On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen <roz...@geekspace.com> wrote: > ... people working in government or industry where > there is a concern about espionage, accountability, privacy, or fodder > for blackmail or public criticism (so: G-men ...
Government people carry BlackBerries and leave them in the bin at the door. A lot of those designated areas don't allow *any* PEDs (Personal Electronic Devices), whether or not it has a camera/mic/radio, so the distinction is largely irrelevant there. > lawyers ... I can't speak to that. Could be. > ... social workers ... ? > R&D labrats producing `high-value IP' ... Yah, right. Like any of those types are going to leave that stuff behind. Sure, the rules say they have to leave them behind. The rules are ignored. Just like the rules about not bringing cell phones into hospitals, or turning them off when driving by a blasting site. Finding someone who is even aware of the rules (let alone follows them) is hard. > people working with high-sensitivity equipment where RFI is > a significant concern (scientists, some musicians..., others?); Some very particular science applications, yes. But musicians? > paranoiacs who really do think that they are `allergic' to Wi-Fi > or who think that RF `radiation' is going to give them cancer; Who won't buy anything anyway and thus are not of concern. > ... and people who are just afraid that `too many features' will > make the device `too complicated'. I haven't seen any evidence that that group of people doesn't buy phones. Sure, they don't know how to use them and complain they are confusing, but they still buy them. > I can't, for example take a call > while I leave my multigadget plugged into a stereo to play party-music. That's a limitation of the device. There's no good reason the 3.5mm jack couldn't continue playing music while your Bluetooth earpiece handles the call. It's just a Simple Matter of Programming(TM). -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/