captpackrat: (Ratmobile)
2006-03-20 01:28 pm
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(no subject)

Got the Bluetooth car kit for my RAZR installed today. No more cradles or cables like phones in the past, this one I just start the engine and the kit automatically connects to the phone no matter where it is in the car. No more having to remember to plug my phone in when I get in the car, then unplug it when I get where ever I was going, I just leave the phone on my belt, and it connects wirelessly.

An installed hands-free kit is a lot more expensive than a headset or just holding the phone to your ear, but it's also a lot safer. No ear piece to fumble with, no batteries to worry about charging and you keep both hands on the steering wheel the whole time. I can even dial the phone handsfree, just touch a button on the dash, then say "Call home" or "Call 5-5-5-1-2-3-4"

Car kits I've had previously were specific to that model of phone, when I had to replace the phone, I had to replace the car kit, at considerable expense. This version doesn't use wires, it uses the Bluetooth wireless standard, so it will work with pretty much any phone. The only down side is it doesn't charge the phone like the cradle-type chargers did.

I still need to take my car to the shop that installed the stereo to see if they will connect it to the mute wire, then the stereo will automatically turn off the sound when I receive or place a call.
captpackrat: (Homer AAAAAAH!)
2006-03-16 02:39 pm
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That's not a phone book, that's your bill.

The company VP wants me to make a chart of the company cell phone usage. I just borrowed a copy of the most recent bill. 537 pages! @_@
captpackrat: (Scuzz the Rat)
2006-03-16 10:47 am
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The Ratphone!

http://pics.livejournal.com/captpackrat/pic/00017sag

(Kinda not worksafe, but the nekkid bunny is kinda blurry.)
captpackrat: (Ratphone)
2006-03-15 08:03 pm
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Please deposit 6 million dollars for the first 3 minutes.

Today was my first full day with the RAZR. It's a nice phone and all, but it's got a few flaws.

The biggest one is the power draw, the battery was almost totally drained by the time I got home from work. I haven't seen a cellphone use that much power since my original model StarTac some 8 years ago.

I also found that there while you could hack the older RAZR firmware to enable Bluetooth, Verizon apparently completely removed it from the latest version. If I want to use Bluetooth with this phone, I either have to downgrade it to the old firmware or install the (mostly) compatible firmware from Altel.

I figured out how to send wallpapers to the phone, so now my phone has bunny pr0n, but I haven't figured out how to send myself ring tones. The stock ring tones are just DREADFUL, so I ended up paying Verizon for a new one. Now when my phone rings, it plays "We are the knights who say... NI!"

Unfortunately, most of the office staff at work have RAZRs from Verizon as well, so this phone really isn't all that special there.
captpackrat: (Cheer)
2006-03-14 02:54 pm
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RAZR thin

Woohoo! I just got a new Motorola RAZR V3c phone for nothing more than the cost of the sales tax, thanks to the sales rep who recently sold service to the company I work for. I guess a free phone is worth it to an account with 50 or so lines. :)

I still need to buy a few accessories, such as a belt holster and a hands-free car kit (that's going to be the expensive part), and I need to figure out how to h4x0r the Blootoof OBEX profile which Verizon cripples to force you to pay extra for wallpapers, ringtones and picture/video messages.