Annoying Smart Phone
Are smart phones all they are cracked up to be?
I’ve recently bought myself a Samsung S3 Mini smart phone, so how do I like it?
It does the three things that I want it to do, which is make and receive calls, send and receive text messages and check the weather, news and sport on the Internet to a good standard.
I quite like the text message interface, as it enables me to do things, like send long texts to Radio 5 Live with ease, by typing them on my computer and then sending them to the phone for forwarding.
I don’t use any Apps, as the sort of App-like applications I need, I do on my computer.
But it has two main faults.
Starting it up is a nightmare and usually takes more than a few seconds.
And then there is of course battery life.
It also tries to lead me to use applications and things I don’t want. I bought a phone not an advertising medium!
Touch the wrong place and you can get lost.
If I’d designed something as poor as that, I’d be disgusted with myself.
At least though, it’s better than a Junkberry.
But as has been said often about people. Must try harder!
I still keep swapping my sim into my Nokia 6310i, when that would be a better phone for the day.
The Anonymous Widower 
Yes I agree with you James. I have just dumped my smart phone and gone back to a my neat clamshell motorola that gives an audible gentle beep to say unread message or missed call needing attention. I really only want a phone when out and about.
Comment by Anne | September 22, 2013 |
On Friday, I set an alarm on the phone. I didn’t need it, as I got up in time and now I can’t find out how to cancel it, It’s now set for 06:00 this Friday. Everything in technology should be intuitive. My phone isn’t!
It’s like computers. I still use this old laptop that runs Vista, as it’s ideal for what I do. New versions of Windows and I think, iPhones are totally different to previous models. Imagine going to buy a new car and finding that now, you had to sit on the other side to drive it.
Comment by AnonW | September 23, 2013 |