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I found that feature on my iPhone this past weekend. I was not sure how it worked. I thought it would send the message if I didn't answer. I get it now.mojo84 wrote:I have my smartphone set up to text the caller right back after I hit the ignore button with a preset message.
Another common practice! I have had people text me back right after they don't answer.tomtexan wrote:A good friend of mine tells me that the only way he can communicate with his son is through texting. He can call his son's number and he will not answer. He can text him just after hanging up and his son will immediately text back.
I don't get it either.
The Annoyed Man wrote:OK, I'll agree with this. Example....... I do occasionally send and receive text messages from my phone, but I refuse to use texting as my primary means of communication. I mentor young men at my church, and sponsor others in CR, and the younger ones seem to think that texting is a perfectly normal means of communication......but I maintain that you CANNOT have a satisfactory conversation with someone by texting. If someone wants to have a conversation with me, CALL me. Texting is a lousy way to communicate. It takes longer too to type a lot of words out, then simply phoning and speaking. But a lot young whippersnappers would rather text.Abraham wrote:Yes cell/smart phones provide benefits, but their use by many is pathological and ever increasing as the world seems to be taken over by these things.
I don't get it.
Abraham wrote:Syntyr
"So I pretty much live on my phone."
Mostly for chatting or business? Would you potentially break out in hives or feel anxious if you were denied access to your device?
"My sister inlaw and her husband come over for dinner and their noses are in their phones 80% of the time they are there. Drives me nuts! We can be sitting there eating dinner and they have their phones out. I look over at my wife and grimace and she silently mouths "sorry" to me. Zombies..."
I witness the above all too commonly. Such practice is quickly becoming a blight everywhere. Smart phones are surrogate people for many. Those afflicted can't seem to break the chains that bind them. The attention these devices are paid exceeds human interaction by leaps and bounds for this group. Smart phones are for many as addictive as crack cocaine. And no, it's not the phone's fault, it's the misuse.
Yes cell/smart phones provide benefits, but their use by many is pathological and ever increasing as the world seems to be taken over by these things.
No kidding and what would the numbers be on how many computers are connected to that? Jesus cripes! You are able to access tens of thousands of computers, all from your galaxy phone? I am amazed they are not more concerned with security than to allow cell phone access to such a huge system. You must have one heck of serious security clearance for that type access. Especially from a cell phone. Who the heck you work for anyway?mojo84 wrote:"1400 network servers"? That is a huge company.
Same thing happens to me if I don't have access to this forum.WildBill wrote:I noticed the same behavior when people try to quit smoking.Abraham wrote:Recently, I watched a documentary in which people couldn't access their smart phones for 24 hours. After surrendering their phones, most of those being studied soon showed signs of anxiety, depression, short temper, etc., you know, all the hallmarks of addiction. Some essentially threw their hands in the air and quit the study demanding their devices be returned.
I had a neighbor back in the days before "mobile" phones went mainstream who worked for one of the major phone companies. That looks just like a phone he showed me one night after work. He was telling me how his company believed this was the phone we would all be using in the future. Even he laughed at the idea. They were "making" he and the other techs use them. It was a trial period for determining the efficiency of using mobile phones.jmra wrote:I had one of these before I had the one you are talking about.03Lightningrocks wrote:I can still remember having a "mobile" phone that was about the size of a large cowboy boot sole. It weighed enough that it would wear you out holding it to your ear. It would only hold a charge for about an hour. But it had a really cool orange light under the keyboard.
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The way I reacted to that phone, one would believe I was an Indian seeing white men for the first time. The cost per minute to use the thing was some crazy high dollar amount. I will never forget telling him how ridiculous I thought the whole idea was. Good night nurse! Why on earth would anyone want to talk on the phone while driving around town?That cracks me up. The exact phone I was talking about.WildBill wrote:Here's an old picture I have of you with that phone.03Lightningrocks wrote:I can still remember having a "mobile" phone that was about the size of a large cowboy boot sole. It weighed enough that it would wear you out holding it to your ear. It would only hold a charge for about an hour. But it had a really cool orange light under the keyboard.
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I have an antenna. It's not connected. It is up in the attic and I never worked up the energy or give a hoot to drag it out of there.WildBill wrote:I am a Tyrannosaurus! Except, I like my meat cooked.Oldgringo wrote:
You still have a TV antenna? WOW!WildBill wrote:I am the opposite in this area - I still like my separate GPS, component stereo system, desktop [no laptop or tablet]. I still have a TV antenna - no cable or streaming. No iPod for me. I still like to read a good book, but I have been eyeing a Kindle. I still haven't upgraded my high end camera system to digital - that's more due to money than not liking the technology.chasfm11 wrote:I have always preferred the multi-device versus singular device but I'm in awe of how the bundled products on a smart phone work together.
I sensed that Abraham was looking for kindred dinosaur spirits and tried to represent myself as potentially one of them. Thunder lizards need to stick together.
No you are not. My darned brother refuses to get a smart phone. I offered to buy him one. He said he would use it as a paper weight. He hates the darned things...LOL.Abraham wrote:I do own a pre-paid cell phone I use infrequently, but see no need for a smart phone for myself. I bought it originally as a safety item, turned off and stowed. I find myself in remote locations kayaking and cycling. If I get in trouble it's a nice backup item, but not something I chat on.
I wonder if the majority who own smart phones really NEED them or are they more for recreational use?
What say you?
