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 Never had so much trouble in my life!!! ARRRR

Am I the only one.

I have just got my first smart phone, and it started to drive me crazy. Trying to work it all out seemed like an impossibility.

So I figured I would stick to working out just the main bits, like making phone calls and txts etc. Even then there are so many settings and they seem to be all over the place, not in one area. Which might not be a problem in itself, but when something is not working you can never find where to go to work it out or to fix it, it becomes a problem.

Then there is the problem of touching the wrong bit of the screen accidently, messing up some setting or going to some whole new place, not knowing what you  have done or how to reverse it.

My old phone made phone calls perfectly!    Hmm, but then it didn't have wikicamps.smile

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Accidentally touching the screens of these modern devices can be very frustrating!!! BUT eventually you get used to them. It just take me longer to get the hang of things than when I was younger!!!! cry cry

Aussie Paul. smile



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These fan dangle devices are made to make us crazy !!

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Pretty soon you'll wonder how you ever got by without one.

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hako wrote:

Pretty soon you'll wonder how you ever got by without one.

 Lol, god help us!

John



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Definitely a steep learning curve. I deleted an email account I'd set up a while back, which took a lot of hoops to jump through to do. Must have been at the end of my tether when a message popped up advising that my contacts would be erased. Thinking this just related to the email account I tapped OK, as my contacts are in my PC & laptop's email programs. But no, ALL of my contacts were wiped out - including all of my phone contacts which had no connection to the email account. To top it off, when I switched on my desktop PC to retrieve them from the most recent backup, there was a bang and a flash as the power supply went to heaven.... ggggrrrrrrr!!!!!

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hi all. I still like my old nokea phone small enough to put in shirt pocket
smart phones are for smart people
enjoy

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I gave my "you beaut" Samsung away. Not only was it confusing to use, the keypad is so small, and I have big fingers, I made so many typing mistakes that I finally gave up.

Now I have a "you beaut" Nokia from K-Mart, cost $39.00 and I can text and call with no problems at all.. My laptop does everything else.



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peterblack wrote:

hi all. I still like my old nokea phone small enough to put in shirt pocket
smart phones are for smart people
enjoy

 After about 5yrs service my nokia C5 failed. I bought a nokia 208, similar phone. I'm not prepared to take on the challenge of getting smart.

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Ah, this new technology is the Pits! We got a fancy phone just after Christmas and I was so embarrassed that I did not even k ow how to answer a call! OK, getting better at it now. THEN we got this tablet - doesn't look any of my other tablets!! And as I went to add this reply, the post a reply message is up the top, not down the bottom of the thread as on our laptop. All too much for me - think I'll go have a nanny nap!

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Doesn't it annoy you seeing younger people holding their smart phones so they can text with both their thumbs? I can only use 1 finger as

I hunt and poke, usually getting the letter before or after the one I want.

But, you need one now to use the apps, plus I like being able to vet my emails before I boot up my laptop.



-- Edited by Ontos45 on Wednesday 4th of February 2015 02:08:03 PM

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The old adage: if all else fails read the instructions OR ask your grandson or a young person.

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I put my iPhone on the chopping block and bought a button phone from Officeworks for $30.

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I have 'just a phone' but do have wikicamps on my microsoft tablet now it is available for windows

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Meeto I laughed reading your Post as I can relate to all you say lol, I unintentionally bring up such amazing things on mine that I wasn't even looking for.  It seems to pop up different things all the time lol.  ......Kisha



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Sometimes those of us who are older envy the phone skills of the youngsters we see. Trust me, they only do better than us because of two things, first the thickness of their fingers, and second the amount of time they spend playing with their phones. For my part I have too many other things in my life to be bothered trying to learn all the ins and outs of smartphones.

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I try to keep up with tech though.. Sausage fingers doesn't help...
We have iPhones and iPads ... Sorry...
If you use them as phones, camera's sending pics they are fine..
Great for us as we have friends, family overseas...

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I am in no way a guru, but 1 great feature to learn with all your smart devices including phones is their voice recognition systems - in apple it's called Siri - my 80 year old mum now uses Siri on her ipad to dictate her emails as her hands now shake so much - she also found that if she uses a stylus she is more accurate & has less shakes.
Another item you should love is either add a magnifyer app - or simply take a photo of whatever you can't quite 'make out' them expand the photo.
Mum uses this for small print on letters etc.
I recently used this to system to magnify the VIN plate as I couldn't read it clearly.
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Another item you should love is either add a magnifyer app - or simply take a photo of whatever you can't quite 'make out' them expand the photo.
Mum uses this for small print on letters etc.
I recently used this to system to magnify the VIN plate as I couldn't read it clearly.
Caron

 Chooknphil, I like your take a picture then expand it idea. So simple and easy.

My phone actually has one of those magnifyer apps, and it is one thing I have used a number of times.

The gps part of the wikicamps app has got me beat though. I have to find a 2 year old!

Cheers John



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Smart devices may be a little too smart for our own good:

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Users of Samsung's Smart TV devices have raised concerns over the device's privacy policy, which seems to suggest that they should not discuss any sensitive topics in their living room while the television is plugged in.

The warning relates to the product line's voice recognition services, which lets users control their television with voice commands input through a microphone on the set's remote control.

Samsung privacy policy warns: "Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of voice recognition."

The third-party mentioned is thought to be Massachusetts-based voice recognition company Nuance, which provides the technology to Samsung as a white-label service.



-- Edited by dorian on Tuesday 10th of February 2015 09:28:18 AM

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