I still have not succumbed to getting a smartphone.
Love the part about storing your face forever. You know we've all been tissue sampled with blood draws, sputum samples, biopsies. We're a catalog to be selected from. That's why I never check the organ-donor option on my driver's license :)
I understand not getting a smartphone, but they are pretty amazing all things considered.
When I was a kid and toys were 10% material and 90% imagination; I would build one of those origami boxes (called Forture Tellers these days). Instead of using if for a game; I'd pretend it was like a flip phone type thing (like a decade before Motorola made one, but then Star Trek already showed the use of flip communicators). Except, my phone did more than just communications. I'd have one that had like a little steering wheel (drawn on) that could control a car remotely (like this but I came up with years earlier... too bad I didn't patent it, except I think I stole the idea from the Speed Racer cartoon series). I also had a calculator type one. And I could walk around with these boxes folded up in my pocket and pretend I could control my world around me.
Today, I can do most of these things with my smartphone. I can't drive the car, but I can do somethings with my home that I never thought of as a kid. And then there's the old NASA story about going to the moon with a small computer, except most smartphones are as powerful as the mainframes NASA kept on the ground.
And a smartphone for most young adults today is their entertainment center. It carries more music than most people could put on a bookshelf as a child. You can watch more movies than a Blockbuster store could rent. And you have a resolution on most smartphones better than most home TVs.
So I get the excitement and even somewhat the cost.
What I don't get is why anybody would think something so amazing needs to be thrown out and replaced every year or two. Yeah, I would do that with my paper boxes, but paper was cheap and 90% of the technology was my imagination.
Greetings, fellow geek. When I had a flip phone I experimented with flipping it open like a communicator...hard on the wrist!
Great stories. You remind me of my two. Boy and girl, their big thing was make-believe. Like putting an old baby car seat on a wagon and wearing a motorcycle helmet and garden gloves...astronaut. I came across a pic recently that made me burst out laughing...my son was using the vacuum cleaner hose as part of his space suit.
Yeah, I know I'll break down eventually, but it's really the cost of the service. I'm no cheapskate, but after you figure internet, electric, etc., you know the drill.
Besides, I like that my little blue LG slider is small. Handy for pocket and purse side pocket.
it's really the cost of the service. I'm no cheapskate, but after you figure internet, electric, etc., you know the drill.
You're correct there fellow geek, but that's why I pointed out all the capabilities. When you consider what it replaces, the service fees sort of make sense. But besides the "let's throw it away every year or two and get a new one", there is also the "you pay for it all or get nothing" service agreements.
Yes, I get the many features, but I have a GPS, Kindle, camera, ipod (lol) already. I pay only for internet, and use only laptop. BUT if I get a phone that can create a hotspot for my laptop...I'll look into it. Thanks :)
The first so-called smart phone I got was an Apple. I refused to allow the cult to drag me in any further.
When I got a new phone I tried to give the iPhone to a couple of women I know - both of them could have used an upgrade, but neither of them liked the increased monthly bills. So I sold the phone for $25.
Now my Samsung is old, but paid for, the panorama feature stopped working when I dropped it, but I am in no rush to replace it, what with being cheap and all.
Research is exhausting. Just watched reviews of phones. The resurrected Blackberry (name licensed out to a Chinese company, runs on Android, super-duper battery time) but was pooh-poohed by another reviewer saying the keyboard took up too much screen space and room that could be devoted to apps and games.
Looked at Galaxy note 8, which is big, you can write on with a stylus, but not such great battery power. OLED screen.
Looked at Galaxy j7, mid-range price, camera adequate, only one speaker with average sound, but NO CAMERA STABILIZATION!
And Galaxy 7...AMOLED screen needed too much slider adjustment...too bright indoors, too dark outdoors. Pixels down from 16 to 12, but they're Bigger Pixels!
Screw it. I can't research a car and a camera. I'm only one woman!
I bought my Samsung based on the brightness of the screen and the camera. Neither has been as good as I expected, so it boils down to compromise like so many things in life.
Battery life has gone bad on it - perhaps there is some app draining it when I am not looking - maybe downloading "Battery Vampire" was a bad idea. My solution is to leave the damn thing powered down completely and charging about 12 hours a day.
As for a car - I bought my most recent one from a friend who I knew took good care of his stuff. It's been fine, but then again, I rarely leave home, so there you go. It's a used Honda Element, 4WD, back seats removed, a real fine grocery getter, so there you have it.
I just looked, a cute car, but I was hoping I could yank your chain about driving hybrid. But it's not. Back seats removed. You remind me of me. I once looked into car camping, and considered how I could remove the back seats. Plus maybe the front passenger, or something. If one is going to be eccentric, go all the way :)
And Samsung is such a great name in camera quality...
The front passenger seat is wired into the air bags otherwise it too would be gone. I am glad I kept, however, as my dog rides there and she likes being able to see out the windows.
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I'm waiting for Samsung to start making "I'm a Galaxy phone and I'm an iPhone" commercials.
I still have not succumbed to getting a smartphone.
Love the part about storing your face forever. You know we've all been tissue sampled with blood draws, sputum samples, biopsies. We're a catalog to be selected from. That's why I never check the organ-donor option on my driver's license :)
I understand not getting a smartphone, but they are pretty amazing all things considered.
When I was a kid and toys were 10% material and 90% imagination; I would build one of those origami boxes (called Forture Tellers these days). Instead of using if for a game; I'd pretend it was like a flip phone type thing (like a decade before Motorola made one, but then Star Trek already showed the use of flip communicators). Except, my phone did more than just communications. I'd have one that had like a little steering wheel (drawn on) that could control a car remotely (like this but I came up with years earlier... too bad I didn't patent it, except I think I stole the idea from the Speed Racer cartoon series). I also had a calculator type one. And I could walk around with these boxes folded up in my pocket and pretend I could control my world around me.
Today, I can do most of these things with my smartphone. I can't drive the car, but I can do somethings with my home that I never thought of as a kid. And then there's the old NASA story about going to the moon with a small computer, except most smartphones are as powerful as the mainframes NASA kept on the ground.
And a smartphone for most young adults today is their entertainment center. It carries more music than most people could put on a bookshelf as a child. You can watch more movies than a Blockbuster store could rent. And you have a resolution on most smartphones better than most home TVs.
So I get the excitement and even somewhat the cost.
What I don't get is why anybody would think something so amazing needs to be thrown out and replaced every year or two. Yeah, I would do that with my paper boxes, but paper was cheap and 90% of the technology was my imagination.
Greetings, fellow geek. When I had a flip phone I experimented with flipping it open like a communicator...hard on the wrist!
Great stories. You remind me of my two. Boy and girl, their big thing was make-believe. Like putting an old baby car seat on a wagon and wearing a motorcycle helmet and garden gloves...astronaut. I came across a pic recently that made me burst out laughing...my son was using the vacuum cleaner hose as part of his space suit.
Yeah, I know I'll break down eventually, but it's really the cost of the service. I'm no cheapskate, but after you figure internet, electric, etc., you know the drill.
Besides, I like that my little blue LG slider is small. Handy for pocket and purse side pocket.
Not for $1k. That money can be better spent elsewhere, like on ammo.
it's really the cost of the service. I'm no cheapskate, but after you figure internet, electric, etc., you know the drill.
You're correct there fellow geek, but that's why I pointed out all the capabilities. When you consider what it replaces, the service fees sort of make sense. But besides the "let's throw it away every year or two and get a new one", there is also the "you pay for it all or get nothing" service agreements.
Yes, I get the many features, but I have a GPS, Kindle, camera, ipod (lol) already. I pay only for internet, and use only laptop. BUT if I get a phone that can create a hotspot for my laptop...I'll look into it. Thanks :)
The first so-called smart phone I got was an Apple. I refused to allow the cult to drag me in any further.
When I got a new phone I tried to give the iPhone to a couple of women I know - both of them could have used an upgrade, but neither of them liked the increased monthly bills. So I sold the phone for $25.
Now my Samsung is old, but paid for, the panorama feature stopped working when I dropped it, but I am in no rush to replace it, what with being cheap and all.
Research is exhausting. Just watched reviews of phones. The resurrected Blackberry (name licensed out to a Chinese company, runs on Android, super-duper battery time) but was pooh-poohed by another reviewer saying the keyboard took up too much screen space and room that could be devoted to apps and games.
Looked at Galaxy note 8, which is big, you can write on with a stylus, but not such great battery power. OLED screen.
Looked at Galaxy j7, mid-range price, camera adequate, only one speaker with average sound, but NO CAMERA STABILIZATION!
And Galaxy 7...AMOLED screen needed too much slider adjustment...too bright indoors, too dark outdoors. Pixels down from 16 to 12, but they're Bigger Pixels!
Screw it. I can't research a car and a camera. I'm only one woman!
I bought my Samsung based on the brightness of the screen and the camera. Neither has been as good as I expected, so it boils down to compromise like so many things in life.
Battery life has gone bad on it - perhaps there is some app draining it when I am not looking - maybe downloading "Battery Vampire" was a bad idea. My solution is to leave the damn thing powered down completely and charging about 12 hours a day.
As for a car - I bought my most recent one from a friend who I knew took good care of his stuff. It's been fine, but then again, I rarely leave home, so there you go. It's a used Honda Element, 4WD, back seats removed, a real fine grocery getter, so there you have it.
I just looked, a cute car, but I was hoping I could yank your chain about driving hybrid. But it's not. Back seats removed. You remind me of me. I once looked into car camping, and considered how I could remove the back seats. Plus maybe the front passenger, or something. If one is going to be eccentric, go all the way :)
And Samsung is such a great name in camera quality...
The front passenger seat is wired into the air bags otherwise it too would be gone. I am glad I kept, however, as my dog rides there and she likes being able to see out the windows.
"...kept it" - that should read kept it. Writing comments on a cell phone is not always a good thing.
It was a year ago today, apropos of no one or nothing. Heh...
She is a good dog, she deserves to ride in style.
Which reminds me I need to get the passenger side Takata airbag replaced - no shrapnel!
How long has that recall been out :)
A couple of years - got the driver's side replaced, it was a hassle, and I am putting off getting the other one done until November.
Scary recall!
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