12-04-2005 15:14									#91
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quote: ....Ok, then I'll take Nebraska plus 4 and just cancel the Colorado bet....

Doesn't get more important than that...

	12-04-2005 15:57									#92
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quote: Originally posted by mindseye Here in China, cellphones are used mainly as portable mesaging devices. The cost structure is different, texting is far cheaper. Personally, my use is about 95% text, 5% voice. You can certainly find people (e.g. suits) who use lots of voice (or in China I should say YELLING ) time, but by far the norm is to use mobiles as portable email. Can anyone comment on useage in other parts of the globe (India, Arab world, etc)?

I like the system here as well. Text messaging is also helping to improve my Chinese.

	12-04-2005 16:05									#93
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when Mum rings you must answer

	12-04-2005 16:11									#94
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I generally ignore my phone anyway to be honest - i figure if its that important they'll keave a msg.

Having said that....I *always* answer it if it rings during sex, mainly to make the male in question feel inadequate and humiliated. Especially if the conversation ends up lasting an hour or so.

Wonder why I'm single

	12-04-2005 16:20									#95
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Have never answered during sex but people seem to have an uncanny knack of phoning at the wrong time. How do they know?

	12-04-2005 19:48									#96
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Now a phone call just after sex has been concluded can be a bonus. For the one-night stand people it provides and easy excuse to ensure a quick exit.

	12-04-2005 19:52									#97
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quote: Originally posted by Verres I generally ignore my phone anyway to be honest - i figure if its that important they'll keave a msg. Having said that....I *always* answer it if it rings during sex, mainly to make the male in question feel inadequate and humiliated. Especially if the conversation ends up lasting an hour or so. Wonder why I'm single

It can be even more effective if you throw in a phrase like " I haven't had good sex in ages either" or "Ralph, yes last night was fantastic . . . I'll be over in 10 minutes"

	12-04-2005 20:24									#98
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Urban Ranger wins the thread for not referring to the airtime minutes and texts that he pays money for as being "free", unlike the others going on about how much free stuff they pay for.

	13-04-2005 02:54									#99
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quote: Originally posted by DaShi I like the system here as well. Text messaging is also helping to improve my Chinese.

Wo yi yang de!

My Taiwanese friend says texting is used less in Taiwan because traditional Chinese characters (fantizi) are too hard to read on the tiny screen.

Just think, Mao foresaw the LCD!

	13-04-2005 03:05									#100
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I've never interrupted, but have been interrupted twice. Both times the girl received a call from her significant other.

...both times I didn't know at the time they had a significant other...

...both times it didn't prevent a continuation...

	13-04-2005 03:24									#101
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quote: Originally posted by Jaguar What if all of the Eventis people were spamming the forum with aardvarks and creating copycat threads? Would you interrupt sex to ban them?

He's ask me to bomb you back

	13-04-2005 03:28									#102
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cell phone or any phone not that important unless im on call for work. If not on call they can leave a message or call back.
For the phone during a date, well when i did date i used it for help during a lame ass date. If the guy was boring me to tears id have the phone in my lap and hit a button that would call my friend. if i didnt say anything shed call me back and rescue me. Sneaky but affective.

	13-04-2005 04:45									#103
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quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski cell phone or any phone not that important unless im on call for work. If not on call they can leave a message or call back. For the phone during a date, well when i did date i used it for help during a lame ass date. If the guy was boring me to tears id have the phone in my lap and hit a button that would call my friend. if i didnt say anything shed call me back and rescue me. Sneaky but affective.

I have my admin aide buzz be 10 minutes into any rep meeting... If the person is worth listening too, I ignore it and tell them how important this meeting is... and if they are sucking wind and are boring... I answer, tell them it's an emergency, and to wrap up their sales pitch in 1 minute

	13-04-2005 05:25									#104
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I hqve no cell phone, and I don't intend to get one in the near future. I hate the idea of being accessible any time of the day. I might end up buying one as I'm looking for a job, but should it happen, I don't intend to give the number to any non-professional acquaintance (girlfriend and family included)

	13-04-2005 06:13									#105
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quote: Originally posted by Ming I have my admin aide buzz be 10 minutes into any rep meeting... If the person is worth listening too, I ignore it and tell them how important this meeting is... and if they are sucking wind and are boring... I answer, tell them it's an emergency, and to wrap up their sales pitch in 1 minute

So that's why you never answer my calls

	13-04-2005 06:20									#106
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse have my admin aide buzz be 10 minutes into any rep meeting... If the person is worth listening too, I ignore it and tell them how important this meeting is... and if they are sucking wind and are boring... I answer, tell them it's an emergency, and to wrap up their sales pitch in 1 minute So that's why you never answer my calls

hint hint

	13-04-2005 09:08									#107
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and here was I think he was having sex all the time

	13-04-2005 10:28									#108
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse and here was I think he was having sex all the time

For real dude? who can have sex all the time?
**** he needs to go to work once in awhile. But answer cell phone during the deed no way!!! I say leave a message. Thats what caller id is for

	13-04-2005 11:20									#109
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quote: Originally posted by Drogue Ouch, that's not dirt cheap, that's expensive My plan is £15 per month for 500 anytime, any network minutes and 100 free texts. SMS here cost around 10p, and airtime is usuallynquite dear after your free minutes.

That's local dollars 1 UKP = 14.78 HKD.

So $90 is, hm, around 6.1 pounds.

	13-04-2005 13:29									#110
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quote: Originally posted by Starchild Standard rule of thumb is that in terms of mobile take up and, more importantly, the cultural aspect of mobile phones, America is 2-3 years behind Europe/Asia. That's admitted even by the American business execs.

Thanks but we invented the mobile phone and were the first to have it avialable. What you mean is that Europe mandated one standard while the US government didn't get involved with standards so we have a standards war while you guys didn't. I'm fine with that because I pay $49.95 for 3000 minute per month with free unlimited night and weekend minutes while you guys pay more for arounf 500-1000 minutes. Gee, Americans don't use texting so much so we're "behind Europe". Maybe it's just that voice is so cheap we don't need to play kiddy games like texting!

	13-04-2005 14:06									#111
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger That's local dollars 1 UKP = 14.78 HKD. So $90 is, hm, around 6.1 pounds.

Ahhhh, I thought you meant USD. So yeh, pretty cheap then.

	13-04-2005 14:07									#112
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No, America is behind Europe and Asia. It's obvious...

	13-04-2005 14:11									#113
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin Thanks but we invented the mobile phone and were the first to have it avialable. What you mean is that Europe mandated one standard while the US government didn't get involved with standards so we have a standards war while you guys didn't. I'm fine with that because I pay $49.95 for 3000 minute per month with free unlimited night and weekend minutes while you guys pay more for arounf 500-1000 minutes. Gee, Americans don't use texting so much so we're "behind Europe". Maybe it's just that voice is so cheap we don't need to play kiddy games like texting!

I think you need to check UK prices I pay £15 (~$25) for 500 anytime, cross network minutes and 100 free texts. $50 for 3000 isn't that unusual here.

And yeh, in mobile take up, it's reported the US figures are 2 years behind Europe. Saying because it was invented there it's ahead there is silly. It's like saying England are better than Brazil at football because we invented it. We're not. Neither is the US. Japan is clearly well ahead of everyone, and in take up at least, Europe leads the US significantly

	13-04-2005 14:35									#114
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quote: Originally posted by Drogue Japan is clearly well ahead of everyone, and in take up at least, Europe leads the US significantly

Here (Hong Kong) has a huge take up as well. I have seen little kids with mobiles, and some people have two. Among all the people I know, only two don't have mobiles.

	13-04-2005 15:45									#115
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UK has 50 million mobiles (60 million pop'n), I think the European average is over 70%, expected to top 83% by 2007

I'm struggling to find modern figures this suggests that the US only has 166 million mobile subscribers, which is only about 56%.

http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors...cle.php/3377511

	13-04-2005 16:24									#116
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin Gee, Americans don't use texting so much so we're "behind Europe". Maybe it's just that voice is so cheap we don't need to play kiddy games like texting!

Honey you're cute. Wrong but cute. Texting is not viewed as a kiddie medium here. Texting is viewed as a flexible way of sending short bursts of information. I want to arrange a night out at the pub? I send one text to multiple people instead of making a lot of phone calls. I watch the news and they tell you to text in a vote for one of their polls. BBC documentaries invite you to text in your opinions for instant feedback. I go to music festivals and I just text one number and they'll send me free updates for the course of the event on band line ups, alterations, rumours, and the best acts to see straight to my phone's inbox. I read a magazine and the adverts will invite me to text them for more information. They had a political debate with the Prime Minister where people could text in questions and get back answers. My friends go on holiday, they'll photo-text me pictures. Hell, some companies will photo-text porn direct to your phone. I text, my friends text, my parents text, my grandparents text. Britain and Japan a world leaders in the cultural aspects of text messaging and how its used.

I lived in North America for a big chunk of my life and I still go back to visit family. You are easily 2 years behind Europe in mobile phone penetration and usage. I mean, I read mobile phone magazines for fun and half the models released these days never get released in the USA. The Europe-Asia GSM market is massively larger and easier to distribute in than the American one.

	13-04-2005 16:48									#117
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Great post. I'll add to that the ability to text cheaply when abroad, much cheaper than making international calls. Even when I'm in the UK I send/recieve a handful of international texts - not to the US though, that seems to be a real problem. A lot of networks in the US don't seem to allow international texting.

The ability to send and receive texts is miles more useful than having a phone that you can carry with you.

2.4 billion texts were sent in the UK in december 2004. That's 40 per resident. I probably send about 150 a month on average, 5 a day.

	13-04-2005 16:57									#118
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I easily send 5-10 a day. Quite a few during lectures when using a phone is obviously impossible.

	13-04-2005 17:50									#119
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quote: I easily send 5-10 a day.

That's child's play. I'll send that many in an hour on a good day...

	13-04-2005 17:55									#120
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Japan is way ahead of Europe.