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Who gave up on using a smartphone?
Hoopz:
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--- Quote from: leapinlew on October 12, 2011, 09:22:00 am ---Configure the phone how you like - it's a tool. Make it work for you.
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This.
EDIT: Unless you are a BB user, in which case things may not be working for you at all right now. Or a RIMM investor, in which case you're pretty much FUBAR (unless you have short positions, are long a buttload of puts, or naked a crapload of calls. ::)
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Fixt ;)
Samstag:
If I understand correctly, you hated the smart phone because it's really terrible as a PC, and so are going back to a dumb-phone which I can only assume works really well as a PC?
How much content do you create on your dumb-phone?
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Samstag on October 12, 2011, 11:11:35 am ---If I understand correctly, you hated the smart phone because it's really terrible as a PC, and so are going back to a dumb-phone which I can only assume works really well as a PC?
How much content do you create on your dumb-phone?
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The other issue is being accessible via email 24 hours a day, which is understandable but not necessarily a smartphone issue. I don't like getting urgent emails during off hours and I really don't like urgent phone calls, but the advantage to getting a urgent email at 8pm is that I can usually take care of an urgent problem before it becomes a disaster.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on October 12, 2011, 11:37:35 am ---I pretended like I didn't have a cell phone for a couple of years and then so many people saw me on one that I finally got asked for my number.
It's amazing how almost every single time I take a day off I get a phone call now.
I told the IT guy to "keep his ---smurfing--- mouth shut" about my personal cell phone's ability to connect to work e-mail so at least we haven't breached that wall.... yet.
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Speaking of... how annoying is it when you accidentally dial a wrong number, no one answers and you don't realize it's a wrong number until their voice mail message. People always call back and they are like "Did you call my phone?!" What are these people doing that's so important that they call back a unknown number to find out who called?
knave:
Blanka, I hear all of your dislikes and can relate to some of them but I really appreciate My HTC Aria. I held off through all the Iphone craziness but when ATT finally got an android phone I liked I went for it and it has been awesome. I only use what I need and turn off the rest. I check my email on my phone only if I feel the need No alerts here. I use texting, the soft keyboard is just fine for short texts and if I'm lazy I can just speak my texts and the phone types them. Music works well enough for the gym, or running and if I get a call it is patched through the headphones. The alarm clock, the calendar, a few free apps like a notepad and task list are nice. Best though is my ability to look up an email, website, directions in a pinch and have that info right away. Some games are fun to pass the time if I have some to kill.
I have not paid for any apps, nor do I plan to unless something bl ows me away. Once I set up shortcuts to wifi and GPS I leave them off until I need them. My battery can last three days with light use.
Hopefully someday you'll find your ideal device.
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