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need phone that keeps track of minutes

Sep 14, 2004 4:45PM PDT

okay i know most phones can log the amount of minutes used for each call.. but is there a phone out there that will do more? maybe let me choose how many minutes to use each day? or let me know if i am over on minutes?
Or maybe a wireless plan that will call me or let me know that i am close to using all my minutes?

any help would be good thanks!

I live in the Atlanta, Ga area

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Re: need phone that keeps track of minutes
Sep 15, 2004 7:39PM PDT

mmm actually alot of phone stil keep track of mins use which i thinkis very very very very stupid if u customer buy the phone to keep track of mins use instead of what the phone is made for which is to keep track of how many mins has the phone been use since u first got it. when the phone keeps track of mins it is not the same as the mins u have use in ur plan, ex: u make a 20sec phone call, the phone records 20secs but u get charge 1mins use since thats how the mins work with every cell phone company is not by seconds but by mins so every 60seconds or less is a min. well i have sprintpcs and my setup is i get a text msg when i reach a certain amount of mins i set to program, also sprintpcs msg me letting me know when my mins are about to b up. i love this features and because of this things my bill is always normal not like some ppl with $200 cell phone bill etc...

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Re: need phone that keeps track of minutes
Sep 17, 2004 6:55AM PDT

thanks! thats just what I was looking for, I wonder if any other cell phone companies offer the same... i will check with sprint

thanks
Justin

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try this
Oct 4, 2004 8:54PM PDT

Hey why don?t you checkout www.bestprepaidsolutions.com.They have some very nice offers for prepaid phones. They don?t have any contracts. No monthly minimums and you pay as you use. You?ll have answers to all your needs

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nice site
Oct 17, 2004 4:33PM PDT

Really Kris, site is worth clicking. I was really unaware of so many options available in the market related to cell phones. I never thought prepaid connections could be so cheap. Thanks for bringing this site to my knowledge.

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Keeping track of cell phone minutes..
Dec 30, 2004 11:38AM PST