A vision of mobile hell
by Jura Watchmaker, 4 February 2008
On the future of the mobile web…
“Your phone goes beep and up comes a little advert saying ‘you always like a latte this time of day, there’s a special on the corner round there.’ That’s the sort of thing we’re looking towards; a spy in your pocket which Google can talk to and whisper in the ear of and it can whisper back to Google.”
I have my mobile phone under control. If it ever went beep on me, I’d take a fucking sledgehammer to the wretched thing.
Monday 4 February 2008 at 6:31
It is estimated that just one in five people with phones that are able to connect to the net actually do.
Aye, because four in five people have more sense than money. The balance on my pay-as-you-go SIM has been £1.52 for a couple of months–I’ll put a fiver on when I get around to it.
Those people walking down the street talking to themselves on their bluetooth headsets, or holding the phone to their ear with their elbow sticking out–what is it they can possibly have to talk about? Unbelievably inane shit is what.
Texts are only 12p.
Monday 4 February 2008 at 9:38
After the revolution mobile phones will be very different.
Monday 4 February 2008 at 9:53
I only just heard about Blue Ray last night .
Only got a normal bleedin DVD player last year - now I’ve got to gen up on all that crap as well.
Monday 4 February 2008 at 10:23
Grand designs
http://www.georgeszirtes.co.uk/index.php?page=news#aa9f484faaa463889fe3aee1b54e9216
Monday 4 February 2008 at 14:16
Those people walking down the street talking to themselves…
Or not.
Has anyone else noticed the strange social phenomenon that is commuters who exit a station while on their way home of an evening, and immediately put phone to ear? Only, if one tails these folk as they walk from the station, it becomes apparent that many of them are not actually talking to anyone. Just pretending.
Tuesday 5 February 2008 at 3:00
Only, if one tails these folk as they walk from the station, it becomes apparent that many of them are not actually talking to anyone. Just pretending.
Perhaps avoidance behaviour so beggars and any weirdos who appear to be tailling them can be politely ignored.
Tuesday 5 February 2008 at 4:46
Probably a bit simpler than that. Hint
Or are these people speaking out loud?