Supafly
Premium
join:2000-07-15
Elk Grove, CA
| I thought it was just me....
Yeah, I heard the rave about 3G before it was deployed (as did everyone else). So when it came time for me to get a new phone I sprang for a LG5350 and Vision service ($200+).
Excited as I was, I got home and tried all the different features out, and I was disappointed.
To get on the internet, I had to load my web browser on the phone and login to Sprint Vision service, this took around 45 seconds to a full minutes, THEN I had to specify which website I wanted to go to and click Go, that took almost 30 seconds.
To send SMS i had to open the browser, connect to the internet on my phone, load a web page, then send it. That was actually worse then my old phone, which took around 5 seconds to send it through the CDMA service instead of the 3G.
Looks like we're going backwards in technology, what needs to happen:
Phones should be unlocked, not tied into a specific service. Meaning I could buy a phone from Samsung/LG/Nokia directly and be able to connect it to my Verizon/Sprint/T-Mobile service. This should be AUTOMATIC, not something only hackers and the like can do.
Phones need to run a standard OS, I hate having each phone run some kind proprietary OS that doesn't support on thing or another. Either Microsoft's PocketPC or Sun's Java would work fine. (Seems that Java would better be suite for the regular phones, and PocketPC's would be tailored for the large "smart" phone.
They should have more usable memory, 16MB to start and maybe more as the needs grow.
They should be able to interact with PC much easier (This goes back to the standard OS idea above) Features like USB/Bluetooth and sync features that support outlook, lotus, and others would greatly improve usability on the phones. (Who likes typing all contact on a keypad, I know I don't)
I believe that becuase all phones/services are different, no one will write software or support hardware for one because it will only work is >5% of the installed user base.
A better wireless technology needs to come into play as well, CDMA works fine for voice, but we need something much faster (faster than 100k and scable to 1mbps+) to support future audio/video options, possibly the video phones we were promised in the early 90s (I know they exist, but what's the point if not everyone has them). |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
Host:
Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
| quote:
To send SMS i had to open the browser, connect to the internet on my phone, load a web page, then send it. That was actually worse then my old phone, which took around 5 seconds to send it through the CDMA service instead of the 3G.
And to think, you could have just called!  |
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Supafly
Premium
join:2000-07-15
Elk Grove, CA
| said by Karl Bode  :
And to think, you could have just called!
yeah yeah yeah, speaking isn't always appropriate. Sometimes I'm at work and all I need is to tell a family member to check their email, or "pick up milk on the way home". |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02
Host:
Road Runner
PC gaming GAMES
PC gaming Tech
| Yeah I know. I'vre got the Sprint SCP-6400.
Like many, it's got pre-written messages that say things like "I'll be late", or "meeting is cancelled", but it still takes five minutes to connect and send.....
I'm waiting for voice recognition, so I don't have to sit there browsing tiny menus via tiny buttons....
Pick it up.
"Send SMS: Will be late for dinner"
Put it down.
Maybe even skip the first and last steps.
That's what I want.  |
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Supafly
Premium
join:2000-07-15
Elk Grove, CA
| What I really want is being able to listen to shoutcast streams on my phone, 128k mp3 would be awesome. Hook that badboy up to my stereo system in my car and I'll be alright. Is that really to much to ask? The internet web station I listen to the most (»www.RadioStorm.com) says they support cell phones on their service just go to »1mr.com/rs.wml with the phone's browser, I was never able to get it to work with my LG 5350. |
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lazarus_
join:2002-08-31
Resolute, NU
| These are just 1st gen phones.. I've seen "concept phones" that are more like PDA's (blue tooth for a small keyboard & has a digital "pen" for onscreen interaction). Cell phones as we know them wont be around in the next decade.. I can't wait the PDA's they had on Earth Final Conflict to come out..  |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to Supafly
Streams, or just connect and download tracks from your home PC whole would be fine with me too.... |
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Xzibit
Wtf Mate?
Premium
join:2002-04-19
Santa Clara, CA
clubs: | reply to Supafly
I personally find it hard to browse with that small of a screen. |
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