I hate modern cell phones!
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^ The line must be drawn HEAH! 
My phone is currently a glorified mp3 player. 
No, it has lasted longer than other mp3 players I have had that cost $20 dollars.
Money well spent! 
No, it has lasted longer than other mp3 players I have had that cost $20 dollars.
I use my phone for music too, to listen to Taylor Swift and others.
I use it for a calculator, calendar & to hold photos also. I have no minutes and unless I get a wifi signal can't go online with it. But well worth the $20. Gotta love LG. 
I use it for a calculator, calendar & to hold photos also. I have no minutes and unless I get a wifi signal can't go online with it. But well worth the $20. Gotta love LG.
I only use my phone for checking things like my bank balance or the calendar and music player, that's it. Facebook is there but I barely touch that, I just can't be bothered.
My phone has near field comms but needs another SIM for that to work properly and I don't think I'll be using that if ever.
I have a smartphone, but I mostly use it for emergencies. I'll take it with me while travelling, but I don't have my entire life on it. If I need to check FB, that's on my PC. I had my previous phone stolen among other things last Christmas and even with the little I had on it, it was still fairly distressing. I kind of like to compartmentalize the things I use, so even if using more than one device to do something is not as efficient as one device to rule them all, I just feel more secure in knowing everything is more spread out.
I did have a bit of vindication in the form of a picture the thieves took of themselves being automatically uploaded to my dropbox though. That was nice. But all of that still gave me pause.
I did have a bit of vindication in the form of a picture the thieves took of themselves being automatically uploaded to my dropbox though. That was nice. But all of that still gave me pause.
Look, I am not saying nobody should use a smartphone. I am just saying it is not for me.
I once tried to write a message on one but needed three tries for each letter as I kept hitting the wrong ones. Took me ages to finish one sentence. How do you do it when the key is so small that is it only a third of your finger tip? With a real keyboard, I can type quickly and with all ten fingers. I’d never manage a post like this on a smartphone. Also, the screen kept turning around all the time. From landscape to portrait and when I tried to turn it to look at it the proper way, it turned again.
And it is expensive to use the phone in a foreign country. I once lost 10 Euros because a German friend called me while we both were in the UK. I had no idea I would need to pay if I am the one that gets called. Well, I won’t let that happen again. Only last month the EU made a new law that the phone costs should be the same in all European countries. But since the UK will soon be no EU member, I don’t think it will apply to them.
So I don’t want to use the expensive phone on the street while I can achieve the same thing with the free wi-fi in the hotel room. When I look up trains and busses in the evening, then I can figure out when to get up the next morning to have time for a shower and breakfast and still be in time. If you only look up this info when you are already on your way in the morning, you will be either too early or too late?
Also, one last argument against using the phone on the street: I saw a video yesterday, with all those motorcycle drivers snatching phones from people's hands. Apparently this happens a lot.
And yes, I felt left out when John Barrowman did those Periscope videos that you only could watch with i-phone and i-pad. But to buy an i-phone just to see a celibrity blabber is really asked too much. Not everyone can afford it. And even Android users were left out. Then someone made a webpage, copying these videos so we were able to watch with internet browser. Worked a while until Periscope shut them down. Then they made an Android app but still fans with older phones were left out as it only worked in the new ones. And maybe, just maybe it would be better for the environment if not everybody bought a new phone every year, but kept theirs for as long as they worked. I have seen where all our old technology ends up, the garbage dumps where children breathe in deathly smoke just to make a couple of dollars.
I have been raised in East Germany where everything was used a second and third time, or re-made into something new, and where things were built to last a life time, not to break after only 2 years. My father still bakes his cakes with a hand mixer that was made in the Seventies. So yes, maybe I have a different view onto all this. I don’t see anything wrong with keeping the gift wrapping paper and use it a second time next Christmas.
Basically I am just waiting until I am old enough so I can go to one of those classes where they explain smartphones to elderly people. I'll never figure it out on my own, I need someone to show me. Slowly.
I admire all those elderly people that use Skype and tablets etc. Why do they do it? To stay in contact with their grandchildren, that live far away. That is a good reason. My grandmother did not even own a DVD player. She never would have found the on switch on a computer. She didn't need to, as she visited us every two weeks. My father also does not own a computer. You only do it when you realize that you need it. I bought my first laptop when I got tired of being thrown out from the library after half an hour of internet use. I don't have space for a desk or a desktop computer so I figured a laptop easily can be put away when not used. Didn't really work out, that...
Without those people adapting early to photo cameras or film cameras, we wouldn't have these amazing contemporary documents from the beginning of last century. That is something I regret, that we did not have video cameras when I was a child so there are no movies from my childhood. An uncle had a narrow film camera and has some documents of my young parents, but it is without any sound.
I did do the licence once but driving does not come natural to me and I figured I better stop before I hit or kill someone. I didn't grow up with a car, my parents were too poor to own one, also you needed to wait 15 years in the GDR before you got it delivered after you ordered it. The world changed before our time was up.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...k-employees-getting-implanted-microchips.html
I once tried to write a message on one but needed three tries for each letter as I kept hitting the wrong ones. Took me ages to finish one sentence. How do you do it when the key is so small that is it only a third of your finger tip? With a real keyboard, I can type quickly and with all ten fingers. I’d never manage a post like this on a smartphone. Also, the screen kept turning around all the time. From landscape to portrait and when I tried to turn it to look at it the proper way, it turned again.
And it is expensive to use the phone in a foreign country. I once lost 10 Euros because a German friend called me while we both were in the UK. I had no idea I would need to pay if I am the one that gets called. Well, I won’t let that happen again. Only last month the EU made a new law that the phone costs should be the same in all European countries. But since the UK will soon be no EU member, I don’t think it will apply to them.
So I don’t want to use the expensive phone on the street while I can achieve the same thing with the free wi-fi in the hotel room. When I look up trains and busses in the evening, then I can figure out when to get up the next morning to have time for a shower and breakfast and still be in time. If you only look up this info when you are already on your way in the morning, you will be either too early or too late?
Also, one last argument against using the phone on the street: I saw a video yesterday, with all those motorcycle drivers snatching phones from people's hands. Apparently this happens a lot.
And yes, I felt left out when John Barrowman did those Periscope videos that you only could watch with i-phone and i-pad. But to buy an i-phone just to see a celibrity blabber is really asked too much. Not everyone can afford it. And even Android users were left out. Then someone made a webpage, copying these videos so we were able to watch with internet browser. Worked a while until Periscope shut them down. Then they made an Android app but still fans with older phones were left out as it only worked in the new ones. And maybe, just maybe it would be better for the environment if not everybody bought a new phone every year, but kept theirs for as long as they worked. I have seen where all our old technology ends up, the garbage dumps where children breathe in deathly smoke just to make a couple of dollars.
I have been raised in East Germany where everything was used a second and third time, or re-made into something new, and where things were built to last a life time, not to break after only 2 years. My father still bakes his cakes with a hand mixer that was made in the Seventies. So yes, maybe I have a different view onto all this. I don’t see anything wrong with keeping the gift wrapping paper and use it a second time next Christmas.
How am I supposed to do it then?
I guess there will always be those that jump on any new technology, no matter the costs, and those that wait a bit longer until the costs have come down. At the moment, the costs of a smartphone just don't justify the benefits for me. One day I may have to adapt when there is no other option left. I adapted to the DVD player, and I adapted to the hard disk recorder, didn't I?
Basically I am just waiting until I am old enough so I can go to one of those classes where they explain smartphones to elderly people. I'll never figure it out on my own, I need someone to show me. Slowly.
I admire all those elderly people that use Skype and tablets etc. Why do they do it? To stay in contact with their grandchildren, that live far away. That is a good reason. My grandmother did not even own a DVD player. She never would have found the on switch on a computer. She didn't need to, as she visited us every two weeks. My father also does not own a computer. You only do it when you realize that you need it. I bought my first laptop when I got tired of being thrown out from the library after half an hour of internet use. I don't have space for a desk or a desktop computer so I figured a laptop easily can be put away when not used. Didn't really work out, that...
Without those people adapting early to photo cameras or film cameras, we wouldn't have these amazing contemporary documents from the beginning of last century. That is something I regret, that we did not have video cameras when I was a child so there are no movies from my childhood. An uncle had a narrow film camera and has some documents of my young parents, but it is without any sound.
Believe me when I say it is better for everyone if I don't drive
I did do the licence once but driving does not come natural to me and I figured I better stop before I hit or kill someone. I didn't grow up with a car, my parents were too poor to own one, also you needed to wait 15 years in the GDR before you got it delivered after you ordered it. The world changed before our time was up.There is one restaurant (that I know of) in Dresden where actually a big electronic screen with all the times of the next busses and trams is on the wall. It basically displays the app. And I remember once staying much later than expected (there was unexpected music and funny people to talk to) and I went to the pub owner to ask if he had a time table. He had a sheet (not self-printed). I admit that most of the time I go to the theatre with a friend she drives me home afterwards as it's on her way anyway, but otherwise we can just chat as well standing there waiting. It's nice having a bit of fresh air for a change. They even make a few big meetings of all trams late at night in the middle of the city, so if you need to switch from one to the other, they all wait for each other.
Have you heard about the chip implanting in Sweden? It gets used so you don't need to buy train or tram tickets but just automatically scans you at the door, but it also gets used instead of a card on workplaces. I'm really not sure I'd want that.Seems We are the Borg, or soon will be
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...k-employees-getting-implanted-microchips.html
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I've heard of it but it doesn't bother me that much.
Unless it becomes something to replace credit cards and cash then it becomes a target of the scum..
If that happens then I might worry, but until then I'm not that fussed.
My phone is currently a glorified mp3 player.
I thought about that but I couldn't afford an iPhone with enough capacity to hold all my music. Plus I'd rather not get caught out in public with headphones on. That's practically hanging a "ROB ME" sign around your neck.
As for the implanted chip thing: As long as it's implanted in a CARD, that's fine. Just don't force me to get the chip implanted in my body. That'd be way too close to this.
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Plus I'd rather not get caught out in public with headphones on. That's practically hanging a "ROB ME" sign around your neck.
I mean ... what?
^ It advertises to every mugger/robber passing by that 1) You have an expensive digital device on your person, and 2) You are easy to sneak up on, because you're busy listening to music.
I'll make sure to tell that to the millions and millions and millions and millions and millions of people who walk around with headphones every day and don't get mugged.
Oh, shit, my wife just took the dog on a walk and she was listening to an audiobook. I hope nothing happens to her.
Edit: I mean, seriously, do you think that nine out of every ten people on the street are looking to jump you or something?
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You do live in a strange and non-so-wonderous place, I listen to music most times I'm out on my own, I have quiet a decent pair of headphones, but I have never been mugged, not here in Dublin, nor back in the Motherland.
I feel like some of you are egging us on. In this day and age having a digital device capable of playing audio tracks is accessible to almost everyone, it's not a sign of wealth or success. I can't imagine someone being targeted for a robbery because they're listening to music.
Okay, point taken.
Am curious about the Apple wireless earbuds, though. Anyone here have them? Sound quality good?
Am curious about the Apple wireless earbuds, though. Anyone here have them? Sound quality good?
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I thought the point was more that it was a sign of being distracted and not paying attention to your surroundings, therefore being an easier target.
Personally, I don't like to listen to music on the street, as the outside (cars goin by) is so loud that I can't hear anything unless I turn the volume up really high. If I then listen to the same thing with the same volume in the evening in bed, I realize how ear-hurting it actually is.
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