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http://killerconcepts.com/omnipoint/

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It's always fun calling up Sprint PCS and trying to get an unlock code for the Nokia 2190. "Yes, it's GSM phone. YES. GSM. YESSS. It has a SIM card. A *SIM* card. Yes, I said GSM! Yes, it HAS A SPRINT LOGO ON IT!!!".]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
*I might be the only one.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
http://images.phoneshark.com/Wireless_Model_Motorola_Elite_63x150.GIF

Unfortunately I crushed it in a motorcycle crash, so I was forced to upgrade. I was able to call for help by holding the broken pieces together, which is quite a testiment to the durability of these old phones.

-dw
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http://commerce.motorola.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=362&prmenbr=126&phone_cgrfnbr=1&zipcode=

My partner had an older "car-phone", ie, mobile, but definately NOT portable. Not sure what model that thing was, since it was always hidden under the seat.
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I have a problem. :)

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microtac 650
looks small, but it's not. and it's heavy. I got it as soon as they came out.. I was excited to not have to carry around a brick phone.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
I also thought I'd try to load up an image, but if not, the link should be good.

[IMG]http://www.tricom.net/english/images/celulares/qualcomm%5B1%5D.gif[/IMG]
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There's just something cool about a cell phone that screws up the audio on your TV when it's 20 feet away.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
Then I stopped for a while a year later, sort of as a protest, because the thing didn't work very well, and really was expensive, and was frankly too heavy, so I hardly took it with me. When I did start up again, I went back to L.A. Cellular and thought I could use the same phone since I still had it. They wouldn't let me, and to this day i think they were messing with me.

So i think I ended up in 1998 getting the little Qualcomm flip phone, which was pretty small, and had no external antenna. My buddy got one too, and we sort of have had a cel phone war ever since.

We both had to repace those Qualcomms a few times, then I got the Samsung SCH 3500 I think, a nice black one, and as soon as I got it, my friend got one too. I liked mine quite well, although I broke one when I hd it in my pocket and smacked against a pool table, cracking the screen. i replaced it with the same kind of phone, I liked it so much, but my friend couldn't get reception at his apartment by the beach, so he changed to a Motorola V60, I think, which he says gets better eeception, and is built like a tank. He's dropped it numerous times, even ran over it, but it didn't survive being in the hot tub, although it lived long enough for him to transfer his address book.

For me, my newer Samsung started having battery trouble (someone has to do something about that, it seems every phone eventually has crap batteries) so I replaced it with my current phone, another Samsung, that ACH 530. I was so excited because the sprint version had digit dial, letting you say the digits, but unfortunately Verizon in its money grubbing wisdom was trying to sell a service to do this (which you had to *call* to use, idiots), so they deactivated that feature. If I could have brought my number with me then, I would have switched.

Right now, I praying Verizon doesn't screw up the Motorola V710, as it has everythign I would want: Bluetooth (although I'm not as sure now, what with the Bluetooth gun and all), digitdial, camera, small size. If it syncs with my Mac's iSync (well, really, with entourage) and if the digit dial really works and if I can transfer pix via Bluetooth and not for-pay e-mail, then I'll get it. If not, I may finally change carriers.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
The first phone I had was a Nokia 1011, had it for less than a month before I got a 2110 (I think it was that) prototype. I had that phone for years, it could take any kind of treatment and miss-use and still function.

I've never bought a single phone, yet I've always had several Nokia models to choose from.

Currently the phones that I use are Nokia 7200 and 7700. Like the first one, the second is rather large.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
In the fall of 1999 then, I was browsing the T-D1 website (now T-Mobile Germany) and I found out that they were looking for people to test this new data technology called GPRS. Of course I signed up and believe it or not, I got picked to test GPRS (I would have to say that I was probably one of the first people in the world to use GPRS since T-D1 was the first network operator in the world to launch it). The best part of the deal though, was that I got a Motorola Timeport 260 before it was even sold on the market. And for free to boot! When the phone finally did go on sale, it sold for about 1000 DM.

After using the Motorola for over two years, I moved to the United States to attend a university and then rarely used it anymore (partly because the roaming costs were outrageous on a prepaid card). My second year of college then, I decided I needed a cell phone, so I signed up with T-Mobile USA and got a SE T610. Of course I sold the Motorola afterwards. Right now I'm still using the T610, but I'm already looking for my next phone. :)

David]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
Since being the coolest person around with the Sony, I've had a number of Ericssons (H688, T18, T28, T39, and T68m), a Nokia (6120 I think -- the little red one anyway), and some Sony Ericssons (T610, T630, and a K700). That's quite a few in 10 years!

Incidently -- to the person above questioning the use of a TDMA phone in England... GSM *is* TDMA.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/My first phone was a Nokia (don't remember the model number, though it was apparently the same as the one used in Armageddon, which the salesman was SURE to explain). I got that phone from PrimeCo (before they were bought by Verizon). What an awsome company! If there was any problems with the phone, they'd just replace it, no questions asked! My bill would remain the exact same amount from month to month, and they were ALWAYS great people to ask questions to. I replaced the Nokia with the Qualacomm Q phone (which I got for $25 off by trading in my Nokia, try to do THAT anymore!!).
I moved through various Sprint phones (including the StarTac and the Kyocera 6035), and my latest phone was the super-thin Sanyo SCP, which I loved until it was stolen. Now I'm back to my trusty Kyocera 6035 until I find a new phone that I like (although if anyone knows where I can get a Sanyo SCP for Sprint....).]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/My full cell phone history:
Nokia 3-watt bagphone (mounted it in my car), Moto MicroTac, Moto GSM Microtac, Nextel original brick, T28, Treo 180, Ericson T300, T39, Nokia 3600 GSM, Nextel i60, i90, Moto V66, Nextel 730i, Treo 600]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
Thats when I switched to Verizon and got a Timeport. Which was essentially a silver StarTac that was a little thicker. Cool thing was, Motorola made a few with "color" OLCD screens. The main text was Green, the time and some other things along the top were blue and there was a red stripe of icons in between. That had the same antenna problems..]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
Cells are sexy, cells are sweet, but I went to pure email somehow. That number became just something to put on government forms. When offline I get the blissful luxury of quiet.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/1996-PowerTel, Nokia 2170 GSM
1998-BellSouth Mobile, Nokia 6120(the 1st real cellphone)
1999-Bellsouth Mobile, Nokia 8820
2000-BellSOuth Mobile, Nokia 7160
2001-Nextel i85s
Ok, I ditched nextel because they are pompous @$%&!
2001-VoiceStream, freebie Motorola 105?
-Ericsson T28, quickly bought a T39, still have it!!!still use it!!
But..
have had..
Nokia 3390
Nokia 9200
MOT v60, v70
SideKick
Various Samsung scum
T-mo Pocket PC
Nokia 3650?
RIM 7230
Seimens S55
Currently using SE T610,
Say all that to say, I still use my ericsson because it rocks!!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
then got a audiovox 1998, then my first color, and now a sidekick... my sk2 is in the mail! hehe...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/ - Ericsson a1018
- Ericsson T28
- Ericsson T29
- SonyEricsson Z200
- SonyEricsson K700i

I do not, nor have ever, worked for Ericsson. I just happen to like their phones! :-p]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
The 3330: http://www.nokia.co.uk/nokia/0,,18678,00.html
The 3310: http://www.nokia.co.uk/nokia/0,,18162,00.html

Notice that, looks-wise, the only real difference between these two and the 3360 is the two GSM phones (and the nearly identical 3390 - the US version) use of the "Navi-key", while the 3360 uses seperate send/end keys.

Bottom line: the 3360 is TDMA, and uses the 800 MHz and 1900 MHz bands, neither of which is used for cell phones in the UK. The 3390 is a GSM phone, but it only uses the 1900 MHz band. Therefore, by a quick search on Nokia's UK page revealed that the 3310 and the 3330 are the most likely candidates we are looking for.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/
My Dad worked for Motorola and I recieved my first cell phone in high school in the late 90's. A Batwinged Dynatac. I don't remember what model it was but knowing me I still have it somewhere. I had something else later, then a startac, an i370 or i390 nextel, i1000+, i90c, and yesterday my contract with Nextel expired and I am getting something else. Alltel due to family members being on it. Maybe a LG LX5550 or Moto V262. I work for a defense contractor (no cameras allowed). My wife is getting the LG LX5450. Any suggestions?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Please help me]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/http://www.engadget.com/2004/08/09/engadget-our-first-cellphones/Dec 19th 2005 1:01AM