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- 10-29-2006, 06:28 PM #16John RichardsGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
Some people are slaves to fashion. I prefer comfort, and would
rather not have a clammy thing hanging from my wrist.
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John Richards
"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> 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.
>
> "sw" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> "John Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> "St. John Smythe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>> > decaturtxcowboy wrote:
>>> >> A cellphone is meant to be a communications device, not a fashion
>>> >> statement.
>>> >
>>> > So, how do you feel about wristwatches?
>>>
>>> I quit wearing a wristwatch when I got a cellphone. Why does one
>>> need more than one device with the correct time?
>>
>>
>> I second that! Well, fashion and design goes hand in hand, just imagine
>> we are still using motorola brick.
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- 10-29-2006, 07:53 PM #17David G. ImberGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:28:08 GMT, "John Richards"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Some people are slaves to fashion. I prefer comfort, and would
>rather not have a clammy thing hanging from my wrist.
Again, in my original reply I said that the word "fashion" is
misleading. It's design we're talking about, and that includes
functionality, ergonomic suitability, and aesthetic appeal. The
article was mostly about one aspect of design, but if anyone says that
they simply don't exercise any choice in the matter of the appearance
of what they wear, drive, sit on, live in, etc., I don't believe them.
I know at least that I have nothing at all to say to anyone who makes
that claim, and probably wouldn't want to sit next to them on a long
bus ride.
DGI
- 10-29-2006, 09:20 PM #18NotanGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
Todd Allcock wrote:
>
> At 29 Oct 2006 13:47:18 +0000 decaturtxcowboy wrote:
>
> > A cellphone is meant to be a communications device, not a fashion
> statement.
>
> Watches used to be meant to be timekeeping devices. Clothes were once
> meant to be protection from the elements.
>
> Times change.
Not for everyone, fashion boy! <g>
While I certainly like the way my clothes look, I've *never* been one
to follow any type of fashion trend.
Go ahead, let the jokes begin.
Notan
- 10-29-2006, 10:03 PM #19decaturtxcowboyGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
David G. Imber wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:52:16 -0500, "St. John Smythe"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> decaturtxcowboy wrote:
>>> A cellphone is meant to be a communications device, not a fashion
>>> statement.
>> So, how do you feel about wristwatches?
>
> And cars. And I suppose he lives in a quonset hut and goes to
> work every day in a grey jumpsuit.
House: 3,000 sq. ft. all steel frame construction with minimal walls
(Martha Stewart - eat yer heart out) on forty acres.
Vehicle: Two-ton Dodge diesel dually four-door four-wheel-drive.
Work clothes: Wrangler 31x36 slim-fit, boot-cut jeans and khaki long sleeve
shirt.
- 10-29-2006, 11:07 PM #20David G. ImberGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:03:55 GMT, decaturtxcowboy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>David G. Imber wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 10:52:16 -0500, "St. John Smythe"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> decaturtxcowboy wrote:
>>>> A cellphone is meant to be a communications device, not a fashion
>>>> statement.
>>> So, how do you feel about wristwatches?
>>
>> And cars. And I suppose he lives in a quonset hut and goes to
>> work every day in a grey jumpsuit.
>
>House: 3,000 sq. ft. all steel frame construction with minimal walls
>(Martha Stewart - eat yer heart out) on forty acres.
Sounds very nice, and it certainly sounds like you made a
choice. All kidding aside, that's what I'm getting at. Looking good
does not have to take precedence over functioning well, and if unique
colors and shapes rev one's engine, that's fine.
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.
DGI
- 10-30-2006, 12:02 AM #21John NavasGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:18:13 GMT, decaturtxcowboy
<[email protected]> wrote in
<[email protected]>:
>I need to add this to my bedtime prayer...
>
>Dear Lord...
>* Please don't let cellular companies put fashion before data speeds.
>[added to]
>* Grant me the ability to punch someone in the face over standard TCP/IP.
You'd rather have what, Token Ring? LOL!
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Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>
- 10-30-2006, 01:37 AM #22Native NYer in TexasGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
Tell that to Heir Head Paris Hilton. I agree with you though 100%,
functionality is a lot more important than how the darn thing looks, at
least to me.
"decaturtxcowboy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> David G. Imber wrote:
> > I didn't read the entire article, but the cellular companies
> > needn't put fashion _before_ data speeds or any other phone function.
> > And the word fashion is misleading.
>
> A cellphone is meant to be a communications device, not a fashion
statement.
- 10-30-2006, 01:39 AM #23Native NYer in TexasGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
Well, for me, I can't really take out my cell phone to look at the time when
I'm riding 65 mph on the highway on my motorcycle. I'm sure people do it but
not me.
"John Richards" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "St. John Smythe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > decaturtxcowboy wrote:
> >> A cellphone is meant to be a communications device, not a fashion
> >> statement.
> >
> > So, how do you feel about wristwatches?
>
> I quit wearing a wristwatch when I got a cellphone. Why does one
> need more than one device with the correct time?
>
> --
> John Richards
- 10-30-2006, 01:41 AM #24Native NYer in TexasGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
Mine not only tells time but also compass directions in degrees,
temperature, barometric pressure and altitude, and some of the more common
watch functions like a stop watch, alarm and date.
"Notan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mij Adyaw 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.
> >
> > <snip>
>
> Huh?
>
> Again, I use my watch for telling time. Nothing more, nothing less.
>
> Notan
- 10-30-2006, 01:45 AM #25Native NYer in TexasGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
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.
"Todd Allcock" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> At 29 Oct 2006 13:47:18 +0000 decaturtxcowboy wrote:
>
> > A cellphone is meant to be a communications device, not a fashion
> statement.
>
> Watches used to be meant to be timekeeping devices. Clothes were once
> meant to be protection from the elements.
>
> Times change.
>
> --
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>
- 10-30-2006, 01:58 AM #26Todd AllcockGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
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...
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- 10-30-2006, 02:02 AM #27Todd AllcockGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
At 29 Oct 2006 17:35:21 +0000 John Richards wrote:
> I quit wearing a wristwatch when I got a cellphone. Why does one
> need more than one device with the correct time?
Because they don't make a wrist strap for my PPC Phone?
(Kidding aside, I stopped wearing a watch when I started carrying phones
with clocks built-in. My first three cellphones- all analog Nokias-
didn't have a clock!)
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- 10-30-2006, 02:04 AM #28Todd AllcockGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
At 30 Oct 2006 01:41:46 -0600 Native NYer in Texas wrote:
> Mine not only tells time but also compass directions in degrees,
> temperature, barometric pressure and altitude, and some of the more
common
> watch functions like a stop watch, alarm and date.
So, essentially, your fashion statement is "I'm a geek!" ;-)
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- 10-30-2006, 01:58 PM #29decaturtxcowboyGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
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 - unless you "delivered" a product
that crossed a state line [Federal Transportation R&R addressing interstate
commerce]), just as having a wagon for your horses to pull goods from the
farm to the market; of course said wagon is required to have proper
lighting for use on the public roads (but indoor electric lighting is not
permittted), however cannot have a Jack-In-Box antenna ball...but then, you
can't have a radio in aforementioned wagon. However a radio antenna is
permitted as it could be considered an emergency buggy whip.
- 10-30-2006, 02:00 PM #30decaturtxcowboyGuest
Re: Fashion drives cellphone design
John Navas wrote:
>> * Grant me the ability to punch someone in the face over standard TCP/IP.
>
> You'd rather have what, Token Ring? LOL!
No...that would go in a full circle and hit me back.
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