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Old July 30th, 2008, 04:31 PM   #5721
 
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images/smilies/biggrin.gif Changed my mind again.. bye-bye Johanna, meet Akiko:

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Old July 30th, 2008, 04:41 PM   #5722
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images/smilies/biggrin.gif Changed my mind again.. bye-bye Johanna, meet Akiko:

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How'd you get 3 phones within a week and at least one of em for free?
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Old July 30th, 2008, 06:11 PM   #5723
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^ I get what you're saying. I used to have an iMate PDA phone and then I realized I never used anything other than the phone basically. So I sold it and bought a RAZR, then a pretty slim Samsung.

I prefer having a small phone over a big convergence thingy. But yeah, it's nice trying out the new toys sometimes. images/smilies/tongue.gif

The new iPhone at $199 is unbeatable with all its faults, but I've never had a contract. Don't like them...
Got the viewty for less. images/smilies/tongue.gif
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22 inch Hannspree from bestbuy for 200 bucks, hooked it up with a dvi to hdmi cable. Porn The internet and movies look great on it.

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Is Hannspree the new name for Hanns-G?
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Uhm.. bought the E51 on saturday at a local it-store, decided to ditch it again on sunday, made the retour stuff online on monday, then ordered the W350 via amazon which arrived yesterday. Yesterday I also signed a contract (more or less for fun respectively without really thinking I'd get it) with virtually zero monthly fees plus the W890i which surprisingly arrived today.
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yeah same company
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Have been using my Samsung Omnia for about a week now. I made a mini review here last week and I'm more impressed with it now. Finally gotten around to taking some crappy pictures, so here they are.


Ooooh... shinnnyyy....
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The Menu.
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note, it's the ipod touch, not the iphone.
I learned my lesson with the lg chocolate that fancy phones are really crap phones
besides 16 gigs is alot more than 3
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http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/3088/

Here's one advantage of the iPhone... though with your Beetle it's not going to display any amazing numbers images/smilies/tongue.gif And are you in a tent in that picture, or is it just an optical illusion?

EDIT: I stand very corrected, that application is apparently iPod Touch compatible. You should try it out and post your numbers.

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3G means "Third Generation", not 3 gigs. images/smilies/tongue.gif

You're better off without the 2-year contract anyway. images/smilies/smile.gif
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Labcoatguy: that's a paid app.
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Still a nifty little program, though. Or am I missing something?

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Anybody has that Dynolicious app? I want it, but can't find it Pirate style...
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EDIT: I stand very corrected, that application is apparently iPod Touch compatible. You should try it out and post your numbers.
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http://www.buyradardetectors.com/Products/images/escort/escort-9500i-front.jpg

got one of these yesterday. I've quite a drive this weekend coming up so this will come in handy for the loooooong stretches of turnpike and interstate. it's got the built-in GPS which can sense speed to auto-adjust the sensitivity, will auto-adjust the volume, can lock out false signals because it'll store the location and frequency of that particular signal you tell it to, can store speedtrap and camera locations you mark... verah nice.
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I got it but I'm on vacation so I haven't had a chance to see how good it is in real use.

It's only $10, if it works, it's well worth it give them their money instead of pirating. You know how much a G-Tech meter costs, right?
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