Cell phones taking over as timepieces [POLL]

[DaWhim]

I am more apathetic. I wear watch, it is more like a habit. I can go without it.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: aswedc

Originally posted by: andylawcc
brand, model?

Samsung. Hell if I know what model it is

Take the battery out and look underneath.

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: Amused
Take the battery out and look underneath.

EDIT: SGH-X427

 

[yosuke188]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: Kevin1211

Originally posted by: supafly
I only wear a watch when I dress up

same

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: aswedc

Originally posted by: Amused
Take the battery out and look underneath.

bst2488se

That's the battery model. Look in the slot where the battery goes to see the phone model.

I suspect the phone is a X426 or X427

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: Amused

That's the battery model. Look in the slot where the battery goes to see the phoen model.

yeah, edited

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: aswedc

Originally posted by: Amused

That's the battery model. Look in the slot where the battery goes to see the phoen model.

yeah, edited

Ah, OK. That's weird. Who is your provider?

I have a Samsung phone with Verizon (SCH-A670) and the time is very accurate.

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: Amused
I have a Samsung phone with Verizon and the time is very accurate.

Cingular. Just now is the only time it's been turned off in probably a year, so I'm not sure what the problem might be. Oh well, I just have to remember to adjust it every once in a while...

 

[Eli]

I've never worn a watch, heh

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: aswedc
I don't wear a watch, but my cell sucks at time keeping. It gets three or four minutes off about once a month.

brand, model?

I was going to ask the same thing. My cell phone is always right on time with the radio linked "atomic" clocks I have in my house

hmm, aren't cell phone clocks synced with the provider? i've never had to set the clock even after removing the battery.

 

[Viper GTS]

Any recent phone should be able to pull the time from the cellular network, there's no excuse for the time to be off.

Absolute worst case power cycling it & forcing it to re-acquire the time should put it back.

The only phone I've used (more specifically been around someone who used it) that didn't sync with the network did lose a few minutes a month. Highly annoying, & it would be enough to make me ditch the phone in favor of another model.

Viper GTS

 

[xanis]

Not surprising, I almost never wear a watch, I just look at my cell phone.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: aswedc

Originally posted by: Amused
I have a Samsung phone with Verizon and the time is very accurate.

Cingular. Just now is the only time it's been turned off in probably a year, so I'm not sure what the problem might be. Oh well, I just have to remember to adjust it every once in a while...

It's not adjustable. It's set by the network.

 

[aswedc]

Originally posted by: Amused
It's not adjustable. It's set by the network.

Not mine...I adjust it every month and it gradually drifts off again...

 

[MDE]

I never wore a watch to begin with, so my phone has just kept me from bugging other people that do wear watches for the time.

 

[ViRGE]

I still wear a watch, but then again I don't own a cellphone, so I suppose I'm an oddball from the start.

 

[Martin]

Funny. I got a blackberry from work last year and I stopped wearing my watch. I'm going back to school next week, so I'm handing in my BB and I'll have to start wearing it again...

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: supafly

Originally posted by: moshquerade
you never post a link. i might want to umm.... borrow this topic... and ummm... post it on another board, and w/o a link you make me do some work tracking it down.

as far as the original topic, i might check my cellphone for the time, but i still wear a watch just as much. my watch is like a piece of jewelry. i like wearing jewelry.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/08/2...tches.reut/index.html?section=cnn_tech

All ya gotta do is google the headline

that is the work i was speaking of

 

[Squisher]

Wearing a watch or any jewelry is uncomfortable and down right dangerous to my job.

Why would I wear a redundancy?

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: aswedc

Originally posted by: Amused
I have a Samsung phone with Verizon and the time is very accurate.

Cingular. Just now is the only time it's been turned off in probably a year, so I'm not sure what the problem might be. Oh well, I just have to remember to adjust it every once in a while...

It's not adjustable. It's set by the network.

Not necessarily. Some phones only re-acquire the time if they pick up a new tower or are just power-cycled. My old Motorola V60 had the ability to set the time, as does my curent Blackberry 8700.

ZV

 

[episodic]

Same here - just use a phone - no watch

 

[MotionMan]

I use to wear a watch, but, even before I got a mobile phone, I developed a skin reaction to wearing watches. Accordingly, I have a couple nice watches I can't wear

So, I am required to use my mobile phone as my timepiece.

MotionMan

 

[potato28]

I use iPod for time during classes, watches for dress.

 

[handoverfist]

Always wear watch out of habit. Quicker than reaching into pocket for cell. Sun dial when I forget both.

 

[fatpat268]

My cingular Sony Ericsson z500a is always 2-3 minutes off from the atomic clocks. Occasionally I'll set it to sync with my pc, but when I check it a few minutes later, it's two minutes off again.

I stopped bothering syncing it, and i add two minutes to the time. I suspect it's cingular's clocks that are set to the wrong time, not the phone.