Joe's Random Ramblings

My trusty old Motorola cell phone finally broke, so I had to get a new phone. I opted for a Samsung A437 phone, which looks nice enough.
I don't care much about Web browsing or accessing email on the cell. These things are highly overrated in the first place, and at almost any place where I want to access my email, I have WiFi access with my laptop, anyway.
As far as the Samsung A437 phone is concerned, I found out a couple days after I got it that it's Bluetooth capabilities are severely crippled. It only supports the headset and hands-free profiles
I have a Bluetooth USB adapter and was trying to get the phone to recognize that, but no such luck. The only way to transfer data from the phone without airtime use is through a direct USB connection.
I think it is rather shortsighted from Samsung to limit the Bluetooth capabilities of this phone. Until they have a firmware update to fix this, the best thing is to stay away from this particular phone. As it stands now, this is my first and last phone from Samsung...

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