All around, companies are trying to push on us services, products or substances we don't really need. They create a market if one doesnt already exist for their product. As a producer - that may very well be what you want to be doing - creating new markets to overcome stagnancy in old ones. But as a consumer, I have to figure out what I actually need and will use or like, instead of what is being hyped as being cool or even essential.
I know I don't need a PSP, as I hardly if ever play computer games these days. Nor do I need a pre-paid tank of gas when I rent a car. Similarly I don't need a cell phone with Bluetooth or even Internet access. I don't want to chat online with people using instant messenger from my cell phone - I do it all day at work and home. This has been a major issue with me. The only things I want and demand from my cell phone are these -
* Excellent signal reception
* Excellent battery life
* Alarm
* Simple, intuitive interface
* Good capacity phone book
Thats it. I don't even really want a colour screen as it consumes more battery. Make it simple, make it effective. I find these basic issues are sidelined while trivial functions and features are highlighted these days.
So this article rung true. As the service providers dictate the actual phones used in the US, I doubt these kind of simple phones will easily become popular here.
amen to that,
me thinks in a similar way and that's why i bought motorola C115(not nokia, i am sick of seeing them eveywhere!). It is simple easy to use, has 3 day battery life(people hardly call me, or vice versa :-) ). colored screen(two colors:blue and black), sleek looking, small and handy, did i forget cheap?
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,73,00.html
nice review here
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/motorola-c115-en.shtml
i am afraid, after few days companies will advertise their cells saying "we got these many functionalities and oh yeah, you can make calls too!" :-)
Posted by: key at October 25, 2005 04:20 AMAn absolute necessity for me in cell phones is that it should be a flip model. Rest I really dont care, cos even with all the graphics, if you are in a power saver mode, the graphic mode shuts itself off in 8 secs(with the phone that I have now-SamsungA600). Rest is all ok, needed/not needed, doesnt make a difference.
But a flip model is required as it gives you a feeling that you are handling a phone and not a big weird odd shaped electronic gadget!
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http://forgottentear.blogspot.com
unnoticed: well .. now you are noticed arent you? and dude/ss .. your blog only accepts comments from blogger users! what you can do is enable anonymous comments - that way ppl who dont ahve a blogger account can also leave comments. if u r worried abt comment spam .. blogger has a good word verification to prevent that.
Posted by: anya at November 2, 2005 11:43 AM