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To: Jamestown1630
Well, I flushed another post last night to you. I thought I'd try to answer again today w/the phone. Nuts to that. Couldn't sign in with FF my preferred browser. Finally got signed in with Safari. And had to google to find a lot of it.

Then I can't see the phone tiny print, zooming limits other things you can do, and who wants to read a blob at a time? I can use a laptop (blown up a little). You can turn the phone to landscape mode and see a little more but still have to deal with above-mentioned difficulties.

No, it's a beautiful gadget but inconsistent and not intuitive. Youtube is not enjoyable any more. No sidebar. Can't pull up my watch history.

Everything I pull up seems to be about making more money. And I'm not totally tech stupid, Been through Windows and the Mac, AA in Business Computer Programming.

No, the pc is the top banana even though bulky and not portable.

I'll keep struggling with the phone which I really only needed to carry around in case I fall but it's not failsafe for sure. Naturally could have gotten by w/something a whole lot cheaper. Better than wearing a red button necklace!

I'm in a b!tcht mood. Can you tell?

The young 'uns type on that tiny kb with their thumbs. There was that NYT article about how Silicon Valley parents don't want their kids on it. Said one parent (paraphrased), the devil is in that machine.

142 posted on 11/04/2018 10:39:11 AM PST by Aliska
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To: Aliska

I have a phone for the same reason - in years, I’ve made two or three calls on it. It’s nice for listening to the radio.

There was a cartoon recently: A dinosaur skeleton in a museum, hooked up to a cell phone. A scientist is saying something like, ‘The current theory is that they just wandered into the tar pits’.

I think of that every time I see someone on the street with their nose stuck in a phone instead of watching traffic...and it’s really scary when they are driving.


143 posted on 11/04/2018 10:52:35 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Aliska

What about the iPad? I live on mine. The mobility of a phone but big screen, big keyboard, etc. best of both worlds.


166 posted on 11/04/2018 9:50:49 PM PST by Yaelle
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