[BC] (OT) Cell phone Text messaging

[Cowboy]

On Friday 27 January 2006 08:52 am, Chris Gebhardt wrote:
 >Cowboy wrote:

 >>  Doesn't somebody have a phone that is a phone, and not an "entertainment
 >>  center" ??
 >
 >Ah!  See, I used to think like that.  But then the more I thought about
 >it, the more it annoyed me that somebody would not combine the 2 devices
 >I wore on my hip: my cellphone and my Skytel 2-way pager.

  Personally, I refused to get a cell phone at all until they were capable
  of caller ID for that very reason.

 >To me, it's not about entertainment.  It's about a device that frees me
 >from being chained to the desk.

  Ah, but I'm not chained to a desk !
  Being a field project guy, the only time I'm near a desk is when I'm
  *not* working !

  If the deskwork doesn't help me in the field, then what
  are you, my client, paying for, and why am I doing it ?

  I've no problem with you reading and writing e-mail from wherever.
  For me, it'll wait until a less important time when I can devote full
  attention to it. The spam can wait.
  The only thing that bloody important ( the way I see it ) is to notify
  me that my life or safety are in immediate peril.
  Somehow, I don't see text messaging at 10 cents each to be
  in that category.

  ( yes, I will hang up on you if I'm driving, and you don't convince
  me that it's that important in the first two seconds or so.
  Something about more people dieing on the highway than
  anyplace else )

  My issue is that a phone can't make a reliable, hearable, phone call.
  I'm penalized for someone else's desire to blackberry at the expense
  of a phone being a phone.

  My coffee pot makes coffee, it doesn't need an internet e-mail account.
  My 'fridge keeps my food cold. It doesn't need text messaging.
  My garage door opener opens my garage door, and does it without
  downloading custom ring tones.
  All I want in a phone, is the ability to reliably make a phone call.
  Why is that so hard ?

-- 
Cowboy