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Surely those are all good things.
Provide entertainment to the rest and removes the stupid.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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ChrisElston wrote: why are you so scared of it?
To return you to a proper perspective: I own the phone - and not the other way around.
Truly a vanishing minority!
You, of course, are not scared. But perhaps, if you knew the next tricks it would teach you to do at its bidding, you would be!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Phones that have very little to do with phone calls are very much appreciated.
Phones are the very invention ever, they sit on your desk or in your house and yell at you until you answer them.
Text messages give a polite little "Message for you, when you're ready, sorry to disturb" and then keep quite until you want to deal with them.
E-mail even better on a phone, doesn't even bother you at all, just wait until you have some time to see if there are any there.
There are of course lots of features I don't use, but I don't get my service provider to turn them off in case I accidentally use them.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: It's only a damn telephone
Hold on right there. It's not a telephone at all. Sure, you can make phone calls with it if you really wish, but smart phones are realy small computers that are mostly used for things like listening to music, reading e-mail or news, playing games or browsing the internet. And texting.
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So then why isn't it called the SmartNotATelephone?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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That doesn't roll off the tongue like "smart phone" does!
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True -
I'm awaiting the massive purchase-surge when Apple comes out with their "iSMART" Device. Me think much buying.
The logo-shirts, proudly displaying "iSMART" logo will sell billions!
Someone call my copyright attorney, quick!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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That's your problem. You see a smart phone as "only a damn telephone". Maybe you've never used a smart phone before. 
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I got this thing called a computer - does much the same stuff - but - get this: It has a really big screen !
Also, the keyboard kinda fits my fingers.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I got this thing called a computer
Yeah but you can't stick the bloody thing in your pocket can you?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: Yeah but you can't stick the bloody thing in your pocket can you?
Neither can I stick my fridge in my pocket. Nor my microwave oven. Ditto for the porcelain convenience.
That, my friend, is part of the beauty of it!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: W∴ Balboos wrote: I got this thing called a computer
Yeah but you can't stick the bloody thing in your pocket can you?
No picture available since I'm at work and my shared hosting is currently down under a DDoS attack, but my netbook does fit in my pocket. So there! 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I got one with the biggest screen I could find, HTC something or other. It makes an excellent reader, the screen is JUST large enough to be able to read from, I can carry a number of books on trips AND it fits in a pocket.
Occasionally I do make a phone call and I think I turned on the data once (by mistake) and I will probably upgrade to a W7 phone this year, my son want the reader and the library.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Hook up my smartphone to my laptop through bluetooth and access the internet on my laptop. Just making it a little more smarter with good display. And this way, I didn't bother getting a dedicated internet connection for my laptop 
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Just that something can be done, doesn't mean it should be done. Respect developers and their efforts!
Jk
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I am currently accepting all smartphone donations here. 
Programmer's C# { Do it Better;}
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Me too! 
I appreciate your help all the time...
CodingLover 
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The first instinct comes in my mind is also "Me too" and I just laugh to see your message.
"Every Little Smile can touch Somebody's Heart...
May we find Hundreds of Reasons to Smile Everyday... and
May WE be the Reason for someone else to smile always!" (ICAN)
"Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny."
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Social Networking takes up most of time.
On travel news watch is usual thing to do.
Checking Emails is also on list, due to blocked-email site on office network.
// ♫ 99 little bugs in the code,
// 99 bugs in the code
// We fix a bug, compile it again
// 101 little bugs in the code ♫
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