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legalmoose ([personal profile] legalmoose) wrote2007-08-13 03:52 pm
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One of us, one of us

Furthering my absorbtion into the collective, I now am operating on an iPhone. The service hasn't completely ported over; texts are making it, but incoming calls are still headed over to the old phone. I'm a bit sad at losing Metro tunnel service, but I'm looking forward to the slightly lower bill. Amazingly I get full bars in my apartment, something that never happened with the former carrier. And the keyboard, while occasionally odd, is working okay.

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[identity profile] fredo-joaquin.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"losing Metro tunnel service"

So only one carrier's repeaters are allowed in the Metro tunnels? Seriously? How odd.

monomaniacal metro

[identity profile] grok.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Verizon absorbed the company that placed the original repeater system, and has kept restricted access - occasionally, analog signals from other carriers will work - but it is rare.

It's not like verizon phones work that great down there anyway.

And is there anything worse than someone sitting behind you
yelling into their phone?

Re: monomaniacal metro

[identity profile] fredo-joaquin.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
There is reasonably good tunnel access in SF, and I believe it is across providers.

"And is there anything worse than someone sitting behind you
yelling into their phone?"

Agreed. However, that access is handy for text messaging.

[identity profile] grok.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
iphonewidgets.com

static.popcap.com/iphone

iphone.macworld.com

wapedia.mobi/en/

apple.accuweather.com/widget/


Also, google has a mobile gateway setting that you can use to surf a 'scrubbed' set of web pages.

enjoy
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doh!

[identity profile] grok.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
ihponewidgetlist.com

that's better, i think

[identity profile] eyow.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I kinda figured that's what you'd gotten. [[[jealous]]]

Hey, now we have the same service provider. That and a dime will get you a text message. ;)

[identity profile] quillon.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember getting cell service on the metro in DC when I visited there a couple of years ago and it was a selling point. But up here, V just really doesn't cover that well outside of the urban areas.

I went with A and have had a similar experience as you.

Welcome

[identity profile] matthewshiner.livejournal.com 2007-08-13 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Welcome to the cult of the iPhone.