I need a cellular phone to make and receive calls; nothing else. I remember having to squint at a 9" diagonal computer screen back in the dark ages. A 2" x 4" app. screen is not sufficient size to do anything with but play rudimentary games. I've seen the web surfing capabilities of the new phones, and they are a giant leap backwards as to usability. If I need the internet on the road, I'll get a cheap laptop with wifi and look for the free wifi places.
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer” ― Douglas Adams
I need a cellular phone to make and receive calls; nothing else. I remember having to squint at a 9" diagonal computer screen back in the dark ages. A 2" x 4" app. screen is not sufficient size to do anything with but play rudimentary games. I've seen the web surfing capabilities of the new phones, and they are a giant leap backwards as to usability. If I need the internet on the road, I'll get a cheap laptop with wifi and look for the free wifi places.
Pretty much my feeling too. Smartphones and touch tablets are just too small to be useable.
-Zorba, "The Veiled Male"
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
I've got no complaint re. smartphones for folks who need them. Lots of people are always "at work" even if not, and if you're on the road a lot in your biz, a smartphone makes perfect sense.
It's just that for me, I've really got no use for one. Cellphones are a great "corn-venience" and I use mine for just that, making calls.
The IPhone set the standard for smart devices years ago, and the reality is within about 5 years everyone will carry a smart device.
I have changed the name of my iPhone to "the universal information device" because that is really what it is. I have to qualify that because you need to live within adequate cellular and Internet coverage for this to be true.
Besides having fun with Siri and asking a lot of inappropriate questions just to hear the response, the voice activation is a great tool, and you can literally research almost any question and get some sort of answer in the palm of your hand. It's just about like Star Trek, walking around with the information pads, able to access information from a vast array of computer knowledge and sharing it when asked.
Ubiquitous wireless connectivity, just ask Wambli.
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"A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
That would be me. I answer my first emails at 6:00am when the alarm goes off and usually answer my last few ones at around 11:00pm. I also keep tabs on projects and people while on vacation and while traveling for business with my iPhone. I would be dead without this phone.
Amen. If you work with technology, your users never sleep ,and if you use offshore developers like in India, neither do your workers. The phone is a small display but if you know how to use it, an invaluable tool.
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"A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
And I might add, while your top end smart phone might be an $800 device, your high end laptop a $3000 device, your super desktop a $2500 device and even $20,000 in a high end server, the data that resided on it is priceless.
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"A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
That would be me. I answer my first emails at 6:00am when the alarm goes off and usually answer my last few ones at around 11:00pm. I also keep tabs on projects and people while on vacation and while traveling for business with my iPhone. I would be dead without this phone.
You sound like a petroleum engineer pal of mine, juggling several consultancies and always "at work" but making lotsa dough too. It's often a stupid thing, people complaining about not having business but the people who use their brains and work hard are always busy. My pal doesn't work hard physically but mentally he's always fired up, smart, and charges top dollar for his services because he's worth it.
He's one of those troubleshooter-type engineers who's got both the smarts and education, then backs it up by going on site and climbing all around the rig, getting his hands and self dirty, doing what it takes. And he fixes problems asap. I'll be at the icehouse hanging back some afternoon, he'll stop by for a cold one after work, and he'll be covered with oil and slime, knuckles busted, shirt torn, and he's just fixed a drill rig in the Gulf. He's one of the rare ones, book-smart and field-smart both, and has the communications skills to work with top brass and drill-masters at the same time.
And he's now got about $200k in the bank, plans to retire at age 50. And yeah, his smartphone is always buzzing.
And I might add, while your top end smart phone might be an $800 device, your high end laptop a $3000 device, your super desktop a $2500 device and even $20,000 in a high end server, the data that resided on it is priceless.
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It's so darn easy to just slam in a thumbdrive and run a quick backup of your new stuff. There are lots of backup utilities that will back up incrementally if you want, or you can just overwrite older data.
I back up my writing just after I've been writing a lot, that backup is always done even if I'm shagged. That's my 1st level.
Then I back up onto a separate thumbdrive once a week, and then every month, onto a DVD.
And yeah, I store those elsewhere in the apartment, and the DVD backup I give to a buddy to save.
Zorba, that's me too! I can relate to you and Mike on that one. I make phone calls on this old flip top phone and I wish it were in brail, if I could read that. Because like mike said, I need a big screen on my laptop and my desk tops. No way i'm going blind squinting at that little 3.5"x2" Screen. Technology Is one thing, But I ain't gonna go blind to use it. Besides, it gives me a headache.
Daddy, what's an enabler?
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Dont forget applications, when they came out I tought of them as silly useless toys and many are but some are incredibly useful.
Stuff like a voice recorder, unit converters, google maps, tune in radio, most city, world newspapers and magazines, if you have a Cinemax, HBO, Showtime subscription you can watch their content on demand, if you have dish you can see their programing and set your DVR to record, also watch any of Its content.
There are lots of dedicated applicatiins out there, for pilots, chefs, engineers, for any profession, any kind of hobby and so on.
Sam want to learn a new opera, revisit an old favorite while you wait at the doctors office?
Then you can also buy anything from ebay, Amazon, Brownells, SEARS and so on, this days pretty much from anywhere you dont lug your laptop with you like waiting for your turn at the bank, supermarket, etc. and all of that is just scratching the surface.
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Zorba, that's me too! I can relate to you and Mike on that one. I make phone calls on this old flip top phone and I wish it were in brail, if I could read that. Because like mike said, I need a big screen on my laptop and my desk tops. No way i'm going blind squinting at that little 3.5"x2" Screen. Technology Is one thing, But I ain't gonna go blind to use it. Besides, it gives me a headache.
That's it. The older I get, the larger a screen I need. Dinky smartphone screens just don't cut it. Even large screens tend to give me headaches from the stupid black on GLARING white we have so much of - although it isn't as bad with LCD screens. I never really did adapt to color computers in the CRT days - instant headache.
I want my green on black screen back, I want a rotary dial on my phone, and get off my lawn!
Besides, smartphones are expensive. Expensive to acquire, expensive to feed. Free? Rii-ii--ii-ght....
-Zorba, "The Veiled Male"
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
Having to troubleshoot devices all the time gives me a rather unique perspective on this.
I love my SD capable Androids. I can save nearly eveything to the SD card, then if I wanna be paranoid enough, make a copy on the computer for safekeeping. 5 minutes is all I need to slam that data ( apps included) onto the next SD capable Android.
Having said that, there are some VERY good things about owning a basic phone.
1) You can get two weeks out of charge even without babying the phone.
2) Signal is always better on a basic phone. The antennas are larger since they don't compete for space with all the smartphone hardware.
3) A hard reset can be done in about a minute. You'll know nearly immediately if it's the software or the phone that is bad.
4) Just because it's a basic phone, doesn't mean it's less capable. Several basic phones can act a modems to run laptops and other devices.
5) Toughness. I have seen a Convoy II survive a three story fall with nary a scratch. Another that was actually run over but the wires still held it together. It lived long enough to transfer it's information to another basic phone.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill
A wireless device, about the size of a pack of cigarettes but much thinner, that makes you with no effort and small expense able to comunicate with over 75% of humanity in a matter of seconds,
But what most smart phone users haven't figured out is that 98% of humanity really doesnt care about what they have to say.
It's boring, and your lack of creativity knows no bounds.
But what most smart phone users haven't figured out is that 98% of humanity really doesnt care about what they have to say.
Frst the mandatiry disclaimer, I DO NOT have twiter or facebook on my smartphone, I do have stuff as links to Le Figaro from France, The Guradian fron England, El Pais from Spain and being a huge movie fan IMDB.
What planet do you live in?
Every 2 years all companies, at l east here in PR, give their users a top of the line smarthphone for FREE , I just got a Samsung Galaxy S III on the mail after a 2 minute phone call, FREE means you sign in for another 2 years of service, this phones in most cases are surgically attached to the users ears until the next one arrives on the mail.
Pretty much all they care about as soon as the smartphone comes out of the box is what someone else is yapping about, texting or sharing... complete strangers via twitter or facebook natter, this uncluding when with a facefull of glee they crash their car into another or fall throught an open manhole as whatever the smarthphone is providing them at the moment is of more importance.
Includingn the VERY poor, beancounters, who happen to be quite accurate folks say that 75% of the world's population owns a mobile phone, no shoes in some cases but yes to the phone, many this days some form if a smartphone, twiter capable being a must.
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It is, like everything else cheaper in very.poor countries as then it is about volume, India one of the poorest countries out there has a populatiin of around 1.4 billion folks and someting like 70% make do with an income per person of less than $100 per year.
What we and everyone else pay for whatever is in great part based in production costs, take for instance your location's packaging, transportation, energy, labor, advertising etc., compared to other locations, then your AVERAGED INCOME is factored in.
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― Douglas Adams
It's just that for me, I've really got no use for one. Cellphones are a great "corn-venience" and I use mine for just that, making calls.
I have changed the name of my iPhone to "the universal information device" because that is really what it is. I have to qualify that because you need to live within adequate cellular and Internet coverage for this to be true.
Besides having fun with Siri and asking a lot of inappropriate questions just to hear the response, the voice activation is a great tool, and you can literally research almost any question and get some sort of answer in the palm of your hand. It's just about like Star Trek, walking around with the information pads, able to access information from a vast array of computer knowledge and sharing it when asked.
Ubiquitous wireless connectivity, just ask Wambli.
D
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Amen. If you work with technology, your users never sleep ,and if you use offshore developers like in India, neither do your workers. The phone is a small display but if you know how to use it, an invaluable tool.
D
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
D
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
You sound like a petroleum engineer pal of mine, juggling several consultancies and always "at work" but making lotsa dough too. It's often a stupid thing, people complaining about not having business but the people who use their brains and work hard are always busy. My pal doesn't work hard physically but mentally he's always fired up, smart, and charges top dollar for his services because he's worth it.
He's one of those troubleshooter-type engineers who's got both the smarts and education, then backs it up by going on site and climbing all around the rig, getting his hands and self dirty, doing what it takes. And he fixes problems asap. I'll be at the icehouse hanging back some afternoon, he'll stop by for a cold one after work, and he'll be covered with oil and slime, knuckles busted, shirt torn, and he's just fixed a drill rig in the Gulf. He's one of the rare ones, book-smart and field-smart both, and has the communications skills to work with top brass and drill-masters at the same time.
And he's now got about $200k in the bank, plans to retire at age 50. And yeah, his smartphone is always buzzing.
It's so darn easy to just slam in a thumbdrive and run a quick backup of your new stuff. There are lots of backup utilities that will back up incrementally if you want, or you can just overwrite older data.
I back up my writing just after I've been writing a lot, that backup is always done even if I'm shagged. That's my 1st level.
Then I back up onto a separate thumbdrive once a week, and then every month, onto a DVD.
And yeah, I store those elsewhere in the apartment, and the DVD backup I give to a buddy to save.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Stuff like a voice recorder, unit converters, google maps, tune in radio, most city, world newspapers and magazines, if you have a Cinemax, HBO, Showtime subscription you can watch their content on demand, if you have dish you can see their programing and set your DVR to record, also watch any of Its content.
There are lots of dedicated applicatiins out there, for pilots, chefs, engineers, for any profession, any kind of hobby and so on.
Sam want to learn a new opera, revisit an old favorite while you wait at the doctors office?
Then you can also buy anything from ebay, Amazon, Brownells, SEARS and so on, this days pretty much from anywhere you dont lug your laptop with you like waiting for your turn at the bank, supermarket, etc. and all of that is just scratching the surface.
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I want my green on black screen back, I want a rotary dial on my phone, and get off my lawn!
Besides, smartphones are expensive. Expensive to acquire, expensive to feed. Free? Rii-ii--ii-ght....
I love my SD capable Androids. I can save nearly eveything to the SD card, then if I wanna be paranoid enough, make a copy on the computer for safekeeping. 5 minutes is all I need to slam that data ( apps included) onto the next SD capable Android.
Having said that, there are some VERY good things about owning a basic phone.
1) You can get two weeks out of charge even without babying the phone.
2) Signal is always better on a basic phone. The antennas are larger since they don't compete for space with all the smartphone hardware.
3) A hard reset can be done in about a minute. You'll know nearly immediately if it's the software or the phone that is bad.
4) Just because it's a basic phone, doesn't mean it's less capable. Several basic phones can act a modems to run laptops and other devices.
5) Toughness. I have seen a Convoy II survive a three story fall with nary a scratch. Another that was actually run over but the wires still held it together. It lived long enough to transfer it's information to another basic phone.
Winston Churchill
Frst the mandatiry disclaimer, I DO NOT have twiter or facebook on my smartphone, I do have stuff as links to Le Figaro from France, The Guradian fron England, El Pais from Spain and being a huge movie fan IMDB.
What planet do you live in?
Every 2 years all companies, at l east here in PR, give their users a top of the line smarthphone for FREE , I just got a Samsung Galaxy S III on the mail after a 2 minute phone call, FREE means you sign in for another 2 years of service, this phones in most cases are surgically attached to the users ears until the next one arrives on the mail.
Pretty much all they care about as soon as the smartphone comes out of the box is what someone else is yapping about, texting or sharing... complete strangers via twitter or facebook natter, this uncluding when with a facefull of glee they crash their car into another or fall throught an open manhole as whatever the smarthphone is providing them at the moment is of more importance.
Includingn the VERY poor, beancounters, who happen to be quite accurate folks say that 75% of the world's population owns a mobile phone, no shoes in some cases but yes to the phone, many this days some form if a smartphone, twiter capable being a must.
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Too expensive for my blood - at least here in the US.
What we and everyone else pay for whatever is in great part based in production costs, take for instance your location's packaging, transportation, energy, labor, advertising etc., compared to other locations, then your AVERAGED INCOME is factored in.
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