Why is the future so annoying?

[saxon_pagan]

My pocket phone - the third one I've had in seven years - is starting to give me problems. It doesn't ring a lot of the time, and the alarm doesn't always work. Admittedly an alarm is not traditionally a function of a telephone, but the other issue is sort of fundamental for phone service

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[crzykbdplyr]

What's the point of having a music machine that I can't play while I'm driving?

They make these cool little devices that plug into the headphone jack of your i-pod or any mp3 player really....they transmit an fm radio signal to an unused channel, and then you just tune your radio to that channel and voila! Your mp3 player is now playing in your car.....you can get them at wal-mart for like 60 bucks. I've got one....I'll try to remember to bring it to Heartland so you can try it.

[saxon_pagan]

So...I have to pay sixty more dollars for my music machine to play music. Why am I not surprised?

Want to help me pick a replacement phone? I'd like one that doesn't have extra hidden costs if I want to receive a phone call.

[earthly_gnome]

60 bucks? Hardly.

Never buy name brand on this kind of stuff. The tech is cheap and easy. Knock-offs work just as well if not better then some of the name brands.

You can get FM transmitters for about $20 if you know where to look. If your looking for a real good deal and want to search a little, a quick search of Google shopping yielded many results in a varied range from $4 - $23 dollars. Go to Amazon and you can get them even cheaper used. Many dollar stores sell them. I know the family dollar by me sells adapters for $10 bucks or less. I am not a big fan of FM adapters cause they can be tricky and will pick up interference from the outside.

If you still have a tape deck in your vehicle, you can buy a cassette adapter for 5-10 bucks. That is what I use. I get them at CVS.

Don't look at is as a scheme to get more money out of you. In some cases, it is. It's unfortunate, but it no different then buying an extension cord or a power strip so you can plug things in.

[saxon_pagan]

I could do $10-$20. Is this FM adaptor gizmo something that any idiot (meaning me) can hook up? I'm going to be out and about tomorrow anyway, so maybe I'll check and see if we have a Family Dollar around here. Driving cross country sucks if you can't sing along.

Thanks guys. It's funny how a commentary about pocket phones has morphed into a discussion about ipods.

[leafshimmer]

I want a princess phone. Preferably plaid to go with these skirts I wear with the big safety pins in them that all the boys in high school just love unhooking...

[saxon_pagan]

I remember the princess phone. Don't really remember the big safety pins.