Mobile phones...

mawk · #1 02-11-2005, 08:54 PM

What's your take on mobiles?

Personally, I hate all of them except for mine. I just got this new Nokia 7280, which is the first new phone I've had in ages, because I really don't believe in mobile phones... I'd rather not risk losing my inner ear to cancer unless the phone justifies itself by improving my existance. That seems to be a pretty tall order for most phone manufacturers, but Nokia have got it just right with this one.

Anyways, I hate stupid ringtones, stupid mobile phone users, and stupid in general. And mobile phones seem to be magnetically attracted to stupid in general. I'm fed up with seeing people who make up for their mediocre personalities by talking endlessly about mundane mobile phone features and factoids.

So there.

I'm pretty much determined to find a ringtone that I really like, but doesn't have a tune to it. One which isn't earburstingly loud and doesn't irritate me or others. Probably the sound of a dog barking or something...

Gretin · #2 02-12-2005, 12:11 AM

I don't really use mobile phones much... I've got an older model Alcatel, but it doesn't get used very often. I occasionally use it for sending text messages, and I take it with me when I go out, just in case I need it, but apart from that I don't really use it.

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I'm fed up with seeing people who make up for their mediocre personalities by talking endlessly about mundane mobile phone features and factoids.

I'm fed up with seeing people who spend all day sending texts! It's like $50 on their phone one day, $5 left the next day!

***Alcar*** · #3 02-12-2005, 02:31 AM

I have a mobile phone, a Nokia 6610. It's the first mobile I've ever had, and hopefully, I will not have to purchase one for a long time. I'm quite happy with it, it does what it is supposed to do. Although, I do hate with a passion the intense price of getting my phone topped up with credit - I don't have much money to spend on it.

As for the radiation factor, I am concerned about it. Especially considering I keep my phone in my pocket, and thus very close to my testicles.

Alcar...

Hobo · #4 02-12-2005, 03:04 AM

I use my phone for texing. That's all i want from my phone. Therefore i have a crap phone. I got through £20 of credit in one week though.

Rex Tirano · #5 02-12-2005, 03:33 AM

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As for the radiation factor, I am concerned about it. Especially considering I keep my phone in my pocket, and thus very close to my testicles.

What testicles?

I have a panasonic, I'm not sure of the make. I just use it for texting mainly, but I got it about 2 years ago and one of the buttons always sticks.

I'm not particularly bothered about radiation because I never really use it for phoning and I always leave it at home (I'm so forgetful ^_^;

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And anyway... In ten years time they're going to discover a terrible and fatal disease from using a microwave...

Reptile · #6 02-12-2005, 07:33 AM

I have a mobile. Tis a Vodafone flip phone. I can't remember the make, I got it for christmas to replace my old Nokia.

Rich · #7 02-12-2005, 08:59 AM

I have never had a mobile, I hate the culture surrounding them. All the stupid townies who get through abot 7 phones a year, the ringtones, the "I can't live without my phone generation". All of it. It's killing me.

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I hate stupid ringtones

Join the anti-crazy frog society! That f*cking ringtone must be stopped. It does my ****ing head in.

TheRaisin · #8 02-12-2005, 09:42 AM

My dad got me a mobile for Christmas. It was cool for about a week. Now it's just a reminder of how much he spends on useless crap that no one ever uses. I don't need a cell phone. I never expressed the slightest interest in one. I explicitly told him not to get me anything I didn't explicitly ask for. And he did. And now it sits in my room, unused. I f*cking hate cell phones.

Oddish · #9 02-12-2005, 10:08 AM

My perants got me my 2nd mobile phone for Christmas. It's good. I don't use it that much, only to talk to my friends, and record oddworld ringtones.

So it can be quite a handy gadget.

Hobo · #10 02-12-2005, 10:47 AM

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Join the anti-crazy frog society! That f*cking ringtone must be stopped. It does my ****ing head in.

*Grabs rifle and hunts the frog with a penis*

Rich · #11 02-12-2005, 01:09 PM

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*Grabs rifle and hunts the frog with a penis*

Are you insinuating that you are going to use a penis to hunt for the frog? Or that the frog has a penis? (true)

Silversnow · #12 02-12-2005, 02:31 PM

I have a Siemens M50. I only use it for calling in sick and ensuring mom that I'm alive. I occasionally send a message to a friend, but that happens very rarely. I don't care much about mobile phones, people seems to be so worked up about all the special things that they forget if you can actually call someone.
And the horrible commercials...

Facsimile · #13 02-13-2005, 12:50 AM

I use a phone, I always have it with me, but I very very rarely ever use it to ring people. The only thing I use it for is for texting, and only send a few a day, nothing like what some of my friends do.

Olli · #14 02-13-2005, 04:37 AM

I have a Sony Ericsson T610, I got it for christmas, to replace an Ericsson T20 (that's old, in case you were wondering :P).I use my phone infrequently, texting and calling mainly when I need to.

The stupid scally/townie attitude towards them is really worrying, I imagine they'd go through withdrawal symptoms if you took their phone away. Of course, they'd then go and buy a new one, that costs more.

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Join the anti-crazy frog society! That f*cking ringtone must be stopped. It does my ****ing head in.

I AGREE! It's so annoying, and they're still trying to make money off it weeks after it was the big thing.

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*Grabs rifle and hunts the frog with a penis*

It's actually censored in the more recent adverts

Godlesswanderer · #15 02-13-2005, 06:01 AM

Even the creator doesn't like it any more. I think he tried to stop it from being distributed a few months ago but it failed and he just gave up.

Oddish · #16 02-13-2005, 07:38 AM

I think there is a new one with a dancing chick.

Jacob · #17 02-13-2005, 08:26 AM

I have a mobile phone, which is amazingly old. Well, not amazingly. But old, none the less. Though i don't really mind, i only use it to keep my social life remotely active and to spare me of boredom when i'm alone.

My sister also has a mobile phone. She's 8. She doesn't need a mobile phone. Yet mother is too pathetic to tell her otherwise.

Ugh.

smerles · #18 02-13-2005, 10:37 AM

I got a Sony Ericsson K700i, overall a nice mobile phone. Sometimes I hate it, because when I want to answer the phone or call someone it likes to freeze or shut down... ARGH!

I don't use it too much and mostly to write someone. Cheaper than calling

Gretin · #19 02-13-2005, 03:06 PM

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I use a phone, I always have it with me, but I very very rarely ever use it to ring people. The only thing I use it for is for texting, and only send a few a day, nothing like what some of my friends do.

That's pretty much the same as what I do with mine, except I only send a few a month.

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And the horrible commercials...

Yeah, I know what you mean (sort of), we have the "crazy $10 text" guy for Telecom here in New Zealand, and he's bad enough...

AquaticAmbi · #20 02-13-2005, 03:35 PM

Mawk, what's sort of life-improving features does your phone possess?

I have a cell that I only use in case of emergency or if something really important comes up and I need to contact my mom or something. I dislike using cell phones. Most are made too complicated.

***Nate*** · #21 02-13-2005, 07:34 PM

I have a phone, under extreme duress. My mum forced me when I got a job that meant I had to drive for an hour each way through the middle of nowhere. It came in handy the one time I ran out of petrol so I should't complain. But now that I'm not working there anymore I'm going to hide it somewhere and never take it out again.

Facsimile · #22 02-14-2005, 12:11 AM

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Yeah, I know what you mean (sort of), we have the "crazy $10 text" guy for Telecom here in New Zealand, and he's bad enough...

Yeah, he's a moron.

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I'm going to hide it somewhere and never take it out again.

I don't see why some of you seem to be afraid of cellphones...

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And now it sits in my room, unused. I f*cking hate cell phones.

So you're saying that if one day you were walking along and you ended up somehow getting beaten to a bloody pulp by someone and left in a dark alley, and if you had your cellphone you could call for help, but you have a childish vendetta against them, so you would rather lay and die?

Olli · #23 02-14-2005, 04:09 AM

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I think there is a new one with a dancing chick.

HAHA, yes! It's just such an obvious attempt to cash in on the inane success of the Crazy Frog using a similar formula. I don't think it's annoying enough to stimulate the townie morons though.

Alpha · #24 02-14-2005, 04:25 AM

I think mobile's are brill you can go on the internet with em contact friend's etc.

mawk · #25 02-14-2005, 07:28 PM

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I have never had a mobile, I hate the culture surrounding them. All the stupid townies who get through abot 7 phones a year, the ringtones, the "I can't live without my phone generation". All of it. It's killing me.

Join the anti-crazy frog society! That f*cking ringtone must be stopped. It does my ****ing head in.

I'm just going to punch the first Jamster UK employee that I see. And should I find out where their office is, I've got most of the anarchists cookbook memorised.

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Mawk, what's sort of life-improving features does your phone possess?

GPRS, bluetooth compatible, VGA camera for stills and video, TFT screen and full video streaming capability, FM Radio, WAP, voice activation, triband for use in other countries, MMS, Infrared, HSCSD and EGPRS for high-speed data connectivity, supports polyphonics, and has an internal antenna so it isn't quite as risky or ugly. Plus it doesn't have a keypad, which is cool because I hate keypads.

The GPRS mobile internet is handy, because my college has blocked internet access, which is a pain for doing coursework.

Disgruntled Intern · #26 02-14-2005, 08:06 PM

"I'm just going to punch the first Jamster UK employee that I see. And should I find out where their office is, I've got most of the anarchists cookbook memorised."

That's just pathetic.

I have a mobile phone, but it's used for business purposes only. I have it permanently set on vibrate and I have yet to send a text message to anyone.

I greatly dislike talking on the phone anyway, so I guess it all works out...Although the last producer I worked with apparently thought I was the most interesting person in Los Angeles and was constantly calling 'just to say hi' and invite me to many a social gathering.

...Bastard.

mawk · #27 02-14-2005, 08:09 PM

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"I'm just going to punch the first Jamster UK employee that I see. And should I find out where their office is, I've got most of the anarchists cookbook memorised."

That's just pathetic.

Why? If you had to live in England for long enough to experience the crazy frog phenomenon, then you'd want to beat up Jamster employees too. Or at least stamp on the phones of those who used that ringtone.

Disgruntled Intern · #28 02-14-2005, 08:17 PM

I try not to concern myself with trivial things like ringtones.

...Or those who brag about having most of the anarchist cook book memorized.

Oh, wait.

mawk · #29 02-14-2005, 08:35 PM

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I try not to concern myself with trivial things like ringtones.

...Or those who brag about having most of the anarchist cook book memorized.

Oh, wait.

But I'm not bragging... it's hardly something to brag about is it?

"hello sir, I'd like you to impress me"
"ok... I have memorised most of the anarchists cook book"
"uhm, no I said IMPRESS, not cause me to form the conclusion that you're a total geek."

I openly admit to it being stupid. In what way is that bragging?

Disgruntled Intern · #30 02-14-2005, 09:00 PM

You didn't originally admit it was stupid.

Now that you have, I guess I retract my statement.