I'm getting a cell phone..

[capt. apathy]

it couldn't really say. I've only used att. nothing to compair it to.

I would recomend getting your phone through car-toys though.  we had a big mix up when we bought ours.  the sales girl confused 2 plans when discribing our coverage (we got the shared phones with free calling between them, and she told us the coverage areas was the same as the plan with free nationwide digital roaming, and free longdistance).

so after a couple months the wife took hers with her on a trip back east (we talked everyday thinking the minutes between where free), then she got back and we left for Hawaii for a couple weeks, used the phones to call home and check on the kids, and to talk to each other.  

all of this was within the plan as discribed,

we come home to a $300 bill from the KC trip, so I check my account and we owe another $500 for the Hawaii calls.

I call att and ask whats up,  as all calls where within the plan.  they say the plan I describe doesn't and never did exist.  not hteir problem they didn't sell me the plan, take it up with the retailer, in the meantime I owe an extra $800.

I go to car-toys ready to rip someone a new one.  all braced for a long argument and threats of lawsuits.

after I explained the problem the first time the guy gets the manager, brings him back and tells him my story(he almost got it word for word), then asks me if theirs anything to add. nothing to add, I just discribed the girl who sold the plan to us and asked what he was going to do about it.

we went to his computer and prined up my statement and car-toys ate all charges over my base fee up to the day I contacted att and found out what plan I was actually under.

no argument and no trying to get out of it.  truly great customer service.

[Holden McGroin]

I have a cell phone surgically implanted in my cerebral cortex.  It is excellent service, we are pleased. Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated.

[eskimo2]

I don't have one, but I do have a rotary dial phone made out of bakalite plastic next to my bed.  It works well too.

eskimo

[Mini D]

Hey SOB... can T-Mobile phones switch to analog when no digital signal is avialable?

MiniD

[Vulcan]

OMG look at all the primitives!

I have a Treo 270 (PDA Phone), with GSM and GPRS on it. Loaded with contacts, Web browser, email, MSN, IRQ, games, and porn.

Just waiting for the Treo 600's to land (add Mp3 player and crappy-yet-good-for-boobie-shots digital camera).

[SOB]

Not with any of the current phones, Mini.

The Treo 270 5U><0RS!  That 600 looks pretty damned sweet tho'.

[polka]

I've been with Verizon for a few years. I have a very basic phone & a very basic plan. I only get 10 minutes a month for free, but in five years I've only gone over the 10 minutes twice. Once when our car broke down, and again today when a mini-van ran into my truck a couple of miles out of town.
Like others have said, know what you need before you sign up. I prefer not to be bothered, so mine is never turned on when I'm not using it. But just for the two times I've needed them, they have been worth the money.

[GRUNHERZ]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000DIXEV/qid=1069553198/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-0369645-5246426?v=glance&s=wireless&n=507846


I am getting this phone. I like the new GSM technology it offers and it functions as a PDA as well with a full range of scheduling/calendar/email/web/PCintegration features. It also plays MP3s and you can dispaly videos. Apparently it also has an SD card slot for up to 1GB of flash memory storage.

[Martlet]

I have the Motorola v60 now.  I've had the same phone since they first came out.  I guess it's about time to trade it in for another.  I swear by Motorola, though.  My last few phones have all been by them.

[GRUNHERZ]

Phone is on the way, I cant belive I will get all that functionality and technology for only $80....  WTG Amazon.com!