What the **** is up with cell phones?

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Originally Posted by Byte Stryke

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[LOL]

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Lol

Should also put the standard disclaimer. *I am not responsible if you turn your phone into a paper weight*

As it sits I am currently running cyanogenmod 7 and love it. This week anyways. Pulled a quadrant score of 2500 when I first installed it.

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Originally Posted by jscwerve

As it sits I am currently running cyanogenmod 7 and love it. This week anyways. Pulled a quadrant score of 2500 when I first installed it.

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More geekspeak...what's worse is that it actually makes sense to me...

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Originally Posted by alan0269

Nope, a DroidX. I'm looking forward to spending another couple hundred and renewing my contract for another two years when I have to replace it, and I'm really starting to miss the days of a cell phone being a phone and nothing else.

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I've got a Droid X now and I'm just waiting for it to start pulling that crap. I'm going to have to think long and hard about staying with a smartphone or getting a feature phone for the decreased complication and cost.

I do love my phone though.

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Originally Posted by alan0269

It's almost like there is some kind of "upgrade" for the phones that you automatically get when you're closing in on an upgrade date that makes your phone act up so you want to spend money on a new one. [Rant1]

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Its called Planned Obsolescence.

I used to work with a guy that was a CAD designer. Many years ago he worked for a company that manufactured railroad train cars. One of his major projects was to do computer design studies and testing on the design of their heavy flatbed cars so design them to where they would fall apart at a specific mileage. The warranty ended 500 miles before this specific mileage point.

Thing is their customers knew the train cars were designed this way (they didn't care because it got the cost down ... and I guess in the railroad industry its all about $X per mile for Y miles and they scrap the cars at Y miles regardless of condition anyway ... probably due to government safety rules).

I expect this happens in a lot more industries.

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Originally Posted by Zundfolge

Its called Planned Obsolescence.

One of his major projects was to do computer design studies and testing on the design of their heavy flatbed cars so design them to where they would fall apart at a specific mileage. The warranty ended 500 miles before this specific mileage point.

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I retired from a major RR after 34 years of service. Although I had NEVER heard of that being done, I wouldn't doubt it too much - especially if it kept the cost of the new equipment way down.
Of course there is still a major safety issue involved if that really did occur. IMHO

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Originally Posted by jscwerve

Lol

Should also put the standard disclaimer. *I am not responsible if you turn your phone into a paper weight*

As it sits I am currently running (Neato operating systems) and love it. This week anyways. Pulled a (Really good software speed score) when I first installed it.

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Originally Posted by TFOGGER

More geekspeak...what's worse is that it actually makes sense to me...

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and yes it does bear worth repeating:
I Do not know of any manufacturer that will not void your warranty if you alter the phone outside of their "acceptable use."

acceptable use is normally acceptable applications and software or firmware patches.

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Originally Posted by theGinsue

Who is your service provider?

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Verizon

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Originally Posted by Byte Stryke

translations and links provided for those that aren't supergeeks


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Thanks Byte!!! Unfortunately, the geek talk actually made sense to me before the translation - maybe I need to invest in a pocket protector to keep my phone in and some black glasse with tape on the bridge. [ROFL2]

http://www.enginerdiness.com/wp-cont...0-03-18_03.jpg

I'm not really sure about the bow tie though!

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Originally Posted by alan0269

Verizon



Thanks Byte!!! Unfortunately, the geek talk actually made sense to me before the translation - maybe I need to invest in a pocket protector to keep my phone in and some black glasses with tape on the bridge. [ROFL2]

http://www.enginerdiness.com/wp-cont...0-03-18_03.jpg

I'm not really sure about the bow tie though!

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I have a 3 or 4 year old RAZR, it works just fine thank you very much. I don't need all that crap they hang on a crackberry or droid or whatever is the current electronic flavor of the month.

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Originally Posted by roberth

I have a 3 or 4 year old RAZR, it works just fine thank you very much. I don't need all that crap they hang on a crackberry or droid or whatever is the current electronic flavor of the month.

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Yep,
My RAZR is so old that I need to charge it everyday if I make more than 2-3 calls on it.
Simplicity rules.