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So i was in school and i was caught texting due to the tilt being so damn big. I was in the cafeteria and a teacher came up behind me and snatched my phone. Good thing this is my first time getting caught because its 1 day without my phone and a parent has to come and pick it up. Second offense is 3 weeks and a parent comes and gets it and the third offense is they keep the phone until the end of the year. This sucks. I feel so lost without it.
ROFL.. i would of ****ign stabbed a ***** if she grabbed my phone.. u kno they probli took it and played around with it n ****
I pull the whole, I was writing down HW that a friend gave me, so that I wouldnt forget, its a PDA too ya know...
And thier like, Oh, get really red (Because ive taught all me friends to stare at the teacher meanacingly if any of us gets out phone taken away) and the PDAhone is returned.
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Second offense is 3 weeks and a parent comes and gets it and the third offense is they keep the phone until the end of the year.
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sounds like crappy public schools of america. I'm glad my high school years are long and far behind me...this is one of the reasons college kicks hard core ass.
they have no right to take your phone for that long...only unless you signed something that allows them to hold it, but other then that, they cant do that...sue them mofos
The suckage...
My school sucks just as much if not more. They see a phone out, its instant detention, 3 demerits, and its taken away for 2 weeks! Oh and 18 demerits is an expulsion. Oh and for some reason, havin a PDA in class constitutes cheating becasue of what it can do!? and thats 6 extra demerits and 2 detentions! Yeah America needs to wake up and stop stereotyping people who actually care about not having a $1 piece of crap as their phone!!!
American Kids need to man up & stop being little girly sissies. "Oh, the big bad teacher took my phone, boohoo."
It called a rule. You know it's there. You chose to either follow it or not. If not, you know the consequences, so deal with it & quit whining.
The one thing I'll give you credit for??? Thank God you weren't dumb enough to post this waste of space in the Development thread.
wait they took it for 2 weeks? yo F that i would deff slice the principals throat while laughing.
No they only took it for today i get it tomorrow. If i get caught again its 3 weeks. It sucks major. These are the times i wish i had put a pw on my phone. I havent because i usually have it and its a hassle to type in a pw everytime i look at my phone so i didnt. But oh how i wish i have. It sucks.
I think that there should be a crossroads
I also attend a High School with such rules, i just dont understand why they get so damn anal about it.
In Orange County Pubilc Schools the stupid rule is as follows:
-If I See It, Or Hear It, (Even if it attached to your belt) I Take It.
Why cant they get that most high school students, and now middle schoolers have phones. One thing is to be texting in the middle of Algebra Class, but why cant i check my messages at lunch or passing time. Why cant i make that quick call between classes or at lunch. But yet, here is the irony, ADMINS AND TEACHERS USE THEM IN FRONT OF US ALL THE TIME!!!!!!, but yet if i carry my tilt in my belt pouch, and if they see the pouch, they get all stupid about it. They want us to hide it, (as if it was illegal to carry one??).
this should probably be moved to off topic or else where.
When i was in highschool they tried to implement a rule like that, where if you were caught with your phone they'd take it away and a parent had to come pick it up. BUT a group of kids and parents got together and went against it. The school ended up not enforcing the rule because of all the highschool shootings most of the 911 calls came from students with cell phones in the school. The students were also able to call 911 before the school did in several cases.
So they just implented a rule that you cant talk/text during class. if you were texting in the hallway or cafeteria a teacher would just tell you to put it away.
One dickhead teacher use to attempt to confiscate them... then his tires got slashed... he wasn't that much of a dickhead after that
Also speaking of cheating.. When the nokie 3650 first came out (one of the first camera BT phones) a couple of friends and I had them and one person would sit in the hallway next to the class i was in and during an exam i'd covertly snap a pic of the test page and bluetooth the pic to my "corespondent" then he'd look up the answers and text them back ... or i'd take pics of the text book and zoom and pan through the pic for answers
oh ya i didnt know where to post it. I just saw kaiser general and figured this was the spot. But i was in the cafeteria and had it under the table and its just so lame. Gimme a break.
that sucks, at my school of corse your not supposed to use your phone in class, but thats it. during passing period, lunch, before or after class, you can use it.
however one time my teacher saw my phone when i had the camera app up, she asked "is that a cell phone or camera?" i knew she wouldnt have cared if i said it was a phone, shed just tell me to put it away, but i said it was a camera and showed her. she thought it was, lol.
well im in southern cali as well and i have never had anything like that happen to me. i would give them the shaking im gonna kill you and everyone you know look and would get off with a warning. i just dont let people take things from me, be it a pda or pen or anything. however if you are as violent and selfish as me you should try and follow the rules if you know you will have this reaction. just my .02 cents.
oh and the guy crackin on americans, kinda rude bro, theres no need for that here. but then again this post should prob be moved but whatever. sorry to hear bout your tilt, just be sneaky next time or face the same result.
I can see high school hasn't changed a bit since I've been there. They teach you all about freedom yet it's more of a police state than North Korea. The only loophole was the TI graphing calculators. They were not necessary for our studies but they were the one device that could play games that wasn't banned. They tried to incorporate them into math class but the teachers could't use them.
HAHA yeah In my Jr. year of high school. We had a sub for my psychology class. I had my nintendo ds out and she made me put it away. So I did. Later 10 min b4 the bell when we were not doing anything I placed it ontop of my desk with all of my books and sat there. The teacher came over and placed her hand on my ds. I imedantly grabbed her hand and threw it off of my ds. I then threw my books and told her to fu** off.
LoL that was just for my ds.....
WTF???
"more of a police state than North Korea"? Yeah... I'm sure North Korean peasant families surviving on subsistence rations, a few hours of electricity a day, and being kept from seeking a better life elsewhere at the point of a gun are looking at you guys and saying "Well, at least we're not attending an American high school."
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I also attend a High School with such rules, i just dont understand why they get so damn anal about it.
In Orange County Pubilc Schools the stupid rule is as follows:
-If I See It, Or Hear It, (Even if it attached to your belt) I Take It.
Why cant they get that most high school students, and now middle schoolers have phones. One thing is to be texting in the middle of Algebra Class, but why cant i check my messages at lunch or passing time. Why cant i make that quick call between classes or at lunch. But yet, here is the irony, ADMINS AND TEACHERS USE THEM IN FRONT OF US ALL THE TIME!!!!!!, but yet if i carry my tilt in my belt pouch, and if they see the pouch, they get all stupid about it. They want us to hide it, (as if it was illegal to carry one??).
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LoL, I just graduated from High School in a OCPS school, last year, they tried to pull the same thing my senior year because they saw my phone on my belt clip, and attempted to take it away, the loop hole in this one is they CANNOT take items over $150 in pricing because, its consider a liability if they loose it while its in their hands, but since they never inform students on that, and only inform students WHAT THEY CANT DO, and not the rights they have while attending school, its easy for them to get away with alot of it, just like (for OCPS schools anyway) a administrator cannot search your personal belongings, only your locker, only a administrator that is accompanied by law enforment. There is a website on the OCPS website somewhere that shows state statues for students rights, just sad a student has to find them to use them, but I guess its a fight to not get pushed around by school administrators that like to abuse their power more then others. So bottom line, if your in a OCPS school, you can fight it, you need to provide some proof though of the phone cost, and deny there attempt to take the phone, they will make you leave for the day for insubordination, but I think its better that then to leave a expensive phone in the hand of idiots as it is.
Friends,
Couldn't pass this up and not posting on this thread.
There are pro's and con's to using technology at all levels school, business, and socializing. The problem here is that the school's objective is to teach w/o interuptions of cell phones ringing, someone sending pictures of test questions (interesting though) and reducing theft issue's. Many students who break these rules ruin it for everyone else because of how it can help students that do have respect.
This also applies in the business world as well - If your in a meeting with the ceo, co-workers you want to be respectifull and not break the concentration of the meeting. Same with companies that are specific to what phones can be used and at what time. Most government companies will not allow pda's - camera's, voice recorders etc. Same principle - school/business.
Rule is a rule which has to be abided by. If abused then the school has the right to enforce their policy. We all have to live by rules and regulations.
The technology is cool and can be used to help students, but when the rules are not followed by everyone - this is the cause in effect.
I do think that having the phone in your locker, backpack - sound turned off is legitimate. During recess, lunch cool to use the phone.
Tvos
Well I awoke this morning to find my new Scooter was stolen. It had a front wheel lock and a the back tire was locked. What the hell??? So can anyone feel my pain?
And I thought such bastards are only in Slovakia.
Sorry to hear that guys.
im glad such deliquent behavior is not seen here in the dc
hahahha SIKE
Yea your lucky if you don't get shot or killed by a senator there!
if pro is the opposite of con, is congress the opposite of progress?
sorry man that sucks but i feel your pain
I live in Philadelphia...
If that wasn't enough to already make you understand I'll elaborate
-Car broken into 3 times took head unit all my cds and all my change plus cost of windows over 500 bucks (I leave my car completely empty now not even trash)
-House robbed 2 weeks after I moved here, took my 42" LCD, my xbox360, my laptop and monitor...how the hell hey carried all that out with no one seeing or reporting anything is beyond me.
but i learned my lesson, I have better car insurance and renters insurance now so I'm good...
Its really painful....what about the insurance???
Damn dude, that is the one thing I am worrying about. I think they were casing the neighborhood. I live in a house behind another house, my little house could be confused for a storage area (it however does look like a mini house). Anyways my neighbor ( the one in front of me) has been on vacation for a week or two so it looks like no one is home. I hope they don't try to break in to my place at least not while I am there.
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Damn dude, that is the one thing I am worrying about. I think they were casing the neighborhood. I live in a house behind another house, my little house could be confused for a storage area (it however does look like a mini house). Anyways my neighbor ( the one in front of me) has been on vacation for a week or two so it looks like no one is home. I hope they don't try to break in to my place at least not while I am there.
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LOL, a barbie house?
Did someone has a dog? Not something like chivava, but more like pittbull,
I think this picture can persuade thieves to choose another object.
Dont feel bad, people... I live right up the road from Washington DC (District of Criminals) in the city where you are most likely to be shot and killed... Baltimore, Md
The Wire taught me all the imaginary stuff my white mind could be afraid of.
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Dont feel bad, people... I live right up the road from Washington DC (District of Criminals) in the city where you are most likely to be shot and killed... Baltimore, Md
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Baltimore may have the highest crime rate but at least you have *****ing cakes.
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Baltimore may have the highest crime rate but at least you have *****ing cakes.
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Not *****in enough to be worth dying for!
This is why I believe in the "Shall Carry" states. I hate thieves and that is Why I carry 24/7.
funny how our Nations current and old Capitals are the worst cities in America now...I guess **** really does run downhill and they're the closet to the toilets the asses sit on
and then it all seems to back-up around the middle of the country HAHA
fzzyrn said:
if pro is the opposite of con, is congress the opposite of progress?
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Lol new famous quote. Did you make that yourself You should make a thread for all your quotes lol.
Kraize
I feel your pain bud but, I have a somewhat contraversial view .... read on and follow me.
About 8 years ago I had a BRAND SPANKING new YZF-R6 - about 6 n 'alf grands worth of 600cc supersports bike parked outside my house. Along came a bunch of kids (16/17 year olds) who started wheeling it off down the road without my knowledge. Anyway, they were chased off by a neighbour. You can imagine my anger and rage. The police came over and said they could do nothing even though they knew who had tried it - hence, they told us there ages. The copper said to me:
"I wish they'd stolen your bike"
"Why?"
"They are only 16/17 years old and with a bike like that, we'd be one less bike thief in the world"
Ya know what, I *almost* agreed with him - except it would of been MY bike.
The law is there to protect yourself as well as others. People aged 16/17 do not have the maturity to handle a bike like that ..... and it was proved ..... read on ....
Walking home from the pub a few nights later a fast road round the corner was closed. Blow me, someones smashed up a Fireblade (at the time, 900cc superbike). The wreckage of the bike was there, a bent lamp post and a couple of coppers. Turns out the rider had died.
That week in my local newspaper:
"On XXXday night, a 16 year old kid dies on xxx road riding his own moped"
Yeap this was the incident that closed the road. It clearly WASN'T a moped, it clearly WASN'T HIS bike (he wasn't old enough) and why the f*&K did the paper lie about it? Oh, I also found out a few days later that it was one of the kids that tried to steal my bike.
Contraversial bit coming up:
Darwin ruled over the rider and judged him inelligable to breed, removing him from the gene pool. Ever since then i've been a big fan of Darwin, specialy when it comes to car/bike thieves - even now, I can feel my blood boiling, face going red.... hope these thieves all get whats coming to them, painfully, just not taking out innocent by-standers in the process.
:O ouch. I'm only 15 and I was thinking of getting a suzuki gsx 600 next year when I get my license. It's not that hard to control. It's just that people are too stupid and they HAVE to show off somehow and lose control and crash...smart.
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I feel your pain bud but, I have a somewhat contraversial view .... read on and follow me.
About 8 years ago I had a BRAND SPANKING new YZF-R6 - about 6 n 'alf grands worth of 600cc supersports bike parked outside my house. Along came a bunch of kids (16/17 year olds) who started wheeling it off down the road without my knowledge. Anyway, they were chased off by a neighbour. You can imagine my anger and rage. The police came over and said they could do nothing even though they knew who had tried it - hence, they told us there ages. The copper said to me:
"I wish they'd stolen your bike"
"Why?"
"They are only 16/17 years old and with a bike like that, we'd be one less bike thief in the world"
Ya know what, I *almost* agreed with him - except it would of been MY bike.
The law is there to protect yourself as well as others. People aged 16/17 do not have the maturity to handle a bike like that ..... and it was proved ..... read on ....
Walking home from the pub a few nights later a fast road round the corner was closed. Blow me, someones smashed up a Fireblade (at the time, 900cc superbike). The wreckage of the bike was there, a bent lamp post and a couple of coppers. Turns out the rider had died.
That week in my local newspaper:
"On XXXday night, a 16 year old kid dies on xxx road riding his own moped"
Yeap this was the incident that closed the road. It clearly WASN'T a moped, it clearly WASN'T HIS bike (he wasn't old enough) and why the f*&K did the paper lie about it? Oh, I also found out a few days later that it was one of the kids that tried to steal my bike.
Contraversial bit coming up:
Darwin ruled over the rider and judged him inelligable to breed, removing him from the gene pool. Ever since then i've been a big fan of Darwin, specialy when it comes to car/bike thieves - even now, I can feel my blood boiling, face going red.... hope these thieves all get whats coming to them, painfully, just not taking out innocent by-standers in the process.
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I see no controversy in your post, I completely agree.
Kraize92 said:
:O ouch. I'm only 15 and I was thinking of getting a suzuki gsx 600 next year when I get my license. It's not that hard to control. It's just that people are too stupid and they HAVE to show off somehow and lose control and crash...smart.
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Even though a GSX-F (i'm assuming you don't mean GSX-R) is old, its still very fast for a new passer. Not sure what country your from but when I passed my test a GSX-F 600, for that matter any 600, you need needed to be 21 years old here in the uk. Thats for a reason and a very good one.
If you think its not that hard to control and treat it with that candid attitude then, you will be in hospital... if your lucky.
Not trying to be rude, just don't think you really understand how dangerous they are.
Wow, I live in this city, this guy dies a slow death and the fire and police dept watch......... then blame it on rules and budget cuts.........
... I need to get out of here...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43233984/ns/us_news-life/
Wow that is some messed up crap. None of those first responders had the balls to defy orders in order to save that man's life. Heroes...yeah right
A city on the bay and you cut water rescue? And no balls is right!
Sickening isn't it? Any two people, whether emergency service personnel or bystander, could have effected a safe rescue using nothing more than a length of rope. One of them would have to get wet but they'd be safely anchored and could have saved a life.
Check out this one. (Helping out a fellow man).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8069686.stm
Yup DirkGentry, stupid That area of the bay is shallow it is nothing to get out there and on top of that the sail-surfers are right next store not like you couldn't get a surfboard..... such lame BS, this is a case I hope they get sued over.
We had something similar over here (except it was down to jobsworths not any cuts) where two plastic policemen (Police Community Support Officers - civilians in uniforms with notebook and pen) refused to go into a lake to try and save someone's life on health and safety grounds.
THAT IS CRAZY THEY SAID SINCE THE CUTS, THEY WERE NOT TRAINED FOR THAT RESCUE IM A MEDIC AND LET ME TELL YOU I CANT SIT BACK AND WATCH PPL DIE, WITH THAT SAID YOU ARE TRAINED TO NOT RISK YOUR OWN LIFE BUT WE RISK OUR LIVES EVERY DAY IN MANY WAYS. ITS CALLED A LIFE JACKET THEY SHLD HAVE TRIED ANYTHING AND NOT JUST STOOD THERE. OH YEA AND THE CUTS WERE PUT BACK THE NEXT DAY SUCH CRAP
Welcome to the New state of affairs in the US. Its only getting worse.
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My son is one, (20 months exact) and he is the proud owner of a Nokia Lumia 800 (cyan) It doesn't have talk or text, and only has a minimal data plan for the sake of security in case he wanders off. It functions to me as a security measure, but he can use the phone. He plays some games, reads the nokia-enabled sesame street books, listens to music (He loves Micheal Buble), and takes pictures. He loves his phone, and loves playing some games over WiFi with me but some feel he's too young for one and today I was even insulted for giving him a cellphone. What are your thoughts? How young is too young for a cellphone?
What? 20mths?
I would have said 8yrs old minimum.
I find it incredible a child that young hasn't destroyed the device.
Must be a smart kid if he can not only look after the phone but also competently operate it.
Ultimately it's down to you to decide whether it's fine for him.
Thinking about it more, I guess it's not worlds apart from any other children's toy.
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My son is one, (20 months exact) and he is the proud owner of a Nokia Lumia 800 (cyan) It doesn't have talk or text, and only has a minimal data plan for the sake of security in case he wanders off. It functions to me as a security measure, but he can use the phone. He plays some games, reads the nokia-enabled sesame street books, listens to music (He loves Micheal Buble), and takes pictures. He loves his phone, and loves playing some games over WiFi with me but some feel he's too young for one and today I was even insulted for giving him a cellphone. What are your thoughts? How young is too young for a cellphone?
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to be honest i think your reasons are good but not for a kid that age. pre teen sounds good to me for owning a phone
safe age to hand cellphone is i think 10
The lumia 800 is made of polycarbonate and gorilla glass. It's a tough device to break. Months ago, I even posted a thread because he tossed it off of a second story balcony and it was unscathed. Windows Phone is made to be intuitive and act as an extension of oneself, there are numerous videos of small children using it, it's not like other OSes, it's all about ease of use.
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My son is one, (20 months exact) and he is the proud owner of a Nokia Lumia 800 (cyan) It doesn't have talk or text, and only has a minimal data plan for the sake of security in case he wanders off. It functions to me as a security measure, but he can use the phone. He plays some games, reads the nokia-enabled sesame street books, listens to music (He loves Micheal Buble), and takes pictures. He loves his phone, and loves playing some games over WiFi with me but some feel he's too young for one and today I was even insulted for giving him a cellphone. What are your thoughts? How young is too young for a cellphone?
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My concern is radiation. I don't know if it is a valid concern. If radiation isn't a health risk and your kid doesn't break the phone or lose it I suppose as early as possible is the right answer. I like the security idea. Frankly there needs to be some kind of tracking device you can put into your kids cloths so that you can constantly track there whereabouts. If I'm going to pick up a something I bought on Craigslist or go out with some new girl I just met I usually zip and email or text to someone I know letting them know what I'm up to in case I disappear. I like the apps that let people track your location. I just feel my current GF would abuse it.
its a nokie. those things never break. i can use one as a hammer and it will still work
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Funny part is they just posted a video of the lumia 900 being used as a hammer.
The device isn't used as a cellphone, it's a tracking device, movie device, gaming device, music device, and general entertainment device, basically a gameboy on steroids.
Think about one thing. When you were 20 months old, or even 20 years old, di your parents have to have a GPS strapped to you? No, 20 years ago everyone survived somehow without cellphones. I think 16 is the right age to give a cellphone to your kid.
Dude my kid is 24 months and he has one too! Its ok!!!!!!!!! Its rly not about what anyone else thinks its how you feel about it
My daughter got her Epic 4g on her 10th birthday last year. I asked her if she wanted my Epic 4g Touch once I get the Evo Lte and she said nope...
I think it all depends on the kid and your level of being able to block, restrict, and monitor the usage. But that is just my opinion...
My youngest brother (5 years old) has mild autism. He likes to socialize, his eye contact is OK and he shows signs of intelligence but he doesn't talk, very hyperactive and repititive movement of his hands scares me. He knows how to use android phones so I'm about to buy the childpad or Kindle Fire to use it as a learning device. Is it OK or not?
Wow, less than 2 and already has a phone? That's very young, I would think 12 years and it wouldn't be anything special.
Wow . I got my first phone at 17 lol.
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I got it on my 25. How more?
Soooo...give a baby a phone, its cute that they can navigate it. Precious.
Give an adult a phone?
They crash cars, text while driving, riding bikes, and walking, lose social skills, fall into fountains, inadvertently encounter bears, and actually cause cities to install soft bumpers on light posts simply to prevent injury from some asshole who just can wait until he/she can stop for a sec and type. When you hit the pole, just LOL. There are smartphone users and then there are smart phone users.
For a 20 month old, yeah, it's doing the trick. Generous data plan. Pretty cyan phone. Gorilla glass too? That kid is set. The poor thing.
Think about all the adults who suddenly became retards the second they got their smartphone after never having one as a kid, and think of what a retard you're turning your kid into when you hand one to them at birth, when a trip to a playground or a library could really make a difference.
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Soooo...give a baby a phone, its cute that they can navigate it. Precious.
Give an adult a phone?
They crash cars, text while driving, riding bikes, and walking, lose social skills, fall into fountains, inadvertently encounter bears, and actually cause cities to install soft bumpers on light posts simply to prevent injury from some asshole who just can wait until he/she can stop for a sec and type. When you hit the pole, just LOL. There are smartphone users and then there are smart phone users.
For a 20 month old, yeah, it's doing the trick. Generous data plan. Pretty cyan phone. Gorilla glass too? That kid is set. The poor thing.
Think about all the adults who suddenly became retards the second they got their smartphone after never having one as a kid, and think of what a retard you're turning your kid into when you hand one to them at birth, when a trip to a playground or a library could really make a difference.
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ha who needs librarys he has a smartphone now the playground is a diff story i try to take my lil boy somewhere everyday im off
This is a complicated question, one which is difficult to answer because I don't have kids.
But I do have friends with kids.
A buddy of mine has kind of a neat system with cell phones for his kids and it's one which I plan on emulating when I have my own someday.
He gave his kids their first cell when they started going to school. Locked texting, locked data. It is only for emergency phone calls and he can use GPS to track the child. The phone is nothing special, an old flip phone.
Come middle school, the kid gets a smartphone, albeit a cheap one. Nothing big and grand like the Note, the Galaxy S II/III, the One X series etc. Probably something like my beat up old Evo 4g. Calls and text only, no data except at home on a wifi connection.
Come high school, the kids gets a real smartphone with full responsibilities.
I would also teach my kid how to properly use the phones to avoid malware stuff, etc etc.
Personally, I think 20 months is a little young for a phone but a phone defined as a device that makes phone calls and what your child has does NOT make phone calls, ergo it is not a phone (capable, yes. but it does not actually make calls anymore, so by our wonderful english language, it's no longer a phone). You essentially gave your kid a toy that can be tracked via GPS, so I don't really consider it giving your kid a phone. You can use that argument next time some uptight douchebag tries to tell you how to raise your child
My 2 cents
Yea a 20 month old does not need a phone. Unless ur a bad parent and can't keep an eye on him and need it to track him. Seriously he doesn't need one.
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I forgot to mention that I have two daughters. One is 6 and the other one is 21 months. My little one already prefers Android.
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Learn from my mistake and never leave your Nexus 7 unattended.
Left my Nexus 7 on my chair at Starbucks and stepped away for a few seconds to throw trash away. Noticed in my peripheral view someone sitting down in my chair then immediately get up to head towards the door and my Nexus 7 in its sleeve was missing. Spun him around before he could make it out the door and snatched my Nexus 7 back which was hidden under his jacket under his left arm. It's like 90 degrees outside so the jacket was obviously suspicious.
Wow, at least you got it back. What did the person say when you snatched it back? Lastly, curious to know what city area this was in -
Taking care of your own device is your responsibility. But accidents and assholes appear everywhere. So, its a nice idea to install a reliable anti-theft app too.
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Taking care of your own device is your responsibility. But accidents and assholes appear everywhere. So, its a nice idea to install a reliable anti-theft app too.
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Definitely - there are many out there, but I would recommend this one : Cerberus Anti-Theft - excellent and fast response support from the developer too. Rooted device extra features, May also consider an application protection addon-app to protect it from being uninstalled.
Google Play link : (work friendly safe)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lsdroid.cerberus&hl=en
Developer's Site FAQ : (work friendly safe)
https://www.cerberusapp.com/help.php
If that was me, dude would have been getting a free ride to the hospital.
You shouldn't have worried, he would have seen the 1mm of screen lift and returned it.
I know things like this happen all the time, but when it happens to you it really kills your faith in people, eh...
I would have put that person through the door and waited for the police. I have Android Lost setup and I would love to see someone steal any of my devices.
You gotta tell us what the guy did. I would have taken him to the ground and called the police.
Regardless of where it happened you're going to run into thieves anywhere. Ironically, I always keep it with me except for that one time because the trash can was only steps/seconds away. Lesson learned that thieves eye your property and are quick when the opportunity arise. He said something to the effect that "he just sat down" (whatever) and was apologetic but probably not because he was sorry but because the incident attracted attention so there were eye witnesses and he was on camera so he probably realized he was better off scurrying off with tail between his leg rather than resist and wait for the police to show up. Get the feeling he's a seasoned Starbucks property snagger so he'll probably be back another day to target others. Thanks for the tips on the post-theft apps. Fortunately, I had pattern screen lock enabled to protect personal info/data and prevent unauthorized Google Play purchases.
If someone comes to your table asking for directions then puts a big map down on the table, they're after your phone, or your tablet, or whatever else is under the map. I've seen this scam worked in Starbucks.
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I hope you made a scene and made him very uncomfortable so he doesn't come back to the same Starbucks anytime soon. The Starbucks I frequent has the same regulars, we all visit at roughly the same hours, work from Starbucks, and we all look out for each other. What a scumbag, he knew what he was doing.
Don't leave your anything unattended.
Life lesson learned.
This is a good reason why it is always a good idea to install an anti theft app or some form of mechanism.
Makes me lose faith in humanity when I hear these stories.
This is why I'm always skeptical of people in general when I'm out in public. Being naive only gets you in odd positions.
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chlehqls said:
This is why I'm always skeptical of people in general when I'm out in public. Being naive only gets you in odd positions.
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Obviously we should all be hostile to each other because of the few.
I'll be a less paranoid and more outgoing person and risk losing those $$$. No one ever died losing 200$ or 1000$.
Dude you gotta be more careful. The Nexus 7 is so small you can just stick it in your pocket. That is what I did last night when I was at the movie theater watching the 2012 DCI Drumcorps show. It was almost 6 hours long so when I went to the bathroom I took my Nexus with me. Heck you could even tuck it under your arm if you had it in a case.
At least now you will be triple careful .... until the next time that is.
I have a friend who works at a local middle school here in Northern VA and the school tells all of the parents, "do not have your kid bring cellphone, games, tablets to school or if you do lock them up in your locker." They are routinely stolen and the parents come in complaining.
I bet he thought it was an iPad. Because the current Apple v Samsung trial has shown me stupid people think everything is an iPad.
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Obviously we should all be hostile to each other because of the few.
I'll be a less paranoid and more outgoing person and risk losing those $$$. No one ever died losing 200$ or 1000$.
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Funny story, when I first got my SGT7, i decided to walk down to a friend's house at night. I didn't pull the tab out of my pocket until I was almost to his house, but shortly after I pulled it out, some kid ran over to me pretending he had a gun. Turns out he thought I was someone else, we had our laughs, and he happened to also be heading to the same house as me
I would of held him in Starbucks waiting for police to arrive to arrest him. What he did was a crime. Took something that did not belong to him. He should be punished.
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You were very diplomatic.
All I can say is if it was me, it would have been his unlucky day!