What is the coolest thing your cell phone does?

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dullard

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Originally posted by: BrianH1
calls people when i press the right sequence of numbers.
Wow mine too! And that is the only reason I caved and got the cell phone after years and years of holding back. No other cell phone feature has any use to me, so by default, calling is the coolest thing it does.
 

JM Aggie08

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lets see.

I can get a signal virtually anywhere.
Text messaging has a memory bank for frequently used words that are not in the library, such as vulgarities.
iTunes ;).
The flash on the cameras doubles as a bright light i can us when in a dark situation.

only complaint is that the frequencies it emmits eff up my mx3000, so i have to put in airplane mode when i game, lol.
 

habib89

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play video and mp3's... but my favorite is the camera and pic messaging... i love receiving random pictures of my kids and my fiancee throughout the day
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: ohtwell
I think the coolest thing mine does, is adjust the time. I like being able to look at the phone and know that the time is correct. I don't have to go in and change it if I drive to an area under a different time zone. I think that is awesome! :D

What is the coolest thing your cell phone does?


: ) Amanda

They don't all do that now? When we were driving to Colorado just last week, I watched mine update the minute after we passed the "Now entering Mountain Time Zone" sign.
 

loup garou

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Well, I'm posting from it now which is pretty cool, but I think the coolest (or at least the thing that gets the biggest wow factor) is to push a button on my BT headphone adapter, say out loud what artist/album/video I want it to play and WMP will start playing it. Then if I get a call, it pauses the music, announces who is calling, and gives me the option of answering or sending to VM. After the call, the music/video continues playing and ramps back up to the original volume.
 

ohtwell

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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
They don't all do that now? When we were driving to Colorado just last week, I watched mine update the minute after we passed the "Now entering Mountain Time Zone" sign.
I didn't say it had to be feature specific to certain phones. I know mine isn't the only one that does that, but when I think of all the things the phone I own can do, that is the coolest!


: ) Amanda
 

bigrash

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on top of playing mp3 and full movies, i use mine as a gps navigation also in my car. i hooked it up to a bluetooth gps receiver and this thing works nice with tomtom software.

cingular 8125 ftw!
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: ohtwell
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
They don't all do that now? When we were driving to Colorado just last week, I watched mine update the minute after we passed the "Now entering Mountain Time Zone" sign.
I didn't say it had to be feature specific to certain phones. I know mine isn't the only one that does that, but when I think of all the things the phone I own can do, that is the coolest!


: ) Amanda

Yeah, it is pretty handy. IIRC, my old Sprint phone I had back in 2000 took a while to update.
 

loup garou

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Originally posted by: bigrash
on top of playing mp3 and full movies, i use mine as a gps navigation also in my car. i hooked it up to a bluetooth gps receiver and this thing works nice with tomtom software.

cingular 8125 ftw!
I got a nice BT GPS for my MDA as well, but I just can't bring myself to drop another $100+ on TomTom...did you try any other software with it? Know of any other that does turn-by-turn and is cheaper?
 

bigrash

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Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: bigrash
on top of playing mp3 and full movies, i use mine as a gps navigation also in my car. i hooked it up to a bluetooth gps receiver and this thing works nice with tomtom software.

cingular 8125 ftw!
I got a nice BT GPS for my MDA as well, but I just can't bring myself to drop another $100+ on TomTom...did you try any other software with it? Know of any other that does turn-by-turn and is cheaper?

yeah, I tried iguidance also. I like them both, but most people seem to like iguidance a bit more. i think they're about the same price.

I'm not sure about the cheaper ones out there. I know that there's one that you can use for free for like 1 month, but it's only available for the UK right now.
 

loup garou

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Originally posted by: bigrash
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: bigrash
on top of playing mp3 and full movies, i use mine as a gps navigation also in my car. i hooked it up to a bluetooth gps receiver and this thing works nice with tomtom software.

cingular 8125 ftw!
I got a nice BT GPS for my MDA as well, but I just can't bring myself to drop another $100+ on TomTom...did you try any other software with it? Know of any other that does turn-by-turn and is cheaper?

yeah, I tried iguidance also. I like them both, but most people seem to like iguidance a bit more. i think they're about the same price.

I'm not sure about the cheaper ones out there. I know that there's one that you can use for free for like 1 month, but it's only available for the UK right now.
I think I looked at iGuidance too. I don't remember now, it's been a while. Thanks for the info though.
Originally posted by: dquan97
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Mine produces nekid pics of my gf

that's amazing! your gf shows up on my phone too! ;)
:laugh:
 

krunchykrome

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Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: bigrash
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: bigrash
on top of playing mp3 and full movies, i use mine as a gps navigation also in my car. i hooked it up to a bluetooth gps receiver and this thing works nice with tomtom software.

cingular 8125 ftw!
I got a nice BT GPS for my MDA as well, but I just can't bring myself to drop another $100+ on TomTom...did you try any other software with it? Know of any other that does turn-by-turn and is cheaper?

yeah, I tried iguidance also. I like them both, but most people seem to like iguidance a bit more. i think they're about the same price.

I'm not sure about the cheaper ones out there. I know that there's one that you can use for free for like 1 month, but it's only available for the UK right now.
I think I looked at iGuidance too. I don't remember now, it's been a while. Thanks for the info though.
Originally posted by: dquan97
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Mine produces nekid pics of my gf

that's amazing! your gf shows up on my phone too! ;)
:laugh:


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