Watch the whole thing or start at 3:15

How close are we now.

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Sure I am old, so old. I remember this from 1967. And I will never give up my hard line phone.

Is the cell phone world an improvement?

And all those gadgets and options. It isn't just a "telephone".

Message Machines were bad enough with the introduction of Message Tag.

Now we live with more instantaneous expectations.

NOT a good thing.

Moi

Youngsters, feel free to share your favorite gadgets and options on your cell phone.

Ok. I'll bite.

I got rid of landline. Mostly I just could not understand for what I was going to pay those 15$/month or so, another factor was that local monopolist is actively pushing PON technology, and with that, landline loses main attractiveness: that it works even if the power is out.

So, I ended up with IP phone. Looks almost like the regular phone, behaves almost like the regular phone, except it does not have direct incoming number. I could have had a direct number, but I was not willing to pay. My setup ended up free up to an hour a day (up to 10 calls). And caller id is assigned to my cell , so any one calling back goes to my cellphone.

As for the cellphone - I already wrote - I have the dumb phone. It lives at least a week from one charge and smart enough for my needs.

Smartphone... well, I am used to combination of pocket computer and cell phone, I even used such combination for doing emergency sysadmin work on the go. Unfortunately, I see modern smartphones as a step back from the PDAs of the 2000s. Damn it, if Palm was able to make smooth interface on 16Mhz CPU, why can't android work fast enough with 700Mhz and graphics accelerator? But it is all that remained, so...

The cellphone world - it is convenient, if it was not for SMS spam. And greedy operators, but they all are greedy, no matter if it is landline or cell.

I have used an old stile cell phone for several years, its a flip top with push buttons but I really don't like it. About a year ago I got cable/TV/phone fiber optics so I now have both a land line which I use and a cell phone that goes with me when I am in the car. The land line is a misnomer as its a portable so it sits in its cradle until I use it then its just like the cell phone only bigger with better sound and no camera.

River

I'm gonna be rich. Rich I say.

I have a new function for a Cell Phone !

A cell phone with a compass.

And tech advance it as a Quibla locator for the Muslim faithful.

Any cell phone with a GPS has the equivalent of a compass in it.

Also, The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. I assume that most Muslims are cognizant of that fact when picking the direction to pray.

As for my cell phone -- no it isn't a "smart" phone.

It's still the equivalent of a motorola razor phone.

It gets texts (which I pay for one by one because I don't text)

It doesn't read email and I'm happy with that.

And when I am at the symphony or the theater, I turn it off and it is a mute lump of nothingness.

But Dave, a good Quibla locator is a very important thing.

AND my cell phone compass would work in areas of no signal.

I envisioned an old dime store compass embedded in the plastic

Of course they probably cost more today then the electronic equivalent.

How about a Swiss Army Cell Phone with corkscrew and toothpick of course.

Being anti Cell Phone and an old fart, I got me my MediCare, eh

I cannot fathom why people feel the requirement to be connected.

It does remind me of that old clip of the President's Analyst above and that animation scene.

Hilarious then, when the phone company was the big, bad, untouchable, controller.

Now more "real" then ever and becoming "realer"

Moi

BTW in my home I have a cell phone jammer.

It can block a carrier signal, not a call in progress.

moi621 (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:23 pm But Dave, a good Quibla locator is a very important thing.

AND my cell phone compass would work in areas of no signal.

I envisioned an old dime store compass embedded in the plastic

Of course they probably cost more today then the electronic equivalent.

How about a Swiss Army Cell Phone with corkscrew and toothpick of course.

Being anti Cell Phone and an old fart, I got me my MediCare, eh

I cannot fathom why people feel the requirement to be connected.

It does remind me of that old clip of the President's Analyst above and that animation scene.

Hilarious then, when the phone company was the big, bad, untouchable, controller.

Now more "real" then ever and becoming "realer"

Moi

BTW in my home I have a cell phone jammer.

It can block a carrier signal, not a call in progress.

Moi, in smartphones there are usually 3 sensors: the GPS one, 3D magnetic sensor (equivalent of compass), and accelerometer.

So, a properly written app will work without GPS signal. Even more interesting is that for a GPS to work as compass, one needs to move with the speed of least 4km/h.

Moi, don't ya know, that a jammer causes the cell phone to turn up the transmitter power, as does intermittent signal?

As for the cell phones and phone companies - they all are bad. Phone companies try to take as much money as they can for their services.

And SMS - they are the most costy way of transferring data .

As for "connected" - it is more of the "give me my channel to the internet", than the real need for being connected.

fhunter wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:00 pm Moi, in smartphones there are usually 3 sensors: the GPS one, 3D magnetic sensor (equivalent of compass), and accelerometer.

So, a properly written app will work without GPS signal. Even more interesting is that for a GPS to work as compass, one needs to move with the speed of least 4km/h.

Moi, don't ya know, that a jammer causes the cell phone to turn up the transmitter power, as does intermittent signal?

As for the cell phones and phone companies - they all are bad. Phone companies try to take as much money as they can for their services.

And SMS - they are the most costy way of transferring data .

As for "connected" - it is more of the "give me my channel to the internet", than the real need for being connected.

I bought the cell phone jammer with the cigarette lighter charger plug to have in my car to be in a defensive bubble for when I drive into Irvine, California where a driver not multi tasking and usually texting is a rare sight.

The jammer works. It blocks incoming calls and the texting too.

I do believe they would have to build additional towers to effect me and my jammer.

Besides, it the company really going to increase transmission power over on jammer ?

BTW the jammer is "technically" illegal yet can be ordered so easily online.

It comes in a box labeled Audio Amplifier. It is a "fun" toy.

Moi

Anti Cell Phone

moi621 (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:20 pm I bought the cell phone jammer with the cigarette lighter charger plug to have in my car to be in a defensive bubble for when I drive into Irvine, California where a driver not multi tasking and usually texting is a rare sight.

The jammer works. It blocks incoming calls and the texting too.

I do believe they would have to build additional towers to effect me and my jammer.

Besides, it the company really going to increase transmission power over on jammer ?

BTW the jammer is "technically" illegal yet can be ordered so easily online.

It comes in a box labeled Audio Amplifier. It is a "fun" toy.

Moi

Anti Cell Phone

It is not the cell towers, that increase the power, it is the cell phones themselves. The tower does not care .

Also, as you are much nearer to the phone being jammed, there is no point in increasing power on the tower.

PS. Have you ever thought, that frustrated distracted driver ("@@$% my text does not send?") is much more dangerous than simply distracted driver?

fhunter wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:42 pm It is not the cell towers, that increase the power, it is the cell phones themselves. The tower does not care .

Also, as you are much nearer to the phone being jammed, there is no point in increasing power on the tower.

PS. Have you ever thought, that frustrated distracted driver ("@@$% my text does not send?") is much more dangerous than simply distracted driver?

Yes I have and decided, jam the SOB's as I can.

I have witnessed such drivers suddenly driving bizarrely.

Unfortunately, Irvine PD cops are so busy multitasking with a virtual PC at the console of their pigmobile they remain unaware.

Several decades ago, their were some municipal police departments I respected.

Unfortunately, over the decades the good ones have caught up to the biased norm of serving the rich.

And rich people do text while driving. Sure others do to, but the cops dare not accidentally antagonize a rich person. Or an off duty police person.

The problem with police is anyone who wants to be one, probably should be forbidden.

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How much is that in Rubles.