[BenignDesign]

Dad went to the ER with chest pains yesterday. Between mom and my siblings, my phone has been ringing off the hook ever since. THIS is the reason I own a cell phone in the first place.

For those concerned: Dad is doing okay. I talked to mom about ten minutes ago, they are most likely sending him home today, but they are waiting on the cardiologist for the final determination.

[WolfCoder]

I remember someone who was twittering their own operation for the parts they were awake for.

[NeoTifa]

Hell nah, I would never! I'm probably going to have another surgery soon, and my bitch ass is gonna be put out!

[kowwok]

I'm a very mobile person, so I tend to put my iphone to good use. Plus, I text/email quite a bit, so I'm glad I have something that makes that easier.

[supersloth]

one day 'smart phones' will just be 'phones', and then you guys won't be so smug anymore.

YOU WILL RUE THE DAY YOU WERE SO SMUG. (as you tweet)

[WolfCoder]

But we can still complain about just "phones" then.

[supersloth]

no, you'll complain about whatever device or upgrade everyone else is using that you don't have.

[WolfCoder]

Pretty much, actually.

[NeoTifa]

Upgrayedd

[rms7936]

I got rid of my phone beacuase it was too much of a hassle.

[kowwok]

Actually, I do have a legitimate problem with my current phone.

Something in the iphones programming prevents it from displaying pictures higher than 10,000. That seems like a lot of pictures, but I've had my phone for a couple of years so it adds up.

It's important to note that it's not even only if you have 10,000 pictures on your phone. Everytime a picture gets saved, it's assigned a number. I have +-200 pictures currently saved, but due to the fact that over the course of 2 years I've had a higher total than 10,000, I can no longer see any new pictures.

There are solutions to it, I'm not arguing with that, but it's a pretty annoying flaw.

[stauffski]

Hello Troll, nice to meet you. I was wondering when you were going to come out from under the bridge and snack on the fresh meat!
Well, commence internet blog battle.

TriggaMike said:

stauffski said:

Phones that think the phone numbers (576) 439-8721 and 1 (576) 439-8721 are different... Come on! Really!?

Yes in fact that 1 is known as the country code. For example, how would you call China if there was no country code? The place has 10 digit phone numbers, with area codes.

Have you ever dialed a United States number without a country code (1)? Did it get you to the same place as it would have if you had included The 1 (Assuming you are in the United States)? Yes, it should have.

15764398721 != 5764398721

But

new PhoneNumber(0, 1, 576, 4398721).equals(new PhoneNumber(null, null, 576, 4398721)) == true

TriggaMike said:

stauffski said:

Phones that don't have a clue about VOX!

So, your phone company doesn't support the use of a prepaid calling card? Or the software can't handle it?

VOX = Voice Operated Switch
http://en.wikipedia....operated_switch

TriggaMike said:

stauffski said:

Phones that fail to use the SD card for storing texts.

Alright? Don't see why this is a big deal.

no2pencil said:

The ability to archive my sexting is extremely importing when choosing a cell phone.

Enough said.

TriggaMike said:

stauffski said:

Phones are good enough to show you a battery meter but can't for the life of them tell you the % left. And especially the iPhone 3G. How the hell did they miss that?

They didn't. You can choose between the bar and percentage. Check the setting next time.

They did. iPhone 3Gs includes a setting for battery level percentage. iPhone 3G does not. Check your operating system next time.

TriggaMike said:

stauffski said:

This one is a direct attack on the iPhone 3G. No videos??? Really? I can't record video!?!?!? My phone from 1998 can do that!

I really can't tell you why not. I know if you're really that distraught about it there is an app you can get for $0.99 that allows you to shoot video. It even does it better than the other software does.

Side note: 1998 is a bit early to have any kind of camera on any phone, let alone a video camera. Try again.

Doesn't change the fact that it is pathetic.

TriggaMike said:

stauffski said:

And what the hell T9! Why can't your library include usage rates so the useful words come are first in the prediction... No! For the last time! It's not "foot"! It's "don't"!

Newer versions of T9 do

Doesn't change the fact that at one point in time the code was lame enough not to. ie: Samsung SGH-a737.

TriggaMike said:

stauffski said:

Also Mr. T9. Why can't you have a back button? I hate scrolling through your list of words a million times until I finally foot pass the one I want. God Dammit! *backspace backspace backspace* until I finally *don't pass the one I want.

Huh? You have a strange phone then. Get a qwerty phone, they're hip with all the youngsters these days.

At the time of this post I did, and still do, have a full QWERTY phone.

[WolfCoder]

stauffski, on 18 March 2010 - 12:38 AM, said:

Hello Troll, nice to meet you. I was wondering when you were going to come out from under the bridge and snack on the fresh meat!
Well, commence internet blog battle.
...

Who is the troll, the "troll under the bridge" or the one that calls it a troll?

This post has been edited by WolfCoder: 18 March 2010 - 11:28 AM

[stauffski]

WolfCoder, on 18 March 2010 - 10:27 AM, said:

Who is the troll, the "troll under the bridge" or the one that calls it a troll?

Touché. Neither actually. I kinda like what I've seen from TriggaMike and I look forward to seeing his response. If I could I would undo the negative reputation I clicked initially when I read the response.