Cell Phones - DIE!

30GB iPod, eh?

I dunno... do you think that thing is big enough to handle the 3 or so albums worth of Top 40 shit she might own at that age?

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Don\'t own one and have on intentions of owning one. If I ever do, it\'ll be for emergency purposes only (family related stuff). The fiance has one, but only because we don\'t have a land phone. I can\'t complain about her\'s, as she turns it off whenever we go in any place and never pulls it out like it\'s a "gernade goin\' off".

Text messaging - "R U going out 2nite? srsly? O-rly? lol" STAB

Heh, I just read that again. That cracked me up.

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What I don\'t understand is the purpose of text messages. By the time you peck\'n\'hunt for the right keys and then you still have to make every word short (really = rlly? HUH?), you could have actually called the person and said, "Hey -wanna go out tonight?". Ten times easier and faster, so why do we even have text messages? Pointless, I say.

Tasha\'s (my fiance) aunt never calls. She only sends text messages and I feel like I am reading some ancient language everytime I get one. By the time they sit there and type back and forth, they could of already done all this via actually talking. A five mintue conversation takes an hour with text messages. Friggin\' insane!

On another cell phone complaint, I will try and dig up a new article I read that said people who talk on cell phones are more likely to wreck than a drunk driver. A lot of states have passed mandatory seat belt laws (don\'t get me started on that..), so why not make talking on the cell phone in a car illegal? If the call is so important, pull over, take the call and then move on. Don\'t risk everyone elses life while you talk about your day to your best friend.

I thought this was true everywhere, but in NJ you can get pulled over for talking on the cellphone. I believe it is illegal unless it\'s a hands-free device.

If they make hands-free illegal, then they should just outlaw talking in the car. Same thing.

But outlawing cellphones is ok, because you\'re supposed to have 2 hands on the wheel I guess...

most cell phone related crashes are not caused by merely talking on it, but by dialing or looking thru the contact list.

then again, any car crash is caused by negligence (playing with the radio, staring at some hot chick on the corner, etc)

Oh, gotcha.

I got cut off by a lady in a minivan on her cellphone once.

I had to swerve, two wheels off the road to avoid her and when I steered back, the thickness of the pavement messed up the steering or something and i ended up spinning out and sliding into the grass median.

She kept going, never saw me.

Lucky it was a Saturday afternoon and no one was on the highway at the time. It was a two lane highway that\'s usually full of traffic during normal hours...

Luckier still, it was my current car and I avoided smashing a stump and destroying the back fender/bumper by a matter of inches.

-Dan

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most cell phone related crashes are not caused by merely talking on it, but by dialing or looking thru the contact list.

then again, any car crash is caused by negligence (playing with the radio, staring at some hot chick on the corner, etc)

I will have to dig the study up, it was a very recent one, but anyways, it showed that people simply TALKING on the cell phone was more likely to wreck, if nothing else due to the fact they are slower to hit the break than someone who is NOT talking on a cell phone.

I never use any slang in my text messages. And they\'re still plenty fast to write.  I like text messages when you just need to say something short or get a quick answer to something, but don\'t want to start a whole phone conversation for something small.

I always type words out in full and it doesn\'t really take much time anyway. I like text messages for when you just need to say something small or need a quick answer and don\'t want to start a whole conversation just for that.

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I have no problems with mobiles, just the types of rude knobs and uneducated knobs that use em.
Anyone with half a brain will be able to use T9 mode. Basically you can type out as quickly as if you were using a keyboard. I use the speakerphone option when driving.  Sara, do u even know wtf bluetooth is?  Doesn\'t seem like it.
Text messages are good, saves you lots of cash. If you\'re using it when having a full on convo, then you\'re a idiot anyway. Simple questions can be answered and its far cheaper then calling.

it\'s not cheaper for me... $.10 per text message.  I have so many damn rollover minutes and free "in-network" friends and family that don\'t count against my minutes, it makes texting a waste for me.

I have no problems with mobiles, just the types of rude knobs and uneducated knobs that use em.
Anyone with half a brain will be able to use T9 mode. Basically you can type out as quickly as if you were using a keyboard. I use the speakerphone option when driving.  Sara, do u even know wtf bluetooth is?  Doesn\'t seem like it.

Soully - I know wtf bluetooth is.  I was making a poke at the toolish-ness of wearing a bluetooth headset when you\'re not on the phone, or not immediately expecting a call.

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I like my cellphone. Sometimes it gets slow for some reason. Cingular reception sucks at my area (but just my house). I love the speakerphone option. I never use it in public. I use it in my car (still have to hold it but its more manageable. I just rest my arm on the window when its up and talk that way. I also use it in my house when I\'m on my computer or something). I like the camera feature. There\'s every so often I wish I had a camera and used it. Technology is fun. But I don\'t like those bluetooth headsets (and I\'m probably gonna end up getting one eventually to use in my car). They look a bit gay to me.

I do hate people who talk nonstop in public. I work in retail and its one thing if they\'re walking down the aisles talking when they are picking things out of the aisle. Its another thing when they\'re ringing up and chatting away and trying to talk to me too. Or they come by the photolab talking on their cell phone and asking me questions either of their pictures or something in the store. It really grinds my gears sometimes. People need to learn cell phone etiquette.

it\'s not cheaper for me... $.10 per text message.  I have so many damn rollover minutes and free "in-network" friends and family that don\'t count against my minutes, it makes texting a waste for me.

Oi, $.10 pr. message is rape. Do you guys pay to receive them?