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Verizon's standardized interface

dancedjeric

Nov 15, 2006, 1:08 PM
....enough said.... 😛
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loujacob

Nov 15, 2006, 1:16 PM
They should change the name of the company from Verizon to "McWireless". Its the presumption that people are too stupid to figure out how a cell phone works that's so annoying. Plus robbing the consumer of something cell phone companies know how to do in favor of something that the carrier doesn't know how to do. I want out!
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muchdrama

Nov 15, 2006, 1:33 PM
loujacob said:
They should change the name of the company from Verizon to "McWireless". Its the presumption that people are too stupid to figure out how a cell phone works that's so annoying. Plus robbing the consumer of something cell phone companies know how to do in favor of something that the carrier doesn't know how to do. I want out!


"Hello, welcome to McWireless. May I take your handset order?"
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mela774

Nov 15, 2006, 2:22 PM
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towelie55

Nov 15, 2006, 4:19 PM
You guys are dumb, if you want a regular phone go get a free one. If you want a cool phone with better features, then open up the manual. Quit bagging on good phones.
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HEKNOWS

Nov 15, 2006, 7:04 PM
every company get you ether way sprint changed your contract without permission cingular over chargerd you and verizon chargerd you for every feats you want to used thats how it is but verizon pay you back giving you costumer 2 billion dollars on cellsites and great services so stop complainning blah blah blah blah we number 1 sprint cust services is rude ghetto and stupid to check your phone if dont have insured you have to pay them 40 dollars to check your phone are they crazy or what nawwww im good i stay with verizon 😉
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frankiewawa

Nov 16, 2006, 9:08 AM
please. never post again, until you learn how to properly type english. wow is that painful to read. 😳
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muchdrama

Nov 16, 2006, 3:06 PM
HEKNOWS said:
every company get you ether way sprint changed your contract without permission cingular over chargerd you and verizon chargerd you for every feats you want to used thats how it is but verizon pay you back giving you costumer 2 billion dollars on cellsites and great services so stop complainning blah blah blah blah we number 1 sprint cust services is rude ghetto and stupid to check your phone if dont have insured you have to pay them 40 dollars to check your phone are they crazy or what nawwww im good i stay with verizon 😉


Good God, man. The pain. The pain is unbearable.
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mongoos150

Nov 17, 2006, 2:55 AM
Holy crap man, did you graduate from high school? Please learn to use PUNCTUATION. 👿
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Rich91

Nov 15, 2006, 4:45 PM
loujacob said:
They should change the name of the company from Verizon to "McWireless". Its the presumption that people are too stupid to figure out how a cell phone works that's so annoying. Plus robbing the consumer of something cell phone companies know how to do in favor of something that the carrier doesn't know how to do. I want out!


I have a motorola v557 for cingular and personally i find Verizon's standard interface very hard to use.. it is very tedious and frustrating .. I am not a person who has trouble with phones and im pretty smart.. but to get to the pictures you have to go through the camera? that is ridiculous...
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loujacob

Nov 15, 2006, 4:50 PM
It's dumbing down of America, friends. Do we want to give money to that sort of philosophy?
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irie

Feb 13, 2007, 12:27 AM
You do not have to go through the camera to get to your pictures. On the vzw ui if you hit the right arrow it takes you to the get it now menu. there you click get pix and then my pix. Thats like 3 seconds tops. Nothing hard about it.
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dancedjeric

Nov 16, 2006, 9:41 AM
Would you like a car charger with that? 😁
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muchdrama

Nov 15, 2006, 1:31 PM
dancedjeric said:
....enough said.... 😛


Well, it certainly lends itself to familiarity, but who wants to look at the same interface with each phone he purchases?
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simeyla

Nov 15, 2006, 2:16 PM
its funny - i didnt mind the standardized interface with an LG VX8000, becuase while it has some redeeming design attributes - its overall a pretty ugly clumsy looking phone.

Then i got the samsung A690 (or whatever it was) and the standardized interface just looked like a cheap fisher price joke on the slick looking black phone. It really stood out as very ugly.

I couldn't even get into the secret menus and change the homepage. So its gone back. Now I have a new shiny VX8000 under the insurance, and waiting for somethign new.

its nice to know you'll get pretty much the same features but it really reduces some of the excitement due to getting a new phone.
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cwcanty

Nov 15, 2006, 3:33 PM
I love the vzn interface! It's easy to use and if you have the 8300, its pretty customizable. The excitement of the new phone should be rooted in the phone! Not the UI. learning a new UI is usually just annoying. I was playing around with my old e815 and was laughing at how basic and confusing the moto UI was. Get the over UI thing and lets move on, this should be a solid phone, but I think I'm still gonna stick with the LG 9900
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towelie55

Nov 15, 2006, 4:22 PM
I just saw the demo for the 9900! its freaking sweet man. I still want to see this phone before i make my choice, both phones seem really good and made by 2 good companys. The race is on 🙂 who's phone will be better. What i like about the 740 is that its thin and can still be used as a flip phone, meaning i dont have to lock the phone. Keys though might be to small, but cant say by looking at a picture.
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urnamehere

Nov 15, 2006, 3:25 PM
Both of these phones have samsung's flash UI. I'm sure the verizon menu is in there, but the default is much different.
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HowdyDoody

Nov 15, 2006, 7:10 PM
Look at the pics of these phones on other sites. u see flash UI. different skins. u notice the bars are green and the menu style is different. these phone are already hot enough but with flash UI these phones spit fire. dont even think about buying LG after these Samsung phones drop
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yesVZW

Nov 15, 2006, 11:47 PM
Why does everyone bitch about the damn standardized interface. JESUS! I really could give a rat's ass about how the menu is layed out as long as the damn phone works, and I get good reception. That's all you hear every time a new handset is released is someone bitching AGAIN about the UI. WHO CARES! Apparently NOT 54+ million people.
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SteveHRocks

Nov 16, 2006, 12:37 AM
I just got the 8600. the Flash UI is HOT!!!
I will glady have a standardized interface and a phone that gets a signal, over a pretty phone with animated manufacturer menus that makes a good doorstop anyday 🙂
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Cellenator

Nov 16, 2006, 10:11 AM
SteveHRocks said:
over a pretty phone with animated manufacturer menus that makes a good doorstop anyday 🙂


Thats right because only verizon phones have a signal 🙄 they bitch because its raped of features, duh 🙄
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TheBlueCat

Nov 16, 2006, 10:17 AM
besides bluetooth's OBEX what else is crippled with verizon phones?

Tell me about these RAPED fetures?

i havnt hears about too much of it.
Not enough that what ever feture it is matters?

List please!!!

😁
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slog

Nov 16, 2006, 11:50 AM
"raped" feature list...
-Setting your own ringtones
-MP3 player
-Gaming (some VZW games are good but no option to add non-VZW games...or any other application for that matter)
-Text message setup
-Lack of a good IM client
-Voice dialing
-Calendar
-Inability to record more than 15 seconds of video
-and of course the bluetooth
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urnamehere

Nov 16, 2006, 11:56 AM
most of the new phones play wma AND mp3's, so thats out

text message setup?? WTF is that. I send a couple thoughsand a month, works just fine.

IM client? I have aol IM and..well it looks like AIM. whats the problem

voice dialing?? every phone has this, it works well for me.

Calander? pretty standard on all phones

most of the new phones can take more than 15 seconds. the samsungs (which this a thread for I might add) have been doing this for over a year.

games? I have no sympathy for this being an issue. These are literally little programs, putting non approved software on the phone is just asking for trouble.

setting your own ringtones and bluetooth are the only real problems, and both generate money for the company, so...
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slog

Nov 16, 2006, 12:11 PM
- I never said they couldn't play these files, just that their player is lacking

- Other phones have MUCH better text message setups than any VerizonUI phone

- The problems with the IM client are numerous. from the look and feel of it, to the fact that it uses non Verizon to Verizon text messages. I can continue with this one if you'd like but just look for yourself online.

-The voice dialing on my particular phone is terrible. Though, I'll admit, newer VZW phones have improved upon this

-The calendar is poorly set up and has no option to sync with Outlook or any other program. Actually, NOTHING can sync with ANYTHING on your PC because of VZW's business practices (aka greed)

-Point taken on the video though mine never has and...
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mongoos150

Nov 17, 2006, 2:59 AM
Not having OBEX is rape. Pure and simple. Not being able to assign MP3 files from your flash card to be ringtones is also rape, pure and simple. Compare any VZW phone to any GSM phone and you'll know the definition of rape versus sweet virginity. I HATE VERIZON's BUSINESS MODEL.
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TheBlueCat

Nov 22, 2006, 11:03 PM
Hey!! assinging a MP3 as a ringtone dosnt work sometimes... the begining of a song might be soft... so how would that be a good ringtone.. most people want the chorus anyhow.
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frankiewawa

Nov 16, 2006, 9:05 AM
yeah and having sold verizon a couple years back till last year... Having a standard UI is MUCH easier to explain to customers... trust me. its not a bad thing. i dont know why people always cry about the VZW UI. get over it.
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Cellenator

Nov 16, 2006, 10:16 AM
frankiewawa said:
yeah and having sold verizon a couple years back till last year... Having a standard UI is MUCH easier to explain to customers... trust me. its not a bad thing. i dont know why people always cry about the VZW UI. get over it.


Your tech savvy customer does not appreciate buying just another clone phone, pretty simple concept to understand.
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TheBlueCat

Nov 16, 2006, 10:18 AM
hmmm tech savvy huh..

Just about every computer you buy runs off the same UI.. why dont you cry about that?
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Platypus

Nov 16, 2006, 10:55 AM
TheBlueCat said:
hmmm tech savvy huh..

Just about every computer you buy runs off the same UI.. why dont you cry about that?



Its called CHOICE < do you get it now? Before you could go into a verizon store and pick a certain manufacture and the UI would be different, and you might like one over the other< do you get it now? Each manufacture offered a different menu layout and you could choose which one you liked best, that goes back to the word CHOICE that i was talking about earlier are you with me? Some people enjoyed buying a new phone and learning a new UI 😳 yes its true, now verizon has taken your freedom to choose away, and some people don't like it. Most people on this site don't like starring ...
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loujacob

Nov 17, 2006, 1:24 PM
What he/she said! That's it in a nutshell. Its the presumption that people are stupid that's so galling as well as taking away your ability to choose, which should be part of the inflated prices that Verizon is charging for their services.
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HEKNOWS

Nov 23, 2006, 10:29 PM
who cares verizon is the best best services best cust services most cellsites in the us every other cdma carrier run on verizon network i had at attel phone and verizon messaged comes out all the time sprint at joke and always late so ppl waked up verizon spend 2 billion dollars at year in cellsite you do the math thats giving you services and you complaining about at interfaces menu give then at brek ppl 😎
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loujacob

Nov 24, 2006, 7:25 AM
And you learned English where?
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TheBlueCat

Nov 25, 2006, 12:36 AM
Basically.. the average American who purchases a Verizon cell, likes the UI.. Then when they get a new cell and they already understand the UI thats a big FOUR F-ing stars!!!! cause our parents are idiots when it comes to understanding electronics.. its not easy for them to figure out a new operating system... BUT!!!! Verizons UI is soooo easy to understand and learn.. That's IT!!! The reason there pulling ahead in the markets, beleave it or not!!!!

Dare you to tell me wrong techno assholes with your OBEX.

Real people want to make thing simple..
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MotoH8ter

Nov 25, 2006, 11:40 AM
Very true!
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TheBlueCat

Nov 16, 2006, 10:25 AM
MS windows runs almost every PC.. shouldnt you complain about that?

Now MS is getting into cell phones...

Imagine the day MS is on allmost all cell phones and we look back and wish we had our verizon interface..

Point is verizon's interface is easy to use and nice to see when you get a new phone you all ready use to its operation.

Also the VZ interface is changing with each new gen phone.. the new flash UI's are a great steep in personalizing your UI...

WAITING FOR THE VX9900!!!!!!!!!!!
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Azraelalpha

Nov 16, 2006, 7:34 PM
We're just using Windows operating system as an example of freedom of CHOICE. of course, you can also go get linux or mac, but it is actually the VARIETY of programs and applications that run under windows that it is easier to get a M$ machine running. Its like getting M$ to Limit the use of CD readers on their operating systems as a method of preventing illegal file sharing. or blocking your computer with a video capture card to be able to capture you highest score in certain game, or watch TV on the PC just to avoid copyright infringements for taping TV shows in your PC. do you get the point now?
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MotoH8ter

Nov 23, 2006, 1:40 AM
Azraelalpha said:
Its like getting M$ to Limit the use of CD readers on their operating systems as a method of preventing illegal file sharing. or blocking your computer with a video capture card to be able to capture you highest score in certain game, or watch TV on the PC just to avoid copyright infringements for taping TV shows in your PC. do you get the point now?

Sounds like you're talking about Sony there. I wonder if Verizon is owned by Sony? 👀
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TheBlueCat

Nov 25, 2006, 11:18 PM
Basically.. the average American who purchases a Verizon cell, likes the UI.. Then when they get a new cell and they already understand the UI thats a big FOUR F-ing stars!!!! cause our parents are idiots when it comes to understanding electronics.. its not easy for them to figure out a new operating system... AND!!!! Verizons UI is soooo easy to understand and learn.. That's IT!!! Thats the reason there pulling ahead in the markets, beleave it or not!!!!

Real people want to make things simple..

Dare you to tell me wrong techno assholes with your OBEX. Boo hoo.. anyone know wants a song should just go limewire it anyway and load it on there own phone.

Also a song as a right tone dosn't work most the time cause the beginning of a so...
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