Re: OT but still techy: Stupid Cell Phone Features

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:42:34 +1200, the renowned Nicholas Sherlock
<N.sherlock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

D from BC wrote:
I went to buy a new cell phone.

I asked the ~phone guy~, "I would gladly pay $100.00 extra for a phone
where I can enter my monthly minute allowance (350 daytime Mon to
Fri.) and see a minutes used countdown on the display.."

Here in New Zealand we can call a free phone number and a robot tells us
how much time we have left. I would be surprised if you didn't have a
similar service available.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock

One of the early GSM cell phones I had was equipped with a register
that displayed the accumulated number of minutes, but it was deep
within the menu system and you would have had to reset it every month.



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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