-=> Quoting Scott Currier to George Erdner <=-
 SC> I can understand that, for most people it's the wrong type of phone. I
 SC> will  probably add a shirt pocket phone to my account this summer. I
 SC> can have up to 3 phones with the same number and plan. The first one is
 SC> an extra 17 bucks a  month. There are a lot of times when I wish I had
 SC> a shirt pocket phone but  there are quite a few times too when they
 SC> just won't cut it, I don't like  dropped calls and I don't like to
 SC> annoy the people who I'm talking to with less than a full quieting
 SC> signal. 
Even though it is probably the wrong kind of phone for most people, for
what it does it is great.  It gives you very good clarity and the ability
to get trhough when the portable phones don't.  But unles you are going to
be in your car alot, it doesn't really do you much good.  For that they have
the cradles that let you nest your portable phone into a socket that turns
it into a 3watt mobile phone.  I don't know how good those work, but I'm
pretty sure it is alot more convinient for most people to use.
 SC> If I get a shirt pocket phone, will look for an Oki, I like the feel
 SC> of them  and I've used a few before, worked pretty well. I've got a few
 SC> Motorola bricks, the old 8000s, and I've got a uniden 5500 as well as
 SC> I'm pretty sure I've got a Motorola flop phone laying around somewhere
 SC> I could use. 
 SC> Some of the new phones are really small, Sony has got a tiny one, I'd
 SC> be afraid that I'd lose the dumb thing :)
Are you talking about that one sony with the flip out microphone?  I have
never used that one before, but the one that I am using now, the CDMA CMD500
works very good, the clarity is well above motorolas standards (I've gone
through about 7 of their phones, and none of them match this ones's clarity,
not even a 3 watt bag phone).  It's not very small by any standards, and
it weighs about .63 lbs, but it has a 5 hour talk time and a 48 hour standby.
SC> Different people require different types of phones. I'm looking
 SC> forward to  Sprint coming into this market, will be interesting to see
 SC> how their CDMA  network performs. Bell Atlantic should roll out their
 SC> CDMA system soon, will be fun to try that too. Maybe we'll switch our
 SC> BA phone over to a CDMA one. 
 SC> Thanks for the reply.
 SC> BTW, just curious, how many minnutes a month do you normally put on
 SC> your phone? 
The Sprint PCS and the BA CDMA systems should all be about the same, since
they are going to have to be using the same phone since there is only one
CDMA producer of phones right now, Qualcomm.  The CDMA network supports up
to I think 64 users per channel or something, I was looking at the CDMA web
page and it has alot of info.
From reading most of your posts, I am under the impression that you work for
a telephone company, and that you have 5000 minuites to use for free.  Since
I am uncapable of working for a telephone company and my business has 
veryone
on different god damn service plans all under personal contracts, I am stuck
with all the contracts that everyone else has to use.  But last month, I used
around 2400 minutes and my bill was only like $90, including voice/fax mail,
insurance, and unlimited off peak calling.  I pay 28c a minute peak.
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