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Do You Want to Hear Me Now?

Posted September 09, 2011 7:49 AM by Baxter

Are phones in smartphones relevant? According to a survey by social communications platform, CloudTalk, speaking on the phone is not even in the top three favorite activities in which people engage on their smart phones. Texting, emailing, and social networking come first. Meanwhile, researchers in Potsdam made a system that makes even the actual smartphone unnecessary (what next, the iPalm?). Do you find talking on the phone underrated, or so painfully 20th century?

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09/09/2011 11:27 AM

I am terribly old-school in this aspect, despite carrying an iphone.

In my defense I carry an Iphone 3 so the spouse could justify acquiring the Iphone 4.

Great apps (which I am still figuring out), GPS, interactive maps (but approach the directions cautiously).

Awful voice quality.

So apparently the folks that brought us crappy audio quality with MP3 understood the market better than I.

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09/12/2011 12:36 PM

Arrgh! It is so painful to be reminded of the degradation of music with modern technology. Even worse... a lot of today's music is itself a degradation of music.

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09/09/2011 11:16 PM

Two scenes come to my mind ....

1. Dagwood Bumstead makes his usual monster midnight sandwich and heads to the table...pauses...looks at the reader and says "I finally did it ! I forgot to put bread on my sandwich !!!"

2. "Our Man Flint" . James Coburn flicks on his cigarette lighter, gets an oxy-actylene flame, cuts away some heavy guage steel.... tells the girl .. "This ligher has 63 uses.....64 if you count lighting a cigarette"

So, you mean what i am doing is correct ? A big-letter-display cheap Nokia for calls and a smartphone Nokia E63 for emails.... i used to feel stupid, but thanks for telling me i am not..

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09/10/2011 1:55 AM

Yes otherwise it is just a tiny iPad or Android pad

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09/10/2011 4:01 AM

Wouldn't know - my cell phone is the cheapest Nokia made and I make about 1 call per week.

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