cellular phone

Samsung t349 Prepaid Phone, Silver/Lime (T-Mobile)
$149.99
I've had this phone for two months and can attest to it's good reception, exceptional call quality, and awesome, text-friendly keypad. This phone is not only very reliable, but fun too, because the camera takes decent photos that are easily shared via MMS with voice memo. I also love the photo enhancements, cropping, framing, and creating and sending "postcards" with the photo shop that is already loaded on the camera. Of course you can use photos for wall paper, and slide shows, too!
Besides using this as my only phone, the other features that I use the most are the ones that help me stay organized, informed, and on-time. There are several alarms, a timer, a fantastic calender with many scheduling options. I have my weekly volunteering scheduled to remind me for a whole year! I work the first weekend of the month, and I can schedule my calender to sound the alarm the rest of the year, or however long I want it to. I put all of my families appointments on it, including phone numbers so I can call if I'm running late! I set it for a reminder, of course. Contacts have more than enough info including picture ID, dedicated ringtone, group, birthday, email, and several phone numbers. I now have no excuse to forget birthdays!
I use the dedicated e-mail button all the time to check email. The phone notifies me everytime I recieve an email message. I also have a quiet tone notification, too. The volume is variable for all tones and alarms. There are also three different tones to chose from. All day long I use the web-to-go to check my yahoo! mail account. It is pretty fast (EDGE) and I can read and manage my email, though I cannot read attachments. It is an abbreviated version. I check local weather, local news, CNN, and email all day. I even check maps and traffic. There is a Yahoo! web browser that you can use to browse the web. There are many sites to go to, but they are abbreviated versions of the real web site, but you get alot of info, and many are being added every day. You just have to do a search on the browser and then you can bookmark your favorite sites. It's that simple.
I never play the games, but there are some already preloaded, and many to download. You can download music, too. I even loaded a Spanish language translator for $2.99. I use that at work because I work in a hospital in Central Florida and I need to speak Spanish! The mp3 player looks like it will hold about 100 songs, and it is easy to add a memory card on the side, not under the battery like some other phones. I guess the sound will be good because the audio on the phone calls sound so good.
I really love this phone. It feels really good to hold, the keypad is very easy to use because the buttons are raised, well lighted, very resposive, and the partial qwerty keypad is fantastic for texting, making to-do lists, writing memos, or tasks to complete. I love to type on it, it is so fast!
I bought this as a prepaid phone, but I use my regular t-mobile sim card in it. So I pay for my family plan with 5 faves, unlimited family texting, and $9.99 for unlimed web access.
I highly recommend this phone for everyone, especially texters, or anyone who needs to stay organized, needs lots of reminders, or likes to show off photos of their kids!

Wireless Extenders zBoost YX500-CEL Cell Phone Signal Booster up to 2500 Square Feet of Coverage for Home or Office (800 MHz Phones)
$299.00
I bought this because for some reason our house is a Verizon wireless dead zone. We mounted it in 4 different locations in the house & with the antenna inside and out and at every single location the base unit flashed and said that the signal was too strong. Too strong? We have never gotten more than 1-2 bars in our house.

I boxed it up and am sending it back to Amazon. Decided to try the Verizon VOIP wireless extender instead because it looks to be no hassle compared to this unit.

Motorola RAZR V3 Prepaid GoPhone, Black (AT&T) with $50 Airtime Credit
$174.99
Ordered the phone from Amazon and received it within a reasonable time frame. Phone works well, but could not receive the stated $50 worth air time credit after activation of the phone. Contacted Amazon several times, call always got terminated once discussion on this started (not really terminated, just been placed in idle - no more response from the other end after providing information needed). Be aware of the case if you consider buying the phone with receiving such credit, just like I did.

Samsung a167 Prepaid GoPhone (AT&T) with $15 Airtime Credit
$79.99
We were looking for an attractive, pre-paid cell phone and this fit the bill. It's easy to use, has good battery life, and includes a serviceable camera. The phone is comfortable to use (something that couldn't be said for the Motorola flip phones), snaps closed with a solid feel, and the menus are straightforward. Call quality with AT&T is very good. There are two things that could be improved: there should be a way to get photos off the phone without having to send a video text message, and it would be nice to be able to import phone numbers from a PC. For the price though it's no big deal. Other than those quibbles we're very happy with the phone.