"Obama’s iPad/iPhone App Hits the App Store Tonight"

[Ballygrl]

I moved over from an AT&T/Cingular/AT&T Go Phone. I had the rollover minutes and had the max limit banked. I have 3 step daughters who wear out the text messaging feature of the phones we have now. If I had to pay for text I'd go broke. Thank God for unlimited plans.

I totally get unlimited plans if people text a lot or they have kids. The only thing I wish I had was a camera phone, Tracfone offers them but you can't upload them to a computer so it's a waste.

[Carl]

Starbucks Anarchist  (1000+ posts)          Thu Jun-24-10 03:08 PM
Response to Reply #14
16. I didn't realize DUers were representative of the entire population.
   Edited on Thu Jun-24-10 03:14 PM by Starbucks Anarchist
$200 may be nothing to some people and something to others, but to try to shame people about how they choose to spend their own money because other people happen to be suffering (as if suffering is a new concept) is the height of arrogance.

By your logic, you shouldn't live on more than $1 a day because billions of people in the world have that predicament.

Have you ever read any posts at the DUmp?
Envy and bitterness is the lifes blood of the place you post at.

[thundley4]

I totally get unlimited plans if people text a lot or they have kids. The only thing I wish I had was a camera phone, Tracfone offers them but you can't upload them to a computer so it's a waste.

If you get one of the Tracfones with email you can send a picture to any email account and upload it that way. It takes more "minutes" than a regular text message so I don't do it too often.

[Ballygrl]

My wife and I both have Tracfones, and probably spend maybe $200/year total.

When we upgraded our phones we got double minutes for the life of the 2 phones we upgraded to, so I just recently bought 2 200 minute card for $80 and we got 400 minutes each. Oh and since a few here have Tracfone's here's a site I go to that has codes for bonus minutes, I use the most recent promo codes listed:

http://preprepaid.com/currenttracfonebonus.php

[Ballygrl]

I have a Net10 phone which is basically the same as a Tracfone.  $100 gets you 1 year and 1000 minutes and I've yet to get through 1000 minutes in a year.  Flat rate for texting is .5 minutes per text.  I've had it since '06 and I currently have a surplus of about 2900 minutes.  Husband has an AT&T plan which thankfully runs out next month so he's dropping it as soon as the renew service date arrives -- with all taxes included it's about $52 a month (no texting) and it's totally not worth it!

Yep, they're the same company, the only thing is you can't transfer your minutes between Tracfone and Net10, I've thought about going the NET10 route because the price is better for minutes, but since I have the double minutes with Tracfone it's working out about the same.

[Ballygrl]

If you get one of the Tracfones with email you can send a picture to any email account and upload it that way. It takes more "minutes" than a regular text message so I don't do it too often.

I looked at the phones in my area and e-mail and web service isn't available .

[Ballygrl]

Just looking at Net10's site now and they have much nicer phones available than Tracfone does.

[dandi]

MineralMan  (1000+ posts)          Thu Jun-24-10 08:22 PM
Response to Original message
77. While I have no problem with people buying this phone if they   
   Edited on Thu Jun-24-10 08:23 PM by MineralMan
can afford it, I do have a problem with pushing it into the faces of those who cannot, and that group makes up a very important segment of the Democratic party.

 

Considering how the richest politicians in America are democrats, one would think that maybe some of these dolts would one day say "Hey, wait a minute, why is it this rich person is telling me that they are like me?"  Talk about voting against your own self interest...

****in' idiots.

[AllosaursRus]

If you get one of the Tracfones with email you can send a picture to any email account and upload it that way. It takes more "minutes" than a regular text message so I don't do it too often.

Most phones nowadays have bluetooth. You can buy a bluetooth usb adapter for $20 and upload them that way.

[thundley4]

Most phones nowadays have bluetooth. You can buy a bluetooth usb adapter for $20 and upload them that way.

I didn't think about that, and yes the phone is bluetooth capable.

[AllosaursRus]

I didn't think about that, and yes the phone is bluetooth capable.

My minimum fee is $60!

[thundley4]

My minimum fee is $60!

I'll have the check in the mail "within 24 business hours". 

[Mike220]

I'd love an Iphone. Don't even need a new one, I'll take a 2nd gen one. Can't afford it. But I love my En-V touch.

[PatriotGame]

IndianaGreen  (1000+ posts)          Thu Jun-24-10 09:19 PM
Response to Reply #34
95. The I-phone is manufactured in a Chinese sweatshop
   where there have been several suicides, and where workers are exposed to dangerous chemicals.

What?!
The 0bumbler and his quislings use a device manufactured in a foreign nation using slave labor, NO UNIONS, and no OSHA safety regulations as a method of disseminating their propaganda?!

Color me SHOCKED!!!

[miskie]

Sounds like saracat is subbing for Bobo the Hobo!

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that bobo has an iPhone.

[Randy]

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that bobo has an iPhone.

That's the rumor.

I saw a show years ago, I don't even remember what channel but I think it was an Alphabet net. Anywho they did a piece on how a large portion of the homeless weren't broke, just homeless. They had disability, pensions ect. They were rounding them up during the day and taking them to classes on direct deposit, how to use a debit card and bank in general. It seems they'd take their checks and cash them and then carry the cash around. The haves were getting rolled by the have nots so it was a problem. They were also hooking them up with cellphones with email capabilities so they could keep in touch with family and everyone they needed to with the bill being taken care of via the account. I've never felt it was unusual that Bobo had an iPhone. After all it's the best for their homeless situation. 

[PatriotGame]

I don't have a cell phone.


I've seen the government ads for free cell phones.


I want my free cell phone.


Somebody owes me a free cellphone.


I demand my free cell phone now.


BTW...where's my damn pony?

You got your priorities all messed up maaaaan....

Free weed comes BEFORE the pony!!

[Texacon]

I don't have
 
a

cell phone.


I've seen

the government

ads for free

cell phones.


I

want my free

cell phone.


Somebody

owes

me a free cellphone.


I

demand

my free cell phone now.


BTW...where's my damn pony?

Sorry, that was just too good to pass up.

KC

[AllosaursRus]

Sorry, that was just too good to pass up.

KC

No apologies necessary! We all know they want a free ride! If they had to get off their duff and actually work for what they want, they'd be conservatives!