My rant/philosophy/advice?

Burning Down · 12-14-2012, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

What's the point of that phone????

It's something Mr. Burns would use. Or rather, Smithers would be using it on his behalf.

Plankton · 12-14-2012, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Is that the Jitterbug phone?

Yes. It. Is. It's inevitable...

*forehead smack*

oh god.

**Janszoon** · 12-14-2012, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah but seriously? People about to climb into their coffin? I mean, I'm nearly 50, but surely you'd need to be able to ring your family, friends, grocer, doctor, I don't know... seems pointless. And more than a little insulting.

If real, of course. Are you just yankin' the chain of an old man? You can get thirty years for that, you know!

It is real, they used to have ads on TV over here for them. Like I said though, they're for old people, as in the elderly, not 50 year olds.

Trollheart · 12-15-2012, 06:57 AM

Yeah, but.. my aunt is 95 and even she can dial us on her home phone to see how we're getting on. She gets the names mixed up sometimes, but hey, she's five years short of being on this planet a century! But she can stilluse a phone at her age. I really think that's condescending of the designers. Do they just assume everyone past a certain age can only push three buttons??

**Janszoon** · 12-15-2012, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah, but.. my aunt is 95 and even she can dial us on her home phone to see how we're getting on. She gets the names mixed up sometimes, but hey, she's five years short of being on this planet a century! But she can stilluse a phone at her age. I really think that's condescending of the designers. Do they just assume everyone past a certain age can only push three buttons??

It has more than three buttons. You can also scroll through a contact list and hit "yes" to call whoever you want.

Trollheart · 12-15-2012, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

They even have this one, Urban:

The only numbers you can call are the operator, the tow truck, and emergency!

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

It has more than three buttons. You can also scroll through a contact list and hit "yes" to call whoever you want.

OK, I was just going from the above, which made it seem like more a Fisher-Price thing than a real phone...

**Janszoon** · 12-15-2012, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

OK, I was just going from the above, which made it seem like more a Fisher-Price thing than a real phone...

Well, I was going by the photo too. You can see in the picture that the phone has buttons to scroll through and select contacts.

Neapolitan · 12-15-2012, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Soon, my Crapberry will finally crap out, and I'll need a new one. The biggest problem I usually face is not being able to read the dam thing. After working with computers for 20+ years my eyes are going quickly. So, I'll need something with big buttons. May as well take my Geritol, wrap a shawl around me and just bite the bullet.

At least they're cheap.

That looks like the Smart phone, or whatever you call Max Smart's phone.

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