Laughable Apple watch ads: Urban millenial D.B's that only ever see LARGE buttons on the watch

In article , PeterN
wrote:

I neer asked, I never cared, I still don't care.

then why did you bring it up?

You said that before. And assuming it was cellular, my portable portion
did not need to a attached to a car. I guess you forgot that I responded
to your statement.

then it was a hybrid, where a handheld plugs into a higher power
transmitter in the car.

you keep changing the story and it's hard to keep up. first you say
it's a car phone then it's a handheld and now it's both.

BTW. Ignorance is better than arrogance. Look up the definitions in your
Funken Wagnalls.

you might want to get its name correct before you go telling people to
look things up in it.

Interesting comment from someone who does not know how to punctuate

i know how to punctuate.

Look up Rowan & Martin.

what does that have to do with anything?

On 6/4/2015 1:58 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , PeterN
wrote:

I neer asked, I never cared, I still don't care.

then why did you bring it up?

You said that before. And assuming it was cellular, my portable portion
did not need to a attached to a car. I guess you forgot that I responded
to your statement.

then it was a hybrid, where a handheld plugs into a higher power
transmitter in the car.

you keep changing the story and it's hard to keep up. first you say
it's a car phone then it's a handheld and now it's both.

It has always been both.


BTW. Ignorance is better than arrogance. Look up the definitions in your
Funken Wagnalls.

you might want to get its name correct before you go telling people to
look things up in it.

Interesting comment from someone who does not know how to punctuate

i know how to punctuate.

Look up Rowan & Martin.

what does that have to do with anything?


Whoosh!

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PeterN

In article , PeterN
wrote:

I neer asked, I never cared, I still don't care.

then why did you bring it up?

You said that before. And assuming it was cellular, my portable portion
did not need to a attached to a car. I guess you forgot that I responded
to your statement.

then it was a hybrid, where a handheld plugs into a higher power
transmitter in the car.

you keep changing the story and it's hard to keep up. first you say
it's a car phone then it's a handheld and now it's both.

It has always been both.

no it has not always been both.

for someone who doesn't care, you sure are making a big deal out of it.

there were car-only phones, handheld-only phones, bag phones (call it a
transportable since it was bulky but not fixed) and handhelds that
could connect to a car system (think of it as a dock).

On 6/4/2015 6:09 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , PeterN
wrote:

I neer asked, I never cared, I still don't care.

then why did you bring it up?

You said that before. And assuming it was cellular, my portable portion
did not need to a attached to a car. I guess you forgot that I responded
to your statement.

then it was a hybrid, where a handheld plugs into a higher power
transmitter in the car.

you keep changing the story and it's hard to keep up. first you say
it's a car phone then it's a handheld and now it's both.

It has always been both.

no it has not always been both.

for someone who doesn't care, you sure are making a big deal out of it.

there were car-only phones, handheld-only phones, bag phones (call it a
transportable since it was bulky but not fixed) and handhelds that
could connect to a car system (think of it as a dock).


It is clear that you KNOW exactly what equipment I had in my car. You
even KNOW what car it was.

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PeterN

In article , PeterN
wrote:

It is clear that you KNOW exactly what equipment I had in my car. You
even KNOW what car it was.

and where you parked it.

btw, thanks for the radio.

Gentlemen:

Both sides are correct.

I do not remember the exact watts and milliwatts, but early cell phones
came in low watts output and higher watts output. While the low watts
ones were battery operated and could be carried about, the high watts
models were hardwired to the car and could not be removed from the car;
and were also large and heavy. As there were very few cell towers then,
the low watts models had limited functionality.

Mort Linder






George Kerby wrote:



On 5/30/15 7:44 PM, in article , "PeterN"
wrote:

On 5/30/2015 8:38 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , PeterN
wrote:

It is my understanding that the Apple Watch is fully operative only when
used with a nearby i-phone.

currently, yes, and android wear watches require an android phone.

so what?

the first cellular phone required a car. it was large and had to be
installed in the trunk. over the years it got smaller and more capable.

Nope. I had that. It was an anolog, not cellular phone. I had a portable
version that was about the size of a WWII walkie talkie.

that doesn't change anything.

the point is that technology advances and although smar****ches need a
smartphone now, they won't in the future.

you're actually agreeing with me.

If you are right, you are right. The fact is that cell phones did not
require a car.

initially they did.

Proof?


I have no physical proof today, but in my 1984 Suburban I installed ~1986-7
a Motorola Cell phone. It consisted of a chorded receiver that sat upon a
stand on the floorboard right of the driver on the "hump" in the middle.
That unit was physically attached to another "box" about the size of a LA
Yellow Pages of a similar time. And the antenna was permanently affixed to
the roof of the vehicle. That was a TRUE "Car Cell phone" - because it would
not work if removed. Also, the Lease was for three years at a thousand a
year, but I needed it, in my line of work at the time.



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nospam wrote:
one advantage of a smar****ch is you don't need pockets. women's
clothing tends to have little to no pockets and they usually keep their
phone in a purse, so with a watch, they can still see who is calling or
texting on the wrist and then go get the phone if needed.

The phone has to be close by in order for the watch to function.

Mort Linder


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nospam wrote:
samsung used to tout having a swappable battery versus the iphone's
internal battery, but now they switched to an internal one because they
realized that so few people actually swapped it. most ultrabooks have
had internal batteries for a while and some cameras even have internal
batteries.


My Samsung S4 has a swappable battery. On several occasions, heavy usage
in important situations has run down the battery. I then swap a fully
charged battery from my pocket in about 60 seconds. With a sealed
battery, I would have to find a power source, plug in the charger, and
wait for the battery to be charged.

Mort Linder

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In article , Mort wrote:

I do not remember the exact watts and milliwatts, but early cell phones
came in low watts output and higher watts output. While the low watts
ones were battery operated and could be carried about, the high watts
models were hardwired to the car and could not be removed from the car;
and were also large and heavy. As there were very few cell towers then,
the low watts models had limited functionality.

handheld: 0.6w
bag phone: 1.2w
car phone: 3w

note that those are maximums.

the mtso can (and usually did) ramp down the xmit power to maximize
battery life, minimize nearby cell interference and to coordinate
handoffs with adjacent cells.

the advantage of 3w in a car was mostly for rural areas where cells
were sparse. in a city, it never used 3w

In article , Mort wrote:

one advantage of a smar****ch is you don't need pockets. women's
clothing tends to have little to no pockets and they usually keep their
phone in a purse, so with a watch, they can still see who is calling or
texting on the wrist and then go get the phone if needed.

The phone has to be close by in order for the watch to function.

nope.