Interesting discussion on Good Morning America this morning about how a brain works while driving and talking on cell phones. Study proves that because cell phone quality fluctuates when motorists struggled to listen the right parietal cortex which deciphers sounds went into overdrive. This takes away from other abilities normally peformed by the brain such as interpreting what you see. This means the attention is taken away from vision and even though your eyes are in front of you and its a bright sunny day your not going to process that visual information as well. Maybe that's why I was almost in a headon with that idiot!!!!!

I believe both do have bluetooth but I never learned to use it. I will check it out. owbist; I always forget about youtube. However, I didn't see anything useful in your list. Remember, I had essentially succeeded in making a sim card transfe, but the data was not complete. The one on point post from your list also indicated incomplete data fields. I actually found that my transfer was worse than I originally thought. It only transferred the contact name and lost both the fact that the next contact was identical and thus a subset, but also lost any indication of the type of phone (work, home etc) and listed ALL entries as 'mobile'.

And as for bm calling my phone that is her choice. I guess maybe she figures that dh works later than I do so she has a better chance of reaching sd on my phone? It does not bother me to have her call my cell and I do not really talk to her when she does call. If she calls from a number she has previously called from it is saved in my phone and comes up on caller id and I just hand it to sd. The only time I answer her calls is when she calls from a number she has not previously called from and then it is me saying hello, her asking for sd, and me handing the phone off. Before the days of caller id parents and stepparents answered landlines when ncp called and then passed the phone to child. Same thing! And before cell phones ncp could call landline and if nobody was home they had to wait for a return call, there are times where people are not reachable. So, if we go somewhere and do not have cell with us and a call is missed it is not the end of the world. And if we are home and cell is in another room and we do not hear it and see the call later it is again not the end of the world. Message is given to sd, same as if we had a landline with an answering machine and missed the call. So I guess I am thinking this whole argument on how I should have a seperate phone line for bm's calls is just not going to happen in my case. We have a way to call 911 and make phone calls and many homes today have only cell phones. It is not neglecting the child in any way not to have a landline phone. Sure it may be a little more convenient for bm if sd had her own phone, but lots of things would make our lives more convenient and we still do not spend the money on the conveniences.

Tracfone. Have had several different prepaid phones. I had Virgin and when you got reception it was the best of any I've used. But their service is the Sprint PCS and that's not very widespread coverage. Worked well for me for over a year though because when I'd travel I usually used major highways and PCS is on there. But I wanted better coverage so I got Beyond Wireless until they changed to GSM only then I went with Tracfone. Few different phones with them (cheaper than buying cards) and settled on an LG 3280 flip phone that I really like. Excellent coverage and for about $3-$8/mo, it's stupid to not have a cell for traveling and even going out for the mail in the winter! A lot of people would be far better off getting prepaid over contract phones. But there's a snob appeal and people look down their noses at prepaid phones and users. I look at cost. Why should I pay $60-$100 a month for something that a few dollars a month does just as well? But I have different priorities. A phone is not a status symbol for me. I want it to do the job, and this does. I'm very happy with it.