myoptikakaka wrote:
But yes, more than one device feels archaic these days.
I thought about this a lot when debating how many body parts I would have to sell to be able to afford an iPhone, but it made me really think about how I use my phone and iPod. I use my iPod
all of the time. I don't leave home without it. It has loads of audiobooks on it and so I use it when travelling, on my luch break, shopping - whatever. if I am doing some graphics work I use it then. I have a little 'Lego' shaped speaker which I clip onto it so it can play out loud whilst I am cleaning the house or in the bath.
My phone, on the other hand, gets taken around with me only when I know I have to call someone, say to let Craig know what time I will be back. I try not to take it out with me because I do not want to be at everyone's beck and call all hours of every day. When I do take my phone I put it on silent and try to forget about it. I'm not interested in having people able to contact me all of the time. I heard someone say once 'do you remember the days before mobile phones when you actually had to
arrange to meet people?'. I do, and I preferred it that way because people had to make blinkin' arrangements, instead of just turning up whenever they fancy. See, I am always prompt and on time, but a lot of people now see their mobile phones as a way of changing their plans on the go - changing MY plans on the go and so it is always me left waiting because I have actually turned up the original time.
Sorry, going O/T a bit, but I have a friend arriving who has managed to arrange to stay, arriving on Friday, now Wednesday evening, now Wednesday Morning, Now Thursday afternoon (perhaps... she'll let us know when she gets here).
That annoys me. I hate mobile phones and the fact that I am
expected to carry one, but I love my lovely iPod filled with audiobooks. if anyone dared to interrupt Douglas Adams reading the Hitchhikers' Guide with some inane call about how they are going to spend the entire day messing me around again I would be most displeased.