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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
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 Posted - 01/20/2005 : 13:56:56
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It is. The last couple of times I used it, the area of my face it was up against not only got hot, like any cell phone will cause after long use, but it *hurt*. really bad, like my face had been microwaved.
I'm obviously a little afraid to use it now. Has anyone else had anything weird with their cell phone? Anybody really happy with their brand? I sure would like a camera phone with the added feature of not melting half my face off.
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Homers_pet_monkey
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 15:01:51
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 15:20:45
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i also wouldn't eat gobstoppers while using said phone
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 15:25:32
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mobile phones are a safety grey area anyway aren't they?
I know they're dangerous but I'm addicted to mine worse than I was pringles.
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 15:26:52
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Jeesh Darwin thats a scary read.
*moves mobile phone over to other side of the desk*
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 15:33:07
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Yikes! Thanks for the link darwin. I had heard that could happen, but I guess I expected it had to come from a damaged battery.
What am I supposed to do now? I still need a cell phone. I hate it but I need one, at least until we get hooked up with a cheaper land line long distance service (anybody here use any of the voice-over-IP services like Vonage? We've been looking into that but would like to hear any first hand accounts.)
Does anyone have any cell phone brand suggestions? Mine is a bottom of the line free LG that we got with our Verizon service. Bastages tryin to kill me.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 15:35:26
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
i also wouldn't eat gobstoppers while using said phone
Huzzah!
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 16:45:59
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I use Nextel, and would not recommend it. I've been having serious service issues, no reception in most locations, and poor battery life. Sorry to hear about your little incident Apl. I wish I could impart some sort of useful link like Darwin's, or provide some tidbit, but once again, I have nothing informative to add, so I'll just leave here.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 17:03:14
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Your manufacturer should replace it for you, I'd say. Contact whoever sold you the phone, there's probably a recall or will be. But definitely do NOT use that phone anymore, nor charge it.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 17:04:43
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it would be cool to see if it explodes though.
provided no one would be hurt of course
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
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Posted - 01/20/2005 : 20:42:09
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Your manufacturer should replace it for you, I'd say. Contact whoever sold you the phone, there's probably a recall or will be. But definitely do NOT use that phone anymore, nor charge it.
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)"
I agree with COF.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 06:17:47
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woohoo Dean look at you, all 666...and 3 posts.
I don't think I can get them to replace it. You see, I dropped it once, and there's a little crack on the front lcd. They'll know, and besides I'm a horrible liar. That would be the cause of the overheating battery no doubt. I'm such a clutz.
So can a person use just any old brand of cell phone and still use the same service? I get a little confused on that.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 06:22:58
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Originally posted by floop
it would be cool to see if it explodes though.
provided no one would be hurt of course
That would rock.
Especially since if it exploded they couldn't prove that I had dropped it, and then they would feel very sorry. Unless I forget to delete my posts here.
What's a "counterfeit battery" anyway?? That makes no sense. I mean they had a contract with a manufacturer and knew what they were getting right? How could thry be tricked? That just sounds like baloney to me, but I must be missing something.
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 06:23:03
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Originally posted by apl4eris
So can a person use just any old brand of cell phone and still use the same service? I get a little confused on that.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you can. It may depend on which service you're using, though, so I can't say for sure. You can always ask when you go in to get a new one/repair the phone. (Goodluck if you try to get them to repair it!)
Animals think...They're pretty smart!
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 07:16:04
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don't carry it in your trouser pockets men - unless you want to become infertile ;)
or you could carry it in a lead case. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 11:01:43
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quote:
Originally posted by PixieSteve
don't carry it in your trouser pockets men - unless you want to become infertile ;)
or you could carry it in a lead case.
are you serious?
great. one more thing to worry about
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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ProverbialCereal
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 23:21:05
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Get a hands free set thingy. That way you don't have to put the potentially explodable phone up to your ear.
Of course, at Best Buy once, this elderly lady returned a hands-free set because the packaging had a warning saying the wires may contain lead.
So if the exploding phone doesn't get you, the lead poisoning will. Either way the cell phone will be the death of us all.
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 23:49:32
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maybe your're talking too much...
Purify the colors, purify my mind,
and spread the ashes of the colors
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 09:58:18
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
quote:
Originally posted by PixieSteve
don't carry it in your trouser pockets men - unless you want to become infertile ;)
or you could carry it in a lead case.
are you serious?
great. one more thing to worry about
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
Oh brother! I knew I shouldn't have let the salesman sell me this 'Cock Pouch'.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 10:07:16
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hahahahah "Cock Pouch".
ahahahahahahhahahahha!
I am not turning my phone on again. Now all my friends and family will just have to call me on my land line or just not speak to me at all.
Does anyone have a camera phone? Any recommendations?
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 10:10:32
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Not to sound like the paranoid Luddite I am, but I don't trust
cell phones. No, make that I don't trust the government to
make sure that new money-making technology isn't harmful
before they release it for public use.
But I do like this thread because it reminds me of the Zappa
song "My guitar wants to kill your Momma."
Best of luck!
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 10:13:17
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i keep mine in my pocket all the time. i have got the smallest phone they have, for this reason. i do wonder though if having it there could actually have a deleterious effect on, well, my balls.
i don't want to become infertile. but then wearing your cellphone attached to your belt is almost the same thing as being infertile. because you're never going to have sex again if you wear one of those
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 10:29:35
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Good point floopy.
I am not sure what to receommend Apl 'cos I suspect we may have different phones to you guys over there.
I have owned both Nokias and Samsungs, and both have been fine for me.
This phone, the Nokia 6230 is a belter. My friend has it and it plays actual songs as ringtones. He downloads songs and movie clips etc from his PC onto it.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 10:47:06
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Originally posted by floop
i keep mine in my pocket all the time. i have got the smallest phone they have, for this reason. i do wonder though if having it there could actually have a deleterious effect on, well, my balls.
i don't want to become infertile. but then wearing your cellphone attached to your belt is almost the same thing as being infertile. because you're never going to have sex again if you wear one of those
The way to avoid deleterious effects to your balls is to either wear your phone with a clip that keeps it at least 1/3 inch from your skin, or if you insist on carrying it in your pocket, floop, I'm afraid you will need a cell jacket.
I think they sell them in pink, purple, or fuzzy.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 10:49:47
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I am not sure what to receommend Apl 'cos I suspect we may have different phones to you guys over there.
I have owned both Nokias and Samsungs, and both have been fine for me.
This phone, the Nokia 6230 is a belter. My friend has it and it plays actual songs as ringtones. He downloads songs and movie clips etc from his PC onto it.
That's a nice phone Homer, but it's awfully...big.
If I had a snazzy ringtone downloaded I would want to have that one that sounds just like an old rotary phone.
Cause I'm just old skool like that.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 10:52:36
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Originally posted by apl4eris
I think they sell them in pink, purple, or fuzzy.
again, rendering the need for testicles irrelevant.
have you really heard to keep it away from your skin?
also, yeah, that old school ring thing is cool. i wish i could get that for my phone (i probably can but i'm lazy)
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 10:55:47
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Not to sound like the paranoid Luddite I am, but I don't trust
cell phones. No, make that I don't trust the government to
make sure that new money-making technology isn't harmful
before they release it for public use.
But I do like this thread because it reminds me of the Zappa
song "My guitar wants to kill your Momma."
I think you're right on sista. Fargin' bastages. If there had been real honest regulation, the industry could have grown at a more steady pace, but now everyone just HAS to have a cell phone (either for practical reasons or not) so there's no consumer control. The vast majority will buy em and use em anyway, now that they are a common necessity, even if they are a danger to ourselves. Bugger.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 11:00:55
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quote:
Originally posted by apl4eris
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
I am not sure what to receommend Apl 'cos I suspect we may have different phones to you guys over there.
I have owned both Nokias and Samsungs, and both have been fine for me.
This phone, the Nokia 6230 is a belter. My friend has it and it plays actual songs as ringtones. He downloads songs and movie clips etc from his PC onto it.
That's a nice phone Homer, but it's awfully...big.
If I had a snazzy ringtone downloaded I would want to have that one that sounds just like an old rotary phone.
Cause I'm just old skool like that.
Lon the Fisherman has wooden legs, but real feet.
Weight: 97 g (with BL-5C)
Dimensions: 103 mm x 44 mm x 20 mm, 76cc
My friend had that old rotary type ringtone on his phone. I am not sure if it came with it or not.
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starmekitten
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 11:00:58
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My phone does old school ring, I have one of these bad boys:
and I shouldn't imagine keeping it away from your skin is too big a problem unless you carry your phone shoved into your undercrackers.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2005 : 11:04:43
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It's that phone that my friend had the old school ringtone on I think.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2005 : 11:11:03
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Originally posted by floop
quote:
Originally posted by apl4eris
I think they sell them in pink, purple, or fuzzy.
again, rendering the need for testicles irrelevant.
have you really heard to keep it away from your skin?
also, yeah, that old school ring thing is cool. i wish i could get that for my phone (i probably can but i'm lazy)
That 1/3 inch thing is approximate - I heard or read about it somewhere. I think most phone clips are supposedly a good enough distance, but who knows if that's just bullshit like the old "the radiation can't harm you through your clothes...do like Bert the Turtle here...just put your hands over your head like this, then...Duck, and Cover!".
Anyway, they say you need to keep it a certain distance from your body (skin) if you carry the phone with you. You gotta limit it being close to you at all basically. Like, only use it if you absolutely have to and shit. Riiiight.
I assume everyone heard about the recent scientific studies that proved (as much as the industry will allow them to say it) children should not use them at all due to the high risk for brain damage and tumors. YAY we're all doomed!
"This happy Public Service Announcement is brought to you by OGWAGD Ltd. brand tin foil hats*"
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Rapture not included
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Edited by - apl4eris on 01/22/2005 11:13:10 |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 11:17:26
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Originally posted by apl4eris
I think you're right on sista. Fargin' bastages. If there had been real honest regulation, the industry could have grown at a more steady pace, but now everyone just HAS to have a cell phone (either for practical reasons or not)
Not me, I hate those things. Every damn undergrad on campus has one and it seems like they spend every spare moment monitoring what their friends are doing (who's sleeping, who's exercising, who's calling who). I guess itfine if they want to live their lives it such a dependent manner, but do I have to listen to it? Occasionally I ride the school bus (when it rains) and it has beccome hell being enclosed in a bus with undergrads because of those cell phones.
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 01/22/2005 : 11:24:21
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I don't use a cellphone. If someone needs me they can IM me on my little PDA.
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I use one of those "rhinoskin" beltclip cases for my PDA. That's worse than a normal cell beltclip, right?
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