Chris Blunt wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:46:22 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> wrote:
>
>> Chris Blunt wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:26:47 GMT, "sharx35"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Chris Blunt" wrote in message
>>>> news:9nrkc397lrmi3ul9476d3odvnv37ahi926@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:58:18 +0300, Markku Grönroos
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Spehro Pefhany" kirjoitti
>>>>>> viestissä:nl3jc3pki22123egcss1f7vrbitem9vb0v@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I carry a small bottle of shampoo, because I don't like the
>>>>>>> free
>>>>>>> stuff. Maybe 200ml, which could last for several weeks. Not
>>>>>>> having a mobile phone seems silly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why? When travelling on holiday, you need a phone. I don't need
>>>>>> one.
>>>>>
>>>>> I find a phone to keep in touch with people even more useful
>>>>> when
>>>>> I'm traveling than it is at home. It also serves as a camera, an
>>>>> alarm clock, a GPS, and a way to check my emails. Something so
>>>>> compact that does all that and only weighs around 100g easily
>>>>> justifies being taken along on any trips I make.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> They take lousy quality pictures.
>>>
>>> In fact I think the 5 megapixel camera on my Nokia N95 takes
>>> better
>>> pictures than my Canon IXUS which I bought only a couple of years
>>> ago.
>>> It may not be a professional quality camera, I don't think anyone
>>> would describe the quality as lousy.
>>>
>>>> No, you do NOT need GPS unless you are,
>>>> perhaps, on safari and surely the OPERATORS of the safari will
>>>> take
>>>> care of THAT need.
>>>
>>> No, I certainly don't *need* GPS, but its was very nice to have
>>> while
>>> driving around Thailand a few weeks ago. On several occasions it
>>> made
>>> finding locations we were visiting a lot easier.
>>>
>>>> E-mails can be checked at any one of the MILLIONS of cyber cafes
>>>> in the world.
>>>
>>> Of course, and that's probably what I'd do if I wanted to do any
>>> serious work online. The advantage for me is being able to check
>>> instantly from anywhere whether there's any email that needs
>>> attending
>>> to in the first place, without even having to go near an internet
>>> cafe.
>>
>> Personally I've never gotten an email that _needed_ checking. If
>> someone really wants to get hold of me they can call and if they
>> want
>> to get hold of me when I'm on vacation they can bloody well leave a
>> message and wait until I get home.
>
> In that case you would have absolutely no need for such a function
> on
> a mobile phone. Not everyone is in the lucky position of being so
> independent of email.
Actually I find the email function quite useful. Before I go grocery
shopping I email my shopping list to my cell phone. But I seldom get
email from others that has any urgency.
>> The cell phone is for _my_ convenience, not for the convenience of
>> others. While I always carry it, unless I'm using it or expecting
>> a
>> call from someone I want to talk to, it's turned off.
>
> I don't travel in order to place myself in some kind of self-imposed
> isolation, and I usually have friends in places I travel to.
Turning off one's cell phone does not result in "self-imposed
isolation". Travellers had no trouble meeting their friends before
cell phones were invented. But when I'm with one of those friends
then I don't want the phone to interrupt the conversation.
> A mobile
> is invaluable for keeping in contact with them, arranging meetings,
> dealing with last minute changes of plan etc.
Which comes under the heading of "my convenience".
> Unimportant phone calls
> on a mobile can be a nuisance so I normally use text messaging
> rather
> than making voice calls because I find it far less intrusive.
That's nice, but I don't usually call myself, and others don't have
your courtesy.
> If other
> people find writing letters to friend in advance, making use of
> carrier pigeons, or leaving messages at hotel reception desks a
> convenient way to achieve the same thing, then good for them.
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