Glad to hear you had a good experience at the cell store. You're about right on target for price, too. Except for the newest phones (which are sold to the leading edge bragging junkies), the cell phone itself is pretty much a loss leader for the service contract anymore. Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > From: Chuck Hallenbeck <chuckh at sent.com> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi gang, > > I was encouraged by recent posts on this subject and stopped by > my local cell phone store today to see what they had that might > be useful for me. I have not previously used a cell phone. They > showed me a beautiful little gem that I can use quite well for > common functions: placing a call, answering a call, detecting > whether it is on or off, adjusting volume. It is a little bigger > than a pack of cigarettes (anybody remember cigarettes?) and has > nice big keys, almost chiclet size. It is the Nokia model 5165. I > am sure it has functions that might be problematic for me, but I > am very happy to be able to use it as well as I indicated above. > They charged me $0.99 for the thing, plus of course a two year > contract. > > Chuck > > > - -- > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (16% of Full) > In a world without Fences or Walls no one needs Windows or Gates. > My web site is now at: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7qefb/chuckh > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iQCVAwUBP+y6gDVdG8M9x9tGAQIsIQP9G2f2Ws33Kg88udlAMCnYDFUw2cazMk2O > b9mYR/LFFprWSmQQ/puXzvZs7Bm196v/jXbdDP7THIHfdC/9hMdf+/j4U/4xR1J0 > Tornm2ywK4dtRyVhHsYGpYjglNHZVbVE+FEJh8NO7m+9BndCMXwh7dT418EbdkI6 > nIXt3ilitVo= > =r5tG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org
