# For Howie... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 27, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178 "2007-02-27T09:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/1 "2007-02-27T09:46:55Z")
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**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/2 "2007-02-27T10:03:43Z")
hmmm ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/3 "2007-02-27T10:18:49Z")
What is that thing? A phone for people who don’t need a phone? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/4 "2007-02-27T10:22:21Z")
No camera? No syncing with my exchange server? Just phone calls? :bloated: ugh ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/5 "2007-02-27T10:25:19Z")
So this is _gasp_ a phone… and only a _gasp_ phone? Wow… terrible marketing plan, even my mom uses her camera phone lol. ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/6 "2007-02-27T10:28:22Z")
LOL I remember Howies old startec ---
**Author:** ![Roots](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/roots/32/7344_2.png) [@Roots](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Roots)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/7 "2007-02-27T10:41:34Z")
parents had a startac up until 2 weeks ago when they finally got new ones, I had to use it for a couple months… Same cell phone for 12 years :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/8 "2007-02-27T11:06:08Z")
I didn’t have a startac 🙂 I had a timeport 8767 That fucking shit ROCKED. ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/9 "2007-02-28T10:43:08Z")
i had a timeport too…looked like a silver startac …but was way leeter ---
**Author:** ![JoesTypeS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joestypes/32/7190_2.png) [@JoesTypeS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JoesTypeS)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/10 "2007-02-28T10:53:49Z")
i miss my tri-color timeport, best phone, best talk time, batt life and PHONEBOOK EVER!!! ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/11 "2007-02-28T10:55:33Z")
I miss my motorola bagphone, that shit was pimp. Man you get some funny looks getting it activated back in 2001, can’t imagine how they would react now. ![http://motorola3watts.com/images/2900_photo_large.jpg](http://motorola3watts.com/images/2900_photo_large.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/for-howie/25178/12 "2007-02-28T10:57:27Z")
[quote=“JoesTypeS,post:10,topic:25178"”] i miss my tri-color timeport, best phone, best talk time, batt life and PHONEBOOK EVER!!! [/quote] I concur. Oh, you left out BEST RECEPTION ever.