For work I am not allowed to have a cell phone with a camera. Something about Nuclear Warheads and camera phones that done mix? But anyone in a similar situation? A lot of people just get the old school nextel flip phones, but I dont really want something that is too old. I know blackberry has the Blackberry tour, but I also dont really want a blackberry. Any ideas??

non-zach morris-ish also.

9/3/2011 8:11:14 PM

not trying to be a dick, but have you looked at Google

9/3/2011 8:31:06 PM

the BB tour has a camera.

I'd just walk into your nearest cell phone store for whatever carrier you have and ask. They're probably gonna have very few models without a camera. I found one on verizon's site (Samsung Haven). Maybe get a cheap prepaid phone?

Get a cheap pre-paid phone to use while in the building if absolutely necessary --- there's not much I have to use my cell phone for at work that I couldn't do over a land-line or via email or instant messenger. Then just keep your actual phone in the car.

Are they paying for this phone? Just curious.

[Edited on September 3, 2011 at 8:40 PM. Reason : ?]

9/3/2011 8:39:04 PM

can you apply a restriction to your phone to disable the camera or can it not physically have one

9/3/2011 9:27:23 PM

He isn't allowed to have one. I'm honestly surprised you're allowed a phone at all, any high security/no lone zone I've ever been in was strict no cell phone policy.

9/3/2011 9:50:17 PM

You can get a blackberry without a camera -- my company buys them (no camera policy as well). I have seen on the internet where folks have bought iphones and then removed the cameras which could be acceptable as well -- iresq.com supposedly does the service.

9/3/2011 9:57:56 PM

@dweedle. yes. Now I came to tech talk for opinions from complete strangers.

@duro982. went into sprint store, and best buy. No luck.

When im sitting at work with absolutely nothing to do, I enjoy being able to text and facebook. sad i know.

no, they are not paying for the phone. If they were I would have a shitty nextel flip phone that I have to leave at work.

@Omar, no not where I work. It can not have, or possess the ability to have a camera. Camera phone is a great way to get dropped and arrested.

@bhehe, only in the Engineer spaces where the Engineers chill...you have to leave it at the door.

9/3/2011 10:04:19 PM

If you have Nextel, do you have to use the direct connect?

Im pretty much going to be switching back and forth between my EVO 4g and this new phone.

9/3/2011 10:11:02 PM

IPod touch?

I just Googled non camera android phones and there are a lot of posts looking for them but no one saying they have found one.

9/3/2011 11:28:59 PM

why not just get a good, full-function smartphone, and then leave it outside like you would in any normal classified area?

9/3/2011 11:43:36 PM

because I have one of those. I want to have a phone at work to pass time with.

me too! str8. Im beginning to think they dont exist.

Its looking like a crappy flip phone or a crackberry

9/4/2011 12:30:51 AM

The Sprint site has this:
http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/shop/phone_details.jsp?prodId=motorola_i335&deviceSKUId=801777&flow=AAL&planSKUId=&ptn=&tabId=dt_phones

they also have an i365.

They are nextel, but not flip.

I did see on the site that they have a few BBs without the camera like you mentioned. It looks like a BB would be a better option than just about any of the other phones that have no camera.

9/4/2011 1:54:28 PM

Yea I saw that, wasnt feeling it.

It looks like Blackberry is my best option.

9/4/2011 2:12:41 PM

Maybe you should just leave it in the fucking car and do, oh I dunno, work at work?

9/4/2011 6:48:44 PM

but how else are you gonna update your twitter, facebook and other microblogs on a minute by minute basis? lol

9/4/2011 6:51:48 PM

they make (or at least used to make) a blackberry tour version without a camera

9/4/2011 6:53:46 PM

^bold too if I remember correctly. And you DEFINITELY want the bold.

9/4/2011 11:53:22 PM

Quote :

"Maybe you should just leave it in the fucking car and do, oh I dunno, work at work?"

seriously.

but i guess what can you expect with non-combat government work?

9/5/2011 9:47:51 AM

Quote :

"THAT DONE MIX"

9/5/2011 10:14:13 AM

Quote :

"non-combat government work"

I have done two deployments to the Gulf. I believe I have all the rights in the world to relax and enjoy my "non-combat government work"

Quote :

"Maybe you should just leave it in the fucking car and do, oh I dunno, work at work?"

I do that now. We have a lot of downtime.

9/5/2011 8:44:52 PM

What do you want it to do?

I mean if you are just bored and want to screw around you could get a Nook Color and root it. Then you could either have a nice phone that you leave at the front desk (I assume) or a crappy no camera phone you can use to text.

[Edited on September 6, 2011 at 1:33 AM. Reason : ]

9/6/2011 1:32:16 AM

Root it?

9/6/2011 3:36:05 PM

Make it into a true android tablet instead of an e-reader with extra features.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/guides/2011/02/howto-root-a-nook-color-to-transform-it-into-an-android-tablet.ars

9/6/2011 8:38:51 PM

I had a company provided blackberry bold when I worked in a closed environment. It worked well for calls, texts, and email.

9/7/2011 8:16:37 AM

read a book

9/7/2011 8:36:15 AM

Im looking at the blackberry bold and tour

9/7/2011 8:34:14 PM

My company used to have a strict no cameraphone policy, but they bent on that a couple of years ago. Now, you can have a cameraphone, but aren't allowed to take any pictures or do any recordings inside of the building. As for classified areas, you have to leave your cameraphone outside when you enter.

A couple of years ago, a program manager of mine confiscated an army soldier's phone when I caught him taking pictures of stuff inside. Dick.

9/7/2011 8:46:27 PM

Eh, he's lucky that's all that happened.

9/9/2011 4:30:41 PM