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The Invisible Leash
Pros
Affordable, durable, reliable, versitile, chicks dig it.
Cons
Speaker functions poorly at times, Walkie Talkie losses signal.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
A great phone that surpasses the usefulness of other cells. Who doesn't want a intercontinental walkie talkie?
My father purchased two Nextel i60s for my sister and I last Christmas. After his divorce from my mother, it was all he could do to keep in touch without having to call the house. I thought it was cool at the moment, in fact, the i60 is still cool, but the little alerts from my father never seem to stop. Anyway as you can tell from the con section above, there are very few actual problems with this phone. The only things that have a few glitches are the speaker phone option and some walkie talkie problems that simply cut you off time to time. Both of these functions are really cutting-edge for cell phones. I think I'm the only person I've ever seen using a cell phone that isnt up against my ear. If you've ever used a speaker phone, you've probably notice that only one person can talk at a time. Like voice actuation on a tape recorder, the speaker phone only records noise and mutes the line when no audible noise is available. This however, ends up cutting off some words or fluctuations in a voice.
The phone buttons and controls are very easy to use, you have a PHBK (phonebook) where you can list the names of your friends and their phone numbers, all of them, work, home, cell, etc, and correspond a phone type to them. For instance, my friend Tom has a office number: 488-797-8877 listed under work, and a home number: 488-676-8743 listed under home. Very simple. It also has a neat message system where you call in to your voice box. Turn the phone off and the messages are not deleted. The Settings function is pretty elementary, you can check recent calls and alerts, etc. etc.
The walkie talkie is the easiest to operate. Simple go to the PHBK, scroll through the list of names until you find another Nextel using buddy of yours, press the button on the side and they will be alerted. Then if they press their button you can hold a conversation. In this way, they wont be interrupted by your voice, booming like God at 2:00 at night.
I mentioned that the phone is easy to add on to. Let me explain. If you've ever seen a Honda go down the road with lights where the washer fluid ejectors are placed, or neon lights under the body, the same can be done to your Nextel. You can buy mega batteries that light up when it rings. Replacement antennas can do the same thing.
All in all a great phone whose implications are endless.
The phone buttons and controls are very easy to use, you have a PHBK (phonebook) where you can list the names of your friends and their phone numbers, all of them, work, home, cell, etc, and correspond a phone type to them. For instance, my friend Tom has a office number: 488-797-8877 listed under work, and a home number: 488-676-8743 listed under home. Very simple. It also has a neat message system where you call in to your voice box. Turn the phone off and the messages are not deleted. The Settings function is pretty elementary, you can check recent calls and alerts, etc. etc.
The walkie talkie is the easiest to operate. Simple go to the PHBK, scroll through the list of names until you find another Nextel using buddy of yours, press the button on the side and they will be alerted. Then if they press their button you can hold a conversation. In this way, they wont be interrupted by your voice, booming like God at 2:00 at night.
I mentioned that the phone is easy to add on to. Let me explain. If you've ever seen a Honda go down the road with lights where the washer fluid ejectors are placed, or neon lights under the body, the same can be done to your Nextel. You can buy mega batteries that light up when it rings. Replacement antennas can do the same thing.
All in all a great phone whose implications are endless.
