Re: I've Seen the Future




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In article <lS5Pf.722$123.255@fed1read09>, Skip M <shadowcatcher@xxxxxxx>
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My Sony Ericsson K700i with Bluetooth, MP3, FM radio and a camera is
about
the same size as my old Nokia 8210 with none of these extras, it is
almost
too small to operates. I am not sure why memory should be an issue.

Well, I don't know, but the Samsung a-950s we got from Verizon were
appreciably larger than the phones they replaced. Much thicker, a little
longer and wider.

Ah, the "Music Maestro", it's also much thicker, a little longer and wider
than my K750i. Didn't you have a better choice, if I am not offered the
phone that I want I just ask for the number release code so I can use it
with a competitor and as if by magic I will be offered almost anything.

The sales guy at Verizon virtually refused to sell us Razrs, kept pushing
the a-950 as a better unit, all 'round. When we bought them and tried them
out, we found them to be sadly lacking in the feature we needed, Bluetooth
connectivity. When we took back over $600 worth of phone equipment, the
sales guy showed an extreme disinterest. Thus our switch from Verizon to
T-mobile. They lost a customer of over 10 years because of one sales guy's
interest in the spiff he got from the Samsung.

The Razr is only slightly thicker, folded, than the Slvr, which doesn't
fold.

I rather like the idea of a flip-phone (blame James T. Kirk) but I am much
more an engineer than a 'Treaky' and view the flexing of the connexions
between the two halves as a serious failure point, besides most of such
phones are far too thick and often too heavy.

I once had a Motorola/Nextel convert itself from flip-phone to flop-phone,
the hinge gave up under duress. But the Razr is thin, light and the hinge
doesn't seem too stressed.

Ah , well, it's all moot, the mfrs will put whatever features they want in
a
phone, and most will buy them, because of the one feature that they need.

I think you will find that the manufactures will only develop and include
features that will sell in the market place; this suggests that there are
people hoe just want to talk and people who think they need everything. I
admit I would probably use a smart phone with a camera comparable to my
Minolta Xt, since I carry it around most of the time having something a
little larger would be acceptable to me..

Yeah, maybe, but I remain unconvinced.
--
Skip Middleton
http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com


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