Wireless Devices and Arbiter
 

What wireless phones have you been able to use to access the arbiter. I am looking at getting a new smart phone with Verizon and am thinking of the Droid, Palm Pre or a blackberry.

Any experience anyone has with these phones and the arbiter site would be of assistance.

I-Phone works great with The Arbiter, but the problem is the I-Phone doesn't work great as a Phone. (AT&T) Good luck with your choice.

I've got the Storm, and it allows me to view arbiter, but the functionality isn't that great and I haven't figured out how to get it to remember my password. Others said the browser for blackberry doesn't work well with Arbiter, so I use Opera.

I just tried to get on with my Curve and it said I didn't have Javascript. I'm no expert when it comes to phones...for now I think I'll stick to my laptop

I use this. In fact, I just upgraded to it.

http://www.bobsoldphones.net/images/...itEricsson.jpg

For All You Real Old Timers ...
 

"Hello Jenny. Please get me the sheriff's office."

Identify this quote.

Aunt Bea?

Good guess ...
 

The telephone operator on the Andy Griffith Show was Sarah, not Jenny.

Thanks for playing.

Florence Lake
 

Her best known TV role was Jenny, the Claverton telephone operator in Lassie. Lake played the role for the entire ten year "farm seasons" of the show (1954–1964),

She started her career with a role in the 1929 movie "New Year's Eve". She died in 1980. Her younger brother, Arthur Lake, played Dagwood Bumstead in the Blondie movies.

OK - I'll go to sleep now.

Palm Pre
 

Palm Pre used to work great. It is one of the reasons that I got the phone. I have sprint service. Did a software upgrade about 6 months ago and it stopped working. Get a time out message. Sprint said wait till next upgrade and it will be fixed.

Next upgrade came and it worked like a champ for about 24 hours and it has stopped again. Frustration! Sprint has been little to no help.

The iphone browser, Safari works well with Arbiter. I have been able to use all the functionality of the site.The biggest problem is that the pages appear so small and must be re-sized to be useful. I have been working through it this season.

As has been discussed previously, Arbiter REALLY needs to develop app(s) for smart phones. It would be a huge selling point for their product. My guess is that priorities are now different since the NCAA purchased it.

I also have a Storm and it let's me view and accept assignments, but I can't block dates. It also won't remember my password, says that it needs Javascript and is hard to see. However, for those crunch times when you need to look up your schedule on the go or onsite...it can be helpful.

Exactly, but I haven't figured out how to view and accept assignments. It might be that viewing is so hard I just don't bother. It has helped in a crunch, though, to find addresses.

And who watches the Andy Griffith show? No one. :D

Peace

Give That Man A Cigar ...
 

Wow. I didn't know that there were any Official Forum members, with the exception of Mark T. DeNucci, Sr., as old as me. I loved watching Lassie on Sunday nights, usually in front of my grandfather's console television. I believe that it was on immediately after Walter Cronkite's The Twentieth Century.

Nip It, Nip It In The Bud ...
 

No more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

My BlackBerry Pearl will access the site but will not allow me to navigate. Very frustrating. Next phone purchase will be an iPhone.

The operator on Petticoat Junction and Green Acres was also named Sarah.
The same woman, or just an eerie coincidence?

I'm guessing Rut never watches these shows either.:D

Remember what happened when Walnut Grove got their first switchboard? Her name wasn't Sarah and she wasn't sweet.

Let's All Sing Along....
 

Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks to the junction. (Petticoat Junction)
Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction. (Petticoat Junction)

Lotsa curves, you bet. Even more when you get to the junction, Petticoat Junction.

There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the junction. (Petticoat Junction)
It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the junction. (Petticoat Junction)
And that's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kind of slow at the junction, Petticoat Junction.


Now, get that one out of your head....... :p

Then why is it still on in reruns? Here's one for you. A channel here in Portland still runs Perry Mason reruns M-F at noon. They've been doing this for something like 40 years (not kidding). Whenever anyone asks them when they're going to stop, their reply is, "when people stop watching it".

If the iPhone becomes available through Verizon, I'll consider it. In the meantime, I'm going to find out how my friends like the Droid before I upgrade next year.

Not possible without a major redesign. The iPhone is a GSM phone; Verizon has a CDMA network.

I'd be interested in hearing feedback you get about the Droid. I've heard nothing about it in terms of running the Arbiter.

WARNING: Stoopid person asking stoopid question - Is "EDGE" a "network" in the same manner as "GSM" and "CDMA"? When I'm in rural areas, my Berry goes from EDGE to GSM. Even when I'm in EDGE, I cannot navigate ArbiterSports.com.

Neither have I, as I don't have any friends that fit both categories. Next time I see my youngest brother, I'll steal his phone and log in to Arbiter and let you know. :)

Green acres is the place for me. Farm livin' is the life for me.
 

Citation please.

Who's Kate ??? Who's Uncle Joe ??? There Was A Train ???
 

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I only remember three characters on this show. I still dream of the three of them taking baths in the water tower. Wet dreams. You know. Because of the baths. And the tower. It was a water tower. Yeah. That's it. Baths and a water tower. With wet water in it. Yeah. That's my story.

No, EDGE is 2G and contrasts with 3G. Both GSM and CDMA can operate in 2G or 3G (or, soon, 4G).

Hope that helps!

But do you have to wear those special glasses to operate it?

You mean these?

http://www.awnol.com/store/images/SG194.jpg

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet ...
 

Mark Padgett: Do those X-Ray glasses really work? When I was a kid I always saw them advertised in the back of comic books. I remember ripping the advertisement page out of an Action Comics #1 (June 1938). The comic was about some guy who dressed up in tights, and wore a cape. I knew that it would never become popular, so I threw it out after I read it.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...px-Action1.JPG

The Onion gum worked. The black soap worked. The itching powder worked. The X-Ray glasses HAD to work. They were priced beyond my allowance, but if the other fine products came as advertised....

Don't Forget The Whoopee Cushion, It's A Classic ...
 

I knew most of them existed. The fake puke, which apparently must be commanding a steeper price, was the creme de la creme of this type of novelty.

I haven't been able to log into the Arbiter using the default browser on my Moto Droid. I can get in using Opera Mini 5 on the Droid and it works fine. I just wish I didn't have to install a third party browser only for this purpose. Maybe the 2.1 Android push that Verizon is pushing this week will alleviate my issue. We'll see.

They were called "X-RAY SPECS".

If you really want to still get all that stuff, try these guys. I've bought stuff from them for years. You can get on their catalog mailing list, too. It's really cool.

Archie McPhee & Co. - Toys, Gifts & Novelties


http://www.thereheis.com/nucleus3.22...-ray-specs.gif

See what I mean? They were a WHOLE DOLLAR! I could get 20 packs of baseball cards for that!

Naughty Or Nice ???
 

Yeah. What kid wouldn't enjoy seeing a Johann Sebastian Bach Acton Figure under the tree on Christmas morning? Does he come with Kung Fu grip?

http://www.mcphee.com/shop/product_i...4744_thumb.jpg

This Is Good Marketing ???
 

Why would I want to look at "his" body under "his" clothes? I would definitely want to look at other stuff, and I'm not talking about tumors, or broken bones.

Goober, Gomer, Opie and Butch
 

Clell Lavern Hobson,Jr., former manager of the Boston Red Sox and safety for the U. of Alabama is a big fan. Or was in his cocaine days.

I forgot, there are still people alive in their 60s. :D

Peace