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"John Leister" <fyrdemon@senet.com.au> wrote in message news:3E4D8F61.8FB812CF@senet.com.au...
> Rod Speed wrote:
>
> > "Kalico" <rd@kalico.org> wrote in message news:ee1a5043.0302140555.40290bb4@posting.google.com...
> > > John Leister <fyrdemon@senet.com.au> wrote in message news:<3E4C8438.BB61FABF@senet.com.au>...
> > > > Trouble is not many phone manufacturers make phones
> > > > that are large.  The biggest phone I have is an old 1630
> > > > which is dead but when it was working it was a joy to
> > > > use ad it had large characters on the screen very easy
> > > > to read etc. etc.
> > > >
> > > > I'm coping with my current phone but only just.....
> > >
> > > I had to get my old Siemens S10 (I think its an S10) out of the drawer
> > > when my phone packed up recently.  I have to say it was a joy to use
> > > and the call clarity was superb.  There seemed something right about
> > > holding it in my hand and the microphone actually being near my mouth
> > > rather than feeling like I was scratching my ear and the mike being
> > > god knows where.
> > >
> > > BUT, it looks ridiculous now, although it is still slimmer than many
> > > phones on the market now.
> > >
> > > My feeling is that phones will get bigger again as people demand
> > > better screens and a small Qwerty keyboard on their phone,

>> The Nokia 5510 was that. It flopped very spectacularly indeed.

> How so?

> I thought it was quite popular in it's time..........

Fraid not, it flopped very spectacularly indeed.