Mine looks small by comparison
Posted on 02/08/2005 3:46:26 PM PST by Rakkasan1
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Targeting elderly customers, a Czech company has started manufacturing extra large cellular phones, an official said Monday. advertisement The company, Jablotron, said it had noticed older people sometimes have difficulties when using cell phones, which tend to be smaller and smaller.
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That's right. I actually WANT a bigger one. I wish they made a cell phone in the same shape as the handset of old style "cradle" phones.
They wouldn't be for everyone, but for those of us who use it only at home or in the truck it would be great.
That's it!!!
Only mine was black.
Cracking me up over here bump to you all.
Cheers,
knews hound
Snickering.
Some of the new phones are so small if they don't have a voice command, guys have to use a pen or stylus to input the numbers.
My 22 year old son actually has one of those that he carries around once in a while as a joke.
The brick was quite an improvement over the "boat anchor".
Now, I am thinking, that thing would stump the heck out of my kids. LOL.
Heh, I thought I was the only one with the idea of coming up with a retro style cellphone with a rotary dial. B-) Actually the very early car cellphones that were experimental had a rotary dial, I saw a picture of one in a 1973 "Motor Trend" magazine.
Ohhh...there were some big 'uns alright.
The "portable" that Radio Shack sold that was Nokia's first cell phone. A mere 11 lbs.
Then Oki had a portable too that came in at a svelt 8 lbs.
Panasonic got into it as well with their own portable. Their's was only 6 lbs. These all included a battery of course.
Then came the "bag phones" that could be powered by a cigarette lighter in the car. But by then Motorola came out with the series 8000 and the truly portable phone wasn't far behind. They introduced the Micro Tac "flip" phone only after the full evolution of the 8000 series had pared it down to under 1 lb. That one was called the "Ultra Classic".
The Micro Tac flip phone was a Godsend at only 8 ounces...a mere half pound! Imagine that! And for only a paltry $1295.00!
My how times have changed.
So what do the girls use? (I'ma sniggering over here!) If'n I could just get my hands around one of those, I'd show it that SIZE MATTERS!!!
I wear X-Large or XX-Large gloves. Those itsy bitsy phones are beyond my use of them.
But, but, but, they're just gittin so indimidating these days... I turned my little thingy back in cause I was afraid I'd drop it in my lap while on the toilet and it'd fall through the cracks and git flushed down to the toilet paper recycling plant and those city government employees STEAL STUFF!!!
ROFL!
Not...there are THOUSANDS of people offering handicapped keyboards!! All you have to do search on "handicapped keyboards." If you want me to help you search...FReepmail me and I'll talk you through it. He may even want to try some voice recognition stuff...it's all out there.
About 8 years ago we had a car phone with normal sized number keys. Now we have these stupid little phones that I have trouble with. And I can't hear the darn thing ring when I have the radio on in the car. And I cannot figure out how to check my voice mail, which I didn't even want to begin with!! And I hate how you feel like you are going to drop the thing all the time you are using it!!!!
I HATE IT!!! The only reason I keep it is for emergencies when I am in the car. And I will bet that if I DO have an emergency, I probably won't be able to dial 911 correctly!!!
Over the river and through the woods, like Grandmother use to drive!
My grandmother, in full powder, hat, veil, mink or fox biting tails, and black killer heels (Teetering at close to 250 lbs) used to AIM the car.
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