Beyond tomorrow

[Wongo]

Remember a while ago I prophesied the making of the camera that makes phone call? I think it is not too far away now.

Those hi tech companies are really running out ideas. It is hard to give you guys something new all the time isn't it.:rolleyes:

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


Wongo (chairman of the anti mobile phone association)

[bitingmidge]

What is next? A mobile phone that only makes phone calls?
I've got a mobile phone that doesn't even do that!! :eek:

P
:D

[Wongo]

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

P
:D


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

:D

[macca2]

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

Yes please

[silentC]

You can blame the Japanese for that...

[bitingmidge]

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:

P

[bitingmidge]

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

P
:eek: :rolleyes:

[craigb]

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

P
:eek: :rolleyes:

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! :rolleyes:

Hmm, actually that last bit was a tautology. :D

[Shedhand]

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:

[silentC]

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.

[LineLefty]

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!

[Rocker]

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

[Daddles]

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

[silentC]

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?

[Zed]

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)

[Wongo]

Rocky,

If you are having one for emergencies and you don’t know how to use it then how bloody good is it?

Sadly a lot of people get one because of the “what if my car broke down in the middle of nowhere” thing.

My MIL got one for the same reason 4 years ago. She used it a few things in the first few weeks and it has been sitting on the kitchen bench since.

Unless it cooks me bacon and eggs, I ain’t getting one.

[Rocker]

Scott,

Actually my wife normally carries it in her bag, and she knows how to use it. I am prepared to take my chances without it. I doubt if I am likely to come to much harm on the highway between Elimbah and Caboolture, where the traffic is pretty light.

When I worked as a geologist in Tanzania, I had no means of communication when I was hundreds of miles out in the bush - I just used to drive to town once a month to collect my mail. I suppose that I was fortunate that I was never faced with a life-threatening emergency. But I liked the sense of freedom that it gave, not having a boss breathing down your neck. Modern-day geologists don't need to be self-reliant, since they have satellite phones and GPS devices, so they can always call for help, and they can't get lost.

Rocker

[bennylaird]

Great in emergencies, you break down and ring the RACV, you get a recorded message and put on hold, just as you get through after waiting an eternity it either, runs out of credit or the battery goes flat.

[craigb]

Scott,

When I worked as a geologist in Tanzania, I had no means of communication when I was hundreds of miles out in the bush

There would have been jungle drums surely. :p ;) :D

[bennylaird]

Just use "The Ghost Who Walks", aka Mr Walkers drum connection, just remember to drum "0" to get an outside line.

[bitingmidge]

I doubt if I am likely to come to much harm on the highway between Elimbah and Caboolture,

I can't believe you'd even think about driving between Elimbah and Caboolture without a phone??? :eek: :eek: :eek:

Has that clock gone to your head or something???

P (very concerned!)
;)

[Sturdee]

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


Wongo (chairman of the anti mobile phone association)

I have one of those. I switch it on and take it with me whenever I leave home so that in an emergency I can make calls and switch it of when I'm back home.

The number is a closely guarded secret, only known to my wife and daughter, so if I'm not home they can contact me in an emergency.

Peter.

[zenwood]

I'm with you Wongo. I don't have a mobile phone. I thought I was the only one in Australia.

[Auld Bassoon]

I have one of those. I switch it on and take it with me whenever I leave home so that in an emergency I can make calls and switch it of when I'm back home.

The number is a closely guarded secret, only known to my wife and daughter, so if I'm not home they can contact me in an emergency.

Peter.

I'll have to have a peek in XXXX I.T. system that allocates numbers, and/or churn system that has ALL numbers http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon4.gif - admin rights, acquired somehow :eek: :D

Now, Peter, about that timber you were going to get for me... :D :D ;)

[maglite]

One that has a bigger key pad would come in handy........

[Auld Bassoon]

I'm with you Wongo. I don't have a mobile phone. I thought I was the only one in Australia.

When I was in South Africa in the late 80's / early 90's a mate bought a Phillips "Porty" (no conventional mobile phones there then); blerry thing cost around R16,000 I seem to recall; but he reckoned it worthwhile for his plant hire business.

Must have been desperate! As a fellow Yottie, I'd have thought that he could dished out a few h/held VHF radios to his crew, and schieved the same result for a lot less - so long as he didn't give a radio to his SWMBO:D

[Blocklayer]

If you have a PocketPC phone you can run the PocketPC versions of the stair calculator at
http://www.blocklayer.com/Stairs
and the PocketPC versions of the concrete block calculators at
http://www.blocklayer.com

but it'll never catch on

[Sturdee]

I'll have to have a peek in XXXX I.T. system that allocates numbers, and/or churn system that has ALL numbers

Steve,

By all means try and see if you can find out the number but I must warn you that it isn't even in my name. :D

In any case if it rings and the callers ID doesn't belong to the phone numbers programmed in the phone I ignore it, as it must be spam.:eek: To me my mobile is not a way for the world to communicate with me but the way I can communicate with the world.:D

Maybe that is unusual, but it is me.:p


Peter.