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Before cell phones: Construction guys had to ask the home owner, can I use your phone. More than a few people actually died because no one knew where they were when they brokedown, got lost, fell ect. Of course now if you do something so stupid that you probably deserve to die, you can call for help.
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My cell phone has a large format (6.97 x 3.35 x 0.30 in) with an edge to edge screen. It carries well in a shirt pocket and in a snap-on case, it is somewhat drop resistant. If I need a more secure carry, I place it in a pocketed T-shirt undergarment. I am around the house most of the time and only carry the phone when I am out.The phone is actually too large for my liking. Clunky and binds against me while driving. I find myself laying it down instead of clipping it to me. I fear I might walk away from it someday and not miss it until I need it. I should start developing a new habit of some sort. One that doesn't involve a pocket and sitting on it, or staying inside my jacket after I go inside. Is that why so many inner-city boys carry purses?
I carried a cell phone based heart monitor (blue tooth connected to sending unit) for a month. It was a smaller phone in a clip-on case and I found it uncomfortable where ever I clipped it.Comment
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I'm the opposite. I wore a tape measure, a pager or Motorola 2way radio, and later a Nextel for decades. I was forced to grow used to it.
For KTK: I downloaded the WAZE app and I don't think I like it. So far it isn't as easy to use as Siri & Maps, but I realize it's new to me. What I don't like aside from being 'memory heavier' than others, it's a PIA to turn off/disable. The thing flashes a header bar telling me it's still tracking which appears to drain the battery faster.
I disabled it for now but I haven't removed it yet. Not complaining. Just feedback.2016 Chicago Cubs. MLB Champions!
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JB
Thanks for the feedback. I tend not to use the GPS whether it is WAZES or the one which came with the truck until I am very close to my destination. I do this as often I know pretty much how to get to the area that I am going to, but often I will take back routes to avoid sitting in traffic. My wife calls this taking one of my "long cuts". Of course every time you deviate from the GPS route it wants you to turn around or re-calculate. So the vast majority of the time all the apps. are shutdown.
I do have question though to those tech. savvy types and that is " why to all the things that tell me what to do (GPS, SIRI, etc) have a woman's voice?
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Oh that's a loaded question. I guess it is naturally assumed the women are the one's giving orders all the time. Also perhaps because a man would rather hear a woman's voice and a woman would rather hear a woman's voice.
Like gwp said, some devices have settings you can change if you can find it.Comment
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As I mentioned, I changed Siri's voice to English. An American woman telling me what to do sounds too much like nagging. The basic English language accents on my phone were:
American
English
Australian
Irish
South African
They all sound "broadcast" so they're fairly neutral in that regard.2016 Chicago Cubs. MLB Champions!
**Never quite as old as the other old farts**Comment
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OP, you're Not alone.Comment
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The idea that a computer should have a female voice probably comes from Star Trek. In the episode "Mirror, Mirror" where Kirk & Co. were swept into the evil parallel universe the computer had a sinister sounding male voice.Comment
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