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#1 User is offline   goldnucs 

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Post icon  Posted 28 October 2009 - 01:57 AM

I'd love to get in on the wireless networking telephone thing with an I-Phone or the like, but as a c5-6 quad, I'm not sure that I could operate one and if I could, how do I hold/carry it without worrying about dropping it all the time?

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Posted 28 October 2009 - 03:31 AM

i got an iphone. Got no finger function but its great.
Got a rubber thingo around it which helps with grip.

Touch screen is great but speaker is pretty shitty.
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Posted 28 October 2009 - 04:19 AM

Duct tape!
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Post icon  Posted 28 October 2009 - 10:40 AM

Duct Tape

Was told a story last night about a guy who met a bridge pillar head on.
He duct taped the handle bars to the headstock of his motorbike
Then it rained .. the tape got wet .. it stretched .. handle bars went one way .. bike the other

Moral of the story being .. dont take your duct tape out in the rain
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 04:21 AM

I have been using an iPhone for about a year and love it. I just use my thumb to tap and use two hands to do the pinch. To hold the phone I use a small zipper pouch with one of those fake carabiners to hold it on my belt loop. I say go to an applestore and play with it.
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 04:28 AM

If the iPhone doesnt win you over I'd suggest checking out Verizon. Im a huge LG fan and currently have the Dare. It, and many others, have same ability as iPhone just a different set up.
Anyways, back to Verizon.. they have a ton of touch phones to choose from.
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Posted 30 October 2009 - 04:31 AM

My girlfriend is a c5/6 and does texting and everything. She has it in a standard leather holder with a lanyard around the neck so she never has to worry about dropping it and is easy to get to.
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Posted 31 October 2009 - 09:51 PM

Thanks everybody; great stuff.

r

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Posted 31 October 2009 - 10:02 PM

View Postgoldnucs, on Oct 31 2009, 01:51 PM, said:

Thanks everybody; great stuff.

r

there was a quad on here who had a thumb loop attached to the back of his iphone because he lacked grip.

Was pretty neat.
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Posted 02 November 2009 - 09:24 PM

I agree with Ches. I also have the LG Dare. Great phone and Verizon's service (I think) is the best.
Fear is the dumbest thing that we've ever created in our minds; its just so stupid... it stands in the way of everything and it achieves nothing.
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