nokia 6256i I dont like it!!!
The phone is very box like, fits worse in the pocket then other larger verizon phones.
It has cheap feel to it, very plastic like more so then other phones.
Speaker phone sucks
The antenna doesn't lock when fully extended, it tries to lock about 2/3 way up 😕
The hinge is weak, it opens normal, but when closing its like a heavy door that slams shut
The phone does have OBEX, but once again verizon locked down this phone so tight, that obex is worthless.
The phone does sound great and the RF seemed very strong wherever I went, just to many cons for me.
It has cheap feel to it, very plastic like more so then other phones.
Speaker phone sucks
The antenna doesn't lock when fully extended, it tries to lock about 2/3 way up 😕
The hinge is weak, it opens normal, but when closing its like a heavy door that slams shut
The phone does have OBEX, but once again verizon locked down this phone so tight, that obex is worthless.
The phone does sound great and the RF seemed very strong wherever I went, just to many cons for me.
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Natas said:
The phone is very box like, fits worse in the pocket then other larger verizon phones.
It has cheap feel to it, very plastic like more so then other phones.
Speaker phone sucks
The antenna doesn't lock when fully extended, it tries to lock about 2/3 way up 😕
The hinge is weak, it opens normal, but when closing its like a heavy door that slams shut
The phone does have OBEX, but once again verizon locked down this phone so tight, that obex is worthless.
The phone does sound great and the RF seemed very strong wherever I went, just to many cons for me.
I got one, an' its lookin' like I'm gonna keep it.
Box-like? Yeah, it is. But it fits in the change pocket in my jeans, ...
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From the way you type you must be a baggy jeans wearing type of guy. Must be a big change pocket 🤣
Glad you like it though, it did sound great. I was just giving some of my input on it.
Glad you like it though, it did sound great. I was just giving some of my input on it.
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I wear 501s these days. But yeah, you got me, I used to be the baggy pants kind o' guy. 😁
Oh, an' I ain't dissin' you, I agree wit' a lot o' what you said.
Oh, an' I ain't dissin' you, I agree wit' a lot o' what you said.
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SystemShock said:
I wear 501s these days. But yeah, you got me, I used to be the baggy pants kind o' guy. 😁
Oh, an' I ain't dissin' you, I agree wit' a lot o' what you said.
🙂 I'm probably being a little picky, call clarity and RF was fantastic.
Enjoy
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Natas, don't worry. I'm sure there'll be something else coming along that you can tear apart as well.
Seriously, though, how about the pluses? It's a tri-mode phone, which means you will get a signal just about anywhere, including some areas where digital isn't even available. Great standby and talk time. And do you really need to even extend the antenna? I'm in extended area pretty much all the time (I've got a DC based account, but I'm living in the Shenandoah Valley in the Charlottesville, VA area), using Alltel's towers and getting GREAT service. Could it have been a little jazzier? Perhaps. But this is the first Nokia on Verizon's service that actually WORKS the way a phone is supposed to. Up until now, Nokia and CDMA have...
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Seriously, though, how about the pluses? It's a tri-mode phone, which means you will get a signal just about anywhere, including some areas where digital isn't even available. Great standby and talk time. And do you really need to even extend the antenna? I'm in extended area pretty much all the time (I've got a DC based account, but I'm living in the Shenandoah Valley in the Charlottesville, VA area), using Alltel's towers and getting GREAT service. Could it have been a little jazzier? Perhaps. But this is the first Nokia on Verizon's service that actually WORKS the way a phone is supposed to. Up until now, Nokia and CDMA have...
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Natas, don't worry. I'm sure there'll be something else coming along that you can tear apart as well.
Seriously, though, how about the pluses? It's a tri-mode phone, which means you will get a signal just about anywhere, including some areas where digital isn't even available. Great standby and talk time. And do you really need to even extend the antenna? I'm in extended area pretty much all the time (I've got a DC based account, but I'm living in the Shenandoah Valley in the Charlottesville, VA area), using Alltel's towers and getting GREAT service. Could it have been a little jazzier? Perhaps. But this is the first Nokia on Verizon's service that actually WORKS the way a phone is supposed t
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Seriously, though, how about the pluses? It's a tri-mode phone, which means you will get a signal just about anywhere, including some areas where digital isn't even available.
I'm blowing the whistle on that one. Any Verizon phone I've owned that supported analog...well, that analog's been pretty much useless. Dropped calls, bad reception, inability to make a call.
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Suppose you happen to be somewhere where there is no digital service, but there is an old analog tower and there is an emergency. I would gladly take a chance on analog, even in an emergency, than nothing. Of course it's not as sophisticated as a digital signal. You sound rather young to me. I started selling cellular during the days of the old Radio Shack "bricks", and cellular has come a long way in just 20-some years or so, but we're still in the infancy of the industry in the great scheme of things. It's doubtful either you or I will be alive when communications will allow us to slap our shirt pocket and communicate the way they used to do on "Star Trek", and that, to me, is communication at its finest! Funny thing, I had the old a...
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Suppose you happen to be somewhere where there is no digital service, but there is an old analog tower and there is an emergency. I would gladly take a chance on analog, even in an emergency, than nothing. Of course it's not as sophisticated as a digital signal. You sound rather young to me. I started selling cellular during the days of the old Radio Shack "bricks", and cellular has come a long way in just 20-some years or so, but we're still in the infancy of the industry in the great scheme of things. It's doubtful either you or I will be alive when communications will allow us to slap our shirt pocket and communicate the way they used to do on "Star Trek", and that, to me, is communication at its
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Why would it take Wi-Max? The carriers could always just build towers there now and there would be service. No need for Wi-Max. Unless you were giving that as an estimated time frame as to when we can expect towers to be built in those areas.
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It'd take Wi-Max 'cus conventional cell towers wouldn' be economical.
It costs, what, a million dollars to put up a tower that, out in the boondocks, is gonna serve maybe 100 people? It'd take decades to get that paid off from the additional bling you'd bring in.
But Wi-Max allegedly is gonna have a 30-mile radius range onnit (or more). You could cover a lot more ground wit' a lot fewer towers. It starts to make business sense then.
It costs, what, a million dollars to put up a tower that, out in the boondocks, is gonna serve maybe 100 people? It'd take decades to get that paid off from the additional bling you'd bring in.
But Wi-Max allegedly is gonna have a 30-mile radius range onnit (or more). You could cover a lot more ground wit' a lot fewer towers. It starts to make business sense then.
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SystemShock said:
It'd take Wi-Max 'cus conventional cell towers wouldn' be economical.
It costs, what, a million dollars to put up a tower that, out in the boondocks, is gonna serve maybe 100 people? It'd take decades to get that paid off from the additional bling you'd bring in.
But Wi-Max allegedly is gonna have a 30-mile radius range onnit (or more). You could cover a lot more ground wit' a lot fewer towers. It starts to make business sense then.
Sry, that should read "the better part of a million dollars".
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Natas said:
..........The phone does have OBEX, but once again verizon locked down this phone so tight, that obex is worthless...............
Natas, what do you mean by the above? How did Verizon "lock down the phone"? Are you saying that one CANNOT transfer photo etc files from the BlueTooth phone to the BlueTooth computer?
-Lorna
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No, what he's likely talkin' 'bout is the fact that while you can send mp3 (and other sound) files to the phone an' listen to 'em on there, you can't set those mp3 files etc to play as ringtones. The bluetooth is fine otherwise from what I've heard.. in fact, what I think he's complainin' 'bout isn't even a bluetooth issue.
Not lettin' you set imported audio files as ringtones is obviously Verizon's way o' maintainin' their ringtone revenue, they want you to download tones from GetItNow.
There are a lotta rings that come with the phone (like 3 dozen, split 'tween the Ringing Tones settings an' the 'Tones' folder) but most o' them are conservative and/or corny. Or a lil' weird (like animal noises an' stuff).
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Not lettin' you set imported audio files as ringtones is obviously Verizon's way o' maintainin' their ringtone revenue, they want you to download tones from GetItNow.
There are a lotta rings that come with the phone (like 3 dozen, split 'tween the Ringing Tones settings an' the 'Tones' folder) but most o' them are conservative and/or corny. Or a lil' weird (like animal noises an' stuff).
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I think that I could be satisfied if they -- Verizon -- would give me a good variety of ringtones to choose from.... but I have to admit that it is a lot of fun to hear people's phones ring with the theme song from"Rocky" or some other popular song.
-Lorna
-Lorna
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I agree. I wish Verizon would let people set up their own ringtones, but as long as they can get away wit' makin' you pay $1.99 to download a 'Rocky' ringtone, they'll do it.
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Limiting the use of mp3 files is the only way that VzW could offer a fully enabled BT phone and still honour their contract with BREW (get it now!). If they had not done so, it would be a violation of their contract and BREW would sue verizon for everything they could. There are more lawsuits flying around the mobile industry these days than you'd find almost anywhere.
As a part of their contract....ringtones must be downloaded via Get It Now!, which is the content system for VzW, which runs off of BREW applications and codes. If they allowed files to transfer as ringtones via BT, then they would be violating that. I think it is a sacrifice I'm willing to make in order to gain OBEX, DUN, GOEP, FTP, etc.
As a part of their contract....ringtones must be downloaded via Get It Now!, which is the content system for VzW, which runs off of BREW applications and codes. If they allowed files to transfer as ringtones via BT, then they would be violating that. I think it is a sacrifice I'm willing to make in order to gain OBEX, DUN, GOEP, FTP, etc.
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Limiting the use of mp3 files is the only way that VzW could offer a fully enabled BT phone and still honour their contract with BREW (get it now!). If they had not done so, it would be a violation of their contract and BREW would sue verizon for everything they could. There are more lawsuits flying around the mobile industry these days than you'd find almost anywhere.
As a part of their contract....ringtones must be downloaded via Get It Now!, which is the content system for VzW, which runs off of BREW applications and codes. If they allowed files to transfer as ringtones via BT, then they would be violating that. I think it is a sacrifice I'm willing to make in order to gain OBEX, DUN, GOEP, FTP, et
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djdelay said:
............As a part of their contract....ringtones must be downloaded via Get It Now!, which is the content system for VzW, which runs off of BREW applications and codes. If they allowed files to transfer as ringtones via BT, then they would be violating that. I think it is a sacrifice I'm willing to make in order to gain OBEX, DUN, GOEP, FTP, etc.
I agree! I can see myself buying a ringtone or two, but OBEX has to be there all the time! -Lorna
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lorna said:Natas said:
..........The phone does have OBEX, but once again verizon locked down this phone so tight, that obex is worthless...............
Natas, what do you mean by the above? How did Verizon "lock down the phone"? Are you saying that one CANNOT transfer photo etc files from the BlueTooth phone to the BlueTooth computer?
-Lorna
you can send all the picture you want, I did that no problem, SystemShock summed up what I was complaining about, he is right, its not a bluetooth issue. The obex works fine
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