11-26-2002, 04:34 AM
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I Want a New Faceplate!
After months of trying to get my hands on a Pocket PC Phone Edition (and dealing with both a lost shipment and a defective device), I finally got one...and I LOVE it! It pretty much does everything I want it to do...except make a statement about my personality.
I don't know why, but I have always had a very strong desire to personalize my possessions, especially my electronic gadgets. My mobile phone has a very unique faceplate and my notebook PC has a colorful case and strange wallpaper. Why can't I get some kind of add-on faceplate for my Pocket PC Phone Edition, something that says, "Hey, I am different. I am like nobody else,"? I like the stuff from PDA Jacket.com like the sticky skins, but I crave even more ways to really personalize my Phone Edition.
Does anybody else out there agree that it would be great to be able to customize these devices? Are there other ways to upgrade the way they look? Or, is this just the result of some deep-seated craving for attention?
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11-26-2002, 05:13 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jun 2002
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me too!
since there simply aren't any high quality options for customizing the ppc phone edition (xda, mda, whatever) so i've been considering two options. first is getting the metal shell of the phone edition custom anodized. the only problem is small batch anodizing is expensive. i've been checkin around and it's hard to find a place that will do a small batch when they don't know u from adam. the second option is cheaper and more accessible. i been considering removing the shell, stripping it down and painting it with rustoleum, or some liquid enamel both of which sticks to metal somethin fierce. this may be time for a little DIY project.
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11-26-2002, 05:15 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Well while I can agree with liking to customize devices, I've never really understood the connection to individuality, since... there aren't really that many possibilities.
"Be unique! Choose from one of our 4 new colors, so you can be truly different from all your friends and co-workers, even if they all have the exact same device."
So it's a bit of an exaggeration, and I don't mean to sound cynical, but it captures the sentiment that I've seen at many places. Customization in software, though... I can definitely understand.
Anyway, $0.02... YMMV :wink:
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11-26-2002, 07:54 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 25
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At least we currently offer 23 totally different case/color combinations :lol:
But true, Brad, there aren't that many options. These days this is one of the reasons why people buy cases for their devices. Protection is one reason, but diversification the other.
Personally I am quite sceptical with personalisations for the device itselve. If you look at those Nokia add ons, they are quite instable and often fall off.
Pretty cool would be a customisation like SMART offers it for cars. Lets say you could exchange 3-4 parts of the case and choose those amung several colors (about 6-10) ?
But in the end we need to find an answer of how many people are really willing to use that feature (developement costs). On the other hand such a feature might bind clients longer to one companies model like the ipaq. See expansion sleves..
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11-26-2002, 08:42 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: I Want a New Faceplate!
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
It pretty much does everything I want it to do...except make a statement about my personality.
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I have three thoughts on that, Brad...
First, I am not sure you will EVER find a device or a face plate that do justice to your personality! :lol:
Second, can't believe you complain when we know thousands of users would mow many lawns to get their hands on what you have! :wink:
Third, given the fact that 99.9% of all cell phones out there are from the dark ages of character based user interface and beep-beep ringing tones, the Pocket PC Phone Edition speaks volumes about my personality without a face plate. (At least, that is what I'd like to think, anyway!) 8)
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11-26-2002, 11:43 AM
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Swami
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: I Want a New Faceplate!
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
After months of trying to get my hands on a Pocket PC Phone Edition (and dealing with both a lost shipment and a defective device), I finally got one...and I LOVE it! It pretty much does everything I want it to do...except make a statement about my personality.
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I think Pocket PCs do make a statement already -- "GEEK". :lol: (Hey, I have one, too. :-))
Seriously, why does something need to make a statement about your personality? If you think something has to, most people will look at things like your car, clothes, hair, face and so on.
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
Why can't I get some kind of add-on faceplate for my Pocket PC Phone Edition, something that says, "Hey, I am different. I am like nobody else."?
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If your looks and personality don't already say that, do you really think a device can do a better job? If someone looks and acts like a drone so much that people don't think they're an individual, I doubt a fancy PDA will help much.
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
Does anybody else out there agree that it would be great to be able to customize these devices? Are there other ways to upgrade the way they look? Or, is this just the result of some deep-seated craving for attention?
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Of course it's cool to be able to do it. To feel you have to do it smacks of craving for attention. (Disclaimer: I think tattoos and body piercings -- at least visible ones -- are the same.)
Steve
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11-26-2002, 11:58 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Re: I Want a New Faceplate!
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Originally Posted by Brad Adrian
.. is this just the result of some deep-seated craving for attention?
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yep, definitely! :lol:
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Originally Posted by Pony99CA
To feel you have to do it smacks of craving for attention. (Disclaimer: I think tattoos and body piercings -- at least visible ones -- are the same.)
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i'd agree with you to a point. i have a few piercings myself. they are relatively subtle as far as facial piercings go, but they are still facial piercings.
i like the attention, but i think i was born that way. i used to be singer for a living & i loved the attention there too.
i guess wanting to be a bit different from every one else doesn't necessarily mean that you have a craving for attention, but in my case, i would say that is true.
kind of topic, i know, but i had to respond to that one .. even if it was just for a bit of attention :wink: :twisted:
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11-26-2002, 12:17 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2002
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Re: I Want a New Faceplate!
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Originally Posted by ferrous
kind of topic, i know, but i had to respond to that one .. even if it was just for a bit of attention :wink: :twisted:
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Aren't we all drilled for gaining attention during our live ? From childhood on we are used to find ways to increase our attention gained from others. Competition is about attention, success results in attention, intelligence results in attention, everything we do results in attention ! 
Either positve or negative. :wink:
People with loosing attention often are in trouble, socially and economically.
So lets get some attention and join the discussion 8)
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11-26-2002, 02:55 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 1
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I want a New Faceplate!
As you can see on the german site of T-Mobile
http://www.t-mobile.de/mda/1,1954,1475-_,00.html
the PPC Phone aficionados in Germany are preferred by getting an MDA in poor people disguise. It sports a dark blue plastic body with only a metal frontplate. :x
This could be the ideal base for a unit with interchangeable frontplates of different colors or spray jobs.
But let me tell you: sometimes I really envy the rest of the world for having such good looking "all-metal" cult devices. But then again I'm happy, because that cheap looking plastic is much less slippery in your hand than that glitchy Beauty.
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11-26-2002, 04:42 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: I Want a New Faceplate!
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Originally Posted by Pony99CA
Of course it's cool to be able to do it. To feel you have to do it smacks of craving for attention. (Disclaimer: I think tattoos and body piercings -- at least visible ones -- are the same.)
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Nah, I disagree. Sometimes you do it just for yourself - for example, I'm really interested in having a slick looking computer rig with matching or complimentary components. Very few people will ever see it, so am I really craving attention? Nope. Sometimes we do it just for ourselves. 
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