[i] You have just had an accident. Seven points have been temporarily removed... You have one point left on your license. Have a good day.[/i]
Hey.. Kind of like Bruce Willis's Taxi in "The Fifth Element" ??
I knew it was coming.
The nice thing about that device, is while yes, you have the YaSQTK, you also have the option of plugging in a full size standard USB keyboard, and mouse, and using it just like a laptop. And if i'm not mistaken, it's also got the video port on it, so you can plug a monitor into it and use it just like a laptop (hopefully, i'm still talking about the same device). What's your beef with Qwerty Thumb keyboards anyway? I find them very easy to use (as long as they're laid out correctly (unlike the Sony Clie, IMO).
http://www.flipstartpc.com
That's all I have to say. Once those hit the market, wow... I'll be able to leave my laptop at home, and get rid of my PDA:-D
While i'm all for what you speak of "concurancy", I also fear that once Palm goes to Threading and the such, we're going to start having issues with it, as we do with Windows. Applications are going to be fighting for rights, fighting for the "floor" and then all of a sudden, when you're trying to figure out what board room you're supposed to be in, your palm is sitting there, with a cursor, spinning, waiting for the current in use application to give up the "floor".. and by the time you figure out where you were supposed to be... you've already lost your job.
There are many companies that use two way radios to get things done, and quicker at that. I know i've used two way radios in many of my jobs (non-construction related). I don't see any difference from them handing you a two way radio to get ahold of you, except that the phone looks a little more "prefessional" in a way. No, i'm not a supervisor where I work, but I do feel that my supervisor has the right to get ahold of me whenever s/he needs to, as that is their job, to make sure i'm doing mine, etc.
The culture of the company is another story, but as I noted above, the company could just as well use two way radios for the supervisor to get ahold of you, but then you would be carrying two devices instead of one.
You could have turned the private/group speaker off so that he couldn't have done that. Heck, you could have turned the prvt and alert settings to off so no one could get you unless you called them first. But I'm supposing you didn't read your manual huh?
Actually/Technically it is. You can call anyone you want. but only 911 will actually connect. If you look at it in that prespective, then you should look at the other in the same perspective.
I think everyone is using the wrong term, including the media. They gained a SERVICE MARK (SM) not a TradeMark (TM). Service Marks are used to describe a service that a provider offers. This would make it impossible for other cellular companies to use the terms they registered. It would not make it illegal for ham radios, cb's, two way radios (truned or FRS), etc etc etc to use the term as they are not in the same "business" as a cellular provider is. It only entails to competition. And I feel that Nextel only got the registration so that they could keep the other cellular companies from using "their" terms. I hardly doubt they would go after the other people that use it as that would just raise one massive uproar and a whole heap of *blah*..
FastChat does exactly this.. But it is not anywhere as instantaneous as Direct Connect. FastChat uses an IP Network and requires the "installation" of a Java app on the phone you're using it on.. basically it is VoIP. Direct Connect is ESMR.. it is a two way radio (Nextel just added phone capabilities to it (like a ham radio with an AutoPatch).
I think it's exactly what you said...
[i]I think this is just a way to impose negative
thoughts onto Nextel so that Verizon will have a
chance of selling their phones with DirectConnect
technology.[/i]
Verizon wants to make Nextel look bad. And they're going to do whatever it takes to do it. They're a bunch of babbies in my eyes.
found a website you should take a look at adolf
http://www.mobileinfo.com/Wireless_Networks/wirele ss_wan_esmr.htm
Here we go:
""a start-up company named FleetCall aggregated the assets of several fleet dispatchers (taxi companies, construction companies and others in similar businesses) and implemented a completely new digital wireless network called Nextel. Nextel also has an equity share in Clearnet in Ontario, which has implemented a similar network in Canada. Nextel and Clearnet combined provide a coast-to-coast continental ESMR service now.""
I think someone needs to change ISP's:-)
Either that, or keep asking them questions that you already know the answers to and see what kinda of responses you get.
so I could assign an IP to the inbox on my desk? wow.. I've always wanted to refer to items in the real world as numbers.. Now I'll be able to do that, without using NAT:-)
What a way to apply the world of the *nix to the real world:-) good job there.
Depends how much they charged for it. If it was reasonable, I would continue with English, only because everyone knows it and uses it and I wouldn't have to put out the extra time to learn the new language. If there were classes to learn those other languages, and those classes were completely free, then sure, i'd learn them and probably convert sooner or later. But because there are going to be those who continue to use the "pay as you go" language, you're still going to have use it (and pay for it) just cause those few are stubborn and don't want to switch.
Switching providers isn't hard at all.. It just costs money, but I wouldn't call it hard to call up a company and say 'activate this phone' and give them all your info.:D
In any case, that wasn't the intent of my post. I was saying that you could go buy the phone, call up and have it activated. And for the most part you would know how to use the phone. If you switch OS's you have to basically learn a whole new language.
I would unstall the crap if I were able to. But, then if and when my computer crashed, once it came back online, I wouldn't be able to file a "report" about it with microsoft, cause that thing only works under IE:-( I use Mozilla for everything else, and so far it's the best thing I've used.
hehe... I like that comment. Windows is actually a fairly good OS. While everyone complains about it, it does work, most of the time. Too bad "most of the time" isn't good enough for "most people". Then again, if switching OS's on your computer were as easy as switching cell phone providers, Microsoft would have gone bankrupt a very long time ago.:-)
This may be true once you've fulfilled your contract, and even then sometimes they don't want to depending on what plan you are or have been on. Recent studies have shown that the Cellular companies do not make any profit from a customer unless that customer is signed up on a plan that makes the bill go over something like $57 (on average). Wether or not that is true I can't say, but it does make some sense.
So, are you just not paying your bill(s)? Or are you still sending them the money you owe them.. If you signed a contract, I'm sure there was something in there that states you will pay your dues even if they fail to send you a bill, cause you should know the bill exists. Then again, I had a similar problem with a gas card, they didn't send me bills, and I didn't send them money for what I owed them. Equifax agreed with me, and cancelled their collections notices that were on my credit report.. Equifax only did this because I notified Texaco that they weren't sending me bills 3 times every month, for 3 months and got no response from them. I proved my communications by cellular records, faxes sent and email time stamps. Texaco finally sent me a bill after Equifax had a nice chat with them:D (not that that had anything to do with the topic, but it had some relevance)
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[i] You have just had an accident. Seven points have been temporarily removed... You have one point left on your license. Have a good day.[/i] Hey.. Kind of like Bruce Willis's Taxi in "The Fifth Element" ?? I knew it was coming.
Wont do much good if everyone has VOIP :D Might as well just call yourself..
The nice thing about that device, is while yes, you have the YaSQTK, you also have the option of plugging in a full size standard USB keyboard, and mouse, and using it just like a laptop. And if i'm not mistaken, it's also got the video port on it, so you can plug a monitor into it and use it just like a laptop (hopefully, i'm still talking about the same device). What's your beef with Qwerty Thumb keyboards anyway? I find them very easy to use (as long as they're laid out correctly (unlike the Sony Clie, IMO).
http://www.flipstartpc.com That's all I have to say. Once those hit the market, wow... I'll be able to leave my laptop at home, and get rid of my PDA :-D
While i'm all for what you speak of "concurancy", I also fear that once Palm goes to Threading and the such, we're going to start having issues with it, as we do with Windows. Applications are going to be fighting for rights, fighting for the "floor" and then all of a sudden, when you're trying to figure out what board room you're supposed to be in, your palm is sitting there, with a cursor, spinning, waiting for the current in use application to give up the "floor".. and by the time you figure out where you were supposed to be... you've already lost your job.
There are many companies that use two way radios to get things done, and quicker at that. I know i've used two way radios in many of my jobs (non-construction related). I don't see any difference from them handing you a two way radio to get ahold of you, except that the phone looks a little more "prefessional" in a way. No, i'm not a supervisor where I work, but I do feel that my supervisor has the right to get ahold of me whenever s/he needs to, as that is their job, to make sure i'm doing mine, etc.
The culture of the company is another story, but as I noted above, the company could just as well use two way radios for the supervisor to get ahold of you, but then you would be carrying two devices instead of one.
I think that is fairly standard of SIM based phones.. at least here in the US that is.
You could have turned the private/group speaker off so that he couldn't have done that. Heck, you could have turned the prvt and alert settings to off so no one could get you unless you called them first. But I'm supposing you didn't read your manual huh?
Actually/Technically it is. You can call anyone you want. but only 911 will actually connect. If you look at it in that prespective, then you should look at the other in the same perspective.
I think everyone is using the wrong term, including the media. They gained a SERVICE MARK (SM) not a TradeMark (TM). Service Marks are used to describe a service that a provider offers. This would make it impossible for other cellular companies to use the terms they registered. It would not make it illegal for ham radios, cb's, two way radios (truned or FRS), etc etc etc to use the term as they are not in the same "business" as a cellular provider is. It only entails to competition. And I feel that Nextel only got the registration so that they could keep the other cellular companies from using "their" terms. I hardly doubt they would go after the other people that use it as that would just raise one massive uproar and a whole heap of *blah*..
FastChat does exactly this.. But it is not anywhere as instantaneous as Direct Connect. FastChat uses an IP Network and requires the "installation" of a Java app on the phone you're using it on.. basically it is VoIP. Direct Connect is ESMR.. it is a two way radio (Nextel just added phone capabilities to it (like a ham radio with an AutoPatch).
I think it's exactly what you said... [i]I think this is just a way to impose negative thoughts onto Nextel so that Verizon will have a chance of selling their phones with DirectConnect technology.[/i] Verizon wants to make Nextel look bad. And they're going to do whatever it takes to do it. They're a bunch of babbies in my eyes.
found a website you should take a look at adolf http://www.mobileinfo.com/Wireless_Networks/wirele ss_wan_esmr.htm
Here we go:
""a start-up company named FleetCall aggregated the assets of several fleet dispatchers (taxi companies, construction companies and others in similar businesses) and implemented a completely new digital wireless network called Nextel. Nextel also has an equity share in Clearnet in Ontario, which has implemented a similar network in Canada. Nextel and Clearnet combined provide a coast-to-coast continental ESMR service now.""
worst part is.. not only does it not tell time, you'll have to reset it daily and install patches on a weekly basis.. and it still won't tell time
I think someone needs to change ISP's :-)
Either that, or keep asking them questions that you already know the answers to and see what kinda of responses you get.
so I could assign an IP to the inbox on my desk? wow.. I've always wanted to refer to items in the real world as numbers.. Now I'll be able to do that, without using NAT :-)
What a way to apply the world of the *nix to the real world :-) good job there.
Depends how much they charged for it. If it was reasonable, I would continue with English, only because everyone knows it and uses it and I wouldn't have to put out the extra time to learn the new language. If there were classes to learn those other languages, and those classes were completely free, then sure, i'd learn them and probably convert sooner or later. But because there are going to be those who continue to use the "pay as you go" language, you're still going to have use it (and pay for it) just cause those few are stubborn and don't want to switch.
Switching providers isn't hard at all.. It just costs money, but I wouldn't call it hard to call up a company and say 'activate this phone' and give them all your info. :D
In any case, that wasn't the intent of my post. I was saying that you could go buy the phone, call up and have it activated. And for the most part you would know how to use the phone. If you switch OS's you have to basically learn a whole new language.
This is very true and I fully agree with you.
Yes, Mozilla and Tabbed Browsing kicks butt.
I would unstall the crap if I were able to. But, then if and when my computer crashed, once it came back online, I wouldn't be able to file a "report" about it with microsoft, cause that thing only works under IE :-( I use Mozilla for everything else, and so far it's the best thing I've used.
hehe... I like that comment. Windows is actually a fairly good OS. While everyone complains about it, it does work, most of the time. Too bad "most of the time" isn't good enough for "most people". Then again, if switching OS's on your computer were as easy as switching cell phone providers, Microsoft would have gone bankrupt a very long time ago. :-)
It's always good when they don't report you as delinquent to the credit agencies. :D
This may be true once you've fulfilled your contract, and even then sometimes they don't want to depending on what plan you are or have been on. Recent studies have shown that the Cellular companies do not make any profit from a customer unless that customer is signed up on a plan that makes the bill go over something like $57 (on average). Wether or not that is true I can't say, but it does make some sense.
So, are you just not paying your bill(s)? Or are you still sending them the money you owe them.. If you signed a contract, I'm sure there was something in there that states you will pay your dues even if they fail to send you a bill, cause you should know the bill exists. Then again, I had a similar problem with a gas card, they didn't send me bills, and I didn't send them money for what I owed them. Equifax agreed with me, and cancelled their collections notices that were on my credit report.. Equifax only did this because I notified Texaco that they weren't sending me bills 3 times every month, for 3 months and got no response from them. I proved my communications by cellular records, faxes sent and email time stamps. Texaco finally sent me a bill after Equifax had a nice chat with them :D (not that that had anything to do with the topic, but it had some relevance)