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grahams

Where our hero wakes up refreshed each day and doesn't dread going to work

Sep 16, 2006 13:15

It's amazing how much easier it is to drag yourself to work in the morning when you are dreading a 30 mile commute and 8 hours of work you are totally disinterested in. The first week and change of work have been great, and while all "honeymoon period" disclaimers apply, the new environment seems much more conducive to happiness and productivity ( Read more... )

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chrisc September 16 2006, 17:53:45 UTC

Sorry to hear your luck with cell phones has continued. I haven't had any trouble with my RAZR for over a year now but Cingular can't seem to figure out how to run a GSM network down here. I got tons of "Unregistered SIM" problems along with other people at work. The case I have open with them for months has been escalated several times and it looks like they've fixed most of the problems.

grahams September 17 2006, 02:10:59 UTC

I, thankfully, have had that problem up here with Cingular.. Perhaps you live in a poorly integrated area they acquired in a merger?

I didn't find it very comforting when the CS rep asked me if I wanted to exchange my phone for a different model, made me feel like this was a problem phone (even if she wouldn't commit one way or another).

bds September 16 2006, 22:16:21 UTC

Is the RAZR as nice as it looks featurewise? It was so tempting - I'm also with Cingular - but I really don't like flip phones so I went with the Nokia 3120, a really solid and basic piece.

grahams September 17 2006, 02:14:26 UTC

As far as your flip phone aversion, there is a "candybar" version of the RAZR called the SLVR, you might want to check out.

When the phone is working properly, I'm mostly happy with it. It is so tiny, which is why I really got it (replacing the brick of my Sidekick II). There are a few nuisances in the software.. For instance, when I'm sending a text message, the address book shows me ALL phone numbers as opposed to only mobile ones.. There is a way to disable this in the "phone" mode (so it only shows you each address book entries "primary" number, as opposed to several entries for each person, but there is no equivalent in the other modes (SMS, email, etc).

Because of these software nuisances, I can't wholeheartedly recommend it, and with the problems I've been have having requiring equipment exchanges, I can't even halfheartedly recommend it..

carrierwave September 17 2006, 14:37:11 UTC

Just stay away from these fad phones altogether. I was stupid and got a SLVR L7 from Cingular and if I didn't spend $300 on the god damned thing, I'd flush it down the toilet like the turd it is. The user interface is counterintuitive, laggy as hell, and WOEFULLY underpowered to the point that I had to downlo-I mean purchase-Motorola's Mobile Phone Tools to configure the settings to get the phone into anything like proper working order. And it STILL blocks its own number every single time I call someone. I've had Cingular send an OTA firmware update which did jack shit, and I'm not about to deal with the Indians on the phone or the mouth breathers in person to try it again.

But hey, it's got iTunes! That's cool, right?