On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:25 PM, David Tweed <david.tw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Guilherme Lino <guih.l...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > i would recomend a cheap phone, that make calls and sends smSs.. > > > > whene you dont have your pc, read a book.. i think thats the most > suckless > > way > > A "smart phone" makes sense in certain circumstances. I have an old > mobile phone which just does voice/SMS, and normally the things I do > in my life fit with this, However, I'm currently looking to move to a > new area, which means I'm stuck with informal rentals websites that > insist on hiding people's details behind their web-based message > interfaces, wanting to look up an awful lot of stuff (maps, bus > routes, local taxis, train times, etc). It would make my life a lot > easier if I could rent a smartphone for just the one month I need it, > transferring my existing number temporarily. Unfortunately that's not > a supported business model in mobile phones. > > I can imagine there are other people with lifestyles where a > smartphone makes sense constantly, eg, those people who genuinely > enjoy facebook and doing all that networking stuff while on the move. > (In general, I'm always a bit surprised how it seems to be perceived > to be suckless to proscribe the user-level tasks that are allowed. How > those are implemented yes, but saying that classes of activity are not > acceptable?) On the other hand, I'd certainly agree that many people > seem to have gone for smartphones because it's the cool new thing > rather than because their usage is best fitted by a smartphone. > > > -- > cheers, dave tweed__________________________ > computer vision reasearcher: david.tw...@gmail.com > "while having code so boring anyone can maintain it, use Python." -- > attempted insult seen on slashdot > > you could try a cheap phone and a cheap tablet and personally a person that spends more than a hour a on facebook doing "stuff"(talk to friends doesn't count) must have some kind of problem -- Guilherme Lino
