Nextel Walkie-Talkie

[ÆNIMA]

Since I've been back from Russia, I've gotten a job working as an electrician's helper where a Walkie-Talkie phone seems pretty useful at times. A lot of other electricians own the same same phone and are able to communicate very freely. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with these phones and could fill me in. You know, personal likes and dislikes. I'm really not picky about my phone, so I'm not worried about the lack of flashy displays and what not. Perhaps there are other phones that are compatable with the Nextel network that I'm not aware of? Basically I'm asking for suggestions and feedback, thank you much.

[geekbot]

Sprint recently bought Nextel. But the Nextel phones/infrastructure is a proprietary system by Motorola that isn't interoperable with other systems. In the future sometime Sprint/Nextel should all be migrated to the same system.

Pros: quick connect, e.g. no dialing needed to *beep* "I'm in the car near your house, where do I turn?"

Cons: People who walkie in public places, e.g. *beep* "I'm in a fancy restaurant and everyone's listening to our conversation. Where are you?"

[PaulOakenfold]

The guidos (especially the ones that aren't actually Italian) love the walkie-talkie function.... while popping their collars, spraying on fake tan and spiking their hair up through the atmosphere. For this reason, I hate this function, as I've seen very little use it besides these rude bastards.

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

I agree. The only thing worse than people talking on their cell phones during movies is:

*BEEPBEEP!* "Yeah, so let's meet up and discuss exactly how big of assholes we are."
*BEEPBEEP!* "Yeah, I'm glad we had this conversation."

Worst fucking invention ever.

[Liquid Blue]

YO WHERE YOU AT

[ÆNIMA]

In all honesty, the walkie-talkie function's a gimmick outside of the work field. I've noticed that many contracters have these and they keep in touch that way. It's otherwise useless because not everyone has the service...which means you're limited. I agree with ya'll for the most part, but I'm still probably going to get it.

[PaulOakenfold]

I agree. The only thing worse than people talking on their cell phones during movies is:

*BEEPBEEP!* "Yeah, so let's meet up and discuss exactly how big of assholes we are."
*BEEPBEEP!* "Yeah, I'm glad we had this conversation."

Worst fucking invention ever.

I have not had the honor to be rudely interrupted like that at a movie, I can't wait though, I just know they're out there.

I'm getting excited just thinking about it.

[Verthanthi]

*BEEPBEEP!* "Yeah, so let's meet up and discuss exactly how big of assholes we are."
*BEEPBEEP!* "Yeah, I'm glad we had this conversation."

I usuall get this preceded by:

*BEEPBEEP* Yo, bro, hold up, someone is beeping me. I gotta check it.
*BEEPBEEP* Yo, who is it.

[Liquid Blue]

YO WHERE YOU AT

HOLLA BACK

[Jerome Scuggs]

someone whip out the toothpastefordinner comic expressing these negative sentiments

edit: fuck it

[ZeUs!!]

Promise me you'll say "OK YAR, OK YAR, OK OK YAR OK"

[Rab]

lol when i was in america i got a set of walkie talkies to fuck about with in the mall, ended up interfering with security guards' frequency lol - moral of the story, just get a cell phone coz they have other uses than to satisfy your "boyswithtoys" need lol.

[Adman]

i am on the "mike" network in ontario, the thing about this is it's a cell phone with an instant 2-way communication across country, and it doesn't cost money. So i can call my friends/family with this walkie-talkie feature without it costing me a dime extra on my bill rather than the 15 second phone call asking me where the fuck I am. And it's not that loud and can use the regular headset feature for the walkie as well.

So don't hate, appreciate???

[Propagandhi]

Besides being really fucking annoying to everyone around you, walkie-talkies aren't fun unless you're still playing in the treehouse.

[Money]

u can turn the speaker off, newbies :P...anyways the 2 way is the only good thing from nextel aside from the shitty coverage and shitty phones

i own a sprint lol

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