On Nov 16, 2007 9:33 AM, Darrin Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are two parts to this that come to mind immediately. First, > younger generations are growing up with the ability to be "connected" to > their friends at all times. 10 years ago people were being rude by > talking on their cell phones at improper times. Now they text each other > almost continuously, not as a poor substitute for talking, but by > preference. Second, texting full length, properly thought out messages > is not practical and not nearly quick enough.
it's not a preferred method, people still talk when they can.. when it's a quick thought or if your doing something, that's when text messaging comes into play. Though it's still rude to text or talk on a cell phone at the wrong time ;) Typing out a clear and concise message is not impractical, I do it all of the time. The advent of the qwerty keyboard on a phone has made it possible to do away with the BS "SMS-speak". That, and unlimited-text plans are making it possible to actually send messages without worrying about cramming six lines of thought into 3 letters. I do agree with the whole convergence thought you have though... I've been waiting for someone to hit that sweet spot for over 10 years now. I come pretty close with my HTC (Cingular/AT&T) 8525, but it's still just a PDA in the end. I want something I can dock up when I'm home and use as a computer, undock and take with me as a PDA, and a local memory that has some sort of block-level syncrhonization to a share on the internet. We're pretty close now... while slow (400mhz, 32mb ram, 2gb microsd) it's still semi-workable. A full version of Linux could run on this beast if there were a version.... until then, Windows Mobile works nicely. Wow... that was one heck of a tangent. > > Neither the technologies nor the culture are anywhere close to mature. > I can easily relate to the desire to be always connected. But, being an > old fart, I'm usually at my office or at home. If I were 18 and always > out somewhere then a laptop and email would not work for me. My methods > are superior, but depend on me having my laptop on and connected to the > internet. But back to how I started this paragraph... Wireless phones > have a really, really bad UI. Horrible. But they fit in a pocket and are > always on and connected. For years now there's been a lot of thrashing > in the market trying to converge on something workable: phones are > trying to become computers and PDAs, and computers/PDAs trying to be > phones. Someday, maybe within the next 5-10 years, someone will really > find a sweet spot, and put a product there that has actual workable > tech. > > When that happens, look for the next generation of products to extend > the ability to communicate *well*, rather than just communicating *at* > *all*. > > -- > Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ > http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Thanks, Dan Lund "It is our business to competently administrate value-added methods of empowerment so that we may endeavor to completely engineer inexpensive solutions" --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
