phones

[ausjack]

just wondering what sort of phones you have? mobile, landline only etc. I have internet and landline

[trout]

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.

[robbiegal]

here's mine

[stevo1962]

Just got the new Samsung S4 smartphone and now using it for all
of my coin photos

[ausjack]

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

[purplepennyhunter]

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!!!

[markn]

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.

[robbiegal]

I still think that my shoe phone does the trick- so  i'd have to disagree
bigger is better ha ha

[purplepennyhunter]

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.

[robbiegal]

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

[markn]

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!

[Fulvio]

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 10¢ (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.

[ausjack]

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

[Fulvio]

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.

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.

[czark]

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.