Thread: Beyond tomorrow

Originally Posted by Wongo

What is next? A mobile phone that only makes phone calls?

I've got a mobile phone that doesn't even do that!! :eek:

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Originally Posted by bitingmidge

I've got a mobile phone that doesn't even do that!! :eek:

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It is not the mobile phone for deaf people is it? I thought it won’t be in the market until 2008.

"What is next? A mobile phone that only makes phone calls?"

Yes please

You can blame the Japanese for that...

Originally Posted by Wongo

It is not the mobile phone for deaf people is it? I thought is won’t be in the market until 2008.

It might be, it's got two earpieces which you put in your ears to hold the camera up. :confused:

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I saw a phone in a shop once that had Bluetooth. Isn't that some sort of dental disease??

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Originally Posted by bitingmidge

I saw a phone in a shop once that had Bluetooth. Isn't that some sort of dental disease??

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No it'a a mental disease becuse it makes you stick this ridiculous looking gizmo in your ear and walk around in public looking like a dork or an escapee from a Star Trek convention!

Hmm, actually that last bit was a tautology.

I got a mobile that:
Takes photos
Records notes
Plays music
Connects to the net
Sends emails
sends SMS
Has Bluetooth
Has Infra Red
Has a stereo headset
Makes and receives phone calls

The only thing I use is make and receive phone calls. And ......











the thing doesn't work in my house...down the backyard, yes, but in my house. NO. I hate the thing.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Mine does all that. I mostly use it for SMS. Have been talking on it a bit lately due to the house being built but once that's over, the mic and speaker will probably crust over again.

Hmm,

being a dreamer of inventions meself, I've always considered the market for a mobile phone for the elderly/technoignorant/cheapies who just want a basic phone.

We're talking, big buttons, big screen font. Scroll up and down to get through your phone book and press the green key to ring. If my Nanna could find a phone like that, she'd buy one!

Lefty,

I might buy one too. I own a basic mobile phone, for use in 'emergencies', but I don't know how to use it. But it cost me nothing, and I just pay Optus $5 a month for it; maybe one day it will come in useful. But somehow I suspect that if I break down on the Birdsville track, it won't work anyway.

Rocker

My gf was conned into buying a new 'wow' type phone for her son - he gave her his 'old' phone (only about a year old). For six months she struggled with that phone but couldn't learn how to use it, so now she's back to using her old phone which, strangely enough, does little more than make phone calls. And you know what? All of a sudden, I can ring her on the mobile, she can ring me and there's even been the rare SMS.

Beyond Tomorrow annoys me intensely. Sure, they have some nifty toys, but the attitude that 'this is wonderful because it's new, wizz bang technology' gets on my goat. They never stop to ask if real people will actually use this stuff. [\grouch] nah, stuffit [reload grouch]

Richard

What about that Playstation thingo where you push the controller forward to make the car go and you can set it to how hard you have to push so that you get a workout while you're playing. Why don't they just go outside and DO something instead of sitting in front of a monitor?

telco's are wonderful, of course you need the new technology. how else would you be "hip" you old farts ? buy it now before your kid does!!!!

this is an unsposored message from the telco industry to you. (insert angelic face here)