And so here it is, my favorite phone out of all the phones I've ever had. The Motorola Q. My first and only loved PDA phone. I loved it for its QWERTY board for easy txting, its loud (LOUD) speaker and headset (I never had to say, "What did you say??"), it had Windows Media Player, Bluetooth was a breeze, and I could easily drag and drop mp3s and make them my ringtone. The camera was shitty, but all of its other features made up for it. My service, Cricket Wireless, was great too. Unlimited everything for $50 a month. But the catch is that I could only use it in San Diego. What about San Francisco????
So now I'm with Virgin Mobile, still "prepaid," and still in high hopes that it'll work in SF. VM works off Sprint towers, so I "should" be fine. My new plan is definitely difficult because I went from unlimited minutes to an allowance of 400 anytime minutes. But that's ok--I get unlimited nights, weekends, txt, pix, e-mail, and IM (unfortunately it's only Yahoo and AIM) for $50/mo. They also let me port my number over from Cricket so I don't have to have a new one, yay!
I wouldn't mind it so much if VM didn't have such sucky phone selection and was so picky about getting phones from other services (i.e. like Verizon) on their line. So I'm stuck with this piece of shit:
So now I'm with Virgin Mobile, still "prepaid," and still in high hopes that it'll work in SF. VM works off Sprint towers, so I "should" be fine. My new plan is definitely difficult because I went from unlimited minutes to an allowance of 400 anytime minutes. But that's ok--I get unlimited nights, weekends, txt, pix, e-mail, and IM (unfortunately it's only Yahoo and AIM) for $50/mo. They also let me port my number over from Cricket so I don't have to have a new one, yay!
I wouldn't mind it so much if VM didn't have such sucky phone selection and was so picky about getting phones from other services (i.e. like Verizon) on their line. So I'm stuck with this piece of shit:
The Kyocera M2000 "X-TC." It's $100 from the store, but I got it off Craigslist for $30. The QWERTY board is alright for txting, but a little awkward because the surface is so flat. Not a great thing for a guy as they have bigger hands and fingers. My biggest problem with it is the ear piece. You can't hear anything FOR SHIT. People who call me basically have to yell. And this is a known problem for the M2000, regardless if it's new or not. I got it because it was the nicest phone they had and I vowed to never give up QWERTY. The second thing that drives me crazy is the fact that I can't use my 1GB memory card the way I want to. I can't put my other mp3 ringtones on it and set it as ringtones. It'll only allow it to play as songs. Bullshit! So yeah, those two things make me want to throw it out the window.
But it's the best I can do for now. When I finally gather enough courage to be bound to a 2-year contract, I'm hoping to go with T-Mobile. Why? Well I get a discount from SF State, 12% off the monthly bill while I attend the school.
*sigh* So that's my whole dilemma for the week. -_-
But it's the best I can do for now. When I finally gather enough courage to be bound to a 2-year contract, I'm hoping to go with T-Mobile. Why? Well I get a discount from SF State, 12% off the monthly bill while I attend the school.
*sigh* So that's my whole dilemma for the week. -_-
3 comments:
haha I used to have a kyocera like EONS ago. The U.S. really sucks in general in terms of cellphone technology
When in fact they're all not U.S. products
Mmm...but the U.S. is really slow at adopting new cellphone technology so all the phones we have are like the ones used in Asia half a decade ago. So not pretty. :(
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