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Apr 27, 2013 6:51:04 GMT
Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 27, 2013 6:51:04 GMT
I had a problem with my smartphone and couldn't use it for doing what I wanted to most, which is phone calls and sms. So I switched to an old nokia phone when the contract was up. I will no doubt get onto the smartphone bandwagon again in Aus, I do see that other people can actually use their phones normally so clearly it was just the one I had was shit. But I didn't want to get locked into a two year contract when we hope to leave. I have to say though, no problems at all with the simple nokia and the battery lasts for ages. I had to charge the smart phone every day.
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Apr 27, 2013 7:48:26 GMT
Post by Alvamiga on Apr 27, 2013 7:48:26 GMT
First result on eBay would cost me
£205 to "upgrade" to an iPhone 4 (No point as its days are probably already numbered) £270-iPhone 4S £350-iPhone 5
My iPhone 3G is now so bogged down in crap that even making a phone call makes it struggle. If there's one thing the phone should be snappy at, that's it!
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Apr 27, 2013 7:50:46 GMT
Post by tangent on Apr 27, 2013 7:50:46 GMT
Are the iPhone 4 and 5 not basically the same?
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Apr 27, 2013 7:51:29 GMT
Post by Alvamiga on Apr 27, 2013 7:51:29 GMT
I missed the new page. RB made my other point about battery life. My £60 LG phone can last well over a week on a charge. The iPhone can go from full to empty in less than 2 days. I suppose one of the main deciding factors is that I don't want my digital life to be more important than my real one!
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Apr 27, 2013 9:45:03 GMT
Post by charliebrown on Apr 27, 2013 9:45:03 GMT
I am not interested in smart phone. If I really need to stay on-line while I am traveling, I bring my iPad or even Kindle can do the trick.
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Apr 27, 2013 10:25:57 GMT
Post by Alvamiga on Apr 27, 2013 10:25:57 GMT
It is useful for things like checking train times whilst travelling, but a well-written mobile web site would do the trick as well.
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Apr 27, 2013 10:36:13 GMT
Post by JoeP on Apr 27, 2013 10:36:13 GMT
Ah, so you're referring to the never-ending cycle of upgrades I think a lot of that is to do with deliberately under-engineering models so that users will eventually outgrow them. I definitely found a lack of memory on my last HTC phone was a major problem - it didn't really get slow but I couldn't possibly load all the apps I would have liked to. And when it got short things like mail would just stop working. I think Samsung might have made a mistake with the Galaxy S 3 which I'm using now ... it's absolutely fine and I see no need whatsoever to look at the S 4. Everything is still fast and I have tons of free space both for apps and for files. The point about battery life is valid. If I don't use my tablet much it keeps a charge for a week, but the phone needs at least a partial charge every day - unless it's in flight mode which kind of defeats the purpose. I probably use travel apps nearly every day, to check for train delays or the next bus, or if I'm going somewhere, Maps and route finders. Plus mail and calendar for work and private stuff. And news apps. And the kindle app. Most of all of course, music, but you don't need a smart phone for that.
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Apr 27, 2013 20:25:29 GMT
Post by bill on Apr 27, 2013 20:25:29 GMT
I have hardly read a 'proper' book for over two years. One of the things I like is being able to look up the meaning of a word instantly. One thing I do not like is not having page numbers and not being able to tell how many 'pages' are left in the book. This applies particularly with collections of books.
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Apr 27, 2013 21:19:02 GMT
Post by JoeP on Apr 27, 2013 21:19:02 GMT
But kindles do have page numbers and how far you've got bars ... don't they?
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Apr 27, 2013 21:36:09 GMT
Post by Alvamiga on Apr 27, 2013 21:36:09 GMT
Of course, the one thing that really put me off smartphones was when mine corrupted itself and wouldn't even work as a phone until I had spent several hours running a full restore on it (losing several days' worth of texts, etc. in the process). Technology has moved on so much farther than this, but the people who make these things never put the effort into making them what they could be and are far too involved making them look flashy instead!
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Apr 27, 2013 21:37:09 GMT
Post by Kye on Apr 27, 2013 21:37:09 GMT
My Kobo gives me percentages of how much I've read.
But I do wish I could "flip" back and locate a passage easily.
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Apr 27, 2013 21:41:30 GMT
Post by Alvamiga on Apr 27, 2013 21:41:30 GMT
Kindles don't appreciate being put under wobbly table legs, either.
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Apr 27, 2013 21:52:23 GMT
Post by tangent on Apr 27, 2013 21:52:23 GMT
And they're too light to be used as a doorstop.
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Apr 28, 2013 5:05:44 GMT
Post by Miisa on Apr 28, 2013 5:05:44 GMT
Some e-books do have page numbers but most don't. I suspect it is difficult to do, as the text size and therefore page length is determined by the reader. I have % and time left of book and % and time left of chapter, and those work fine for me.
Factory resets are something I have done regularly on my phones. Precious things like taken pictures get transferred asap, usually automatically (all my pictures get sent to Facebook, so if anything happens they are at least there).
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Apr 28, 2013 7:48:40 GMT
Post by Alvamiga on Apr 28, 2013 7:48:40 GMT
Factory resets and reinstalling everything to get performance back are far too time-consuming and, in my experience, only a very temporary fix. If the programmers were working on the right stuff, instead of the gloss, the users wouldn't have to go through that, but people have got too used to that kind of thing as being normal and just accept it. People need to raise their standards and stop being impressed by nonsense! I'm not holding my breath for that though!
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Apr 28, 2013 8:40:38 GMT
Post by bill on Apr 28, 2013 8:40:38 GMT
Most of the books I have read on Kindle have been free and not generally available on library shelves. I have spent over a year reading a collection of novels and short stories by Wilkie Collins.
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Apr 28, 2013 8:42:48 GMT
Post by Miisa on Apr 28, 2013 8:42:48 GMT
I'm massively impressed by the very existence of smartphones, almost daily. It's THE FUTURE! Like, NOW! I, of course, have a tricorder app. I mean, how can you NOT?
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Apr 28, 2013 10:12:24 GMT
Post by bill on Apr 28, 2013 10:12:24 GMT
I'm massively impressed by the very existence of smartphones, almost daily. It's THE FUTURE! Like, NOW! I, of course, have a tricorder app. I mean, how can you NOT? Me too! How sad is that?
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Apr 28, 2013 10:39:56 GMT
Post by JoeP on Apr 28, 2013 10:39:56 GMT
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Apr 28, 2013 11:52:36 GMT
Post by raspberrybullets on Apr 28, 2013 11:52:36 GMT
I have no idea what a tricorder app. I'm really a late adapter, for almost everything.
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Apr 28, 2013 13:00:29 GMT
Post by bill on Apr 28, 2013 13:00:29 GMT
I have no idea what a tricorder app. I'm really a late adapter, for almost everything. Not to worry. It's Star Trek stuff.
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Apr 28, 2013 13:53:37 GMT
Post by tangent on Apr 28, 2013 13:53:37 GMT
I have no idea what a tricorder app. I'm really a late adapter, for almost everything. I'm even later. I don't have a smart phone and my iPad is only three months old.
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Apr 28, 2013 13:57:30 GMT
Post by JoeP on Apr 28, 2013 13:57:30 GMT
It's an app that functions as a tricorder, rb.
You remember what a tricorder is ... right?
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Apr 28, 2013 14:34:14 GMT
Post by charliebrown on Apr 28, 2013 14:34:14 GMT
What is a tricorder? Is it a kind of recorder that has triple functions? (and like what???)
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Apr 28, 2013 16:09:45 GMT
Post by Alvamiga on Apr 28, 2013 16:09:45 GMT
It's a box that goes WooooOoOOOooooOooooooOooooooooOOOoooOOOo.
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Apr 30, 2013 7:45:54 GMT
Post by Mari on Apr 30, 2013 7:45:54 GMT
I use MoonReader on my tablet. The good thing is that it comes with a couple of libraries where you can download books for free. I've read a lot of books I never would have read otherwise. The app also allows me to change the background which is good for me since I have trouble reading black on white for a prolonged period. It shows how far I have left to go as percentages and I can also browse by chapter.
By the by, also on the computer you can download books for free. Just go to tuebl.ca
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