/GPRS from cell phones, offers a variety of tones ... Watch your costs also, so don't browse the net for 10 minutes using the cell phone. Usually a 8-9 KB tone costs about 70 cent for GPRS includeds navigating through "Seach PolyTone" (prepaid). The disadvantage is the lacking optimization ... some of the tracks are missing a channel, but all of them work on my phone; unlike some downloaded MIDIs using double channels or "heavy" instruments, sent to the phone via IrDA (edited by Surlent on 09-20-04 12:47 PM) |
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macks Level: 45 Posts: 400/900 EXP: 659955 For next: 209 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 22 hours |
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| I fucking hate Jamba. EVERY commercial break on any channel you see a commercial for Jamba. And the more I see the commercials the more I hate them. In the latest one they're showing an "Orgasm" ringtone, |
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The SomerZ Summer, yay! Level: 45 Posts: 535/862 EXP: 618182 For next: 41982 Since: 03-15-04 From: Norway Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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| And the voice of that woman in the Jamba-commercials... Oh, my, God, you just want to slap her! | |||
Cornellius Buster Beetle Level: 33  Posts: 69/460 EXP: 224182 For next: 4997 Since: 06-04-04 From: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 10 hours |
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Originally posted by Legion The only reason to get a cellphone is that you can put a Metallica or an Iron Maiden ringtone on it. |
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