When did phones stop being for phoning people?

mda1974 · 02-07-2009, 11:55 AM

Just found this pole on Yahoo.
Don't you think that maybe one of the options would be "to make a phone call"?

When on your way to a job interview, what are you most likely to use your mobile for?

Answer

Checking you have the correct address
Checking for travel delays
Researching your interviewer
Updating your social networking status
Checking company share prices
Reading breaking news
Checking your horoscope
Checking the weather
Surfing the web to pass the time

arthurdentpc · 02-07-2009, 12:00 PM

I see they've also forgotten the "annoy all the other commuters with my silly ring tone" option.

eric pisch · 02-07-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by arthurdentpc

I see they've also forgotten the "annoy all the other commuters with my silly ring tone" option.

i have the imperial march, not silly at all

they forgot check all my 5 email accounts, BB ftw

mda1974 · 02-07-2009, 12:06 PM

If you're going to talk silly ringtones who can beat the theme from Fraggel Rock?

FZR400RRSP · 02-07-2009, 12:08 PM

I've got the opening riff from 'The Smiths-What difference does it make'
Not silly.
Actually very, very cool.

**Iccz** · 02-07-2009, 12:13 PM

Listening to some "banging tunes" obviously

*dazza1011* · 02-07-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bowfer

I've got the opening riff from 'The Smiths-What difference does it make'
Not silly.
Actually very, very cool.

ive got that also have " this is the one " by the stone roses

arthurdentpc · 02-07-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by mda1974

If you're going to talk silly ringtones who can beat the theme from Fraggel Rock?

The opening riff from the 2004 Turkish Eurovision song ?

And yes, I'm well aware of the irony

KhalJimbo · 02-07-2009, 12:40 PM

I hardly ever use my phone for phoning, if I want to speak to someone, I use my googletalk app or just text to meet them face to face, I dont like phoning. I cant stand it when people phone me and I'm on the train or bus or something, I either just let it ring (phone always on silent when I am commuting) or quickly tell them I'll phone them back.

I cant stand people willy waving on the trains, trying to impress the person next to them

Fozzybear · 02-07-2009, 1:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Earthworm Jim

I cant stand people willy waving on the trains, trying to impress the person next to them

Too true, I really don't want to see that! It's very inappropriate as well... there could be children watching!

eL-ZilCHo! · 02-07-2009, 3:32 PM

I don't really like mobile phones, but if I must use it I'll phone whoever it is I'm trying to contact.

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Checking you have the correct address
Checking for travel delays
Researching your interviewer
Updating your social networking status
Checking company share prices
Reading breaking news
Checking your horoscope
Checking the weather
Surfing the web to pass the time

What the **** is all this? I can honestly say I have never used my phone to attempt any of them.

Maybe I'm out of touch?

Miyazaki · 02-07-2009, 3:36 PM

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Originally Posted by eL-ZilCHo!

Maybe I'm out of touch?

Or just really old?

FZR400RRSP · 02-07-2009, 3:37 PM

I use my phone to surf the net, although 3G surfing on my BB-storm is pants compared to wifi on the iphone.

The rest of the app's mentioned on that list, no idea what they are.
My phone will do them though, I'm sure.
If I had an iphone (which I will, when Vodafone get them), I'd do all sorts on it.
Watch videos, play games, drink virtual pints etc.

BlackCountryBob · 02-07-2009, 3:39 PM

I am very behind it all for my age (23) because I have a old Nokia that use exclusively for phone calls (I hate texting) and I have the ring ring tone. I can't understand why I would use the net on a phone, I pay £22 a month to do so on my laptop at home.

I really would like to see someone make a new phone which instead of throwing every other piece of technology possible into the case was instead a great phone; having a powerful battery, clear screen, nice sized buttons and if possible maybe the phone could get a signal when on a bus or train!

it's not much to ask is it?

FZR400RRSP · 02-07-2009, 3:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Miyazaki

Or just really old?

Depends what you call really old?
I'm 42, and consider myself a technofile (sp?)
I buy 'T3' and 'Stuff' and still pride myself on not needing a manual.
However, when it comes to some of the apps phones can do, I often think it really is just a case of over-egging the pudding.
A case of throwing stuff at them and to hell with actual usefulness.
I mean, take the new Iphone 3GS.
It has a compass as standard.
A compass.
Who the hell needs a compass?

KhalJimbo · 02-07-2009, 3:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bowfer

It has a compass as standard.
A compass.
Who the hell needs a compass?

Ray Meares?

FZR400RRSP · 02-07-2009, 3:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Earthworm Jim

Ray Meares?

He's not going to have a puffy iphone though, is he?
He's going to have something made from Kryptonite, that can run off electrical impulses from the still beating heart of a deer he's just killed by threatening it alone.

Westindieman · 02-07-2009, 4:17 PM

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Originally Posted by bowfer

I've got the opening riff from 'The Smiths-What difference does it make'
Not silly.
Actually very, very cool.

Cool, but not as cool or cutting as Keane 'Is It Any Wonder' opening riff I use.

Dony · 02-07-2009, 4:21 PM

I was sick of my wife never hearing her Moby ringtone when the phone was in her bag, so I put this on her phone

She never misses a call now!

Alive and Amplified

KhalJimbo · 02-07-2009, 4:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bowfer

He's not going to have a puffy iphone though, is he?
He's going to have something made from Kryptonite, that can run off electrical impulses from the still beating heart of a deer he's just killed by threatening it alone.

That he built from its teeth alone

krish · 02-07-2009, 4:37 PM

I frequently use Google Maps when on foot, has saved me from getting completely lost on many occasions

JagoPlasma · 02-07-2009, 5:13 PM

Have to say i love my iphone, dont use it much for calls, mainly for internet and texting.

i do use my work phone alot for call and dont see a problem with people using their phones on public transport/the street. people are busy and cant always find time to see people face to face.

here is my ringtone

YouTube - Blue Oyster Bar

eL-ZilCHo! · 02-07-2009, 5:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Miyazaki

Or just really old?

hehe, I'm 24

I understand how it all works, I'm just at a loss as to why you would want to.

wormvortex · 02-07-2009, 6:24 PM

I've never got why people seem so bothered about using their phones on a train. I mean your quite comfortably have a conversation with the person next to you/opposite you but when it's over the phone it's a big no no

Although if your one of those people who's voice seems to treble in volume when on the phone I agree

**Iccz** · 02-07-2009, 6:26 PM

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Originally Posted by wormvortex

I've never got why people seem so bothered about using their phones on a train. I mean your quite comfortably have a conversation with the person next to you/opposite you but when it's over the phone it's a big no no

Although if your one of those people who's voice seems to treble in volume when on the phone I agree

It bothers me when i'm sat on a train and there are "Quiet Zone" stickers all over the windows and doors...

Gary D · 02-07-2009, 7:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mda1974

Just found this pole on Yahoo.
Don't you think that maybe one of the options would be "to make a phone call"?

When on your way to a job interview, what are you most likely to use your mobile for?

Answer

Checking you have the correct address
Checking for travel delays
Researching your interviewer
Updating your social networking status
Checking company share prices
Reading breaking news
Checking your horoscope
Checking the weather
Surfing the web to pass the time

Welcome to the 21st Century. I use (or have used) my phone for all of those things (except the horoscope thing).

My iPhone has my life in it, it connects me to the world.

Join the wave of the future.....

G

branny · 02-07-2009, 8:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Earthworm Jim

I cant stand people willy waving on the trains, trying to impress the person next to them

Imagine if John Holmes was sat next to you though.

Sonic67 · 03-07-2009, 4:42 AM

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Originally Posted by bowfer

I mean, take the new Iphone 3GS.
It has a compass as standard.
A compass.
Who the hell needs a compass?

The compass has been on the Google G1 for a while now. You use it together with the GPS. The GPS tells the phone where exactly it is. The compass tells the phone which direction you are looking. Together you can have 'augmented reality'.

I stood on the top of a carpark in Birmingham and turned on an application called wikitude. The camera on the phone looked at the skyline and showed the skyline on the phones display. The GPS and compass meant it knew which way I was looking and so on the skyline it hghlighted the buildings around me on the phones display. For instance Post Office Tower, Rotunda etc.

The compass is also useful in general anyway. I've used it a few times when I haven't got my own with me.

If you look at the picture top right on the link you can see the G1 in action.

Augmented reality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Reign-Mack · 03-07-2009, 6:35 AM

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Originally Posted by bowfer

Depends what you call really old?
I'm 42, and consider myself a technofile (sp?)
I buy 'T3' and 'Stuff' and still pride myself on not needing a manual.
However, when it comes to some of the apps phones can do, I often think it really is just a case of over-egging the pudding.
A case of throwing stuff at them and to hell with actual usefulness.
I mean, take the new Iphone 3GS.
It has a compass as standard.
A compass.
Who the hell needs a compass?

buying stuff and t3 deffo makes you old and out of touch mate

FZR400RRSP · 03-07-2009, 3:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Reign-Mack

buying stuff and t3 deffo makes you old and out of touch mate