just wondering what sort of phones you have? mobile, landline only etc. I have internet and landline :)
Me and the Missus both have iPhones (Yes Fulvio I own an apple :) )
Ditched the landline a couple of years ago because we never used it.
Internet is a wireless router at home and I use a prepaid dongle when I am away.
here's mine
(http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a585/auntyrobbs/shoephone_zps7e277c92.jpg)
Just got the new Samsung S4 smartphone and now using it for all
of my coin photos
so I'm the only landline :laugh2: anybody else..anybody :(
so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNLhxKpfCnA and I feel like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhgE5bfcFTU and feel like I'm floating on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFh2vpGeoIk
I have a new Google Nexus 4 phone and I love it. I installed Evernote which means (even with prepaid and internet turned off) I can record things and when I get home they automagically sync with Evernote on my PC and I'll never forget anything! Not having internet is fine because anywhere I go that has free wifi I can catch up on here or facebook but the eBay app is crap. I have been living with the old yo-basic phone for years so moving to Android is very cool.
At home we have a voip phone now (thank you Mark) I can now call (landline) anyone for 18c and not worry about a $20 Telstra phonecall :dodgy: on the bill.
Mark loved his Nexus 4 so much that we have a new Nexus 7. He says he needs it to test android for work.....sure mate :mocking: Not a phone though but a tablet to read the forum whilst on the couch. Come to think of it in this house you can read the forum anywhere!!!
I have a Nexus 4 too. Actually I loved the Nexus 4 so much I bought PPH one and she's a notorious luddite with no patience for technology. But she likes her Nexus 4 so it must be a good bit of kit.
And yes, I got a Nexus 7 tablet and it is equally cool. Much easier to handle than the old iPad we have. But I think it's more of a size issue than anything. Bigger isn't always better.
Our home phone is a Siemens Gigaset C610A P IP phone. It's got a built in answering machine and can receive three calls at once (two VOIP calls and a normal landline call). It's a good piece of hardware and was very easy to setup.
I still think that my shoe phone does the trick- so i'd have to disagree
bigger is better ha ha
Quote from: 'markn' pid='24012' dateline='1375699516'can receive three calls at once
Yeah who's going to do that?
Honestly all the gadgets and programs we use there's no way to remember how everything works. It took me a few weeks to figure out even how to answer my new Nexus 4 phone, sorry to all those who rang me and I sent them to messagebank :angel: yeah just swipe the thing that way.......... But who makes a phone call on their mobile these days, umm not me yet.
with ya girl
my Samsung galaxy phone and my tablet drive me nuts
very often the hubby looks at me in complete disbelief that I am able to throw such terrible two year olds' tantrums at my age
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='24019' dateline='1375699919'there's no way to remember how everything works
You don't like the way anything technological works when you first get it :) That's why you've surprised me so much with the Nexus phone!
Quote from: 'trout' pid='24000' dateline='1375697113'Me and the Missus both have iPhones (Yes Fulvio I own an apple :) )
Meh. I refuse to have an iPhone. Completely unnecessary because...
I have a dumb Nokia that costs $60/year on Optus Prepaid and can call other optus prepaids for free (yes, its an ancient plan)
And I have an Engin VoIP phone that can call any landline for 10ยข (or free if I pay $15 instead of $10/month)
And an iPod Touch with the usual range of options... FaceTime, Skype, etc.
Plus dad has a bundled Optus landline/Foxtel package that gives unlimited local calls.
Oh, and when I killed my old voicebox, the nice guy I tracked down at Engin sent me a new Obi110, and they come with a 9-digit number that lets them call each other and/or the mobile apps without going through a VoIP provider. Now if only I could work out turning the feature on...I suspect Engin may have disabled it. :(
One day I might get with it as less and less have landlines, I get 3 hours talk time after 7pm for $2 but it has to be a landline and yes ringing mobiles cost a mint so I don't ring me mate trout :( but I ring some other members from time to time, I like to put a face and voice to whom I'm speaking with if I can :)
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='24021' dateline='1375700087'I am able to throw such terrible two year olds' tantrums at my age
What, two-and-a-half years old? LOL
Sorry, the :diablo: made me do it. ;)
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='24025' dateline='1375700568'One day I might get with it as less and less have landlines, I get 3 hours talk time after 7pm for $2 but it has to be a landline and yes ringing mobiles cost a mint so I don't ring me mate trout :( but I ring some other members from time to time, I like to put a face and voice to whom I'm speaking with if I can :)
Ewwww... just grab Skype mate. Or even Google Voice... both will call phones for cheap.
Land line here as well as the mobile.
Fulvio, look into Amaysim. Optus network $39/month unlimited* with 4GB data. No contract! Never had an issue.
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='24026' dateline='1375700622'Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='24021' dateline='1375700087'I am able to throw such terrible two year olds' tantrums at my age
What, two-and-a-half years old? LOL
Sorry, the :diablo: made me do it. ;)
you know what I mean
terrible two's tantrums .... i'm ermmmm 22 ha ha
I throw them very badly, i'm a techno sokkie la la
I had skype on once but didn't find it that good as you only get some things for free..and I have no one to talk to, I live a very poor existence sorry :( Most people I know don't have computers. I still wouldn't know how to turn one on if I didn't get hurt at work as I've never needed one :)
Quote from: 'czark' pid='24028' dateline='1375700940'Fulvio, look into Amaysim. Optus network $39/month unlimited* with 4GB data. No contract! Never had an issue.
39*12=468 ... Why would I want to pay an extra $408 than I do now? Oh, and buy an iPhone to use that included data with??????
oh my bad. I read that as $60/month. :P
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='24032' dateline='1375701366'I have no one to talk to
Everybody here has, or can have, Skype. It runs on just about everything with very few two-year-old
(or even twenty-two-year-old) tantrums necessary. And GV is built in to Google's services, including Gmail and Google+. Yes, it costs a few cents to call out onto the PSTN, but they're a damn sight cheaper than Tel$ra. :)
be impressed Fulvio
I use Skype
My daughter and I video Skype, so I can watch the grandie eat her first spoonful of food, help check out the sore eye - humm better get her to the doc or even ... watch the four-and-a-half-month old baby girl tantrum
boy that kid can holler!!
but usually the daughter and I do the important stuff- like - see my new haircut , noice , do you like this new nail polish Mum?- bit bright dear, what do you think of this dress Mum? etc etc
it's just fantastic - I love it
Let me get a bloody mobile first :mocking: Do you also need a credit card as I don't have one of those either :(
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='24042' dateline='1375702487'watch the four-and-a-half-month old baby girl tantrum
Nothing like instructional tantrum video to get the technology flowing, is there? Must be a girl thing... ;)
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='24043' dateline='1375702717'Let me get a bloody mobile first :mocking: Do you also need a credit card as I don't have one of those either :(
It runs on any computer with a mic and/or camera.
PC, Mac, iPhone, Android... maybe even a TRS-80!
(well, no, but... :) ) Here ya go mate: http://www.skype.com/en/
haha if I keep up with technology I would end up with one of those fancy iPhones and be an FB all the time, that's why I haven't got one, hell I may be tempted to marry it if I got one! I like my pre paid ancient plan just fine thankyou, it kind of works out to cost me bugger all cos I rarely use the phone, also I seen my mates last iPhone bill and that was a scary number. :shock:
Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='24045' dateline='1375703048'haha if I keep up with technology I would end up with one of those fancy iPhones and be an FB all the time, that's why I haven't got one, hell I may be tempted to marry it if I got one! I like my pre paid ancient plan just fine thankyou, it kind of works out to cost me bugger all cos I rarely use the phone, also I seen my mates last iPhone bill and that was a scary number. :shock:
Absolutely! That's why I bought the iPod instead of iPhone. It does everything
EXCEPT chew up horrendously overpriced mobile data. and if the scumbag telco robber barons ever stop ripping us off, I can always buy a mobile hotspot for that.
if anyone know a plan better than this I WANT TO KNOW!
$39.00 month 12GB and if you use that it just slows ya down.
I am looking for a new provider
oh and my current one has no contract just pay as you go
Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='24049' dateline='1375704725'if anyone know a plan better than this I WANT TO KNOW!
Do you need mobile data? Every day? I looked at options for a friend a couple of months ago... he wanted occasional use, since he has WiFi at home, and most places he goes. Optus had an interesting deal that only costs you for the days you use it, and he was going to get one of their hotspots and put the SIM in that.
What broke this deal was the different size SIMs in the hotspot and his phone. We got him to practice putting the card in an adaptor, and he nearly broke it, so that just wasn't going to work on a regular basis.
I have a cheap Telstra flip phone on a $10 plan, with 50 SMS per month included.
Also have the home line for internet and home security.
We only have landline. See AJ you're not alone. (Mobiles are crap here).
Satellite internet.
It costs me about $600 a year for the use of my iPhone.
That's less than $2 a day for something that is invaluable for my work and pleasure.
The email and Internet features are great, it takes quite a good photo as well.
I oftain have to email pics of the inside of mills back to the office and the iPhone is easy to use.
BTW I can even make phone calls as well :laugh2:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='24060' dateline='1375714676'it takes quite a good photo as well.
Can't argue with that.. I stopped hauling a camera around when I got the iPod. Oh, and it tracks my diabetes and treatment really really well.
Well I still have a landline, broadband cable internet plus my wife and I have a mobile phone each. I also have a spare mobile phone (1 is optus other is Telstra) that I use when travelling in our motor home.
:yahoo: thanks Barry, I was starting to think I was all alone :winkextra: I think there's a few more here but are too scared to say anything 'cause it's not cool..like the song..video killed the raido star, took me a few years to work that out as I was 9 when it come out but to be the bastard I am here's todays earworm hope you all enjoy :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ
Smart band to see what was happening and a smart band of today is Muse..love'em. Look up a title of one of their albums called HAARP and here's what they sing about http://www.google.com.au/?gws_rd=cr#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=aa947982644fb3e0&q=HAARP
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='24066' dateline='1375740633'I was 9 when it come out
I thought you were older than 43 AJ
Quote from: 'trout' pid='24060' dateline='1375714676'It costs me about $600 a year for the use of my iPhone.
That's less than $2 a day for something that is invaluable for my work and pleasure.
The email and Internet features are great, it takes quite a good photo as well.
I oftain have to email pics of the inside of mills back to the office and the iPhone is easy to use.
BTW I can even make phone calls as well :laugh2:
Work should pay for that Trout?!?!
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='24071' dateline='1375744674'Quote from: 'trout' pid='24060' dateline='1375714676'It costs me about $600 a year for the use of my iPhone.
That's less than $2 a day for something that is invaluable for my work and pleasure.
The email and Internet features are great, it takes quite a good photo as well.
I oftain have to email pics of the inside of mills back to the office and the iPhone is easy to use.
BTW I can even make phone calls as well :laugh2:
Work should pay for that Trout?!?!
They do :)
thanks Stevo, must be my rugged good looks or is it my boyish charm but yeah I'm still only a pup mate :) I might seem older as I was told to listen and learn and I've tried to do that most of my life and also learn from others mistakes :good:
Well it's not because I'm highly educated I can tell you that..made it to year 10 some how :) Might be because I like all sorts of music, everything from classical to heavy metal and they say the bush is 10 years behind so when you were all living in the 90's I was still in the 80's and think I still am sometimes :mocking: but thank you for the compliment :hi:
Yes I agree with PP, work should pay and for travel and fuel and away from home allowance :winkextra:
Since I got my Samsung smartphone and synced it to everything I cant believe what I was missing
before and can check all sites and post any time anywhere just like Trout does,even when I'm in the little boys room
Quote from: 'humpybong' pid='24064' dateline='1375739162'Well I still have a landline, broadband cable internet plus my wife and I have a mobile phone each. I also have a spare mobile phone (1 is optus other is Telstra) that I use when travelling in our motor home.
I am the same as humpybong.
I am getting sick and tired of listening to peoples private phone calls when travelling by public transport and seeing other drivers all over the road because they are on the mobile or texting.
Get rid of the lot of them I say.
My son got caught short when he was downloading stuff on his mobile. Ended up with a bill of $1400 something. He is still paying that one off.
Mobile phones for emergencies are ok but for general use, get off.
I hate also when a repair man comes to your house to do a repair, say the gas stove, and he spends almost an hour on his mobile phone and then charges you for service call and time spent that includes time on his mobile. Get off the grass. Turn you mobile off contractors and pay attention to what you are supposed to be doing.
:kez_15: I could never pay that off..wow. Agree GS, enough is enough. Come for a visit mate you'd like what I get upto..yell at them or say something stupid and see their reaction and if they say anything goto town on them "you want a private conversation, piss off to where there's no one around" But I suppose being 6 foot and really pissed most of the time people can see the eye's and they say a lot :) or even a good moan will piss them off when the other person asks what's goin on :winkextra:
Yes like a lot of thing they have there place and should be used accordingly..I end my rant for now :)
ok AJ
you are booked in to be at our place next time the tradies are around
cause that really gives me the shites too
they gas bag most of the time - not business and i'm looking at the clock in a panic cause I know that i'm paying for their chatter with the missus about what is on for dinner tonight and whose doing it etc
Ya know it's bloody everywhere, no such thing as service any more and I hate it. When I did sales you didn't talk on the phone and ignore people that were going to put money in the till, you didn't talk to people and have people waiting for christ knows how long..or until they walk out. You acknowledged the person and told them you'd be with them as soon as you can, you'd excuse your self for a phone call etc etc..I'm gonna Mt fuji soon :@ and where is management during all this :dodgy: But the worst and strangest thing is that no one seems to care :(
If it sound like they're on the phone to a woman RG just yellout "are you coming back to bed sweetheart" :winkextra: bit too cold for me down your way at the moment sorry, maybe in summer or after I get a bit more done around here I'd like to go on a few little trips but we'll have to see :)
Its like any other tool.. they have their uses... and misuses. And they get used as toys.
There is an enormous value in mobile communications. And mobile data. I've lived with it in one form or another since my first CB radio in 1976, then analogue (remember the brick phones?), dumb digitals, smart GSM, WiFi, and they're not done yet, not by a longshot.
This technology can literally be a lifesaver. We had an incident one night on our IRC channel, where someone was online in a remote area (pre-mobile data, I think the guy was in his home, but immobilised) and wrote that he was having a medical emergency (can't recall if it was a heart attack or whatever). A girl in the US called 911, they relayed it to the state cops here (I think it may have been Qld, but can't be sure), who got out there and saved the guy's life.
It can also be a tremendous time, money or effort saver. Not sure where you're going? Bring up a map and directions. Get warnings of speed traps. Let people know you're running late. Etc etc etc.
But yes, it can be misused. Annoying conversations on crowded trams or lifts. Stupid, loud ringtones at the cinema. People who facebook while you're talking to them. and on and on...
But its not all going to go away. So we have to learn to live with it, one way or another. And make sure the benefits far outweigh the costs. And that comes down to being smart about what tools you choose, and how you use them.
I just seen a thing where we even have a new word "phubbing" so who here phubbs :(
It can also be a tremendous time, money or effort saver.
yes and it can and it can also be the complete opposite :)
yeah it can be a life saver..or it could also be your death :(
well
don't get one then
I hardly use my mobile and it even has internet
$20 month for some ridiculous amount of calls and data but I probably only use about $6 worth a month
but the purchase credit plans were an even bigger waste of money for me , I never used the credit before the time ran out , so I stopped getting those phones
I never use my credit but Mark does so I just transfer it to him. We are on an ancient prepaid 1c text plan and I never make calls. So I recharge $30 and I get to send Mark 3,000 texts!
all good RG as I think I can live without all these things that cost a fortune that you hardly use and are out of date in 5 mins..two to two and a half months at $20 a month and I have another wedding set. You can give me a call anytime to use some of your credit..just have to watch Mr RG as he might think we have something going on with me being so drop dead gorgeous :mocking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWJWjHCJ-eM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_qI9fu8sZQ
ha ha mate
you are a rascal
i hardly ever call anyone - my interstate family whinge about that, but i just press the ignore button
i think because my work is all about communication, well when i get home, i'm happy to sit here and silently chatter!!
Don't know what your talking about..me..rascal :blush2: