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ugh another phone recalled!
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Posted by: Freakshow105

Can we please have a phone come out that does not have a recall on it?!?!?!?!?

Posted by: brealmp3

what phone is it now?

Posted by: VMV702

the Firefly if I'm not mistaken

Posted by: flokati

yeah, the firefly is recalled for not working properly with 3g sim cards. Honestly, I never liked selling those anyway...

Posted by: tennessee31

Meh...waste of a phone, anyway. Parents don't want to pay $75 for one, and the kids would rather have a "real" phone.

Posted by: NukuCamui

good, kids dont need a damn cell phone anyway.

Posted by: anubis9278

man, forgive me for this MrDJ. But if any of you guys sold a firefly you should be ashamed of yourself. exploiting 5 to 12 year olds.

Posted by: kilowatt

what do you mean ashamed? the parents are the ones who want to buy the things for their kids.

Posted by: Blkbear

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Originally Posted by anubis9278

man, forgive me for this MrDJ. But if any of you guys sold a firefly you should be ashamed of yourself. exploiting 5 to 12 year olds.

What ashamed? In the Seattle area alone, there were several non-in store Firefly promotions, at movie theaters and other places for those things. I know the ones they held in the movie houses, handing out coupons (or were they flyers)?, stickers and fob like things, were done with Multi-plex employees and not Cingular reps. And all the stores I have been in, where parents were lined up to get one, there wasn't a kid in sight.

Posted by: SpeshulEd

i dont think anyone under the ager of 18 even needs a phone , when i was 13 my life wasnt that imprortant and busy thet i needed a cell phone , hell i barly need one now but i got a awsome deal so i keep it

Posted by: BellaDea

I've always hated the firefly itself. The concept is good but the phone is a little to hard to figure out in the beginning....... redesign it and i'd be happy to sell the dam thing....

Posted by: anubis9278

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Originally Posted by kilowatt

what do you mean ashamed?

that was a joke. my little take on Cingular contributing to bad parenting.

Posted by: azov

if you ever had to program one of those... it is a pain in the ***

Posted by: stevOh

When I was a kid there all you needed was a quarter and you can call home, there were payphones blocks away from each other. Now the only place I see payphones are in airports. Mobiles like the firefly are nice because all you can do voice calls. No SMS, No DATA, or MMS, which means reasonable bill each month. When the kids get older they can upgrade to something nicer with more features. I've also noticed that the younger a child gets a mobile phone the more responsible they are when it comes to using it. Between 6-12 they dont charge up high bills ..etc. Its the 13+ crowds when they get there first phone they go crazy with the ringtones and usuage.

I dont have any children but IMO i'd probably get my kids phones around there tenth Birthday.

Posted by: Lambert

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Originally Posted by SpeshulEd

i dont think anyone under the ager of 18 even needs a phone , when i was 13 my life wasnt that imprortant and busy thet i needed a cell phone , hell i barly need one now but i got a awsome deal so i keep it

tell that to these kids...
http://codeamber.org/prev_alerts.html

Posted by: anubis9278

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Originally Posted by Lambert

tell that to these kids...
http://codeamber.org/prev_alerts.html

low blow, predators will be predators. and parents can find them here.

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/states.htm

neither, the websites, will stop the problem

Posted by: kilowatt

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Originally Posted by anubis9278

that was a joke. my little take on Cingular contributing to bad parenting.

we need a sarcasm meter.

i'm not sure what an 8 year old needs with a phone, but i hope the parents keep buying them.

Posted by: jeffro01

whats wrong w/ kids having the ability to call their parents? what if the kid missed the bus and needed a ride home but didn't know their parents cell phone number (most schools are poor at keeping that info updated)? The firefly i thought, was a great idea. The kid can't use it for anything other than to call mom and dad, its an extra piece of security for your kids.

Jeff

Posted by: sharksfan

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Originally Posted by stevOh

When I was a kid there all you needed was a quarter and you can call home, there were payphones blocks away from each other. Now the only place I see payphones are in airports. Mobiles like the firefly are nice because all you can do voice calls. No SMS, No DATA, or MMS, which means reasonable bill each month. When the kids get older they can upgrade to something nicer with more features. I've also noticed that the younger a child gets a mobile phone the more responsible they are when it comes to using it. Between 6-12 they dont charge up high bills ..etc. Its the 13+ crowds when they get there first phone they go crazy with the ringtones and usuage.

I dont have any children but IMO i'd probably get my kids phones around there tenth Birthday.

My 5 month old daughter has her own cell phone

Not really... it's a phone that stays in her diaper bag in case of an emergency.

Posted by: aaadock

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Originally Posted by azov

if you ever had to program one of those... it is a pain in the ***

save this link your favorites.. you will never have to manually program that phone again ..

https://cingular.fireflymobile.com/phu/index.php