I finally got my new car phone! - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Knightrider966 · #1 07-04-2007, 07:59 PM

Well, I did it! I got myself a brand new Motorola GSM car phone! It will also go into a bag phone option when necessary. It has voice activated dialing, broadband internet access for my laptop and 2 watts of power output to hang onto those fringe signal areas. No Camera or downloadable ring tone option, it's pure business but I do have a 65 to 90 mile range with it. Couldn't be happier!

byrdandcompany · #2 07-04-2007, 08:00 PM

mr. big pipping now... I will have to try to get one of those.

Knightrider966 · #3 07-04-2007, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by byrdandcompany

mr. big pipping now... I will have to try to get one of those.

Well, if you spend as much time on the road as I do and have to talk a lot, then yes I would recommend it. I work for 2 different companies and also I'm self employed and have my own business and that's why I spend about 20 hours a month on my car phone. I can unplug it from the car and take it with me in a bag with a battery and go mobile, which i often do, but I do miss my little Motorola V188 I could just drop into my pocket! The last time I went to Las Vegas, I attended a trade shoe for electronics after delivering the show displays for several different companies in my semi. I got onfo from everyone of them and opened a corporation here to wholesale and retail electronics products for home and home office, small busines and in vehicle for truck drivers and those on the road a lot. I'm a distributor for Motorola now as well as others and I got this phone as a bonus! There not on the market yet and I'm one of the few places to get one. I decided to try it out since Arizona is looking to make hands free cell phone us law possibly by the end of the year. Most people do not want to carry around a bag phone when one will drop into their purse or pocket, but if you need a phone like this with DSL speed broadband access, it's worth it!

Hatterasguy · #4 07-04-2007, 08:18 PM

Wow I thought the bag phones died off in the 80's.

I think I'll stick with my Razr until the Iphone gets sorted out. Other than range which would be nice, what does that phone offer over say an Iphone?

Knightrider966 · #5 07-04-2007, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Wow I thought the bag phones died off in the 80's.

I think I'll stick with my Razr until the Iphone gets sorted out. Other than range which would be nice, what does that phone offer over say an Iphone?

Voice activated dialing for one! You can "train" it to recognise your voice and just tell it the number you want dialed while driving! It's one of the few that has this option that works really well. I put it through it's paces while driving my truck 600 miles the first day I had it and had to make about 21 calls in a row all the way from Parker Arizona, through Lake Havasu City, Fort Mohave, Mohave Valley, Bullhead city, Boulder City, Nevada, Back to Kingman Arizona, Wickenburg, Suncity, Surprise and back to Phoenix! I was really suprised how it did so well! With my laptop connected, I get onto the internet at 1.5Mb down load speeds, that's current ADSL! The high power antenna system with a full 3 watt output when the amplifier is on makes the usable range about 90 miles more than an Iphone. It will get all the service that an Iphone will, but not unless you connect your laptop, then it will run circles around an Iphone! Like I said, business people will love it. But Not many like me need 26.5 hours of talk time each month!

If more and more states enact laws about hands free phone use on the road, it will be a hefty fine for holding a phone while driving.

For me, I need to be in total contact on my routes, sometimes with a laptop, just to keep my schedule intact and customers well supplied and happy!

byrdandcompany · #6 07-04-2007, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Knightrider966

But Not many like me need 26.5 hours of talk time each month!

Like you I am self-employed as well. I go through 3000 minutes a month on my cell phone. My battery dies so many times a day it ain't even funny.

grindMARC · #7 07-05-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Knightrider966

Voice activated dialing for one! You can "train" it to recognise your voice and just tell it the number you want dialed while driving! It's one of the few that has this option that works really well.

Most new phones do this alot better -- zero "training" involved. Just hit the button for voice activated commands and start talking. The RAZR was the first phone I had with this feature. My new SLVR took that feature up another notch entirely. My "cannot live without" feature of both the RAZR and the SLVR is their ability to sync with my date and address books in Lotus Notes. And the SLVR has a super slick MP3 player built into it. I can listen to music while mowing the lawn and it auto-pauses the song while I take a call and then resumes playing. (I use a non-motorized "reel" mower)

KylePavao · #8 07-06-2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Wow I thought the bag phones died off in the 80's.

I think I'll stick with my Razr until the Iphone gets sorted out. Other than range which would be nice, what does that phone offer over say an Iphone?

Any of the other "super" phones from Sprint do the same thing, on a faster network. TREO's as well as a cornucopia of all those other phones do the same thing, but cost 1/6th the price. They also have ACTUAL GPS capability, while the Iphone simply uses maps from online. You also MUST by a data package for it, even if you are only using it for talking, playing music, and looking like a cool guy. The TREO my boss has cost him 114 dollars after all the rebates; I can equip my entire family with TREO's that have more capabilities, and still save 100 bucks. 600 bucks? Well the screen automatically pivots when it turns sideways. Guess its worth it. Also read since the keys are on the touch screen, and there is no actual "keyboard, you cannot simultaenously tap two keys, but must go slowly. I also can't imagine when that screen gets all greasy.

Rant done. Sorry Hatty...I think it's just my hatred for everything apple.

Hatterasguy · #9 07-06-2007, 06:30 PM

I know a lot of people with Treo's, they are ok.

I'll buy an Iphone a year or so from now when I can get it for damn near free with a new contract. If it cost more then $100 out of pocket I won't buy it.

Spending good money on a phone is a waste since most get lost or destroyed pretty fast.