[geeks] a cell phone that doesn't suck

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Nov 22, 2007, at 11:12 PM, Aaron Finley wrote:

> I used a Motorola StarTAC

Neat little phone.

> until I was forced to upgrade due to 911 GPS
> regulations or whatnot.

...which should be completely optional.

If I do not want to be tracked, that's my decision, and I'm willing to  
pay the consequences if I so choose.

Fortunately, you can get firmware to turn that off, and a lot of other  
annoying crap.

Just wait until the pigs finally bribe Congress enough to make GPS  
mandatory all the time, along with targeted ads, etc.

> I really don't see the point in using a 1-1.3 MP
> camera to take photos with.

Definitely.

I can *almost* see having a PDA in the phone, except that most of the  
PDA software on phones is crappy, to the point where there is almost  
no point.

Also, why do they make it so hard to do something as simple as load  
and save phone number lists?

I asked Sprint how to do that 2 years ago, and they showed me a box  
with a cable in it and a CD and told me it was $70.

*ALL* of the crippling of phones and other devices is wrong, period.

If the device can do it, you as the buyer should be able to use it  
however you please.

Cell phones suck bad enough as it is.

On more peeve before I quit (notices it is 0330): why on Earth doesn't  
every phone out there do the simple act of showing you what your time  
usage is?  Is it really that damned hard?

> When you need to be able to call people and hear them and have them  
> hear
> you, why worry about whether it costs $1.25 to send a picture you will
> never send in the first place? (My logic, at least)

The point is you bought the device, and should be allowed to use its  
functions however you see fit.

I have an idea: All consumer devices devices like this should come  
with a button labeled "annoyed".  Every time a user gets annoyed they  
press that button.  What it does is report the problem, and also pick  
a random executive at the parent company and electrocute their private  
parts.

Of course, I have to admit some possibility of abuse.

I'd immediately fire up Windows and write a script to push the button  
every ten seconds.


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