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- 10-30-2006, 02:02 PM #31decaturtxcowboyGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
David G. Imber wrote:
> The original post seemed to imply that phones that looked a
> certain way were inferior to plainly functional instruments. That just
> doesn't have to be true, and for many, looking good and being built in
> an organic way with an awareness of how the human body works is of
> great importance.
Well actually, my original post was addresses how the cellphone companies
could potentially place even more importance on style, changeable
faceplates and ringer tones.
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- 10-30-2006, 05:36 PM #32John NavasGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:46:11 GMT, Paul Miner <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:
>On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:30:36 -0800, "Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Watches are fashion. Males are very limited in expression of fashion and
>>therfore a wristwatch is one fashion accessory that men should have. Just
>>like having good shoes.
>
>My last watch broke at 3:09 PM in a motorcycle accident in February,
>1983. I never replaced it because clocks are everywhere. ...
You must not get outdoors much.
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- 10-30-2006, 06:05 PM #33John NavasGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:47:55 GMT, Paul Miner <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:
>On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:36:39 GMT, John Navas
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:46:11 GMT, Paul Miner <[email protected]>
>>wrote in <[email protected]>:
>>
>>>On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:30:36 -0800, "Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Watches are fashion. Males are very limited in expression of fashion and
>>>>therfore a wristwatch is one fashion accessory that men should have. Just
>>>>like having good shoes.
>>>
>>>My last watch broke at 3:09 PM in a motorcycle accident in February,
>>>1983. I never replaced it because clocks are everywhere. ...
>>
>>You must not get outdoors much.
>
>Heh, I know you're kidding, but still, my vehicles all have clocks,
>there's a bank on every corner with a clock, the sun is frequently
>visible, etc. In more recent years, there's of course the cell phone.
>I'm rarely at a loss when it comes to knowing what time it is.
I should have said: You must not get out of town much.
I'm frequently in places with no clocks; e.g.,
<http://www.nps.gov/pore/>
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- 10-31-2006, 04:29 AM #34B. WrightGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
In alt.cellular.cingular decaturtxcowboy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Todd Allcock wrote:
> > At 30 Oct 2006 01:45:46 -0600 Native NYer in Texas wrote:
> >> Well, some bible thumpers might agree that anyone who purchases any
> > kind of
> >> article other than that of it being 'functional' is committing one of
> > the
> >> seven deadly sins, pride.
> >
> > That might explain the lack of pink RAZRs in Amish country...
> Coming from an Amish family, cellphones would be considered essential items
> for commerce (but indoor toilets are not ...
But what if the product you have is complete ****?
- 10-31-2006, 05:36 AM #35Guest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
In alt.cellular.cingular John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:47:55 GMT, Paul Miner <[email protected]>
> >Heh, I know you're kidding, but still, my vehicles all have clocks,
> >there's a bank on every corner with a clock, the sun is frequently
> >visible, etc. In more recent years, there's of course the cell phone.
> >I'm rarely at a loss when it comes to knowing what time it is.
I do have clocks in all of my vehicles, but I'm not in them all that much.
It's 12 miles to the nearest bank. They might have a clock, certainly one
inside. Daylight Savings Time just went away, so it will be a while before
I can figure out what time it is, and it's dark a lot. The cell phone is
probably off in some of the places I might want to know what time it is,
like on a commercial airplane. I don't use an alarm clock to wake up, but
I do use one for appointments.
> I should have said: You must not get out of town much.
> I'm frequently in places with no clocks; e.g.,
> <http://www.nps.gov/pore/>
I don't think I've been there, although I have been to Stinson, Mt. Tam,
and GGNR, just south of there. Place with no clocks?
http://www.confluence.org/confluence...on=103&visit=1
Oops. Clock on the GPS.
;-)
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- 10-31-2006, 07:44 AM #36Thomas T. VeldhouseGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Paul Miner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Heh, I know you're kidding, but still, my vehicles all have clocks,
> there's a bank on every corner with a clock, the sun is frequently
> visible, etc. In more recent years, there's of course the cell phone.
> I'm rarely at a loss when it comes to knowing what time it is.
>
It seems to be a growing American trend to not wear a watch. This statement
most likely does not apply to you, but it also seems that more and more
American's are tardy ... lacking the social responsibility to be on time.
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- 10-31-2006, 09:14 AM #37decaturtxcowboyGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
B. Wright wrote:
> But what if the product you have is complete ****?
>
That would be a new thread about Cingular EDGE... heh heh heh
- 10-31-2006, 05:44 PM #38John NavasGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:25:05 GMT, Paul Miner <[email protected]>
wrote in <[email protected]>:
>On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:44:22 GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Paul Miner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Heh, I know you're kidding, but still, my vehicles all have clocks,
>>> there's a bank on every corner with a clock, the sun is frequently
>>> visible, etc. In more recent years, there's of course the cell phone.
>>> I'm rarely at a loss when it comes to knowing what time it is.
>>>
>>
>>It seems to be a growing American trend to not wear a watch. This statement
>>most likely does not apply to you, but it also seems that more and more
>>American's are tardy ... lacking the social responsibility to be on time.
>
>I think you're onto something about trends. They mentioned on the
>Today show recently that the major watch companies are selling far
>fewer watches in the US in recent years compared to 5+ years ago. Of
>course, they ran the story with the usual outlandish teaser, something
>like, "Are watch companies running out of time?" or some such.
It may (at least in part) be due to the fact that watches are (a) much
more reliable than they used to be and (b) less of a fashion statement,
having lost much of that to cell phones, iPods, PDAs, and the like.
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- 10-31-2006, 05:59 PM #39John RichardsGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> I do have clocks in all of my vehicles, but I'm not in them all that much.
> It's 12 miles to the nearest bank. They might have a clock, certainly one
> inside. Daylight Savings Time just went away, so it will be a while before
> I can figure out what time it is, and it's dark a lot. The cell phone is
> probably off in some of the places I might want to know what time it is,
> like on a commercial airplane. I don't use an alarm clock to wake up, but
> I do use one for appointments.
There are a few occasions where using the cellphone's time display
is inconvenient, such as when the cellphone is turned off, but for
most people those occasions are few and far between. Also, most
cellphones have an alarm clock function.
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- 10-31-2006, 09:33 PM #40NotanGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
John Richards wrote:
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > I do have clocks in all of my vehicles, but I'm not in them all that much.
> > It's 12 miles to the nearest bank. They might have a clock, certainly one
> > inside. Daylight Savings Time just went away, so it will be a while before
> > I can figure out what time it is, and it's dark a lot. The cell phone is
> > probably off in some of the places I might want to know what time it is,
> > like on a commercial airplane. I don't use an alarm clock to wake up, but
> > I do use one for appointments.
>
> There are a few occasions where using the cellphone's time display
> is inconvenient, such as when the cellphone is turned off, but for
> most people those occasions are few and far between. Also, most
> cellphones have an alarm clock function.
It's a helluva lot easier to look at ones wrist than a cellphone display.
Am I missing something?
Notan
- 11-01-2006, 09:28 AM #41ThurmanGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
"Notan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>> There are a few occasions where using the cellphone's time display
>> is inconvenient, such as when the cellphone is turned off, but for
>> most people those occasions are few and far between. Also, most
>> cellphones have an alarm clock function.
>
> It's a helluva lot easier to look at ones wrist than a cellphone display.
>
> Am I missing something?
It's just a matter of preference and commitment. I no longer have 8 to 9
apt's per day. The CPU/Net tells me when I have an appt at sign on in the
morning. My life is not so structured any more.
I've been striving to reduce the number of things
carried/charged/adjusted/maintained/backed up.
From wristwatch, cell phone, PDA, GPS, pager; with Cingular's next release
of a Smartphone, I'll be down to two devices.
(May start carrying a printer in the car).
- 11-01-2006, 10:19 AM #42Guest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
In alt.cellular.cingular John Richards <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are a few occasions where using the cellphone's time display
> is inconvenient, such as when the cellphone is turned off, but for
Or, if you are on a call...
The internal display is covered up with a softkey label.
The external display says Cingular.
Can the time be displayed during a call?
If both parties to the conversation use cellphones as their only timepiece,
neither has a timepiece available during the call.
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- 11-01-2006, 10:24 AM #43Guest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
In alt.cellular.cingular Notan <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's a helluva lot easier to look at ones wrist than a cellphone display.
> Am I missing something?
The point was that many people no longer wear a wristwatch. The cellphone
is the only timepiece.
The ease one requires in ability to reference a timepiece might also indicate
one's slavery to minuscule amounts of time.
I stopped wearing a wristwatch during public presentations because glancing
at the watch to see how much time was left seemed like an indication of
boredom with the topic and a desire for the end time to arrive sooner.
That was true, but I didn't want to advertise it. ;-)
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- 11-01-2006, 10:27 AM #44swGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
wrote:
> In alt.cellular.cingular John Richards <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > There are a few occasions where using the cellphone's time display
> > is inconvenient, such as when the cellphone is turned off, but for
>
> Or, if you are on a call...
> The internal display is covered up with a softkey label.
> The external display says Cingular.
>
> Can the time be displayed during a call?
> If both parties to the conversation use cellphones as their only timepiece,
> neither has a timepiece available during the call.
I am unsure about other cellphones, but it has never been a problem with
Blackberry. Blackberry will always display the time, date & phone #.
Moreover, I always use a bluetooth earpiece so I can no only see the
time also I can schedule appointments if necessary.
- 11-01-2006, 04:45 PM #45decaturtxcowboyGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
Thurman wrote:
> (May start carrying a printer in the car).
Go with the cheapest disposable printer you can find - one with a single
tri-color cart and replace it with a black one. My color Epson didn't last
a week in the Texas sun - prolly the ink gummed up. But as the
advertisements claim, it sure is water proof after 24 hours!
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