a trivial matter: cells and watches

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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 05:24:13 +0000, Dudhorse wrote:

> ... since I have gotten my cellphone I wear my watch less - no need for a
> watch as long as I have my trusty cell with me which is just about all the
> time. Am I alone in this or is this a trend that does not bode well for the
> watch industry??

I'm pretty sure that Rolex ain't worried by the clocks in cell-phones.

It's much more convinient to took at a wristwatch than rummaging
thru your pockets to find your cell-phone.

So how do you know what time it is in places where you must turn your
cell-phone off ?


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"michael turner" <zvxr.gheare1963@grfpb.arg> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 05:24:13 +0000, Dudhorse wrote:
>
>> ... since I have gotten my cellphone I wear my watch less - no need for a
>> watch as long as I have my trusty cell with me which is just about all
>> the
>> time. Am I alone in this or is this a trend that does not bode well for
>> the
>> watch industry??
>
> I'm pretty sure that Rolex ain't worried by the clocks in cell-phones.
>
> It's much more convinient to took at a wristwatch than rummaging
> thru your pockets to find your cell-phone.
>
> So how do you know what time it is in places where you must turn your
> cell-phone off ?
>
>
> ... my point is that ten years ago I felt naked without my wristwatch but
> its not a big deal anymore since I have my cellphone with me. Nowadays I
> feel naked without my cell and if it comes down to replacing my watch or
> upgrading my cellphone the cell gets the nod. My current watch I bought
> at Wal-Mart for $7 because thats all I need. I no longer spend $70+ for a
> watch. Just wondering if its just me or am I part of a bigger trend.

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"James" <jay@jlazzari.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Dudhorse" <nondigital@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:1EP2d.603789$Gx4.520176@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> ... since I have gotten my cellphone I wear my watch less - no need for a
>> watch as long as I have my trusty cell with me which is just about all
>> the
>> time. Am I alone in this or is this a trend that does not bode well for
> the
>> watch industry??
>>
>>
>
> In the future a watch will be your cellphone
> which you will wear round your wrist.
>
>
.... like Dick Tracy's original wrist radio which later on became a two-way
TV.
>
>
>

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Dudhorse wrote:

> ... since I have gotten my cellphone I wear my watch less - no need for a
> watch as long as I have my trusty cell with me which is just about all the
> time. Am I alone in this or is this a trend that does not bode well for the
> watch industry??
>
>


Yep, I dumped my watch years ago for my phone. I reckon lot's of people
have done it. A watch is merely a piece of jewellery now days, where a
phone is more functional with most having many more features built into
them now. Like someone said some even have torches now! Plus of course
cameras, etc. etc.


73 de Simon, VK3XEM.

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"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> The problem with the cell phone clocks (at least for me) is that my
> sight ain't what it used to be so I can barely if at all see the
> clock's time on my phone without dragging out my reading glasses.

The numbers on my V710's outside display are about 1/4 inch high and I can
see the time even without my glasses on (with 20/400 vision, uncorrected).



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I posted it on alt.cellular.motorola... I do not even belong to the
alt.cellular.nokia group, do I have any interest in nokia phones.



"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:40:00 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
> <bdolson@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news1kok0tbpeaej21s61lp7mf0s1teocdp2o@4ax.com...
> >> The problem with the cell phone clocks (at least for me) is that my
> >> sight ain't what it used to be so I can barely if at all see the
> >> clock's time on my phone without dragging out my reading glasses.
> >
> >The numbers on my V710's outside display are about 1/4 inch high and I
can
> >see the time even without my glasses on (with 20/400 vision,
uncorrected).
>
> Since you didn't mention it can one also assume that's with a CDMA
> carrier such as Sprint PCS or Verizon? If so the clock is part of the
> spec so it's easy for a manufacturer to make a big clock in the idle
> mode. And I'm not sure why you cross-posted this to
> alt.cellular.nokia.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>

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"Dudhorse" <nondigital@worldnet.att.net> wrote in
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> ... since I have gotten my cellphone I wear my watch less - no need
> for a watch as long as I have my trusty cell with me which is just
> about all the time. Am I alone in this or is this a trend that does
> not bode well for the watch industry??

I haven't given up my watch yet. Reasons:

- Not all mobile phones have a clock function anyway. Some of my older
ones don't.
- I might not have the phone with me all the time, for example at work I
might forget it on my desk while going to another room.
- I've been wearing a wrist watch since I was a child, and I'm so used to
the feeling on my wrist that I feel "naked" when it's not there.

When wrist-worn mobile phones come around, with PDA, organizer,
calculator, web & email, television (broadcast, not streaming), radio,
MP3 player, still & video cam, and of course a clock built in, I might
change my habits. I can't wait until that happens, but we aren't _quite_
there yet.

Regards

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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:53:56 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
<bdolson@comcast.net> wrote:

>I use Outlook Express to read newsgroups and I see nothing pertaining to
>'cross posting' in it's settings..
>
>And no, I'm not going to switch to another news reader. If it cross posts,
>that's not my doing and so be it!

You're an idiot. Just because you "don't see it" doesn't mean it's
not there or that you're not doing it. It *is* your doing. You just
do not know how to use your software. Rather than admit you are wrong
you'd rather blame me for your stupidity. When you reply to a group
the groups that it's posted to should be plainly apparent to you.
Just because you do things blindly is no excuse.
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Athrough, I am not the individual you were answering, I am going to put my
two cents in.

I have been reading newgroups since 1994 and did not realize that when you
select "reply group" that it
was sending to other newsgroups and therefore cross posting.

Thanks for the information and I will watch that in the future.

However you could be a more courteous group member and pass on your
knowledge without being a
complete ASS.

Although you are at a point that you think you know everything about
computers, you will find that you
know very little and will have to have help from another on a newsgroup some
time in the future. You had

better hope that they are more understanding then you have been.

Don

"Joseph" <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:53:56 -0400, "Bob the Printer"
> <bdolson@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>I use Outlook Express to read newsgroups and I see nothing pertaining to
>>'cross posting' in it's settings..
>>
>>And no, I'm not going to switch to another news reader. If it cross posts,
>>that's not my doing and so be it!
>
> You're an idiot. Just because you "don't see it" doesn't mean it's
> not there or that you're not doing it. It *is* your doing. You just
> do not know how to use your software. Rather than admit you are wrong
> you'd rather blame me for your stupidity. When you reply to a group
> the groups that it's posted to should be plainly apparent to you.
> Just because you do things blindly is no excuse.
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>

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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:01:33 -0700, Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:

>Christopher Pollard wrote:
>
>> What's so bad about crossposting anyway?
>
>Nothing, as long as it's done to groups that are relevant to what's being posted.

Thought so.

I was just wondering what all the fuss was about...

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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 05:24:13 GMT, "Dudhorse" <nondigital@worldnet.att.net>
wrote some stuff about "a trivial matter: cells and watches", to which I would
like to add the following:

>... since I have gotten my cellphone I wear my watch less - no need for a
>watch as long as I have my trusty cell with me which is just about all the
>time. Am I alone in this or is this a trend that does not bode well for the
>watch industry??

Yes, I stopped wearing a wristwatch.

Kind of funny really, as before WWII most men wore a pocket watch..
wristband-watches were for ladies. So back to the old days I say.
Now where's me pipe..

Cheers,
Chanchao

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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:22:15 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke <see@sig.nature> wrote
some stuff about "Re: a trivial matter: cells and watches", to which I would
like to add the following:

>I haven't given up my watch yet. Reasons:
>
>- Not all mobile phones have a clock function anyway. Some of my older
>ones don't.
>- I might not have the phone with me all the time, for example at work I
>might forget it on my desk while going to another room.

Well... For me anyway forgetting a mobile phone on a desk would be a much
bigger issue than forgetting my watch.. Who cares if you forget your watch,
there's clocks all over the place.

(First person to bring up public phones in a smart comment should consider
him/herself kicked in the behind. :-))

>- I've been wearing a wrist watch since I was a child, and I'm so used to
>the feeling on my wrist that I feel "naked" when it's not there.

Yes, and 'liberated' once you get used to it... (Hm, sounds like a comment in
a support group for nude recreation.. ;-))

>When wrist-worn mobile phones come around, with PDA, organizer,
>calculator, web & email, television (broadcast, not streaming),

All TV will be streaming one day.

>radio, MP3 player, still & video cam, and of course a clock built in, I might
>change my habits. I can't wait until that happens, but we aren't _quite_
>there yet.

Well, the screen may (need to) be too big to comfortably wear on your wrist.
So it needs something fancy for screen (foldable, projection, etc.) more than
anything else.

Cheers,
Chanchao

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"Wolfgang Schwanke" <see@sig.nature> wrote in message
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> Chanchao <Chanchao@remove.hotpop.com> wrote in
> news:e4a5l0h1mca9rje2d1560b8f8ge38orfde@4ax.com:
>
> >>When wrist-worn mobile phones come around, with PDA, organizer,
> >>calculator, web & email, television (broadcast, not streaming),
> >
> > All TV will be streaming one day.
>
> I hope not! I can't see it happening too. It's going digital, over the
air,
> on cable and satellite, which is fine. But not net-based, not exclusively
> anyway.
>
> Regards
>
>
> --
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>
>
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The motivation will be GREED

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"taximania" <nutter@NOSPAMtaximania.net> wrote in message >
<snip?>
> Just noticed something aswell. When i clicked on 'Reply group',
> There was more than one newsgroup in the 'Newsgroups field'.
> Learn something everyday eh.
> Is that how innocent people get accused of crossposting, they don't look
to
> see who they are replying to ?

And neither, do most of you apparently.
Nearly all of you have also posted to this thread in alt.cellular.nokia as
well.

Like i said, you learn something everyday.


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I also haven't given up my Timex as of yet, but it would be nice to have
something that served both purposes (cell and wristwatch) wearable on my
wrist. Probably 10 or 20 years from now we'll be able to look back on this
and laugh!



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> Tell me, what would in YOUR opinion a real newsreader allow me to do that OE
> can't do?

a) it won't top-post like OE
b) it won't lose thread of subscribed groups so you have to unsubscribe
and resubscribe to get new posts
c) OE doesn't handle binary groups well at all

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Another reason not to depend solely on cell phones for time would apply when
near the boundary between time zones where you can receive signals from
towers on both sides. Seems to me you could run the risk of the cell phone
time flitting back and forth between two different times, depending on the
tower with which it is communicating at any given moment.

>
> I haven't given up my watch yet. Reasons:
>
> - Not all mobile phones have a clock function anyway. Some of my older
> ones don't.
> - I might not have the phone with me all the time, for example at work I
> might forget it on my desk while going to another room.
> - I've been wearing a wrist watch since I was a child, and I'm so used to
> the feeling on my wrist that I feel "naked" when it's not there.
>