phones

Fulvio · August 06, 2013, 01:33:57 AM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='24060' dateline='1375714676'it takes quite a good photo as well.

Can't argue with that.. I stopped hauling a camera around when I got the iPod. Oh, and it tracks my diabetes and treatment really really well.

humpybong · August 06, 2013, 07:16:02 AM

Well I still have a landline, broadband cable internet plus my wife and I have a mobile phone each. I also have a spare mobile phone (1 is optus other is Telstra) that I use when travelling in our motor home.

ausjack · August 06, 2013, 07:40:33 AM

:yahoo: thanks Barry, I was starting to think I was all alone :winkextra: I think there's a few more here but are too scared to say anything 'cause it's not cool..like the song..video killed the raido star, took me a few years to work that out as I was 9 when it come out but to be the bastard I am here's todays earworm hope you all enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ

Smart band to see what was happening and a smart band of today is Muse..love'em. Look up a title of one of their albums called HAARP and here's what they sing about http://www.google.com.au/?gws_rd=cr#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=aa947982644fb3e0&q=HAARP

stevo1962 · August 06, 2013, 08:05:39 AM

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='24066' dateline='1375740633'I was 9 when it come out

I thought you were older than 43 AJ

purplepennyhunter · August 06, 2013, 08:47:54 AM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='24060' dateline='1375714676'It costs me about $600 a year for the use of my iPhone.
That's less than $2 a day for something that is invaluable for my work and pleasure.
The email and Internet features are great, it takes quite a good photo as well.
I oftain have to email pics of the inside of mills back to the office and the iPhone is easy to use.
BTW I can even make phone calls as well :laugh2:

Work should pay for that Trout?!?!

trout · August 06, 2013, 08:57:54 AM

Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='24071' dateline='1375744674'
Quote from: 'trout' pid='24060' dateline='1375714676'It costs me about $600 a year for the use of my iPhone.
That's less than $2 a day for something that is invaluable for my work and pleasure.
The email and Internet features are great, it takes quite a good photo as well.
I oftain have to email pics of the inside of mills back to the office and the iPhone is easy to use.
BTW I can even make phone calls as well :laugh2:

Work should pay for that Trout?!?!

They do

ausjack · August 06, 2013, 09:10:50 AM

thanks Stevo, must be my rugged good looks or is it my boyish charm but yeah I'm still only a pup mate

I might seem older as I was told to listen and learn and I've tried to do that most of my life and also learn from others mistakes :good:

Well it's not because I'm highly educated I can tell you that..made it to year 10 some how

Might be because I like all sorts of music, everything from classical to heavy metal and they say the bush is 10 years behind so when you were all living in the 90's I was still in the 80's and think I still am sometimes :mocking: but thank you for the compliment :hi:

Yes I agree with PP, work should pay and for travel and fuel and away from home allowance :winkextra:

stevo1962 · August 06, 2013, 10:00:58 AM

Since I got my Samsung smartphone and synced it to everything I cant believe what I was missing
before and can check all sites and post any time anywhere just like Trout does,even when I'm in the little boys room

Goldseeker · August 06, 2013, 10:03:24 AM

Quote from: 'humpybong' pid='24064' dateline='1375739162'Well I still have a landline, broadband cable internet plus my wife and I have a mobile phone each. I also have a spare mobile phone (1 is optus other is Telstra) that I use when travelling in our motor home.

I am the same as humpybong.

I am getting sick and tired of listening to peoples private phone calls when travelling by public transport and seeing other drivers all over the road because they are on the mobile or texting.

Get rid of the lot of them I say.

My son got caught short when he was downloading stuff on his mobile. Ended up with a bill of $1400 something. He is still paying that one off.

Mobile phones for emergencies are ok but for general use, get off.

I hate also when a repair man comes to your house to do a repair, say the gas stove, and he spends almost an hour on his mobile phone and then charges you for service call and time spent that includes time on his mobile. Get off the grass. Turn you mobile off contractors and pay attention to what you are supposed to be doing.

ausjack · August 06, 2013, 12:03:06 PM

:kez_15: I could never pay that off..wow. Agree GS, enough is enough. Come for a visit mate you'd like what I get upto..yell at them or say something stupid and see their reaction and if they say anything goto town on them "you want a private conversation, piss off to where there's no one around" But I suppose being 6 foot and really pissed most of the time people can see the eye's and they say a lot

or even a good moan will piss them off when the other person asks what's goin on :winkextra:

Yes like a lot of thing they have there place and should be used accordingly..I end my rant for now

robbiegal · August 06, 2013, 04:10:55 PM

ok AJ
you are booked in to be at our place next time the tradies are around

cause that really gives me the shites too

they gas bag most of the time - not business and i'm looking at the clock in a panic cause I know that i'm paying for their chatter with the missus about what is on for dinner tonight and whose doing it etc

ausjack · August 06, 2013, 04:33:37 PM

Ya know it's bloody everywhere, no such thing as service any more and I hate it. When I did sales you didn't talk on the phone and ignore people that were going to put money in the till, you didn't talk to people and have people waiting for christ knows how long..or until they walk out. You acknowledged the person and told them you'd be with them as soon as you can, you'd excuse your self for a phone call etc etc..I'm gonna Mt fuji soon :@ and where is management during all this :dodgy: But the worst and strangest thing is that no one seems to care

If it sound like they're on the phone to a woman RG just yellout "are you coming back to bed sweetheart" :winkextra: bit too cold for me down your way at the moment sorry, maybe in summer or after I get a bit more done around here I'd like to go on a few little trips but we'll have to see

Fulvio · August 06, 2013, 06:35:35 PM

Its like any other tool.. they have their uses... and misuses. And they get used as toys.

There is an enormous value in mobile communications. And mobile data. I've lived with it in one form or another since my first CB radio in 1976, then analogue (remember the brick phones?), dumb digitals, smart GSM, WiFi, and they're not done yet, not by a longshot.

This technology can literally be a lifesaver. We had an incident one night on our IRC channel, where someone was online in a remote area (pre-mobile data, I think the guy was in his home, but immobilised) and wrote that he was having a medical emergency (can't recall if it was a heart attack or whatever). A girl in the US called 911, they relayed it to the state cops here (I think it may have been Qld, but can't be sure), who got out there and saved the guy's life.

It can also be a tremendous time, money or effort saver. Not sure where you're going? Bring up a map and directions. Get warnings of speed traps. Let people know you're running late. Etc etc etc.

But yes, it can be misused. Annoying conversations on crowded trams or lifts. Stupid, loud ringtones at the cinema. People who facebook while you're talking to them. and on and on...

But its not all going to go away. So we have to learn to live with it, one way or another. And make sure the benefits far outweigh the costs. And that comes down to being smart about what tools you choose, and how you use them.

ausjack · August 07, 2013, 08:29:54 AM

I just seen a thing where we even have a new word "phubbing" so who here phubbs

It can also be a tremendous time, money or effort saver.

yes and it can and it can also be the complete opposite

yeah it can be a life saver..or it could also be your death

robbiegal · August 07, 2013, 06:02:37 PM

well
don't get one then

I hardly use my mobile and it even has internet
$20 month for some ridiculous amount of calls and data but I probably only use about $6 worth a month

but the purchase credit plans were an even bigger waste of money for me , I never used the credit before the time ran out , so I stopped getting those phones