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Ten Things Mobile Phones Will Make Obsolete
An anonymous reader writes "recombu.com has an article examining ten things mobile phones will make obsolete, including phone booths, wristwatches and handheld games consoles. It's interesting to see how many devices have been absorbed into mobile phone technology, and it raises the question: are we better off having everything in one device? The author poignantly concludes that while it's great to have so much power at our fingertips, it does mean that some of us will rely on mobile phones for even basic mental tasks, which is great until the battery runs out." See also Isaac Asimov's The Feeling of Power.
1. Being able to hear the other person clearly.
2. Ability to have a safe drive.
3. Going ten minutes in public without hearing some inane tune over and over.
4. Ability to recognize crazy people as those talking loudly when nobody else is nearby.
5. Ability for state agents to commit crimes without bystanders having photograph evidence.
Humans, after we all die from cell phone radiation.
That's just dandy... where is Clark Kent supposed to change now?
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
They also make stones obsolete. I don't long have to throw rocks at a window, I can just throw my phone.
Juggling out the cellphone just doesn't have quite the same flair as pausing and then checking your wrist watch for about 5 seconds when the interviewer tells you that 20 hours of overtime a week is "normal" for the position you're interviewing for.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Too late. While you were writing your post, a cellphone took your job.
[X] Convenient. You don't have to pull them out of your pocket or purse to see what time it is.
[X] You can get them dirt cheap (under $10) so if they break, get wet washing the dishes, fall in the toilet - no big deal. Try that with your cell phone.
[X] One for day and one for evening wear - they are a fashion accessory.
[X] If they get rained on a bit, big deal. Most are water-resistant.
[X] It's harder to steal a wristwatch than a cellphone
[X] It's harder to forget your wristwatch on the roof of your car, at home, or at the office than a cellphone
[X] I might be convinced to buy a CowboyNeal writstwatch as a joke item, but never a CowboyNeal cellphone.
same misconceptions:
I want to a PSP-sized phone to have a decent screen size, and I want to take it off my pocket to check the hour. Of course it should have a full-sized QWERTY keyboard to replace my netbook (not miniaturized like G1) so that I could exercise my writer's hobby on a train, and then they will be so cheap that if I want to give someone a note about some new recipe, I scribble it on my phone and give the phone for them to take (paper replacement).
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>>Yup just replaced my Seiko Helmet which my cat broke the crystal on when it pushed it of my bathroom sink with a nice Bulova Marine Star.
Subject, verb, object parse error.
They are discussing AT&T, not their sex life.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
I am, and I'll accept that you are, but the vast majority of people have a really suspect intellectual capacity, a very shaky grasp on reality (I hear some people even believe politicians, accountants and/or Scientologists) and an attention-span of a 3 year old. On a good day.
When you consider that Oprah Winfrey is considered to be the height of intellectualism on US television and Coast-to-Coast AM has more credible stories than many of the popular news outlets, it's clear that the species has some serious shortcomings.
On the other hand, Neolithic people had perfectly functional and valuable neurosurgeons, had tools with better-than-millimetre precision, were capable of large-scale transatlantic sea voyages and were building some very good echo chambers.
So when you compare modern humanity (by which you realize you're including Palin supporters, rednecks, New York taxi drivers, Frank Bruno, Hulk Hogan and Terry Wogan) with Neolithic and Paleolithic people, I'm really not convinced humans are advanced as you think.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Next you're going to ask for Emacs to get a decent text editor.
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
E pluribus sanguinem
Not all of us drive fancy space cars like Flash Rogers over here.
Two people walked past 6 descriptivists beating up a perscriptivist.
"Shouldn't we do something?" asked one.
"Six is enough," replied the other.