c language

[Richard Kreiss]

Mark,

There is a company called Jitterbug, I think that's it, that is marketing
phones to the senior market.  It is just a phone with a big screen and large
keyboard.  You may want to look into it.  

Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
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> list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of
Fairlight
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 11:56 AM
> To: 'filepro'
> Subject: Re: c language
> 
> Y'all catch dis heeyah?  John Esak been jivin' 'bout like:
> >
> > You know I guess that in the very near future the line will be blurring
> > along handheld devices. As Fairlight used to bitch, he only wanted his
phone
> > to be a phone, etc.  These days and coming on soon, I don't think you
will
> > be able to break out any of the smaller apps (like Phone, GPS, Mail,
> > Database, etc.) from the encompassing device.
> 
> *dry cough*
> 
> I had to replace my dying Sony/Ericsson phone about four months ago.  Good
> luck trying to find a model that -doesn't- have all the bells and
whistles.
> 
> I looked at the free ones, and there was something I disliked about every
> one of them.
> 
> What did catch my wife's and my eye was the Samsung Solstice (SGH-A887).
I
> won't list the myriad of features here...Google it if you're interested.
> The thing that wins hands-down is the onscreen keyboard.  If you tilt it
90
> degrees, you get a full qwerty keyboard with selectable modes.  Makes data
> entry MUCH faster, with no moving parts.
> 
> I can say that I love this phone.  And despite the fact I have a
> PlayStation Portable, we actually did buy three games for the phone.
> *laugh*
> 
> I like the browser, too.  It's actually not bad.  It doesn't handle
z-index
> from CSS, and -some- inline stuff is a little questionable at times, but
by
> and large it actually does a pretty decent job of trying to render complex
> pages.
> 
> I'm working on a project right now that I eventually hope to outsource the
> mobile app coding for, once I'm done with the first two phases of rollout.
> 
> I guess you could say I've changed my mind and am adopting mobile stuff
> more and more, if gradually.  In the space of a night, I went from my
> old view and basically being adamant that we would definitely cancel the
> mandatory trial period of net access for the phone, to keeping the net
> access to the phone and using a bunch of features.  Still haven't
convinced
> the wife to let me get the GPS Navigator, though.  :)
> 
> mark->
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