User: Rusty Shackleford
These are the most recent forum messages posted by Rusty Shackleford:
Re: The real benefit is
In theory T-Mobile's setup makes a lot of sense because you can clearly see what you are paying for, although in the end it may not matter since phones are cheaply built pieces of tech that can barely last 18 months without failure (assuming they aren't lost in that period of time). It's unlikely that someone will be able to use a smartphone for a 25th month.
The cellular carriers ultimately have begun to screw themselves by masking the ...
The lengths people will go to PAY MONTHLY for music...
... just amazes me. Even if you have an iPhone there's plenty of space on the device to store your own high-quality MP3s that you can enjoy 24/7 without using so much as one byte from your data plan. It just floors me how people will shovel $9.99 a month into a service like this or go with a free low-res service like Pandora that will light fire to your data plan. It's like people can't ...
Re: Hardware???
I don't know about the others, but my problem with this aspect of your reviews is that virtually every smartphone looks exactly like every other smartphone yet the review will go on and on and on about some mundane detail of its exterior as if it is some great work of art. The fact is an iPhone 5 looks like a Galaxy S3, a GS3 looks like a Lumia 920, and a 920 looks like the new Blackberry. ...
Re: Haha, nice campaign name!
Dirty dirty! It's funny because I didn't think of that until I read your post. Based on the way that other issue is handled, I now expect public schools to hand out free phones with free unlimited messaging plans because they are just going to do it anyway. :lol:
Re: Teen's are by far not the only offenders!
Video is tempting, but that guy was especially bad. I recently upgraded my truck radio to a DVD-capable unit, but the video circuitry was locked out and required I hook up some extra wires so that it would only work while the emergency brake is on. So since I didn't want to screw around with my parking brake wiring and since this also disabled important things like the ability to setup bluetooth I found a module on ...
Why get the One when you can get the One X!
So the One X is the predecessor to the One.
I can't blame a marketing guru for this stupid decision because being utterly clueless seems to be a hallmark of a successful marketing executive, but somewhere in that chain of command in HTC there ought to have been someone WITH A CLUE who would have noticed that this completely violates decades of precedence established for the naming of technological devices.
I hope this hurts HTC's sales of ...
All smartphones look the same, can be move on?
Considering that every single smartphone is virtually identical to every other smartphone out there, and considering that only a fool would fail to put their smartphone into a protective device, is it really necessary to articulate the look of them? It's one thing to describe the size since that's not immediately apparent, but, lawdy, can we get real and admit that all of these phone look virtually identical? Just throw up a few pics, and talk about ...
Re: Battery Killer
Did you really just ask if people would actually believe this to be a good idea? Seriously? This is America where Jersey Shore, Dancing With The Stars, American Idol and The View air for a decade, Firefly is canceled halfway through its first season, Obama is elected not once but twice, and most college graduates can't find China on a map. We love being dumb and gullible in this country. Chances are if this app ...
Facebook is turning into a cult. Seriously.
Facebook is a handy tool for keeping in touch with people, but that's all it is: a tool. Because of this I see this Facebook Home as being a phenomenal waste of resources doing nothing but reinventing wheels that didn't need reinventing. I already find Facebook too easy to use and too accessible so I've basically disabled it.
Sadly this Facebook Home will likely be a hit because of the sheer number of people whose lives ...
Pandora is only one way to go
Pandora is only one way to go because you can store these things that I like to call MP3s on your phone. Therefore instead of listening to low-resolution audio through Pandora that will blow through your data plan and wallet, you can rip your own music, at a quality resolution, and play exactly what you want without living in fear of data overage. I know, it's crazy to do something that works when you can do something ...
Re: we going up !!!
This version of iOS sure does seem to have a lot of patches already. It almost seems like Apple is trying to become the next Microsoft by failing to fix bugs before they are released.
Re: Wireless Home Phone
The land line is the early 21th century's version of the fax machine, and soon it will only be found in the homes of the elderly and businesses. I honestly do not see the value in having yet another mobile communication device that is designed to be immobile.
Re: Wireless Home Phone
Um, the world is a bigger place than California. I went through several hurricanes where the landline service was lost but I always had cellphone access. The only danger then was the potential for the battery to drain.
Re: Need More Regulations
Yes, what we need are even more regulations in society because we have to protect those who are too stupid and lazy to pay attention to what can clearly be seen with even a passing glance at the costs of cellular communications. It sure would be a shame if someone had to turn away from their celebrity gossip tweets to pay attention to their own life for a second wouldn't it?
Re: Sadly, most Americans are economically ignorant
Unfortunately most Americans are highly ignorant on economic issues and proudly so. They'll whine about manufacturing going overseas and then whine for more of the very regulations that force business to leave. They whine about the cost of gas, and then whine to keep oil locked underground. They whine about high unemployment, and then whine for the government to punish those who are productive and might need employees. When election time comes around they whine ...
Re: Late to the party Sprint
I hate it when businesses wrap these programs that help reduce the cost of services to consumers by pandering to green groups.
Re: Well.....
Unnecessary? That's when the lumbering sloth of Mommy Government responds best!
Somewhat understand Apple, but...
I can somewhat understand why Apple is so litigious here considering they stole the desktop GUI thing first only to find Microsoft's shoddy Windows OS taking over the world. In the 00s, Apple made the whole smartphone thing mainstream and, once again, others are swooping in to take what Apple thinks ought to belong to Apple. Because of their history I can see why they are being so aggressive, unfortunately I think this doesn't really touch upon ...
Re: Truth in Advertising is News?
The sad thing is the number of people who are so dense that they don't realize this is going on. They really do think their iPhone 5 cost $200 and that the carriers are just big meanies for sticking them with a 2 year contract. The masking of the true cost of a phone reminds me of the income tax system and the way the cost is masked by the withholding process. If people (the productive ...
Excuse me Mr. Burgler while I text for help
The funny thing is that the stress of an emergency will make an already barely-literate public even more likely to mangle the language. God help the 911 operators who will be forced to try to convert these things into something coherent.
BTW: I was in earshot when someone used their phone to call 911 and when they did the phone played a loud tune. This is just an old Verizon flip phone that's probably 4-5 years old, but ...
Traditional plans are like leasing cars
The traditional upgrade, contract, repeat process has always bugged me because it's basically the equivalent of leasing a car: people can't afford it up front so they need to pay for it in monthly installments and then act indignant at the early termination fee the carrier expects if they terminate early. The other thing that has bugged me is that the service costs are inflated to compensate for this, yet after the device is out of contract ...
Review was overboard on the ubiquitous design
I thought this was a good review, but good gawd the praising of the exterior got old. Come on, the phone is a black rectangular touchscreen slab just like its predecessors, the endless Galaxy phones, the Nokia Lumina, the HTCs, and every other me-too smartphone out there. I don't mean to knock that clearly functional design, but going overboard with praise about a phone that basically looks like every other smartphone manufactured since the dawn of the ...
