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Re: What is the difference?
My bad, I forgot about the gate phone. Though I have never seen one, or know anyone who has one. Is there several makers of this phone? All I have heard is that they can work on 1900/800 gsm and tdma networks. Does anyone have any info on this? Thanks
Re: Are we all victims of Undercover Marketing?
Yeah- Sony Ericsson did that with the T610: "Please take our picture with my camera phone..."
Possible but not probable with Motorola and their well known track record of late or never releases. They are too predictable.
On the other hand, Verizon has a lot riding on new user equipment with the Cingular-AT&T merger imminent. Getting a flagship model like the V710 right out of the gate is crucial and I, as a VZW customer, hope the kick ass.
When EV-DO rolls out nation-wide, us Verizon supporters will have all the bandwidth we can handle.
Re: another one on ebay # 5703375508. at 150 no less
I get a noise gate when i search for that item number. Must have been a hijacked auction... again.
9900 Versus 8000
Master Dominique you conveniently left out a few issues in your comparison and are off base on others:
1. TRI-MODE vs. dual-mode! That is a VERY important feature and I cannot believe that LG does not pick up on that. They cannot seem to build a tri-mode handset. The fact that the 8000 lacks this critical capability eliminates it from consideration before it even leaves the starting gate. I would never buy a dual- mode phone on a tri-mode network.
2. The 9000 has more than triple the standby time of the 8000 (380 hrs vs. 110 hours).
3. I think the 9900 is more stylish and sleek than the 8000. We have a major difference of opinion here. I think the 8000 looks very boxy and square.
4. I owned a Audiovox 9000 in the past and to this day it was the most solid and reliable phone I have ever used. I have had Nokias, Motorolas, Samsungs, etc. So your argument about Audiovox selling inferior products does not hold up. Also LG makes lots of other products including air conditioners, etc. I was just in a trip in central and south america where LG stuff is everywhere and it does not exactly stand for quality. Toshiba beats LG any day.
5. Reports are that the speakerphone is good on the 9900. Remains to be seen, but if the reports are correct then your point about the speakerphone are invalid.
6. I could really care less about MP3's, etc. I consider that to be a feature way down on the bottom of my list.
VERDICT: You own the 8000 all day long (whenever it comes out). I own the 9900 all day long and laugh at you when you cannot pull in a digital OR analog signal!! TRI-MODE Rules!
Re: 9900 Versus 8000
floridaphoto said:
Master Dominique you conveniently left out a few issues in your comparison and are off base on others:
1. TRI-MODE vs. dual-mode! That is a VERY important feature and I cannot believe that LG does not pick up on that. They cannot seem to build a tri-mode handset. The fact that the 8000 lacks this critical capability eliminates it from consideration before it even leaves the starting gate. I would never buy a dual- mode phone on a tri-mode network.
2. The 9000 has more than triple the standby time of the 8000 (380 hrs vs. 110 hours).
3. I think the 9900 is more stylish and sleek than the 8000. We have a major difference of opinion here. I think the 8000 looks very boxy and square.
4. I owned a Audiovox 9000 in the past and to this day it was the most solid and reliable phone I have ever used. I have had Nokias, Motorolas, Samsungs, etc. So your argument about Audiovox selling inferior products does not hold up. Also LG makes lots of other products including air conditioners, etc. I was just in a trip in central and south america where LG stuff is everywhere and it does not exactly stand for quality. Toshiba beats LG any day.
5. Reports are that the speakerphone is good on the 9900. Remains to be seen, but if the reports are correct then your point about the speakerphone are invalid.
6. I could really care less about MP3's, etc. I consider that to be a feature way down on the bottom of my list.
VERDICT: You own the 8000 all day long (whenever it comes out). I own the 9900 all day long and laugh at you when you cannot pull in a digital OR analog signal!! TRI-MODE Rules!
Lets start from the top:
1) Tri-mode vs. Dual-band. Having analog sure sounds cool, but unless you live in no man's land, you are not going to suffer any consequences from lacking that mode. As a matter of fact, I have found that dual-band preserves the digital signal better than tri-mode phones on the same network (yes, I have used both). All in all, I am glad to be ridden of that wretched frequency.
2) Three times the standby time, and the same amount of talk time. Now tell me, which do YOU use when you're on the phone?? Not only that, but nothing else about phone specs could be any more trivial than battery life. Take the Ericsson T610, for instance. Granted I hate the phone and wish herpes on all that work for that company, but I do sell them and can tell you that Phonescoop's claim for 13 day standby time could not be farther from the truth. It lasts about as long as the rest of the phones we are debating about: roughly two days on an average rate plan, including talking. If yours goes till brunch on the following day, then hats off to you.
3) You think the 9900 is more stylish. I think the 8000 is... whatever. We can both agree looks are irrelevant.
4) I hope you bought your Audiovox air condition when you were in Venezuela. I'm sure it blew away LG's. Well, I'm talking about here in the states. Even with Toshiba co-producing this model, you're still gonna see Audi cutting corners somewhere. Take the 9500. Good, solid design and nice, huge display--great.... Now the bad: HORRIBLE battery life, unintuitive menus, useless speakerphone, chincy belt clip, and the thing was so big, it would probably slow you down if you were riding a bike. That was the last phone for Verizon, which Toshiba interviened in production. Good luck.
5) Speakerphone quality: "Remains to be seen...." Exactly. Audiovox has included the speakerphone feature in every cellphone I can recall that they've made, and they all stink. History always provides a better indication than meanial hearsay. In other words, guilty until proven innocent.
6) Maybe you wouldn't care about MP3 playback, but I'm willing to bet that the majority of the rest would at least like to HAVE the feature in case they decide to use it. Most people who use an MP3 player at their gym, carry their cellphone as well. Now they only need one device. Far from useless.
Next.
Re: Qwest and VZW merge????/
Yep we missed the 30% increase over last year. The Verizon push was only 3%.
People are starting to wise up, quality is where the wireless market is heading for the baby boomers, and that is still a huge base for RadioShack. RadioShack wants to sell the coolest new gear, but who really thinks RadioShack is the coolest gear these days. They are always late to the gate. Innovation ceased after the TRS-80
A %30 gain over last year in Sprint PCS, yeah right? You can't make numbers happen like that overnight unless you got rid of credit checks and contracts altogether on Sprint.
Re: Qwest and VZW merge????/
www.bpvwebdesigns.com said:
People are starting to wise up, quality is where the wireless market is heading for the baby boomers, and that is still a huge base for RadioShack. RadioShack wants to sell the coolest new gear, but who really thinks RadioShack is the coolest gear these days. They are always late to the gate. Innovation ceased after the TRS-80
Oh, yes, "cool new gear". Please. R$ sells 'doggie doorbells' and cappucino frothers. I worked there in college, and that company is sliding down the tubes quick.
Last quarter, the ONLY division to show a sales increase was the Wireless division. EVERY other division showed flat to declining sales. Even wireless sales can't sustain them for long. Most smart people will shop for a phone in a company store, not R$. The folks who do buy there tend to make impulse buys of phones, and we all know how well things like that usually turn out.
As a VZW employee, I wince whenever somebody tells me they bought their phone at R$. Then usually I spend an hour or so correcting rate plans or explaining how the service REALLY works. The associates either flat-out lie to the customers or don't know enough to know that they're misinformed.
And don't tell me it's the indirect account managers' fault that the R$ people don't know what the hell they're doing, most of the time. All the IAMs I know are hard-working & dedicated individuals. VZW has an excellent training program, and training materials are provided out the wazoo. The R$ people either don't care or can't be bothered.
Re: forget the v710
Almighty1 said:
Hey EZ_B:
My reason is the same as yours even though I've been using VZW (formerly GTE Wireless) for the past 15 years in SF (okay, I don't own a car or drive yet). I recently did get a Motorola V80 as a secondary phone and got one of those T-Mobile plans from indirects with a huge rebate on a family plan so I can talk to friends who use T-Mobile using M2M but the signal has been unreliable, I could have signal and lose signal 5 hours later at the same exact spot at home. One weird thing is that everyone I know which is over 200+ people in the Bay Area, they are on T-Mobile, Cingular or AT&T Wireless so the M2M VZW minutes won't do me any good at all... :roll:
I'm lucky because the people I talk to most including my Mom, my fiancee, several coworkers, and must of my good friends use VZW. To be brutally honest, most of the people I know that don't have credit problems or travel overseas regularly and need a GSM phone. Many in the latter group have just said "screw it" and gotten a VZW phone for stateside use and keep the GSM for travel only. I have found that around the S.F. Bay VZW's network is second to none. I live about a minute from the Golden Gate Bridge and there is never a capacity issue here even at the height of rush hour. Friends bring their non-VZW phones here at peak times and often have problems origination and receiving calls. Give me a V710 with robust firmware and I will be a very happy camper...
Re: There's no doubt VZW is losing in the PTT game to SprintPCS
Silverdale_man said:
I would be very surprised if Verizon has more then 2 PTT phones by the end of the year.Get ready to be surprised, then. VZW may have stumbled out of the gate, and Sprint capitalized with a superior product launch...but that doesn't mean that VZW is abandoning PTT. It's too damn alluring and profitable to toss aside. Look for a bunch of phones in the PTT vein soon.
Re: It's Going Back
no worries - and no offense taken.
I'm a creature of habit.. I fear change. Phone must be on belt clip, must be on vibrate at all times. I'd likely break it in pants pocket.
In terms of turning it off - Not possible as sometimes - based on caller - I need to get up and leave whatever I'm doing.
I have a couple of weeks to figure out if it's to big a deal or not. WOuld likely jump to Samsung 670 or such if she goes back. It's ashamed, it really is a nice phone. It's simply staggering that they would not include the option to shut it off - given that it will do just about anything else for you.
In terms of firmware, I would think they'll get much push for this feature. Traditionally is this type of request unlikely?
Oh well - thanks for reply. Off to help bring a plane into the gate using just my new phone :wink:
Re: Major Flaw with Blue Tooth phones
Actually I got my network behind a hardware firewall that have been pretty darn reliable. reports any attacks to me and I lock down the ports I don't use. Also keeping up to date on my Norton protection software that constant runs on all computers on my network.
as for my phone, Digital service is much more secure then the analog service ever was and the probably that someone has the decrypting codes or the money for the computer to apply them is almost nill.
The problem I see here with the BT is that it circumvents these precautions and lets an attacker in. If there was extra security that I can run on it, then great! its once again a viable choice. For now it isn't. Though they do report (now that I actually read the article, I will admit my original post was only halfway through reading it) that companies are trying to secure it.
I personally don't like getting brand new flash in the pan tech as soon as it comes out of the gate. To many bugs that need to be worked out through moron testing first. (No matter how much lab testing you go through there will be some moron that can figure out a problem after wards)
Re: PICKED ONE UP THIS MORNING IN NYC - only 20-30 per store!!!
Please go read the entire trail from the first message onward.
I posted a very relevant fact regarding phone availability - you mocked it.
You then posted some faulty math, which I corrected. You mocked that too, and claimed my figures were off (when in fact your figures were off)
You then mocked ME - claiming I was stupid for listening to a sales rep (who was right), and added sarcasm, claiming that my sales rep "spoke to me from the mount".
Finally - you called me an "idiot" - and then trashed my entire city - calling it: arrogant and self-centered.
Just go read the trail from start to finish - you'll see what happened.
Oh - and by the way - I've been 100% factual and accurate about everything stated - even though you have mocked it, criticized it, laughed at it, and even called me names - all while you were ranting, raving, and reciting completely inaccurate data (arrogantly, I might add)
What started as a very relevant post (mine) has now become silly and bitter because of your attitude right out of the gate.
As a favor to the other subscribers - I think it would be best if this stopped and no more space was wasted. I'm done here.
But - please do go read the entire trail - maybe it will teach you not to be so mocking, sarcastic, and arrogant toward people who are posting legitimate and accurate information (especially when we've proven together that you are not necessarily 100% sure what you're talking about a lot of the time)
As for me - I'm busy playing with my phone :D
(which I have unfortunately caused to CRASH twice :o )
Re: in response to current bluetooth crybaby assertions
Gah! thats where the gate way to hell is opened and released... or where the govenator breakes loose the alien probe that destroys mars. I forget.
'Bout Time
I've talked with three different companies all planning an OS X/BB sync solution, and I completely missed this one, and they beat everyone out of the gate. Nice work IAA, you'll get my thirty dollars friday night, as soon as I get off work, on payday.
Re: Using Roaming Minutes
i hope, for your sake and the sake of your ridiculous pride, that you are right. i had 6 activations this week ALONE porting from cingular... and though your reasoning is noble in regards to why cingular is last out of the gate with their "still in testing" PTT devices.... i HIGHLY doubt that is factual info. especially when cingular's EDGE is available to only 25 of the 50 states, and those are your "bragging rights". Haha... I love how you talk about all the awesome things up cingular's sleeve... like, well they are coming out with this soon, and this, OH AND when THIS comes out you guys will be sorry, and THIS is going to blow your **** out of the water... yeah, whatever. for now, cingular is what it is... don't brag about technology that has yet to materialize. that's more sad than exciting. :roll:
Re: What do you all make of this?
Cingular does a greater portion of the western states a dis-service. If you live in Idaho, Montana, or Oregon Cingular does not service most of the turf. In most of these areas you can not even find a Cingular contact source. So to imply that Cingular rates low in the western states is not all that far from the truth. Cingular may claim to provide coverage, but unless you are simply roaming through the area, and have an account elsewhere, Cingular does not exist.
They do not want to service TDMA customers. This is very disappointing. I am currently living in central Idaho but have to travel to Neveda on business. This means I have to use TDMA on Edge Wireless- but Cingular will only support GSM- in the cities.
When I lived in Everett and traveled in Texas TDMA worked just fine. (GATE phone used).
I have not seen the article in question but I live in an impacted area.
By the way- Verizon sucks out here. The calls are weak and conversations tend to sound very distant and broken up. CDMA may be popular, mostly due to Sprint, but it does not work ten miles away from the freeway (this is TDMA territory). So if the report you are talking about puts Verizon above Cingular, the margin is slight- Verizon has the brains to at least have outlets out here.
Re: Baldur's Gate for the V710
*bump*
Re: Nextel and Sprint's PTT compatable
nextel18 said:
well remember nextel and motorola and qcom are teaming up to do a gateway to cdma carriers obvoiusly world wide but if it can happen worldwide it can happen domestically.
It will be years until NEXTEL can have deployed qchat over a broadband wireless connection.
CDMA is typicially in the US. It is not a worldwide platform so your comment about worldwide connection is flawed right out of the gate.
Re: new games??
I wish they would start releasing more. I'm particularly interested in possible GPS navigation software which could be helpful from time-to-time. As for games, I would like to download the recently released Neverwinter Nights Mobile and the upcoming Baldur's Gate though, as fun as they may be, I don't plan on spending a tremendous amount of time playing games on my cell phone.
Re: hinge on 9900
After a couple of days, I noticed that mine was squeaking a little bit. In the interim, my OEM case arrived and since I put it in the case, I haven't noticed it anymore. I did take it out to give it a listen (you are not the only one that's a little particular...) and found it had stopped.
I think the squeak is due to the hinge being so tight. To me, its a welcome change from my Motorola V60i whose flip, from day one, was as loose as an old garden gate. I miss the small size on the V60i, but the 9900 sounds better on both ends and has better reception. I think Motorola uses better materials than Audiovox/Toshiba, but Moto's workmanship is nothing to be proud of lately.
I'm out of contract and bought the 9900 for $149 with no contract extension to tide me over - I'm interested in the Motorola RAZR V3 and depending on how it looks, I may be going back to Cingular. I'm in the NYC area 99% of the time, so the coverage is as good as VZW.
