Comments on: My mobile phone http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/ ... the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-231 CW Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:24:44 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-231 <i><b>M!!!!</i></b> It's CW. C... W... Don't reveal my secret identity!! <br/><br/>:P<br/><br/>I don't care about the poor battery life - like I said, keeping my phone switched off prolongs its battery life. Unless of course, I take cyn's advice and start leaving it on, on 'silent' mode... M!!!! It’s CW. C… W… Don’t reveal my secret identity!!

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I don’t care about the poor battery life - like I said, keeping my phone switched off prolongs its battery life. Unless of course, I take cyn’s advice and start leaving it on, on ’silent’ mode…

]]> By: M http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-230 M Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:41:49 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-230 It doesnt help that the phone Con and I have is a P.O.S. My battery lasts about 15-20 minutes of talk time from full. Normally when I answer I have to check the battery to work out if I'm going to have to cut the call short. I have to have it on charge every single day or it goes dead as soon as I do anything with it. Short answer is, steer clear of the J200i and it's siblings.<br/><br/>I think I'll go back to the Nokia's but I can't stand the new look and feel, eugh! It doesnt help that the phone Con and I have is a P.O.S. My battery lasts about 15-20 minutes of talk time from full. Normally when I answer I have to check the battery to work out if I’m going to have to cut the call short. I have to have it on charge every single day or it goes dead as soon as I do anything with it. Short answer is, steer clear of the J200i and it’s siblings.

I think I’ll go back to the Nokia’s but I can’t stand the new look and feel, eugh!

]]> By: cyn http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-229 cyn Thu, 04 Aug 2005 06:33:24 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-229 you'll hear/feel it vibrate when it 'rings'. with some phone models the display and/or buttons light up while the phone vibrates, so you get a light show as well.<br/>that's why i leave it on my desk when working - you do tend to notice when your phone is doing a funny disco dance next to you. also you know when it's about to ring cos you hear that funny interference noise before it goes off. you’ll hear/feel it vibrate when it ‘rings’. with some phone models the display and/or buttons light up while the phone vibrates, so you get a light show as well.
that’s why i leave it on my desk when working - you do tend to notice when your phone is doing a funny disco dance next to you. also you know when it’s about to ring cos you hear that funny interference noise before it goes off.

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-228 CW Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:48:16 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-228 Cherry: Thanks, I am really looking forward to catching up! :)<br/><br/>Mooiness: Ohhh I hate those conversations you have to listen to in public: "I'm on the train, yep, I'll see you in 10 minutes". Surely it makes more sense to call someone if they haven't turned up, not right before they are supposed to turn up?<br/><br/>Cyn: I suppose I am just hopeless with the mobile, if it is on silent I would never ever know if anyone called me, cos I dont look at it :P I know what you mean about people who <i>must</i> answer the phone though.. I always ring a colleague just as she is about to leave her office, and she always most graciously lets me know she can't talk and can she call me back/can I call her back? She is the most gracious person I know when it comes to phones, even if I always have to postpone my conversation with her! :) Cherry: Thanks, I am really looking forward to catching up! :)

Mooiness: Ohhh I hate those conversations you have to listen to in public: “I’m on the train, yep, I’ll see you in 10 minutes”. Surely it makes more sense to call someone if they haven’t turned up, not right before they are supposed to turn up?

Cyn: I suppose I am just hopeless with the mobile, if it is on silent I would never ever know if anyone called me, cos I dont look at it :P I know what you mean about people who must answer the phone though.. I always ring a colleague just as she is about to leave her office, and she always most graciously lets me know she can’t talk and can she call me back/can I call her back? She is the most gracious person I know when it comes to phones, even if I always have to postpone my conversation with her! :)

]]> By: cyn http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-227 cyn Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:19:19 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-227 i think a problem with phones in general, not just mobiles, is that a lot of people feel compelled to answer them even if it's an inconvenient/inappropriate time to do so. like my mum-in-law, she could be up a ladder two metres in the air with both hands full cleaning out her gutters and she would still try to rush down and answer a ringing phone! silly thing is, she has an answering machine. i also hate it, just as example, when people are having dinner and you ring them not knowing they were eating and they answer the phone and make you feel foolish or bad for interrrupting them. EAT YOUR DINNER AND DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE!!!! IF IT'S IMPORTANT THEY WILL RING BACK!!!! (i feel better now, thanks!:))<br/><br/>because i can ignore my phone if it's not an appropriate time to answer it, i feel comfortable leaving it on all the time. of course, if i was at a funeral, on a plane or at the cinema it would be turned off. i think a problem with phones in general, not just mobiles, is that a lot of people feel compelled to answer them even if it’s an inconvenient/inappropriate time to do so. like my mum-in-law, she could be up a ladder two metres in the air with both hands full cleaning out her gutters and she would still try to rush down and answer a ringing phone! silly thing is, she has an answering machine. i also hate it, just as example, when people are having dinner and you ring them not knowing they were eating and they answer the phone and make you feel foolish or bad for interrrupting them. EAT YOUR DINNER AND DON’T ANSWER THE PHONE!!!! IF IT’S IMPORTANT THEY WILL RING BACK!!!! (i feel better now, thanks!:))

because i can ignore my phone if it’s not an appropriate time to answer it, i feel comfortable leaving it on all the time. of course, if i was at a funeral, on a plane or at the cinema it would be turned off.

]]> By: mooiness http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-226 mooiness Thu, 04 Aug 2005 01:36:31 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-226 Hahaha not turning your phone on. That's like my mom. :P<br/><br/>But you may be right - ppl now use and abuse mobile phones like there's no tomorrow. Once of the worst aspects (beyond annoyingly loud and shrill ring tones) is the unneccesary call. One scene in "Clueless" depicts this best: two girls yakking away and they end up meeting at the end of the corridor. Now couldn't that conversation have waited 10 more secs and be carried out without the phone???? <br/><br/>About the dictionary thing : I don't like it either. ;) Hahaha not turning your phone on. That’s like my mom. :P

But you may be right - ppl now use and abuse mobile phones like there’s no tomorrow. Once of the worst aspects (beyond annoyingly loud and shrill ring tones) is the unneccesary call. One scene in “Clueless” depicts this best: two girls yakking away and they end up meeting at the end of the corridor. Now couldn’t that conversation have waited 10 more secs and be carried out without the phone????

About the dictionary thing : I don’t like it either. ;)

]]> By: cyn http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-225 cyn Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:30:33 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-225 my phone is on all the time, on silent ring. i even leave it on at meetings... if it 'rings' during the meeting i just don't answer it (i check the messages later). i keep mine in my trouser pocket or denim jacket pocket when i'm on the move, or it sits on my desk when i'm working (at home or uni). this system works well for me! my phone is on all the time, on silent ring. i even leave it on at meetings… if it ‘rings’ during the meeting i just don’t answer it (i check the messages later). i keep mine in my trouser pocket or denim jacket pocket when i’m on the move, or it sits on my desk when i’m working (at home or uni). this system works well for me!

]]> By: cherryripe http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-224 cherryripe Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:16:11 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2005/08/03/my-mobile-phone/#comment-224 I never used to know how to use the dictionary function either, but since i learnt i've not looked back. I'll show you in September when i'm in town!<br/><br/>As for the phone ringing in meetings, is the 'silent' mode not an option? I never used to know how to use the dictionary function either, but since i learnt i’ve not looked back. I’ll show you in September when i’m in town!

As for the phone ringing in meetings, is the ’silent’ mode not an option?

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