all I want is a phone that works

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On 25 Apr 2004 23:07:56 -0700, mgarelick@capsf.org (M Garelick) wrote:

>No games, no email, no messaging. I don't care what it looks like.
>Reasonable battery life and enough VOLUME -- so I can hear people
>talking to me. Just a phone I can put my T-mobile SIMM card in and
>rely on.

An old no nonsense phone that will do what you want is a Nokia 5190.

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In <25893c3a.0404252207.1447c0dd@posting.google.com> mgarelick@capsf.org (M Garelick) writes:

>No games, no email, no messaging. I don't care what it looks like.
>Reasonable battery life and enough VOLUME -- so I can hear people
>talking to me. Just a phone I can put my T-mobile SIMM card in and
>rely on.

i'm pretty happy with the nokia 3595, it came as a "freebie" with my
renewal a few months ago.
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:07:56 -0700, M Garelick wrote:

> No games, no email, no messaging.

AFAIK no such beast exists.

> I don't care what it looks like.
> Reasonable battery life and enough VOLUME -- so I can hear people
> talking to me. Just a phone I can put my T-mobile SIMM card in and
> rely on.

Nokia 3310...fairly basic and is quite loud.

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michael turner <zvxr.gheare1963@ivetva.arg> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.04.26.12.33.46.735000@ivetva.arg>...
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:07:56 -0700, M Garelick wrote:
>
> > No games, no email, no messaging.
>
> AFAIK no such beast exists.
>

For clarification: I don't object to games, etc., I just don't need
them (so a lot of the stuff in reviews, comparison, etc., is static to
me).

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I was very happy with my Motorola v60gi. You should be able to pick one up
on ebay pretty easily.
I've since switched to a v600.

"M Garelick" <mgarelick@capsf.org> wrote in message
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> No games, no email, no messaging. I don't care what it looks like.
> Reasonable battery life and enough VOLUME -- so I can hear people
> talking to me. Just a phone I can put my T-mobile SIMM card in and
> rely on.
>
> anybody??

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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:37:24 -0700, M Garelick wrote:

> michael turner <zvxr.gheare1963@ivetva.arg> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.04.26.12.33.46.735000@ivetva.arg>...
>> On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:07:56 -0700, M Garelick wrote:
>>
>> > No games, no email, no messaging.
>>
>> AFAIK no such beast exists.
>>
>
> For clarification: I don't object to games, etc., I just don't need
> them (so a lot of the stuff in reviews, comparison, etc., is static to
> me).

Have a look at the Nokia 6310i.

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On Tue, 25 May 2004 at 23:57 GMT, <zvxr.gheare1963@ivetva.arg> wrote:

> Have a look at the Nokia 6310i.

I bought a Ericsson r520m off eBay for about $50 and I think it's
great. No camera, color, etc.

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