I know, and I feel embarrassed about my ignorance, but i AM trying, honestly. 

 

I only found out today that an 'i phone' is basically a 'smart phone'.

I thought they were a completely different and unique type of 'special' phone. 

 

Anyway, my big buttoned reliable owld Nokia mobby basically runs on steam, does a few texts, receives and makes calls, oh, and I've made a contact list for it too.  :sun: Messed it up a few times, but got there in the end .

 

Now, I'd quite like this 'apps' thing from 'Flightradar24 that I watch regularly on the pc,  that can be downloaded onto one of these smart wotsits, but do you think I may struggle and bite off more than I can chew purchasing one?

I believe they can send pictures directly  to your pc too!

 

Totally clueless as to where to start looking, and all this technical gobbledygook that is offered and spoken  to me... (sometimes by pensioners even!!)... just makes me feel as though perhaps I really shouldn't bother?  :think:

I possess a very short fuse on techno matters, and am worried I may launch it if I get flustered with it.

Edited 23 November, 201312 yr by Mr Ree

Buy a smart phone you won't look back.

Buy a smart phone you won't look back.

The 'phone will as it glugs its way to the bottom of the Mersey! 

I was happy with a simple steam powered phone until Vodafone sent me a iphone 4's by mistake. They told me I could keep it and continue with my old £25 a month contract.

Couldn't survive without it now.

Got mine a bit later than others.  I am amazed now at how much it controls me (so to speak) - It's like my own little mini computer / tool - everything is on it pretty much - and everything is (usually....) very useful too.  Little things like finding places to eat away from home - getting lost = sat nav - checking on emails, Ebay, Gmail, a torch when its dark, googling crap, calendar, bank account - it goes on.

Miss R talks to her new i phone, and it answers her back!!  :no:

 

Don't they do a male version, as I get nagged enough already. 

 Got mine a bit later than others.  I am amazed now at how much it controls me (so to speak) - It's like my own little mini computer / tool - everything is on it pretty much - and everything is (usually....) very useful too.  Little things like finding places to eat away from home - getting lost = sat nav - checking on emails, Ebay, Gmail, a torch when its dark, googling crap, calendar, bank account - it goes on.

Not as late as I'm seemingly going to be, if at all in fact!

I'm still locked in the early 90's here. 

 

What other little surprising gems and nuggets of information can I expect then?

Edited 23 November, 201312 yr by Mr Ree

Almost limitless apps that will enhance the quality of your life. You want something then there will be an app for it.

Siri is meant to be useful 

 

Bear in mind if you don't have a data allowance on your contract you won't be able to take advantage of those apps or they'll cost you a fortune.

 

You'll also have to beware if you go abroad since an app accessing the internet in the background could run up your bill too.

 

you can work around those problems but best to be aware of it.

 

Also you'll find you need to charge up a smart phone much more often than your old 'feature phone'.

 

I don;t know anyone who has gone back to a normal phone after getting a smart phone, even a cheap one.

 

the 'i' thing isa  common misconception. People say iPad when then mean tablets in general too.

 

If you've already got an iPad (a proper iPad) you might find it best to stick with the Apple products. if you have't got one or you've got an Android tablet probably better to match that with an Android phone.

 

Blackberry is a bit of a risky venture right now. Most people expect the company to pop its clogs sooner than later.

You are not that late to the party, I am still holding out with a shock-proof, water-proof, dust-proof brick that gives me a couple of weeks between recharges; if I want the internet while out I'll boot up my EEEPC and MiFi unit.

Recently my smart phone became not so smart so I sent it back to the people that made it for repair -in the meantime I bought a little £14 Nokia 113 from ASDA to tide me over - I only had to charge it the once before the other one came back fixed. It was actually quite refreshing having a phone with a seemingly endless battery life that had only the most basic of features and was very small and light.

 

It's quite nice not to have your life ruled by your phone for a change.

 

 

 

Still , being a bit of a geek I had to stretch the boundaries of it's capabilities by getting it to sync with my Google calender and contacts 

Recently my smart phone became not so smart so I sent it back to the people that made it for repair -in the meantime I bought a little £14 Nokia 113 from ASDA to tide me over - I only had to charge it the once before the other one came back fixed. It was actually quite refreshing having a phone with a seemingly endless battery life that had only the most basic of features and was very small and light.

 

It's quite nice not to have your life ruled by your phone for a change.

 

 

 

Still , being a bit of a geek I had to stretch the boundaries of it's capabilities by getting it to sync with my Google calender and contacts 

 

Got to agree that they are stress free ey?

 

Everywhere you go, sheeple are staring down at these i phone things, seemingly transfixed with a glazed expression.

 

Asked Miss R last night if she thought I would cope with one, with her having first hand evidence of my high tech capabilities and patience.

 

Straight answer, "NO!" 

What about one of these other weird and wonderful devices that I see sheeple wandering around with?

Tablets or i pads or something?

I was at a security conference a few months ago. The rather enthusiastic presenter tried to get people to join in via their smartphones using some Twitter based survey thing.

 

3/4 of the guys in the room (all the infosec pros) them pulled out ancient Nokia brick phones and told him to think of something else. The only people with Smartphones were the mangers and marketers.

 

I have a Smartphone but I certainly don't trust it. I've nothing on it that could let anyone buy anything or access banks etc on it. I won't buy anything or bank through my tablet at home either.

What does this 'tablet' thing do that a smart phone won't or will, apart from making and receiving calls presumably?

Is it just a smaller version of a laptop....even I know what they are.  :sun:

I'm pretty sure I've seen sheeple holding them up to take pictures, or am I getting confused with some other weird and wonderful device?

 

While we're at it, what and where does an 'i pad' fit into and amongst all this stuff?

 

I feel like I've been left behind on my own in an analogue wilderness.  :'(

 

 

There's just so much high tech stuff out there now which is totally and utterly baffling me tbqh

Tablets are pretty much just like big smartphones -some can even make phone calls, but most cannot. The obvious difference is that they are bigger, which means that you can do things on a bigger touch screen that would be very fiddly on a smaller smart phone screen. 

^^^ nice and easy simple non tech explanation that. 

I'm getting the picture now, tar! 

 

This sounds more like it for me, and can also retain my 'steam' but reliable mobby too!

Stick with the steam...you'll get sick of charging the techy one every night/day. Plus, do you really want to be able to tell the world and his dog your location on facebook when you're out and about ?    Who cares if you're at (for example) Cardiff stadium, or wherever ?

Stick with the steam...you'll get sick of charging the techy one every night/day. Plus, do you really want to be able to tell the world and his dog your location on facebook when you're out and about ?    Who cares if you're at (for example) Cardiff stadium, or wherever ?

Correct. Absolutely no one.  :'(

Good point well made, but I was thinking more about the instant decent camera facility and the 'apps' abilty.

 

Oh I don't know now.

Do I need all this stuff perhaps after all? :think:  

 

"Stick with the steam".. chortle factor 10    and .luv it! 

Edited 25 November, 201312 yr by Mr Ree

Then just confuse things you get phablets which are massive phones nearly as big as tablets like the Samsung Mega.

But then using it you'd look like Dom Joly in Trigger Happy TV.

 

Do you need internet stuff out on the road?

Do you used your phone to talk and maybe text and not much more?

 

Lots of the smart phones aren't actually very good at being phones.  If you don't need or want all teh bells and whistle then maybe treat yourself to nice new tough 'dumb' phone and save the money for a nice compact camera.

I couldn't  do without mine now. I work away from home a lot, so the phone acts as my boarding pass for planes, it's the train tickets when I get to the destination too, and I can find a hotel or restaurant, and who needs a map any more when I can just call one up?

 

On Friday I was in the airport and my boss had a query about a document I'd been working on before I headed for the airport. No problem, look at the company sharepoint site, refresh my memory, have the discussion with the boss and then even make the changes he suggested before saving it back to the shared area. All from my phone.

oh and broadly there are four types of smart phone:-

 

1) Android - lots of makes but samsung are the most popular. Android is the software (OS) provided by Google.

2) iOS - phones by apple 

3) Windows phone - mainly Nokia but there are others. Platform is Microsoft

4) Blackberry - the original but now losing ground rapidly and uncertain of its future.

 

Lots of pros and cons for each of these but they are all pretty capable beasts.