I have two. One which I pay for, on a fixed-fee monthly minutes plan, sans contract. I live my personal life with that one. The other is work's Nextel. It is for work purposes. (And the occasional jaunt with TeleNav GPS software.)
I do have a cell phone, but I hate the thing. I only have it for work emergencies and were it not for the fact that my main gig relies on me being available/on call at all times in case of such an emergency, I would not have a cell phone
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I had one phone to begin with (TMO), then came another for work (Nextel), then work decided I needed immediate data access, so another TMO for work. Now that I am in limbo with this company, I only have 2, 1 Nextel, one TMO Blackberry Pearl that serves as my personal phone and laptop data connection.
I am thinking about a move to 3 again so that I can have a line dedicated to blackberry/data and another for voice. I am in no way planning to use the nextel for voice, it is there only for iDEN DC calls!
In the beggining, I was using iDEN DC for a dispatch service for work, now with less job-wise, I am using it for communicating with friends that have boost/nextel phones. I also can use the data connection if I have no other way to connect, but that is rare. In addition, the data rate is ~2K due to the lack of WiDEN support locally.
If I lose the nextel, I will likely just go for a simple Boost plan.
I use Bluetooth to connect to my roommate's tablet, (Motion Computing L-series) but USB to connect to my own laptop. (NEC Versa LX)
I do not use any SMS directly, mainly due to cost. If I want to send any sort of SMS, I can look up the carier in question, and send through their own SMS/eMail gateway with my blackberry.
I do have a Boost phone that I have been testing with free incomming SMS/email, but I have neglected to get pay that one for lack of need.
I've never had a mobile phone, and I doubt very much that I'll ever have one.
Why? Because having a landline phone is quite enough. More than enough, in fact. I don't wish to be at the beck and call of anyone who has a sudden whim to talk at me. I use the phone for things that I can't do by letter or by e-mail, and to be contactable in emergency. Very few things in life are urgent enough to warrant a telephone call.
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I am thinking about a move to 3 again so that I can have a line dedicated to blackberry/data and another for voice. I am in no way planning to use the nextel for voice, it is there only for iDEN DC calls!
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Do you use Bluetooth to connect your laptop to the internet via your BB pearl?
Do you use any SMS?
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If I lose the nextel, I will likely just go for a simple Boost plan.
I use Bluetooth to connect to my roommate's tablet, (Motion Computing L-series) but USB to connect to my own laptop. (NEC Versa LX)
I do not use any SMS directly, mainly due to cost. If I want to send any sort of SMS, I can look up the carier in question, and send through their own SMS/eMail gateway with my blackberry.
I do have a Boost phone that I have been testing with free incomming SMS/email, but I have neglected to get pay that one for lack of need.
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Why? Because having a landline phone is quite enough. More than enough, in fact. I don't wish to be at the beck and call of anyone who has a sudden whim to talk at me. I use the phone for things that I can't do by letter or by e-mail, and to be contactable in emergency. Very few things in life are urgent enough to warrant a telephone call.
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