RR Conductor
RailRoadDude
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Redwood Valley, CA | Sticking it to the man
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TKJunkMail
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3 edits | said by RR Conductor  :Power to the people! Sure. DVD Jon has figured out how to get an iPhone to work without phone service. What a genius. Give him a medal.
I am sure everyone will want to go right out and buy a $600 iPhone so that they can have a cellphone without cellphone capability.
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palbri
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clubs: | From what I have been hearing, the cellphone aspect is its weakest point, unless they dump AT&T.
But, you are right. While it is cool, I would refuse to pay $600 for an IPOD , let alone one w/o cellphone capability. |
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blueeyesm
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Waterloo, ON | reply to TKJunkMail
Can you do better?
Btw - all the other features on the phone still work, making it a really nice iPod. |
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Thaler
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Encino, CA | All you'd need is somebody to make a 3rd-party VoIP app and then you'd have the "phone" aspects back again. |
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PolarBear
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| said by Thaler :All you'd need is somebody to make a 3rd-party VoIP app and then you'd have the "phone" aspects back again. Only while you're connected to wifi. This hack does not enable the cellular capabilities of the device.
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chanur
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said by TKJunkMail :said by RR Conductor :Power to the people! Sure. DVD Jon has figured out how to get an i Phone to work without phone service. What a genius. Give him a medal. I am sure everyone will want to go right out and buy a $600 iPhone so that the can have a cellphone without cellphone capability. The cell phone bit is it's weakest characteristic. Instead they have a super cool iPod/Media Player/Camera/wi-fi internet device.
Who actually "wants" AT&T? |
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RR Conductor
RailRoadDude
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Redwood Valley, CA | I have them, no problems here. |
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Thaler
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Encino, CA | reply to PolarBear
Thus why I said it would permit it to be a phone...never said it would be a cell phone. |
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dmeyer
join:2002-08-14
Austin, TX | reply to palbri
They shouldn't dump AT&T, rather, they should dump EDGE. GSM/EDGE is yesterday's TDMA. If the phone had GSM/HSDPA 3G, I would have been standing in line for one last weekend. |
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BOGBS
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Same here, I've had them for more than 5 years now, and wouldn't dream of changing. It's worked great wherever I've gone. Except at my home, but ahh well. That's what the landline is for. Or, I can just walk out my door. I've tested Verizon in the areas I've traveled, and have seen negligible difference. Of course, either phone was better in some areas than the other, but it felt balanced. This is at least in Maine. I've never had issues with my phone in NY, NJ, FL, GA, MA, NH (except Northern). I live in northern new england, so of course I'll have dead spots... |
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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI
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said by TKJunkMail :said by RR Conductor :Power to the people! Sure. DVD Jon has figured out how to get an i Phone to work without phone service. What a genius. Give him a medal. I am sure everyone will want to go right out and buy a $600 iPhone so that they can have a cellphone without cellphone capability. Wow.. I must be smart 2.. I got one of them there old smart phones (sprint's Kyrocia(sic) 6035 I think) and it still works just fine without service (the PDA portion that is).  and I figured this out just by turning it on... |
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