@ Brad, do people seriously carry spare cell phone batteries? Maybe I just don't use my phone as much as other people, but I've never run the batteries of any of my phones down in the course of a single day, nor have I had to replace a battery before I replaced the phone itself, and I tend to keep my phones a while (2.5-3+ years) before getting a new one.
And assuming you were going to say business trip... what kind of business trip would you be on where you're not going to be near either an electrical outlet or a computer/laptop for really long periods of time where you're going to use your phone? The cord by itself is USB, and it comes with a 110V wall adapter, and you can buy a 12V/USB adapter too, so where's the charging problem? I had all of those for my RAZR, and it had a replaceable battery...
Hate to see what you think of laptops considering their relatively miniscule battery time... do you carry spare laptop batteries too??
I used to carry a spare cell phone battery back when all I had was analhog and I couldn't talk more than a couple of hours or standby for more than a day.
actually many business travelers do carry a spare laptop battery, and in your question about long periods of time, try sitting in the airport for a 6 hr flight delay and every 16 year old with a laptop is already plugged into the 2-3 outlets near your gate.
You might want to carry a second phone for your appointments, unless you want to be a day early every time......look at the date on the screen. Or is that a day late......
If you're doing anything mission critical for a business, you'd be insane not to carry a spare battery. I always have a spare laptop and blackberry battery handy on conference visits.
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lol AT&T. Crappy service in most places, authoritarian exclusive contacts (ala iPhone). Eff that.
Yeah. Having cool phones sucks.
Because my business pays entirely for my service - on my Cingular SIM card -
buying an iphone on EBAY for $318 and jailbreaking it for FREE made all the sense in the world.
Mind you, unlike some phones with no access to EDGE, I am getting FULL Internet, Itunes, Maps, Chat and Mail functionality on mine.
@Flashpoint
hows Flash working out for you? Dont forget to buy an extra battery too incase yours dies on a busines...oh wait
@ Brad, do people seriously carry spare cell phone batteries? Maybe I just don't use my phone as much as other people, but I've never run the batteries of any of my phones down in the course of a single day, nor have I had to replace a battery before I replaced the phone itself, and I tend to keep my phones a while (2.5-3+ years) before getting a new one.
And assuming you were going to say business trip... what kind of business trip would you be on where you're not going to be near either an electrical outlet or a computer/laptop for really long periods of time where you're going to use your phone? The cord by itself is USB, and it comes with a 110V wall adapter, and you can buy a 12V/USB adapter too, so where's the charging problem? I had all of those for my RAZR, and it had a replaceable battery...
Hate to see what you think of laptops considering their relatively miniscule battery time... do you carry spare laptop batteries too??
I used to carry a spare cell phone battery back when all I had was analhog and I couldn't talk more than a couple of hours or standby for more than a day.
@Jason
actually many business travelers do carry a spare laptop battery, and in your question about long periods of time, try sitting in the airport for a 6 hr flight delay and every 16 year old with a laptop is already plugged into the 2-3 outlets near your gate.
@ happy_penguin
"analhog"
wat.
You might want to carry a second phone for your appointments, unless you want to be a day early every time......look at the date on the screen. Or is that a day late......
@ Jason:
If you're doing anything mission critical for a business, you'd be insane not to carry a spare battery. I always have a spare laptop and blackberry battery handy on conference visits.