Posted by dadiOH on 07/31/06 13:03

CQ wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:55:24 GMT, dadiOH puzzled:
>
>> WTF wants to walk around listening to a phone???
>
> Hi Dads.

Hola, pescador.
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> Still living in the age of Alexander Graham B., I see. 'Twas indeed a
> kindler gentler age.

Yep. And "Information" was free. Long distance was pretty dear though...
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> Try to imagine that this phone does not need one to spin the crank and
> yell into the mouthpiece..."HELLO, MABLE?? Get me the new Thom Yorke
> Empeethree please."

Crank? Never used one of those. Still prefer a rotary dial though. Got
one packed away until I build my office. I'll need an adapter, it has a big
four prong plug.
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> Try also to get rid of the idea you may have of someone walking around
> with a large black two-ended apparatus held up to their ear.

Silly fellow...I already know they are tiny things. With a mouth piece that
winds up on one's cheek just east (or west, depending) of the ear lobe.
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> Try to imagine that someone has figured out that the cell phone that
> has become such an ubiquitous accessory already has much of the
> electronics inside it that are needed for turning stored mp3 files
> back into listenable music.

There's the problem. Ubiquitous.
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> Try to then imagine that the same bright person who realized this,
> also conceived of using earphones plugged into said cell phone as a
> way of delivering said aural experience to the user's ears.

Better if the whole damn thing were implanted and ran off of
bio-electricity. I'd pass on that too.
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> You may then see that it is not so much "walking around listening to a
> phone" as using one piece of equipment to do multiple jobs, a piece of
> equipment that was already being carried around rather than carrying a
> second piece of equipment.

Why carry either one around? Unless you are a salesman. I can see a
salesman wanting to carry a phone around. If he works on commission. If he
gets a salary, dump the damned thing.
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> Probably the next step will be competing providers offering competing
> units of various manufacture that play various and sundry different
> formats. The service they offer is all virtually the same so it has
> become a market driven by bells & whistles rather than the actual
> providing of service.

And every bell & whistle enables them to add to the already inflated price.
Like TVs...I'll be watching a TV with a 3:4 screen ratio until I die. If it
was good enough for 35mm film it is good enough for me.
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> As always, the early adopters will have to make do with what is
> available at this time while paying the early adopter premium; a
> strange phenomenon that has become an accepted part of the electronic
> and technology industry's marketing practices.

Not just electronics, everything.
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> HTH, HAND.

Of course it did and ditto. Now please excuse me, I am hollowing out a tree
for a message drum.

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dadiOH
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