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Article #113Re: Frustrated with small phones
From: Rod Speed
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:43
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:43
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"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. > plus the camera of course.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10774d,b62b7a552c9d953d X-Google-Attributes: gid10774d,public X-Google-Thread: 10db0e,b62b7a552c9d953d X-Google-Attributes: gid10db0e,public X-Google-Thread: fb718,b62b7a552c9d953d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb718,public X-Google-Thread: 10f383,b62b7a552c9d953d X-Google-Attributes: gid10f383,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-14 10:43:27 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!cpe-203-51-42-137.nsw.bigpond.net.AU!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> Newsgroups: uk.telecom.mobile,aus.comms.mobile,alt.cellular.nokia,alt.cellular Subject: Re: Frustrated with small phones Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 05:43:34 +1100 Lines: 29 Message-ID: <b2jdcd$1br814$1@ID-69072.news.dfncis.de> References: <7106702e.0302130742.247e9082@posting.google.com> <3E4C8438.BB61FABF@senet.com.au> <ee1a5043.0302140555.40290bb4@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cpe-203-51-42-137.nsw.bigpond.net.au (203.51.42.137) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1045248206 45981732 203.51.42.137 (16 [69072]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400