Posted on 06/29/2022 6:45:46 AM PDT by DallasBiff
It was January 2007 when Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs walked onto a stage at the MacWorld convention and introduced the world to a new kind of phone. It was called an iPhone, and it became available to the public June 29, 2007.
Little did anyone know it would change the way we communicate in general and, in particular, the way we look at our phones.
Carnegie Mellon University professor and computer scientist Tom Mitchell said the iPhone was a “game changer” when it first came out.
“Even though there had been portable phones, they were still a phone,” Mitchell said. “The iPhone was not only your phone; it was your music source, and it was also a camera, and it had the ability to do video calls. And it also had a computer, and it became your navigation instrument.”
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Truly the case where the “medium is the message”.
They(evil ones) have done their best to make cell phones necessary.
At least if you are still working.
And to some degree travel a great deal.
Otherwise,you still don’t NEED them.
I know...and have met..quite a few people who do not have a smart phone.
But there is know denying they are here to stay.
It has helped mask the bad side of slave labor. I wonder when the Apple slaves will receive reparations and who will pay it.
I’ve never had an iPhone.
All I do is make/take calls.
This one AT&T unit works just fine for me:
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SM-B780AZKAATT
Well, all I know is, it works. I had two android phones, and had I didn’t care for them.
My wife doesn’t like iPhones, she’s not comfortable with the operating system.
She would rather have an Android system, and I was never comfortable with that.
I don’t like Apple’s politics, but doggone it, they make darn good phones.
And even the Android phones out there today seem to be pretty good.
How far can they go with these things? How far can this tech advance?
As far as social media goes, I do have a Twitter account, but I almost never post on it, it’s just for information purposes.
I won’t go near Facebook with a 20ft. pole.
My social media is right here on FreeRepublic😀👍
I remember when a house had a push button phone, it was a status symbol, and also phones weighed like a 5 lb dumbbell.
Don't get me started on vinyl records.
Rd later.
Was on a friend’s iphone plan for awhile.
They are quite smooth..and quite expensive,too.
Now i have a TracFone and pay $20/3 month. No data..no frills. More freedom :).
Use public wifi for maps,FR,weather and play a few people in Words W/Freinds.
Life is good.
I switched to an iPhone 6 when my Samsung Galaxy was hacked. Switched my wife over shortly after. I was already used to the Apple software from using an iPad. I now have an iPhone 13 and like it.
I have all kinds of options on that AT&T unit, but leave them turned-off, as I don’t want email, text, messages etc etc etc; I just make/take calls.
I have a very powerful 2009 HP Commercial-Industrial Grade desktop at home, running Win-7 Pro x64, with Norton Premium/ MalwareBytes Premium/ CCleaner Premium, and that’s all I want or need.
“Is.the iphone boon or bane?”
It’s not the iPhone, though the line of iPhones are good products that were expertly promoted.
The change in the way we communicate comes from the wireless and wired networks that supports these personal devices.
Another major cause of the change in our means of personal communication is the cheapness of the electronic components within the network and the the consumer-level devices.
You can throw in the low power consumption of the electronic guts within the portable devices.
A particular component that needs to be highlighted is the beautiful high-resolution color display.
I’m still using an iPhone 8+ because I do not want to give up TouchID (fingerprint reader). Every rumor of fingerprint reading through the screen ends up false. Kudos to Apple for still supporting that old phone.
Same here. The main reason I continue with iPhones is because the security is excellent, and even older phones get regular security updates until they are finally listed as non-supported by apple. Once they do this on the 8, I'll probably move to the 10, or 11. I always stay a few versions behind because they are cheaper.
Do you remember rotary phones?
I was forced to get a smart phone because my 3G regular phone was being interfered with by someone’s network booster in the area. I never wanted a smart phone, but was told that in order to get rid of the interference, I needed to move to 4G. I bought the cheapest iPhone I could find. I got the iPhone because I’ve only used Apple computers. I’ve hated the phone since I got it. It’s not just because it’s an iPhone. I would have hated any smart phone I had to get. My 3G phone gave me four bars consistently. Once I got the iPhone, I was lucky if I got 1 bar. After having my calls dropped repeatedly from inside my apartment, I called Verizon, and they sent me a $250 network booster for free. I don’t use the phone for anything other than calls, and the occasional text message. I’ve had this phone for about 8 or 9 years now, and will never buy another smart phone of any kind.
Prior to the iPhone the kids and I loved going to the lively college part of town on Friday nights to eat then hang out and people watch and strike up conversations with random persons. The background noise was people talking punctuated with occasional shouts of people recognizing each other from across the street.
We quit going there after 2010 when the once lively place became full of phone zombies. The background noise changed to cars driving down the street. It was dead. Sad to see that aspect of society gone.
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