Adam’s old cell phone RIP
September 26th, 2006
Don’t know exactly how it happened (I guess I must have walked into something with it in my pocket), but my old cell phone’s screen got smashed on Monday, with the surprisingly pretty result shown above. Alas, it was not nearly as practical as it was beautiful, and so I went off to check CNet’s reviews and then to the Verizon store to upgrade to the LG VX8300. I was thinking I’d change carriers, but a thread on the Metblog a while ago seemed to reach a consensus that Verizon had the best reception in SF, and I wanted to get a new phone as soon as possible. It’s been working out fairly well. My main complaint is one endemic to all Verizon gear–they lock out a whole bunch of interesting and useful stuff, with technologies like BREW and crippled Bluetooth implementations. But there is hope for the tinkerer who wanders in the strange land of CDMA: BitPim.
BitPim gives you read/write access to all the data on the phone, letting you transfer pictures, add ringtones, add contacts, and browse the filesystem, all via USB or Bluetooth. I’ve only started playing around with it, but it looks very promising indeed. Now all somebody needs to do is hack BREW so anyone can write apps for it.
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Dave Dash | September 27th, 2006 at 14:21
You might be able to unlock it on some forums.
Nokias seem EASY to unlock. Might be my next phone, but I don’t want any 2 year agreements.
2. tellumo | September 27th, 2006 at 14:31
Yeah, I saw BitPim on a forum. The problem is that the thing I want to unlock is the ability to run programs on the phone, which is done with BREW. I was able to use BitPim to transfer my contacts from my old phone, though, which was nice.
3. CHDK - Adam Engelhart&hellip | June 25th, 2008 at 23:33
[...] strongly approve of this sort of thing, as evidenced by my prior enthusiasm for BitPim. However, unlike BitPim, which only lets you transfer files to and from your phone (although that [...]
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