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   RichBeckman | Jan 21, 2005 05:13am | #1

   buckwheat,

   Welcome to Breaktime!!

   If you click on your name above (where it says "To: buckwheat"), you will open your profile.

   We would appreciate it if you could fill some of that in, especially where you are located!!

   Thanks!

   Sorry, I vaguely remember the article, but not enough to help you out.

   Rich Beckman

   Another day, another tool.

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   alwaysoverbudget | Jan 21, 2005 06:25am | #2

   I don't really have a paticular phone,i have always had good luck with motorola but i'm like you i just want a phone!!! when i was getting my last one the girl is showing me it will play games, take pics, has a 1000 # directory ect. i looked at her and said i have a camera, i don't know more than 50 people that i want their # and i never did figure out pac man. i asked do you have a phone that goes ring-ring just like a old phone,oh yes she says.after 10 mins she gave up not one phone had a standard ring, but they all could sing you a song! my idea to get rich is build products for old people,simple with big lettering! i love high tech larry

   hand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.

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   nick_h | Jan 21, 2005 06:50am | #3

   The Network Operator (Verizon, Cingular, etc) is arguably the first choice you should make, and then see what phones they offer.

   Some Operators have significantly better coverage than others.  It's no good to  have a mil-spec phone if there aren't towers around to get a consistent good signal!

   After several years I finally got fed up with spotty Cingular reception in Calif and switched to Verizon last year  Night & Day difference.  I would have switched even earlier but it was only last year that federal law mandated the consumer "owns" their phone # and can take it with you when you switch Operators.

   BTW, this month's Consumer Reports has reviews of both the major Network Operators and the handsets (ie, the "phone").