Foo - There is a new phone called the Rant®

http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/samsung/rant.html


Discuss.

I've decided to give up my cell phone. It's just not worth it.

Other way around here. I haven't had a land line since the mid nineties.

I'd rather not have a phone at all.

I've done that too, and yeah it is blissful, but my friends and family started to make good on their violent threats if I didn't get a phone.

i gave up my cell phone also . its not a money thing . i just want to be able to eat dinner with my gf without being interupted 500 times

Hold the red button down for three seconds.

no land line here. My iphone can be used for rants as well.

And all I want in a phone is a really good phone with a phonebook. Hard to find these days, they're all piled on with a lot of extra crap.

All the features of the Rant are things that my 8525 has been able to do for 3 years.

am I the only one who sees a world where they can sell a product called the "Rant" as sort of ... wrong?

Haven't had a phone (land or cell) in months. I tell my mom that if she needs to contact me, send me an e-mail. Don't have a computer? Sorry.

My Blackberry is perfect. I don't get that many calls, but I get tons of emails. Hence, super efficient.

Haven't had a phone (land or cell) in months. I tell my mom that if she needs to contact me, send me an e-mail. Don't have a computer? Sorry.

So what happens if you have an emergency situation?

So what happens if you have an emergency situation?

Such as what?

On college campus -- hospital clinic on-site, a real hospital a few blocks away, computers in every building, security guards everywhere.

If I'm on a ride, well, no one can come pick me up anyhow, and making them worry won't help either of us. I have gotten lost about 60 miles away from home before and safely found my way back by asking clerks in a shop.

Aside from there, I'm usually home or in a place where a situation is pretty unlikely.

To each his own. I know that in my previous experiences, there were situations where my phone got me out of really bad situations, like not being homeless for a night or having to walk 15 miles.

To each his own. I know that in my previous experiences, there were situations where my phone got me out of really bad situations, like not being homeless for a night or having to walk 15 miles.

Indeed, agreed. However outside from the cops/EMS/fire I don't really have anyone to rely on, anyway, making a phone useless.

Im not a techie but will be separated from my Wife for a few months while I
find work/apt/etc in another state and then she'll join me when her contract is up.
I need a mulletphone.....all business up front like a Blackberry, but party in the
back like an Instinct or G1. The choices are baffling !! :cry:
Right now it looks like a Sprint plan with a behold fone......any suggestions ? :(

I need a mulletphone.....all business up front like a Blackberry, but party in the
back like an Instinct or G1. The choices are baffling !! :cry:
Right now it looks like a Sprint plan with a behold fone......any suggestions ? :(

I'm a huge fan of my HTC 8525 through Cingular. I don't think they have it anymore, but it was replaced by the Tilt, which does all the same stuff but the screen can tilt 45 degrees when the keyboard is slid open.

It's business up front:
- WinMobile OS
- MS Office Mobile (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- pdf viewer
- WiFi
- Live Search
- OggSync (synchronize your Outlook and Google calendars)

And party in the back (via plenty of 3rd party freeware):
- Media Player
- Skype
- All manners of IM clients
- Ton o' games
- BT GPS with Pocket Streets turns it into a keen navigation system

I'm a huge fan of my HTC 8525 through Cingular.
- BT GPS with Pocket Streets turns it into a keen navigation system

:beer: GPS very important to hit the ground running in a new city !!!

Thank you very much for this most thorough review, Clifton !!!!! :D
Awesome !

Haven't had a phone (land or cell) in months. I tell my mom that if she needs to contact me, send me an e-mail. Don't have a computer? Sorry.There's always regular mail, too. :)

There's always regular mail, too. :)

:) True. But really, I prefer to be left *alone*.

Meh. Phones are overrated.

Can we make this an anti-phone thread? I'll bite.

other way around here. I haven't had a land line since the mid nineties.

+1

I just got a Samsung Eternity last week, and bought the Navigation package.. Wow, is that ever worth it.. now, when I want to go for a ride, I just park somewhere, "plant a flag," so to speak, and just ride in a random direction for as long as I want to. When I'm ready to go home, I just tell the GPS to take me back to my flag and it announces turn-by-turn directions in my earphones.

THAT is cool..

That is definitely cool.

I'm impressed with the iPhone-clones Samsung has put out. I was able to use one for a minute, and it's really well done.