You can also send text messages with search strings and get simplified results. Write things like "define wizard" or "price massage" or "match point 91101," send the string to GOOGL.
see, the only reason I use it is because I have a blackberry from work (which is how i knew about it). if I were asked to pay $5 so I could read the internet from the phone, when I already pay at home for internet access... I'm not sure I would.
Matt, it depends on how desperately you want to get your mail, no matter where you are. And Gmail isn't my primary account, so I don't have a good idea of how often the mobile service is down.
I knew that. This post brings me back once again to my kindergarten years. I finally forced my parents into giving me the lowdown on where babies came from, and I was so proud that I had this information that as soon as recess came, I announced to my friends, breathlessly, "I know where babies come from! Before I only knew there was a sperm and an egg, but now I know that the sperm gets to the egg when the daddy puts his penis in the mommy's vagina!" About 4 different five-year-olds informed me, "We all knew that already, Tia."
Your phone has a web browser but not an email client? That seems weird. It's much easier to just turn on POP access in Gmail and have your phone pull down the messages that way (assuming data charges aren't a big concern).
It does have an email client, which is why I don't much use the Gmail site. But I only pull down unread messages with my client, and occasionally need to search for an old gmail message.
35: Exactly JO. And that was supposed to go in the other thread. I've since lost 'o", "k', 'i', 'l', ',' and '.'. I'm not on my laptop right now. So everything is okay. I've managed to get by with cutting and pasting, and in Word I've reassigned keys. Someone hunted up an old keyboard for me. So, I'll be able to cope. That comment was supposed to go on the other thread where I reposted it.
Somewhat tangential to this thread, but here goes: is anyone having trouble with yahoo today? It seems really slow.
As a hack, you could just tape-record the "6" sound from some other phone and play the tape into your receiver when you need a "6". I am pretty sure this will work. NOt if you have a dial phone; but I'm thinking you don't because I don't think it's possible for a dial phone to lose one of its digits.
There was a great Steven Wright routine on this basis -- way back when you could first buy phones from someone other than AT&T, he bought a cheap phone and discovered that it had no '5'. And went on for a bit describing all of the difficulties this made for him, including that his girlfriend got mad at him because he never called her anymore because her number had a 5 in it. The punchline was "She broke up with me a while back. I'm not sure how long ago -- my calendar doesn't have any '7's."
Yes. I knew. So there.
Posted by tweedledopey | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:01 AM
Did not.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:04 AM
I think that checking one's email on a cell phone is *way* prissier than taking an aerobics class.
Posted by bitchphd | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:06 AM
I predict all comments on this post will fall into 2 categories:
(1) "Yes. You didn't?"
(2) Proud proclamations of their ignorance by phone Luddites
Sign me up for #2.
Posted by Becks | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:07 AM
Aren't you fat and unconnected? What would you know about it, opinion machine?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:07 AM
5 to 3, of course.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:08 AM
The important question is: does it work well enough to make it worth adding internet access to my phone plan?
Posted by Matt #3 | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:09 AM
You can also send text messages with search strings and get simplified results. Write things like "define wizard" or "price massage" or "match point 91101," send the string to GOOGL.
Posted by TJ | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:11 AM
see, the only reason I use it is because I have a blackberry from work (which is how i knew about it). if I were asked to pay $5 so I could read the internet from the phone, when I already pay at home for internet access... I'm not sure I would.
Posted by jvance | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:11 AM
Everyone already knows that, TJ. Geez.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:11 AM
Aren't you fat and unconnected?
I have it on good authority that dialing a certain number containing a 2 will allow you to speak with B directly.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:12 AM
Matt, it depends on how desperately you want to get your mail, no matter where you are. And Gmail isn't my primary account, so I don't have a good idea of how often the mobile service is down.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:13 AM
I have it on good authority that dialing a certain number containing a 2 will allow you to speak with B directly.
In that case, I take it all back.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:14 AM
Proud proclamations of their ignorance by phone Luddites
Hear, hear! I've had a cell phone for just one year now, and I'm ready to chuck the damn thing into the ocean.
Posted by Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:17 AM
I knew that. This post brings me back once again to my kindergarten years. I finally forced my parents into giving me the lowdown on where babies came from, and I was so proud that I had this information that as soon as recess came, I announced to my friends, breathlessly, "I know where babies come from! Before I only knew there was a sperm and an egg, but now I know that the sperm gets to the egg when the daddy puts his penis in the mommy's vagina!" About 4 different five-year-olds informed me, "We all knew that already, Tia."
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:17 AM
In the where? *faints*
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:27 AM
It's just a kid story, SB, that's not how it really works.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:33 AM
I'm ready to chuck the damn thing into the ocean.
Do it! They are a scourge upon our great land!
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:34 AM
that's not how it really works.
From what I've been able to gather, it has something to do with next Tuesday, but nobody will explain it to me.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:35 AM
Nutsack!
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:40 AM
Wait, do the n and t in nutsack stand for next Tuesday?
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:41 AM
Elephant-scrotum valise.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:42 AM
15. It would have been new to me, Tia.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:43 AM
I learned last night that sometimes male bears will kill and eat cubs so that the females will quit lactating and be ready for fornication again.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:44 AM
22. I'll see your elephant-scrotum valise and raise you a hog-taint waltz.
Posted by Michael | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:46 AM
Your phone has a web browser but not an email client? That seems weird. It's much easier to just turn on POP access in Gmail and have your phone pull down the messages that way (assuming data charges aren't a big concern).
And on that note: I love my sidekick.
Posted by tom | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:48 AM
It does have an email client, which is why I don't much use the Gmail site. But I only pull down unread messages with my client, and occasionally need to search for an old gmail message.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:51 AM
Wait wait, it's *Tom's* phone I'm ready to chuck into the ocean. Every time he gets an e-mail it makes a sound (Vwoiip!) and flashes tiny lights.
Posted by Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:53 AM
If you chuck Tom into the ocean, I'll give you ten bucks.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:55 AM
Time for a new ringtone?
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 10:56 AM
If you're not obsessed with (phone) size, this one has a nice feature I haven't seen anywhere else.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 11:32 AM
can't defend --dying keys
Posted by bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 01-11-06 2:51 PM
Where is everyone?
Sometimes I get the feeling that everyone else but me is off having an orgy somewhere. That hurts.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 7:36 AM
What are dying keys?
Posted by Armsmasher | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 7:43 AM
Dying keys are ones (e.g. the 'p' on bostoniangirl's laptop) which do not work.
Posted by Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 7:48 AM
33: Just imagine how it would hurt if you were at the orgy.
Posted by Tia | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 7:49 AM
Maybe people are actually being forced to work at their jobs or something.
I don't really care if I was invited to your orgy. There are lots of orgies here in Lake Wobegon. Bestiality, age-of-consent, all that stuff.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 8:28 AM
35: Exactly JO. And that was supposed to go in the other thread. I've since lost 'o", "k', 'i', 'l', ',' and '.'. I'm not on my laptop right now. So everything is okay. I've managed to get by with cutting and pasting, and in Word I've reassigned keys. Someone hunted up an old keyboard for me. So, I'll be able to cope. That comment was supposed to go on the other thread where I reposted it.
Somewhat tangential to this thread, but here goes: is anyone having trouble with yahoo today? It seems really slow.
Posted by bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 8:42 AM
The family phone lost it's "6". Some friends won't hear from us until we get the new phone. Other friends are still fine.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 8:51 AM
Yahoo is working normally now.
Posted by bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 8:55 AM
As a hack, you could just tape-record the "6" sound from some other phone and play the tape into your receiver when you need a "6". I am pretty sure this will work. NOt if you have a dial phone; but I'm thinking you don't because I don't think it's possible for a dial phone to lose one of its digits.
Posted by Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 8:56 AM
NOt s/b Not
Posted by Jeremy Osner | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 8:58 AM
I'll just dump my friends with sixes in their numbers. Easier.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 9:24 AM
There was a great Steven Wright routine on this basis -- way back when you could first buy phones from someone other than AT&T, he bought a cheap phone and discovered that it had no '5'. And went on for a bit describing all of the difficulties this made for him, including that his girlfriend got mad at him because he never called her anymore because her number had a 5 in it. The punchline was "She broke up with me a while back. I'm not sure how long ago -- my calendar doesn't have any '7's."
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 9:39 AM
I'll just dump my friends with sixes in their numbers. Easier.
Like you have friends, old man.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 01-12-06 9:55 AM
Wait wait, it's *Tom's* phone I'm ready to chuck into the ocean. Every time he gets an e-mail it makes a sound (Vwoiip!) and flashes tiny lights.
But I can make it any sound you'd like, Smasher! I'm sure we can reach a mutually agreeable compromise. Perhaps some sort of Black Eyed Peas song?
Posted by Anonymous | Link to this comment | 01-13-06 9:14 AM
46 was me (obviously)
Posted by tom | Link to this comment | 01-13-06 9:14 AM