On Mar 31, 12:37*pm, Roland Perry wrote:

The biggest problem with the Excel was that the battery was wired in and
not a user-changeable item. Nor did they accept that it was covered by
the product's 5yr maintenance contract. (They finally settled on the
courtroom steps).

My two prior cellular phone units (both made by Motorola) had
replaceable batteries, but that didn't matter since the batteries
themselves were no longer made when I needed replacements. In both
units (one analog, one digital), the battery could only hold a charge
for a short time, making the phone cumbersome to use.

My carrier was happy to give me a free new phone. To me, that seems
wasteful, but I think they're hoping the replacement units, with their
added features, will encourage me to do more and thus run up a bigger
bill. For me, it was a pain to transition from one unit to another
since it worked differently.


For our British posters, I have a question about telephone dials. Did
the letters* on British telephone dials always correspond to those of
US dials? How about those of other European countries?

1
2=ABC
3=DEF
4=GHI
5=JKL
6=MNO
7=PRS (Q added later.)
8=TUV
9=WXY (Z added later)
0 operator (US dials had a Z before 1950 but rarely used).

I heard some countries may have had the Q and O in different
positions.

*Letters on dials were originally to aid in dialing exchange names, eg
PEnnsylvania 6-5000 instead of 736-5000. The US gradually
transitioned to "All Number Calling" by 1980.