Comments on: Tech Torture with Topher: Bye-bye smartphone http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:16:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Benjamin http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-28301 Benjamin Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:43:09 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-28301 MS Windows Mobile So MS is joining the parade and getting out its own phone - complete with Windows Mobile 6.5. Cool! But could they not pay the design group NOT to copy the iPhone? I guess it was too much to ask. Wake up MS and put on that thinking cap. - Disappointed Techie MS Windows Mobile
So MS is joining the parade and getting out its own phone – complete with Windows Mobile 6.5.
Cool!
But could they not pay the design group NOT to copy the iPhone?
I guess it was too much to ask.
Wake up MS and put on that thinking cap.
- Disappointed Techie

]]> By: chris http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-27347 chris Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:37:06 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-27347 Battery savings, How best to set up the Blackberry and Notebook, should you suddenly realise at the airport that you have forgotten your BlackBerry charger and notebook charger at the office. How many days could you (with interupted turning on and off the notebook and phone) be able to do basic work you want if you concentrated it in short bursts. Battery savings,

How best to set up the Blackberry and Notebook, should you suddenly realise at the airport that you have forgotten your BlackBerry charger and notebook charger at the office.

How many days could you (with interupted turning on and off the notebook and phone) be able to do basic work you want if you concentrated it in short bursts.

]]> By: Ralph http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-27112 Ralph Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:24:00 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-27112 But can Topher do without an operating system for his PC??? I'd like to see him try that! If you want my take on the new Microsoft OS release check out "Windows 7: Top Ten Reasons You WANT It at http://ralph-altman.com But can Topher do without an operating system for his PC???
I'd like to see him try that! If you want my take on the new Microsoft OS release check out "Windows 7: Top Ten Reasons You WANT It at http://ralph-altman.com

]]> By: mr.britt http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-25199 mr.britt Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:56:43 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-25199 all this is NUTS, i have one of the first digital NOKIA's and could not be happier with it...and it wasnt even 100.00. I just dont see paying that much money JUST to be tied down to a phone... whatever happened to rotary phones and RC cola? all this is NUTS, i have one of the first digital NOKIA's and could not be happier with it...and it wasnt even 100.00. I just dont see paying that much money JUST to be tied down to a phone... whatever happened to rotary phones and RC cola?

]]> By: Asgod http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-24902 Asgod Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:30:48 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-24902 Good luck! But it's gonna be hard for you to get updated unless you check with your laptop every now and then. Good luck! But it's gonna be hard for you to get updated unless you check with your laptop every now and then.

]]> By: Ray http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-24889 Ray Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:28:58 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-24889 I couldn't stand having a smartphone. It lasted a week and I was done. It now sits in a drawer. I couldn't stand having a smartphone. It lasted a week and I was done. It now sits in a drawer.

]]> By: Denise http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-24885 Denise Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:53:59 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-24885 http://unmaterialgirls.blogspot.com/2009/06/embedded-video-from-cnn-video.html My blog response to this experiment. I think it's a BRILLIANT idea for everyone to see how attached they are to being distracted from life around them... http://unmaterialgirls.blogspot.com/2009/06/embedded-video-from-cnn-video.html

My blog response to this experiment. I think it's a BRILLIANT idea for everyone to see how attached they are to being distracted from life around them...

]]> By: Bubba http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-24882 Bubba Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:37:18 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-24882 The light turns green, but the woman in front of me is texting. She goes on texting as we all honk our horn, turning her head in quick nods to give us a tight little grin. "Just a minute," she is obviously snarling. "Can't you see I'm texting?" Well, yes we can, you self-absorbed twit. Move your car. The guy behind me seems to be trying to send her a text as I finally pull out around her in the now empty right lane, and the light is turning yellow. She indignantly burns rubber and tries to pull in front of me, snarling and poking her phone. The guy behind me looks up too late; the light is red now. Text lady made it through, and is now tailgating me; can't I see she's in a hurry? I let her pass; she is still poking the phone and snarling. The light turns green, but the woman in front of me is texting. She goes on texting as we all honk our horn, turning her head in quick nods to give us a tight little grin. "Just a minute," she is obviously snarling. "Can't you see I'm texting?" Well, yes we can, you self-absorbed twit. Move your car. The guy behind me seems to be trying to send her a text as I finally pull out around her in the now empty right lane, and the light is turning yellow. She indignantly burns rubber and tries to pull in front of me, snarling and poking her phone. The guy behind me looks up too late; the light is red now. Text lady made it through, and is now tailgating me; can't I see she's in a hurry? I let her pass; she is still poking the phone and snarling.

]]> By: Sarah http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-24870 Sarah Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:46:35 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-24870 "Seriously? Are you one of those screen gluttons that need 13″ of widescreen glory to view 160 character tweets?" Actually, I think my 19" non-widescreen monitor does the job nicely. A co-worker of my husband's (who was finally fired) spent the whole day at her retail job reading Twilight on her iPod. She had to "turn the page" every 15 seconds because so little fit on the screen at a time. "Seriously? Are you one of those screen gluttons that need 13″ of widescreen glory to view 160 character tweets?"

Actually, I think my 19" non-widescreen monitor does the job nicely.

A co-worker of my husband's (who was finally fired) spent the whole day at her retail job reading Twilight on her iPod. She had to "turn the page" every 15 seconds because so little fit on the screen at a time.

]]> By: RichP http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/29/tech-torture-with-topher-bye-bye-smartphone/#comment-24869 RichP Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:54:56 +0000 http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/?p=3684#comment-24869 I prefer my Motorola V750 milspec which is droppable. Next one will be a Gzone which is waterproof, I have all the internet options turned off, it's a phone and for texting, thats it. I have real computers for other stuff. Now it's back to work, just got a couple of new iPhones and I need to setup the users for VPN and exchange, I'm not taking one no matter what the president says. I prefer my Motorola V750 milspec which is droppable. Next one will be a Gzone which is waterproof, I have all the internet options turned off, it's a phone and for texting, thats it. I have real computers for other stuff. Now it's back to work, just got a couple of new iPhones and I need to setup the users for VPN and exchange, I'm not taking one no matter what the president says.

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