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It is 2008!!!!!

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by the listed 'g man'

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So why, still, do all small personal technological devices or widgets assume that all I am interested in is the weather, stock prices, time and news?

Weather - and!
Normally just tells you the current weather - well I know that as I'm looking at it. Any forward days are normally incorrect anyway!

Does anybody actually use the stock prices ticker?
I mean what are you really going to do when a small fluctuation happens in your stock anyway?

Time - I have a watch and have a good grasp of the chronological order of the day!

News - I know where to find the news I am after and don't generally use a small personal device to access it.

Does anybody use these features or are they just expected as the norm today?

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by jaqui

you need to harass your local cell companies to stat carrying the "Mediocre Phones" from Motorols.
basic cell, some with radio, but none of that BLOATWARE.

by charliespencer

Well, I can defend the 'Time' function. I stopped wearing a watch years ago. At work there's a computer with the time literally every where I go. On my time I have plenty of clocks in the house and in the cars, and otherwise I don't often care what time it is.

The same people who are abandoning wired telephone service in favor of cellular-only are also abandoning watches.

Weather? Stocks? News? Can't help you there. Like any other consumer product, they're just additional 'features' included to attract buyers who discriminate between products based on the raw number of gizmo's and gee-gaws, never realizing they won't use most of them. It's like the days of the VCR that would record eight hours of programming over a three-week period, when the buyer wouldn't even open the manual long enough to get the clock to stop blinking '12:00'.

While you're at it, it's 2008; what's keeping fax technology alive?

by the listed 'g man'

E-mail and the PDF is more than a replacement for the fax!

For example - Our expensive Xerox printer boasts in a large array of facilities and the magic ability to receive a fax if I buy the add on!!.

I bought the printer to print colour documents, double sided even. Not print many spam faxes all day!

Now you could really piss somebody off by sending a 10000 page fax (page 1 x 10000) if you knew they had a Xerox printer with fax at the other end. Even better - Xerox printers host UI websites that are directly attached to the network. Wonder if you could hack via the fax connection!!!

by dumphrey

Fax machines are your friend. Love the fax machine, hug the fax machine, *(*&%^%$ the fax machine...
wait.. that was jsut wrong, erm, umm, I need to go make some phone calls...

by dumphrey

I use my cell phone as phone, clock, alarm clock, calender. I do not own a clock, but there is one on the stove (usually an hour off), the coffee maker (way to small to see), the computer (have to be at it with screen on), and the VCR (yes I still own one)(but the lcd on it burnt out 5 years ago). Apperntly My phone also takes picture, but since I would have to pay my cell provider a small fee to "e-mail" them to myself, I do not use it. And I have a feeling my 5 year old 2 Mp camera takes better pictures anyway.

by the listed 'g man'

you own many clocks in this wonderful, integrated widget world that we live in.

The integrated feature of time was one of the first to be added.

Regarding your phone - did they not provide a data cable for linkage to your PC?

by dumphrey

$80, on top of the $150 for the phone. And to be honest, I really can't see the quality on this phone being worth the expense. I just wanted a phone with good reception, the camera was a non-value-added extra for me.

As for clocks, I would say I own none, but I own many devices that can tell time. I still think of a clock as something with a face at least 6 inches in diameter that can be easily read from across the room out of the corner of your eye. A go-cart is not a car.

by seanferd

and it might sell as well. Along with a TV and computer. Hook it to the InterWeb. Give it AI and legs. Add some missiles and the capability to transform into a giant mecha robot!

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