Non-smart phone users?

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Considering that Epyon is a black guy, I imagine that's going to be a fairly awkward conversation.

JC

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

I was very happy with my simple mobile phones I used up until a couple of years ago. I tried using a Windows smart phone about 5 years ago and hated it after a few days. Went back to my simple phone.

I think the tide turned for me when I worked our company's yearly show in Houston a couple of years back. The guys I was working with in the training sessions would be texting me non-stop because we had some HW/networking failures we were trying to get straightened out in time for the first class. By the time I would finish replying to a TXT on my old school phone, I had received 10 more. And the fact that I couldn't check my corporate mail was a huge hindrance.

After that I decided to make my life easier and take the plunge. The ability to quickly TXT and/or e-mail and/or access my desktops and files through my phone is invaluable for me when away from my office or while travelling. I don't think I could ever go back, unless I chose a different career path.

Thats more for work purposes, seesm some just need to have all these features but doesnt realy have a true need for them.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Thats more for work purposes, seesm some just need to have all these features but doesnt realy have a true need for them.

Yes, but does that matter? There's lots of reasons to have/not have a smart phone. My employer doesn't tell me I have to have one - I choose to.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

Yes, but does that matter? There's lots of reasons to have/not have a smart phone. My employer doesn't tell me I have to have one - I choose to.

If it helps with your job then its something to have, a few yrs back I would have consiudered one since I didnt have internet access. I had a palm pilot to look up some medical info if needed but that was it. Now I have computers everywhere at both jobs so I dont realy need to have one. So a regular phone works well for me.

[Particle Man]

A true "Smart" phone would know how to fetch me a beer

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

A true "Smart" phone would know how to fetch me a beer

A good wife can do that too, just unleash the pimphand on her LOL

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by tommymac

A good wife can do that too, just unleash the pimphand on her LOL

I was her karate instructor at one time - She knows how to defend herself

In hindsight, that was damn poor planning on my part

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

I was her karate instructor at one time - She knows how to defend herself

In hindsight, that was damn poor planning on my part

At least you didnt need us to point it out to you, gotta break out the jedi mind tricks then LOL

[jtemple]

I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum. I use my phone for everything except calls. I hate phone calls with a passion. I don't even have a land line at home.

To me, a phone call is nothing but an interruption. If my phone rings, the person on the other end had better be fucking dying, or I don't want to hear what they have to say.

When my phone rings, I'm almost always in the middle of something else. Stopping what I'm doing to answer their stupid phone call just pisses me off.

Email and texts, I can read at my leisure, when it's convenient for me.

[pauldun170]

I have a samsung intensity 2.
It's a really shitty phone but:
It was free
It had a keyboard for the 2 times a month I send a text.
It was the only phone available from Verizon that had a keyboard and DID NOT force you to get data plan simply because it had a keyboard.
It advertised itself as having a night vision mode which sucks because it doesn't see through clothes in broad daylight....which is the only reason I got this stupid phone....
that and the free and the keyboard and the no data plan.