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Smarter Phones Coming Soon
cofaboy writes "Down at Vulture Central there's an article regarding the next generation of smart phones. These things will learn to nag you if you try drinking too much the night before, learn who your friends are via bluetooth and more. "
I thought nagging about how much you drank last night was one's mother's job, using the phone...
I wouldn't want these logs (plus a location chart) to fall into the wrong hands :)
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Privacy is a concern the second you send it to a server
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur
Take that, Big Brother!
Isnt a wife good enough for this?
but thats just a little freaky, i mean it monitors pratically your whole fucking life? "Dave, its your girlfriends birthday. buy her this type of chocolates from this store and your cahnce of getting layed goes up 36.4%" wait.. thats actually a good idea... nvm..
Will it advise you not to ring your ex when you've had too many drinks?
Predictive texting is crap (everyone I know turns it off) so I can't see this being much better. Now a *really* smart phone would recognise telemarketing calls and refuse to ring, or just play a recorded message telling them you're dead.
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
Is it the smart phone which is predicting the owner's behaviour? According to the article it seems that the smart phone just acts as an intermediary which sends data to a server for processing. So actually the real smart stuff is being done at a server by some other program rather than by the phone itself.
I can see it now: "I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave"
Bzzzz, wrong! This is not a winner. My cell phone is used to call people and for them them to call me. It is not a PDA, that is a separate device. It's also not a web browser, a camera, nor a music player. These devices are separate for a reason: so I can use them all only when I want, so I can upgrade them when I feel like, and if one of them breaks (or gets lost) then they are not all gone. Also, I can buy the individual devices much more easily because I'd buy only 1 a month, rather than having to buy the very expensive all-in-1 device; and who says they'll even have all the right features anyway?
So this causes me to need a little more pocket space or belt space to carry multiple devices. That's OK, I rarely have more than 2 of them with me at once anyway.
These things will learn to nag you if you try drinking too much the night before
Actual article said:
The New Scientist reports possible applications include reminding you not to drink too much the night before an important presentation.
Sheesh.. I was under the impression that the phone had a built in breathalyzer.. and perhaps a 'Bad Breath Scale' showing on the LCD as your work day progresses...
"Are you too stupid to think for yourself? Worry no more, the Megacorp model XL69 will take care of all of that for you!"
To fight the war on terror, stop being afraid.
....those location tracks together with a alcohol-breath track and statistics of your bank account could prove indeed useful.....
....the next day. ;)
Powerful is he who overpowers his temptations.
I'm sorry I forget our anniversary, honey... my phone got rooted by some elite regiment of North Korean hackers, who wiped out the reminder and replaced it with a 'to-do' stating that I was supposed to have a meeting with somebody called 'Lusty Linda' at the local tittie bar. I thought it seemed a little strange at the time, but, oh well - the phone knows best... or so I thought until Linda dropped her pants and revealed her real name to be Linford. I'll have to upgrade to SP2 sometime soon, but I'm running Google PDA-Search, and I don't think the two work together. Sorry babe...
When we'll see a completely open-source phone OS?
I don't want more features, I want to be able to afford it!
The latest Sony Ericson phone is something I'd love to have. I'd also love to have a laptop, and it costs about the same.
Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
This is exactly what everyone needs, a digital mom!
Perhaps it can nag you to clean your desk, mow the lawn, and take the garbage out too.
BeauHD. Worst editor since kdawson.
You forgot one thing:
Real geeks don't need phones to talk to their mom. They just yell up the stairs from the basement.
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