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Gobbeldygook posted:That would probably beat his current job. Gromit is a minor forum celebrity because his job requires he scrutinize child pornography. Though given he said people prefer their smut accessible I doubt anyone is storing it on drum memory as a precautionary measure.
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Pham Nuwen posted:My wife has bet me that I can't use a non-smartphone for two weeks. I'm therefore looking at getting a flip phone on EBay; what's the best one you guys can recommend? I'm literally looking for the very best in obsolete technology. Look for a Handspring Treo. At least the 650
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I just ordered a new iPro phone from eBay for $25. It's a Hong Kong company that makes a bunch of phones and I've never heard of them before. It should be here next Monday and I'll post pics then.
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Pham Nuwen posted:I just ordered a new iPro phone from eBay for $25. It's a Hong Kong company that makes a bunch of phones and I've never heard of them before. It should be here next Monday and I'll post pics then. Does it count if Stuart Ashen hasn't reviewed it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSO1KWLGd50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUT39op2Pp8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2tVE7qRLwk
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Gobbeldygook posted:That would probably beat his current job. Gromit is a minor forum celebrity because his job requires he scrutinize child pornography. You gotta do what you love.
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Aug 4, 2015 07:21
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Gobbeldygook posted:That would probably beat his current job. Gromit is a minor forum celebrity because his job requires he scrutinize child pornography. I feel you should have clarified that he does this for law enforcement purposes. Not as, say, a reviewer.
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Aug 4, 2015 08:31
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spog posted:I feel you should have clarified that he does this for law enforcement purposes. Well, that's exactly what I assumed. Since it seems unlikely anyone could be a veteran child porn reviewer, post about it enough on the internet that random forum members mention it, and not have been arrested yet.
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Aug 4, 2015 08:56
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Look for a Handspring Treo. At least the 650 Isn't that kind of cheating?
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Aug 4, 2015 08:58
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dissss posted:Isn't that kind of cheating? It's CDMA. The amount of time it takes to access anything online is measured in geologic terms.
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Aug 4, 2015 15:23
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If you are going to go retro with a mobile phone, you may as well go WAY RETRO: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Binatone-Brick-Sim-Free-Mobile-Phone-White/dp/B00GN88E42
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Pham Nuwen posted:I just ordered a new iPro phone from eBay for $25. It's a Hong Kong company that makes a bunch of phones and I've never heard of them before. It should be here next Monday and I'll post pics then. If you want a phone that will actually work, get a Nokia 220. It's 40 bucks, has conversation mode texts, a camera, makes calls+texts, a calendar, calculator, and a lot more. Bet you the phone you ordered from Hong Kong won't work on the frequencies of any North America cell network.
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Pantech makes AT&T-branded flip phones, they cost like $10. I've never had a smartphone and I have somehow managed to survive with a flip phone because spending all of your time staring at your phone is for autists.
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Aug 4, 2015 17:18
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titties posted:Pantech makes AT&T-branded flip phones, they cost like $10. I've never had a smartphone and I have somehow managed to survive with a flip phone because spending all of your time staring at your phone is for autists. I bet you don't even own a TV, either.
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HMS Boromir posted:Does anyone know of a site or blog or what have you that collects old predictions like these? I've seen a few and they're pretty entertaining, usually due to getting almost everything right with a few adorable exceptions. not quite either, but I did find a precious "INTERNET BAD" thing in The Book of Lists 2, circa 1980 
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Uncle Enzo posted:Bet you the phone you ordered from Hong Kong won't work on the frequencies of any North America cell network. Well, it is advertised as supporting frequencies in use by both T-Mobile and AT&T, so I don't foresee any issues there unless they were lying. (Chinese hardware manufacturers lying is always a possibility)
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flosofl posted:I bet you don't even own a TV, either. Don't be silly, everyone needs to watch game of thrones
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:not quite either, but I did find a precious "INTERNET BAD" thing in The Book of Lists 2, circa 1980 In the 80's British Telecom went to Thatcher and said that if they were given rights to broadcast TV they would install fibre to every home in the UK. She told them to get stuffed so the same old copper is in place today only now getting slowly upgraded. Thanks Maggie.
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chitoryu12 posted:Does it count if Stuart Ashen hasn't reviewed it? I wish he still did these.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Well, it is advertised as supporting frequencies in use by both T-Mobile and AT&T, so I don't foresee any issues there unless they were lying. It'll work. It might not work as well, especially with the data network. My not-made-for-the-American-market Sony could only do 2g data. But there will be enough similar frequencies for it to operate.
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Pham Nuwen posted:My wife has bet me that I can't use a non-smartphone for two weeks. I'm therefore looking at getting a flip phone on EBay; what's the best one you guys can recommend? I'm literally looking for the very best in obsolete technology. As hard as you are trying to win this bet, I wonder what she is willing to give up if you win the bet...
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drgnwr1 posted:As hard as you are trying to win this bet, I wonder what she is willing to give up if you win the bet... It's not so much a bet as a challenge. My prize will be undeniable smugness, but I may challenge her to do the same thing if I succeed.
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Pham Nuwen posted:It's not so much a bet as a challenge. My prize will be undeniable smugness, but I may challenge her to do the same thing if I succeed. You could cheat and get a Nokia S60 (third edition) phone. It's technically a smartphone but they look like dumbphones! I had an N82 and loved it. Take a peek at the N81 if you're looking for a slider phone. I miss slider phones. WorldWarWonderful has a new favorite as of 21:47 on Aug 4, 2015 |
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WorldWarWonderful posted:You could cheat and get a Nokia S60 (third edition) phone. It's technically a smartphone but they look like dumbphones! I had an N82 and loved it. Take a peek at the N81 if you're looking for a slider phone. I miss slider phones. My last cellphone was an ancient little brick of a Samsung (???) with a slide-out physical keyboard, which I rather adored; I only upgraded a few months ago, as one of my birthday gifts. It was my father's before it was mine, so it had to be at least a decade old, maybe more (my father does not have a comfortable relationship with modern electronics, bless him). But...the predictive text on my new Android phone is really, really, really, ridiculously good. It's much easier, but I do sort of miss the tactile qualities of that physical keyboard. SatansOnion has a new favorite as of 06:33 on Aug 5, 2015 |
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I just ordered that Binatone phone....
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Humphreys posted:I just ordered that Binatone phone.... Ring Ring Ring Ring Binatone?
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Humphreys posted:I just ordered that Binatone phone.... It looks useful in its own way, but I just haven't pulled the trigger because it seems like a fairly large amount to dedicate to a joke when I have a smartphone with an unlimited data plan. Let us know how it goes though.
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SatansOnion posted:But...the predictive text on my new Android phone is really, really, really, ridiculously good. It's much easier, but I do sort of miss the tactile qualities of that physical keyboard. Predictive text and I just don't get along. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but it never seems to know what the hell I want, so I always turn it off. I think I'm the obsolete technology. I see people living on their phones at all hours of day and night and I realize that I've had a smartphone for two years at this point and have used its "smart" features maybe twice in all that time. My previous phone was also a Samsung with a slide-out keyboard and I definitely still miss the tactile feedback of pressing the keys.
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Gobbeldygook posted:That would probably beat his current job. Gromit is a minor forum celebrity because his job requires he scrutinize child pornography. Did he ever do an A/T thread? 
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:My previous phone was also a Samsung with a slide-out keyboard and I definitely still miss the tactile feedback of pressing the keys. I mean I think I could get used to a touchscreen and would like having the option for, say, selecting items on the screen/playing games and poo poo. But texting is what I primarily use a phone for, so having to handicap myself on that for a while seems like a bummer. It's getting to the point though where I need to get one, because I'm tired of not being able to read messages from people because they included an emoji and it garbled the rest of the message and deleted over half of it (which is something most people have been cool about when I've explained it to them but it's kind of an awkward conversation to have with somebody you need to interact with for, say, business purposes or whatever), or having my inbox freak out because someone included me in a group message and I'm running out of room for "special media messages" which for some reason the group message gets classified as. I also wouldn't mind being able to take better quality pictures.  I just get so used to things being one way and really, really hate having to adapt to a big change with something I use so often and so personally. I know, I know, I'm the obsolete and failed technology.
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It's like complaining that a remote is harder to find than a TV so we shouldn't have remote controlled TVs
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Maybe you are the target niche for the physical-keyboard blackberries?
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How does Blackberry still exist? Who uses them unless their job requires them to for whatever reason?
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peter gabriel posted:It's like complaining that a remote is harder to find than a TV so we shouldn't have remote controlled TVs Why? It's more like not being able to feel the buttons on my remote so I have to look at it instead of just being able to rely on muscle memory. It's not a *huge* deal for something like that, but when it's something that makes up a good amount of my communication, it matters to me. Imagine if you suddenly found yourself without the ability to touch type. Would you not find that a setback? Besides, I don't know where you're getting the idea that because I don't like touch screens, I feel no one else should have them  Computer viking posted:Maybe you are the target niche for the physical-keyboard blackberries?
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ElwoodCuse posted:How does Blackberry still exist? Who uses them unless their job requires them to for whatever reason? You answered your own question. Government loves blackberries A: because they invested in the BES back when it was The Thing and B: they hate hate hate change.
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sweeperbravo posted:
I don't think that though  My experience was to get a Blackberry with a slide out keyboard ages ago, then I got a Note 2 a couple of years back and every hang up I had about touch screens wasn't true anymore, they moved on a lot. I think it's just one of those things (for me definitely) where you have to take the plunge, live with if for a bit and then one day realise you don;t worry about it anymore. The benefits outweigh the initial negatives in no time.
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There always seems to be at least one slider phone option when I check virgin's phone options. I used to have a Samsung Intercept and it was ok for a while but never updated past android 2.3 and had a slow processor and very limited ram and storage.
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peter gabriel posted:I don't think that though Yeah, I know that that's true, the adjustment thing- I just never believe it, no matter how many times I've been through it in the past, until it happens. I think part of it is also that- and this is going off on somewhat of a tangent- I have a (admittedly irrational) predisposition against smartphones just because of what socially acceptable cell phone ettiquette has become, and I know it was true even when people just had flip phones but I didn't notice it so much then. Nothing quite like going out to meet up with a friend you're excited to catch up with who you haven't seen in ages, only for them to plop their phone down on the table the minute you sit down together and pay more attention to people they're texting, checking facebook/instagram etc, than actually interacting with you. Dude if you'd rather talk to people who aren't me, don't waste my time by agreeing to meet up in person. I guess part of me is afraid I'll become one of those people. I don't *think* I will, since I think I would have already been doing that with the phone I have now if I had that potential. The ability to just leave your phone in your pocket has no correlation with how powerful the phone is, but with how powerful your will is. Again, I know this is all irrational, but that's the immediate association that comes to mind.
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Have the best of both worlds!   The Samsung Galaxy Golden. Yes that's an actual phone with dual AMOLED screens that operate as both a touch screen phone or a flip phone and is likely the cause of many a butt dial. Samsung and other manufactures often release all sorts of one-off curios that never really see further than Korea. I kind of miss the days of Nokia's devil may care insanity with their designs. If there was a niche, they attempted to capture it in any way. Fold out keyboards, phones shaped like a leaf, mini-phones, phones that converted into mini music players or camcorders. Who loves lights!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acBWxbqXEeI This little rave machine even came with a "fun shell" which flashed LED messages when waved around. 
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sweeperbravo posted:Yeah, I know that that's true, the adjustment thing- I just never believe it, no matter how many times I've been through it in the past, until it happens. I didn't have a mobile from 2000 - about 2010 out of choice so I get what you are saying, i was basically forced into it because of work. I do like the thing now though, although I don't use it for much more than calls / texts / Gear VR 
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Shampoo posted:You answered your own question. Government loves blackberries A: because they invested in the BES back when it was The Thing and B: they hate hate hate change. It's because they're one the few smart phones that is FIPS-2 compliant which is requirement for government communication and data systems.
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