Mobile Phones.
Watch this postIn this age of technology, Mobile phones are now not phones, they need to be re-named, you can do what ever you want to on them, Me, I have a mobile phone. The only attachment it has is a radio built in, I use it for making calls in emergency, when I am out walking, listening to radio 2. I was asked the other day if my friends son could borrow it, I said yes, thinking he had a problem. When I gave my phone to him, he looked and asked what it was, I told him, “It is a mobile phone”, but what can you do on it? he said. Make calls, for example, or listen to the radio. “Do you have internet access”? again I said No, With that , he said it could wait.
I am on a “Pay as you go” tarriff, I put £10 on and it last me approx, 6-7 months, sometimes longer.
Do other users here have the same problem as me? are we falling behind the times?
Your thoughts will be interesting to read
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I am wondering now if I am missing out. Should I go for a more 'modern' phone that has internet access, but then I would be paying for something I may not use when I am out and about. I don't feel the need to be in touch with people all the time, nor do I really need to keep looking on the internet, but I am getting worried that if i don't try to keep up with these things I will really be left behind.
Can anyone suggest a 'Beginners Phone'?
Like most mod.cons., one has to progress constantly.. Do you think smart 'phones will eventually be adaptable to use within the domestic appliance application,
I remember reading about Bill Gates computerised home years ago but obviously until these applications come within reach of the ordinary public most of us will not see them.
This Android mobile phone is indeed a smart phone and cost less than my old mobile phone and dongle put together in fact £20 less each month.
Yes it is a contract phone I also get 3000 minutes talk time, free talk time to others on the same network. 3000 text messages free, and unlimited internet down load time. Plus the Android will host a WIFI signal for my laptop and net book. The camera is 12 million pixals. The nice thing I really like about it has the ability to send out a tracking signal so if I did get lost in the highlands of Scotland emergency services could find me. The down side to that is it also let all your friends on face book know too. The other nice thing is it has Skype which is very handy when I am out shopping and I can skype my wife if I see a bargain. Yes people look at you side ways wondering why are you talking to yourself and pointing your camera phone at an item in the shop. But that is a small price to pay. As skype is free. I have just down loaded an app that reads the bar code and tells me if I can get the item cheaper somewhere else.
Yes I love my smart phone
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I have had a "pay as you go" 'phone for years and very occasionally top up. Trouble is, a few of my friends have pay as you go 'phones but never turn them on! They usually have them because their family say they should have them!
My grandsons would rather go without their shoes than their iPhones...
I wonder if the forecast of iPhones replacing credit/debit cards is right? Then I could have one!
So I settled for the next mod.con. and bought my iPad. I still use my lap top for some programmes, but the instant response of the iPad is tempting and since I am now at home more than I am out, it would be most "uncontrolled spending" and that is naughty.
I think iPhones are unbelievable and considering 50years ago few people had house 'phones, we have come a long way!