Agreed Don, modern smart phones are not just phones anymore, they are amongst the smallest netbooks made. My Iphone is much faster than my first computer and has Gigs of storage, my first used tape drives.
In a pinch, I can vpn into my office with my iphone, remote a windows or unix workstation, ssh into a terminal on a router, switch, firewall or a unix server. I carry hundreds of books around with me for entertainment, have a few movies and quite a few songs. I love the ability that my library goes with me, if I'm sitting in a waiting room at a garage, doctors office, or just have 10 mins to kill while waiting on something/someone, I have my books with me. Too many times in the past I was caught somewhere and didn't have my current book with me. I rarely talk on my phone, its used more as a computer :) Charles On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Don Arburn <donarb...@mac.com> wrote: > Editor of the Caver. You probably are between the keyboard and chair more > than most of us. Luddite, ain't that rich! > I'm not so much tethered to my iPhone (I turn off the phone regularly) as > having a toolkit in my pocket. Calculator, weather, map, translator, radio, > remote control, dictionary, camera, sky chart, movie listing, chemical light > stick, clock, currency exchange, tip calculator, bird identification book, > text, email, Google, and a dozen other ways to pass the time while waiting > for my tractor... > In one small package. > > > Don's iPhone. > On Dec 21, 2009, at 7:21 AM, mark.al...@l-3com.com wrote: > > I like your style, Louise! > > > I keep my candy bar cell phone in the truck and, usually, turned off. > > I hate to sound like a Luddite, but, I can't understand how so many people's > lives revolve around or are tethered to their cell phones, especially, the > iPhones. (Addicted?) > > My kids are the biggest culprits, but, as long as they're paying their own > bills, I don't care. > > > Now, don't get me started on the folks I see every day yacking/texting on > their phones on LBJ! > > > Unplugged and loving it! > > > Mark > > > > ________________________________ > From: Louise Power [mailto:power_lou...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Fri 12/18/2009 4:07 PM > To: Texas Cavers > Subject: RE: [Texascavers] RE: Can plumbers be trusted with cell phones? > > Mine stays turned off and tucked away in my purse (just in case I need it on > the road). I vowed when I got rid of my house phone about ten years ago and > got a cell phone, that it would be for my convenience only. If people can > find my number, they can call me and leave a message (I generally check it > about once a week), but there are only about five people who have the number > (for emergencies). The tether has been cut and I am not constantly on call. > > Louise
