Just wondering if these new push 2 talk phones would be any good as a bike 2 bike communication. Any one else thought along these lines?
Hardcore Biker
Just wondering if these new push 2 talk phones would be any good as a bike 2 bike communication. Any one else thought along these lines?
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I thought about that...
The buttons look awefully fiddley though.. and it is a bit pricey.
Somewhere down here sold two CB radios and headphones for $75 so... I dunno if I'd want to shell out that much for an intercom system
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Yeah, I think its bit of a ripp off, charging for walkie-talkie type service. Is it limited by distance? i.e. could I talk from Auckland to Wellington on the push to talk service?
Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot
Hardcore Biker
I have push to talk - I push the wife, and she talks...
albiet not in a pleasant manner...
Aargh, photos!
LOL, Monster.
I still dont agree with them charging for the push to talk but I suppose it stops people like me pissing truckies off.
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Push to talk is a bit of a joke. It is effectivily 3 way calling with a speaker phone. The call still goes uses the normal cell tower so yes you can PTT wellignton from Auckland and pay for it!!
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Off topic, I know, but it sounds like a pointless idea when phones can do full duplex transmission even on conference calls, why "downgrade" to half-duplex PTT?
What next? Phones that imitate the sound quality of a pair of tin cans and a length of string? Oh, that's right, that's what Telecom's phones sound like anyway.
I note they're pushing the "trucker" image in the ads - sure sign its nothing but a gimmick - if it had any practical use they'd be plugging that, not saying "look, you can pretend to be a CBer".
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these bloody cell phone companies will try and push anything to make them more money...
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Walkie-talkie bollocks!! It's just promotional bullshit name for conference calling.
Immature and proud of it.
3 cents a call. How many are you going to make, or worse still, your pillion make?Originally Posted by Holy Roller
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Argh! Now that's scary! Best argument against 'em I've heard so far (aside from the logistics of ringing your pillion/buddy then frigging about with the little button whilst wearing motorcycle gloves)
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Its aimed at taking money of teenagers.... they keep the $10txt thing but know that if a teen had the chance, ptt would be easier...thats why they make the price look tiny and then rob them blind....
now, if ptt is 3 cents, why are txts so expensive???
If I wanna talk to someone I ring them...I hate texts, so I wont do that unless neccesary... and I dont ring people unless its off-peak or urgent and I dont answer blocked ID calls... sometimes I'd prefer not to have a phone at all, but I'm addicted to gadgets...
I have a work phone that I hate but have to use
PTT is just another gimmick
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Resident Teenager Says:
Yeah, texting is grood. Well, Boost Monster Text is. PTT just pisses me off, I can't see anyone using it. And the ad pisses me off, so I'll boycott it (not as though I'd think about it anyway) Ringing isn't really cost effective if you can text fast enough, and it has the added bonus of discretion.
Just my point of view.
Aargh, photos!
It sounds like fun, but I can go home and push buttons on my microwave rather than spend 3c to push a button on a cellphone
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh sooner or late
And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods
Here for the arcade.
Also as a resident teenager, I agree with him. PTT is just another gimick to force people to upgrade their phones
BTW, brough one of those stupid nokia phones for 150, cheapest in the store, Cryhavoc here goes and buys one far better and at the same bloody price, ARGH!
Also, Vodafone work on paying for each push of the button, whilst telecom you pay for a certain amount of minutes, so telecom looks the best at the moment
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