Originally Posted By DJ7K My friend just had to green light it first since it's on his plan and in order to get a good deal on the phone, he had to sign an extension agreement. Would have gotten it last Sunday, but had trouble deciding on the one I got today and the one I originally had my eye on. It's a Samsung 437, through AT&T. I also will be paying him $5 a month for the 200 text messages so I can send and receive (mostly sending) pictures. Cause I never could get into text messaging, so now I have a reason to pay him for this service Oh and this is the phone: <a href="http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phones/cell-phones.jsp?allTypes=on&feapaytype=standard&startFilter=false&feacamera=camera&mansamsung=samsung" target="_blank">http://www.wireless.att.com/ce...=samsung</a>
Originally Posted By DJ7K Ugh. I hit preview but forgot at the last second that I wanted to mention the color of it. It's the Slate one (black).
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Now DJ can start posting pics of him at DL on LP Live I was never a big text messager either, but I found that it does have its uses...
Originally Posted By DJ7K Well one of the main reasons I got it so I could send pictures to my Niece for her and so she can show my Sister, but my Niece has Verizon and said it costs her Dad 25 cents when someone sends a text or photo. So I'll have to work something out with her Dad. Other than that I have not too many people to send pics to, but more importantly whoever I plan to send pics to I need to make sure 1) if they can receive them, but more importantly 2) if they can receive them, how much does it cost on their plan. Now, my Niece did say I could send them to her email, but I'm not sure how. I'm going to call the nice young lady who sold the phone to me and ask her. Unless someone on here knows I also need a cable to connect to the computer so I can upload them. The store I bought the phone at had the Samsung ones for 30 bucks, but the girl there said I could find them cheaper online. I think I'll check Bestbuy.com first. Thanks, DVC Dad! Very true, 5BR. One of the other reasons I wanted to get it.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I must admit... The one greatest failing of the iPhone is... *drum roll* You cannot send/receive photos through text messaging. Sure you have email right there that you can use to send them. But its a BIG deal and a BIG negative that you can't use text messaging to do it. I am sure there is a good reason but I know not what it is. Hope you enjoy it!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Hey DJ, it was costing me about 10 cents every time I sent and/or received a text message, and I think 25 cents for every picture message. Interestingly enough, my main group of friends hardly text, but my other friends do, so it was building up. I signed up for an additional plan on Verizon. It's an extra $10, and I get 500 free text/picture messages a month from any company, although any messages from Verizon is free; as luck would have it, the ones who text me often DON'T have Verizon, lol. See if your niece could do something like that; in fact a lot of the ads for that come in the monthly bill. I've also been able to send text and/or pic messages to my email. When you have the message, instead of sending it to your niece's phone, you type in her email address. A good example of this would be in the LP Live section, as it tells you how to send pictures to them. Hope that helps!
Originally Posted By bloona wow DVC that seems odd it wont let you do that. I'll tell Kieran, he thinks his life would be transformed if he had one, Im sick of going into apple shops just so he could play with them! So that means another person without an i phone wouldnt be able to receive the message unless they went to e mail on their computer...mmmm....
Originally Posted By DJ7K Hye folks, Thanks for the info, 5BR. I'm a little confused on how you mentioned paying $10 extra and get 500 free text/picture messages a month from *any* company? You mean as in, no matter which company the sender is texting/picture sending from? Bloona and DVC, I think they had some iPhones at the AT&T store I got my phone at. I'll give them a call tomorrow and see if they have any info, I still have some questions about my phone to ask them I think I'll check out that in LP Live, 5BR thanks
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs DJ: Yup! I have a monthly allowance of sending/receiving 500 text and picture messages, although those going to and from Verizon users are unlimited, so I have don't have to worry about those. I've actually gone over though my limit a few times though. So I have "Unlimited IN Messaging, plus 500 additional messages" according to my account.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Well I sent two to my email address, hopefully they went through. If so, that'd be great cause that would eliminate the need for the USB cable to upload them with. And I can update my online photo album too without it.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Yeah, it's actually easier to send it through your email. I took a phone pic of my Villain shelf for LP Live..., oh and the pic of the frozen Mickey burgers were also done with my camera phone
Originally Posted By DJ7K It went through!!! Thanks again, for the info. I selected the option "Send to" as usual, but then used the pound key to adjust from numbers to alphas. Makes sense, since it automatically understands you'd be sending to another phone, not necessarily an email address.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Ah, I forgot about that...yes, hitting the pound key in the "send to" section will change from numbers to letters to symbols. There should be an option on your number pad (0 for mine) to change the letters from "abc" to "Abc" to "ABC".
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Just wait til you get the hang of it; then you can forward one text or pic message to a group of people, just like you would in normal emails
Originally Posted By DJ7K I just talked to the girl who sold me the phone - just learned of something very important. By sending pics to email addresses, even without connecting to the internet on the phone (internet browsing I mean), it costs 50 cents each time unless you are signed up on their internet plan. And I just sent quite a few to my email address. I think I'll invest in that USB cord after all
