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The Samsung Epic already does that...but it is a major power drain and not worth it.I read that the Verizon iPhone will have a feature where it will act as a wireless router for up to 5 other "things" (I'm blanking on the term for "things" attached to a network)
That would be a nice feature.
I don't know anybody who has a blackberry, I'll have to remember that. Sounds about perfect for my house. Constant multitasking plus two little heathens equals, er, the occasional oopsie.
If your a fan of touch screens, the new Torch is fantastic, it's touch with a slide out keyboard... best of both worlds. Don't be put off by the initial size of the keypad.... you get used to it real fast. It's truly a great cell.
I actually wanted one with the slide out keyboard. But hey, the day my old phone finally bit the dust and I called in the only droid they were giving away free with a new data plan had all the other features I'd been looking for but was a touch screen.
Free is a great feature, and worth making the adjustment for.
I liked that a smartphone newb like me could take it out of the box, charge it, turn it on and it made perfect sense.
All my family - and most friends - have BlackBerry's. It has it's own IM system too so its a great little feature.
I just got my first one as my Xmas present to myself.
I also have Verizon, I went with a droid and other than getting used to typing on that tiny little touch screenit's been a breeze. It's also already proven to be durable.
I had several people tell me not to go with the iphone, for reasons ranging from it being more fragile (not a good idea in a house with little kiddos) to it being more complicated to use to it being more of a toy for texting, facebooking and e-mailing, not something useful for business applications. But I haven't used one myself.
Couple of friends have had problems with the seemingly delicate iphone. My BlackBerry, otoh, seems indestructible! And I have dropped on a tiled floor, slammed it in a car door (don't ask), and my horse trod on it! Friend of mine left his BB on the roof of his car, it fell off and got run over... still worked!
My smart phone can do fractions, sing "I'm a little tea pot" and win an argument with Shaganuts.
(Wait a minute, a slug can win an argument with Shaganuts. Never mind.)
But now researchers claim that children are so engrossed in their phones, they are unable to accurately read how people are feeling in real life. This is the result of less face-to-face time interaction, according to the study, which found young kids are glued to electronic devices for nearly five hours each day.
The finding was made after testing the ability of 11 to 12-year-olds to recognize the emotions of people pictured in photos. “Many people are looking at the benefits of digital media in education, and not many are looking at the costs,” said study author Patricia Greenfield, professor of psychology at the Children’s Digital Media Center, part of the University of California, Los Angeles. “Decreased sensitivity to emotional cues — losing the ability to understand the emotions of other people — is one of the costs.”
Lead author Yalda Uhls said that emoticons are a poor substitute for face-to-face communication: “We are social creatures. We need device-free time.”
Are smartphones making young people emotionally stunted?<br /> ???????? ???????? - Taipei Times
Yeah, sure thing there Sparky........Umm why was this dug up? It is a three year old thread started by a banned guy who thought buying a smartphone was smart much less a life changing event.
Try taking yours.......Is everyone off their meds today? Do tell. How is buying a cellphone a life changing event?
