Random Thoughts or Whatever

[baked_potato]

Not likely a priority in design.

Which I don't understand. A device that requires you to touch it to operate wobbles and rocks back and forth awkwardly on the table when you do so.

Imagine if one of the legs on your keyboard was shorter than the other three. It would be crazy.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

It really bothers me that phones are manufactured to be as slim as possible, but then you are basically forced to put a plastic case on it anyway since they are asymmetrical due to the camera. I have two different phones, one Android and one Apple (one is work-provided) and neither of them can sit on a flat surface without wobbling when touching them. That is crazy to me. Expensive, advanced pieces of tech that can't even sit on a flat surface.

Not likely a priority in design.

It certainly should be, but I guess that's too much to ask for.

 

[geezin']

Which I don't understand. A device that requires you to touch it to operate wobbles and rocks back and forth awkwardly on the table when you do so.

Imagine if one of the legs on your keyboard was shorter than the other three. It would be crazy.

It is a handheld device. Not a desktop.

 

[baked_potato]

It is a handheld device. Not a desktop.

I've had older phones before that were symmetrical, weren't the slipperiest things on the planet, and were made of nice material that felt good to hold. These elements seem to go by the wayside in the name of 'thinness' these days even though these very attributes force everyone to throw a case on them anyway.

 

[John James]

It really bothers me that phones are manufactured to be as slim as possible, but then you are basically forced to put a plastic case on it anyway since they are asymmetrical due to the camera. I have two different phones, one Android and one Apple (one is work-provided) and neither of them can sit on a flat surface without wobbling when touching them. That is crazy to me. Expensive, advanced pieces of tech that can't even sit on a flat surface.

Batteries swelling?

 

[baked_potato]

Batteries swelling?

No, it's the design of the camera on seemingly every phone nowadays.

 

[Quadman2]

And we used to think the "Party Line" gave us problems!

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[SuperjazzyJa]

I've had older phones before that were symmetrical, weren't the slipperiest things on the planet, and were made of nice material that felt good to hold. These elements seem to go by the wayside in the name of 'thinness' these days even though these very attributes force everyone to throw a case on them anyway.

My phone case came with a ring attached to the back that when opened could go over your finger to prevent dropping. The position was adjustable and it doubled as a stand which was nice when watching video content. It was really nice for a couple of months, then it broke off.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

Often, I wonder how some people find the time to post every waking second of every day as if they literally had nothing else to do. It's like they don't even have to eat or use the bathroom at all.

 

[DeadRock]

I feel like I'm learning something...but I don't quite know what it is...

 

[Quadman2]

I feel like I'm learning something...but I don't quite know what it is...

You just need a one-to-one talk with your inner-self, is all, eh?

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[Bill Ferris]

My ongoing utter confusion with the common "obsession" in the need/desire for so many folks feeling the urgency to communicate, via texting, for "general purpose wireless communications", say between friends, using a "cell "phone" instead of regular style wireless voice communication !

And these same obsessive folks who feel the obsessive questionable time sensitive need to promptly create, read and reply to texts while doing it whilst driving any type of vehicle while on the roads !

I just don`t get it, and I, being an early cell phone adopter, started owning/ using my first cell phone ( the big $$$$, heavy RS purchased transportable model) in the last day of May 1987, and promptly realized a hands free option kit was desired/needed for it`s use in my brand new 1987 van for my driving safety reasons if I was going to feel the need to answer it while driving.

If I really felt the need to for time sensitive reasons to dial out, I safely pulled the van over to dial the call and then resume my driving while talking to whoever .

 

[highvoltage_]

using a "cell "phone" instead of regular style wireless voice communication !

What is regular style wireless voice communication?

 

[Bill Ferris]

What is regular style wireless voice communication?

You know, the "original voice mode" that wireless mobile cell phone technology was developed for to communicate with someone else to either a land line or another cell user`s tel. #, of course !

 

[highvoltage_]

You know, the "original voice mode" that wireless mobile cell phone technology was developed for to communicate with someone else to either a land line or another cell user`s tel. #, of course !

Isn't that the same as we have today?

 

[Bill Ferris]

Isn't that the same as we have today?

Yes, of course, but my point was I can`t fathom why so much "general" wireless (cell phone) communication is done via the physically awkward texting instead of the more straight forward natural voice method .

You did grasp my original post`s subjects meaning . Yes/No ?

 

[init4fun]

I think on the TV show Jeopardy! the two who don't win shouldn't automatically get $2000 and $1000 for second & third place, they should get whatever they end the game with. So for instance, if the 1st place winner has $25,000, and the second place contestant finished with $17,000, that's what they should get.

......... and if the person who finished in 3rd place was minus $3,000, well, then they should have to pay the show the three grand. Now THAT would be "jeopardy" for real!

 

[highvoltage_]

Yes, of course, but my point was I can`t fathom why so much "general" wireless (cell phone) communication is done via the physically awkward texting instead of the more straight forward natural voice method .

You did grasp my original post`s subjects meaning . Yes/No ?

Now I did. You're talking about texting vs. speech. Got it.

 

[Quadman2]

"Do lottery winners always end up with a happy life"?

Read a fair bit on the whether they do end up being...overall happier with the big "Wins". And the "findings" were interesting!

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[Quadman2]

As per some of the "findings" mentioned of those who made big money in winning big, some tended to keep the same friends, and little changed for them. But by the same token, I could see a lot of unknown, or previously no contacting ones now wanting to become closer...now!

Would I change my basic belief system? Don't think so. I would hope not.

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