2011/9/19-10/18 [Consumer/CellPhone] UID:54176 Activity:nil | 9/19 Why are most latest smartphones called "<model> by <manuf>" rather than
"<manuf> <model>" like in the older models? E.g. "Droid X2 by
Motorola", "ThunderBolt by HTC" and "Revolution by LG", vs. "Motorola
Citrus", "HTC Trophy", "LG Cosmos Touch". Is is just a matter of
being fashionable?
\_ I have an iPhone 4
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2011/4/22-7/13 [Consumer/CellPhone, Health/Disease/AIDS] UID:54093 Activity:nil | 4/22 Costco is selling "Bluetooth Capable Premium Digital Hearing Aids" for
$1999.99 a pair. My Bluetooth cell phone headset is maybe $30 for one
ear. Why does hearing aid cost so much?
\_ Medical insurance?
\_ Does $2000-your medical deductible = $30?
\_ How come insurance companies allow such rip-offs?
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2009/6/3-5 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/Networking] UID:53075 Activity:moderate | 6/3 Any phone geeks on here? I want to get a new smartphone, preferably
with wifi, touchscreen, and 3.5mm headphone jack. I don't plan to pay
the monthly $$ for a data plan though, since wifi is good enough for
me. That rules out the iPhone due to AT&T's policies.
Maybe I should get some sort of Nokia N-series.
\_ Wait one week and get a pre?
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2007/10/26 [Consumer/CellPhone] UID:48457 Activity:nil | 10/26 I'd like to buy a Nokia 6301 (only available in europe), to use with
my T-Mobile HotSpot@home. It uses GSM (and WiFi). Will it work with
the US GSM frequencies, and is there a way I order one from europe?
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2007/6/29-30 [Consumer/CellPhone] UID:47119 Activity:nil | 6/29 For every single iPhone sold, Nokia/Motorola/LG/whoever
will sell 1000 or so phones. Why aren't they worth a gajillion
dollars?
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2006/9/21-25 [Consumer/CellPhone] UID:44489 Activity:kinda low | 9/21 Why is caller-id so expensive? $6.17 per month? Don't we have a
right to know who's calling us? It's like your ISP strips out
the From field of your email, and charge you half of your ISP
fee for that info. This is ridiculous. In the age where we
want to offer free wireless internet access to everyone
because it is 'essential', shouldn't phone service be free? Or
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2006/8/15-17 [Consumer/CellPhone] UID:44011 Activity:nil | 8/15 Other than Nokia 8801 (a bit pricey at $650) are there any other
cell phone *currently* on the market with a steel shell? My old
Motorola is steel and I don't want to replace it with plastic
crap. I need a GSM phone. Thanks!
\_ No. -luddite
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