Are the aftermarket kits as good/better than the mobile web kit software
wise? What are the thoughts on a charging/data cable?

After 7.5 years i am utterly disgusted with VZ sales dept. it seems as if
the dont care if i stay or if i go. I am on the old west plan which gives me
300 anytime +200 bonus mins on each phone as i have a family share plan wth
2 phones  and am paying $50. The contract is up in 2 ...

I missed the opportunity to get one.  I have no idea why Audiovox or
Verizon would discontinue such a popular phone.  Is another better one
coming out?
Rob

My wife recently got the Motorola V60s for her work phone.
Whenever she turns the phone on, the speakerphone is on. We've gone
through the settings in the phone and found we can change the
speakerphone setting from "On" to "20 second timeout" or something like

Will verizon follow the trend that ATT/Cingular and Sprint are offering
and offer  additional lines for $10 instead of $20?
What are your thoughts?

I went to my local VZW store to have the SW in my LG VX6100 upgraded to
V02 (to fix the volume bug) and the tech said he was not able to get
the phone into "download mode".  He reset the phone, removed/reinserted
the battery, but had no luck.  Since the phone was under warranty, he

I love you all my Verizon buddies! Let's try and make Verizon Wireless one
of the most profitable cellular companies in the world! Even if they would
EVER surprise us long term customer's with some great specials and deals
let's refuse them!!! Even if they wanted to offer us 7pm ...

Any suggestions on best phone for hearing impaired?
Need loud ringtones and volume due to being around loud machinery too
often.
Don't NEED camera and other crap, just need to make and recieve phone

I have a Samsung SCH-a670 that I just got for Christmas. When I preview
the ring tone in the setup menu, it sounds quite loud, but when someone
actually calls, it is very quiet. How do I adjust this? The volume is
all the way up at Level 5 already.

I have an LG VX 3200, which worked fine until last week. All of a
sudden, the phone rings comes out of the small ear speaker in the phone
(making it impossible to hear) instead of the loud speaker on the back.
WHen I switch to speaker mode, the same thing happens. The only thing

Is there anywhere an ST 7860 can be used, or is it a paperweight? I have a
bunch of StarTacs, and one of them is not "tri-mode".
Been keeping it around for parts, I guess, but curious if there's anywhere
it can be used.

My 2 year commitment to Verizon Wireless is up, and I'm thinking about
straying.  
VZW reception at my house has never been great (1 or 2 bars on my phone
almost all the time), but other companys' reception used to be worse.  

1] Do two people at same address actually have to be family in any
fashion to share an account?
2] If we like our current phones is there anyway to get anything in the
place of a new phone discount? If we don't make use of that when signing

I recently upgraded to the Family Share Plan and took advantage of the +100
minutes to share promotion.  I just received my first statement.
Verizon's website and my salesperson both said the 100 minutes would be added
to my primary account (400 minutes) and be available to share to ...

Are there any online "publications" that actually test cell phones in
terms of how well they work in areas such as ability to receive and
transmit signals, loudness in earpiece, actual battery life, et cetera?
Most of what I see is nothing more than hype. It's impossible to tell ...