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Samsung Galaxy tab3 lite.
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: DavidA on April 16, 2015, 02:39:25 PM ---Feeling old today. :(
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Was trying to use a Windows phone a week or so ago, looking for the camera feature and man it made me feel out of touch. It all looks very nice but I think they considered the aesthetics before the functionality.
Still using the old Nokia 1110. Had it for 10 years, it's been dropped and thrown many times. Even fell down a 5 story stairwell shaft once. Nokia used to build some beautiful phones. But really I just like buttons, and they don't make smartphones with buttons any more.
I did get given a Samsung smartphone about a year ago. Spent a while trying out different Android programs and the ones that seemed like they were almost worth a damn were all designed to work on tablet sized screens. Didn't get much use out of it before it packed in though.
millwright:
My eldest son bought his mother one for christmas and the manual was already on it in a PDF file, Have you had a look?
mind you seem you have the links you need to get it now.
John
PekkaNF:
I hate the tablets and smart phones. Did anybody think the old user interface. Old Nokias used to be nicely build and too a lot of abuse. I know I kept all my phones on pokets on any trouser I used to have. I liked the user interface it was logical and consistent, then came greed, Elop and MS and all went on hell.
My daugher likes Smansungs, mechanically not as sound as Nokias (I talking 4 years and older) and you can do same thing many ways, there are settings everywhere and you can adjust settings everywhere, but it works and when I compared few yars back Smamsung Kies that did the work and nokias three different software to move calendar, messages, content and phonebook from E-nokia to year newer Lumia I could not get it work. No-one did, not even tech support. Too many indian SW specialist.
My daughter bought first Samsung calaxy tab when she learned to read and latest one she did all settings on her own. I only taught her SIM-cards complications and WIFI setting two years back and she knnows it not.
That said the manual is abysmal if you know something about IT, but you are not used to these dumb "smart" devices and their idosyncracies. If you get stuck, just google plain english sentence that first comest to mind (omitting the few letter words) someone has done the tutorial how to make something work in totaly foreign logic.
Pekka
DavidA:
John (millwright)
The tablet does give a site address for the instructions. But when tried it tells me that it is not accessible from the wifi link. and directs me to the Samsung home site ; which is less than helpful.
Seems strange to me, who was brought up with computers that came with half a dozen mock-leather bound instruction manuals, that you can buy a (more or less) state of the art machine and have to go searching for instructions on how to use it. Quite literally the little book that comes with it only tells you how to connect the charger and turn the machine on. That's it.
I also was quite happy with my old Nokia phone. But my wife bought me a Blackberry Curve a couple of years ago. I resisted using it for over a year.
I don't text. And have some very good cameras if I want pictures.
Also I have to put on my reading specs to properly see the text on the screen; and the keys.
Ah, such is progress.
Dave.
PekkaNF:
--- Quote from: DavidA on April 18, 2015, 01:19:20 PM ---John (millwright)
The tablet does give a site address for the instructions. But when tried it tells me that it is not accessible from the wifi link. and directs me to the Samsung home site ; which is less than helpful.
Seems strange to me, who was brought up with computers that came with half a dozen mock-leather bound instruction manuals, that you can buy a (more or less) state of the art machine and have to go searching for instructions on how to use it. Quite literally the little book that comes with it only tells you how to connect the charger and turn the machine on. That's it.
I also was quite happy with my old Nokia phone. But my wife bought me a Blackberry Curve a couple of years ago. I resisted using it for over a year.
I don't text. And have some very good cameras if I want pictures.
Also I have to put on my reading specs to properly see the text on the screen; and the keys.
Ah, such is progress.
Dave.
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Progress with the cellphones? New ones don't fit into pocket, needs charging EVERY day, lasts about two years (max) and are host of vacuous programs that try to pry out your personal information and sell it. Also it does not fit on hand and really can't be used as a phone. Some say they use it for work, biggest function is called "Forward" they should make it really big fat finger button green button and call it "project manager toolbox". I use camera, I own several of them, never took a picture with cellphone. If I feel that I need to type something I use keyboard and will not take "touchcreen". I don't use hammer as a screwdriver and I don't use cellphone for other than text/call.
Did you read all those consents and licence agreements and all? Basically I will never buy a produt which has dragonian and longer conditions than manuals. Setup would be ready fairly fast, but if you really read all small text it will take best part of the day. And you can't use the damn hing for anything unless you consent to give your liver and rights away pretty much for nothing. E.U. really should regulate the lisence junk consumers are put trough. E.G. 1 page of legal jargon per 1000 - 10000€ of product price or somehing. Ridiculous. I bought my house and agreement was totaly four pages! Now smart phones have legal burlup for nearly hundred pages and we are supposed to go troug that for a few hundred toy.
I'm gona be one crumpy sod.
Pekka
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