Andrew Dwyer Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Several years ago a fellow I met in the PI suggested the only possible solution to screen enhancement is something like a fold out screen. ( accordion if you choose) I suspect that is in the works or at least being investigated. My last phone buy was an SE (128GB) as I don't wan't an oversized thing in my rear pocket. I look forward to new developments. Samsung are working on a foldable phone ( with a foldable screen ).https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/samsungs-folding-phone-real-experts-11861067 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amvet Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 3 hours ago, JLCrab said: Well OK but my life doesn't involve a lot of stuff. Watching the football game today saw Fed Ex advertising FedEx® Mobile for Android® Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 The next step will be VR helmets that actually works, so yo can walk around in real time and at the same time use apps , make calls etc . No need for smart phones. Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amvet Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, balo said: The next step will be VR helmets that actually works, so yo can walk around in real time and at the same time use apps , make calls etc . No need for smart phones. Looking forward to it. Microsoft's HoloLens is an augmented-reality headset. It's a self-contained Windows 10 computer that projects high-definition holograms onto real objects, walls and surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeJoMTB Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, amvet said: Microsoft's HoloLens is an augmented-reality headset. It's a self-contained Windows 10 computer that projects high-definition holograms onto real objects, walls and surfaces. If it can make fat girls look like supermodels I want it. In the demo, why are they using a guy that seems mildly retarded? Edited January 19, 2018 by MaeJoMTB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonah Tenner Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 5 hours ago, Brunolem said: From childhood, that is until I finished high school...zero! From later on in life, I would say a dozen...and honestly I could never manage close relationships with hundreds of people, nor would I want to. Friends are nice, but there is also family, and then there is personal free time for sport, reading or whatever... Days only have 24 hours... Being introverted I find having more than three friends too stressful. I do use my smartphone extensively though and never for facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaeJoMTB Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Just now, Jonah Tenner said: Being introverted I find having more than three friends too stressful. I do use my smartphone extensively though and never for facebook. That's not introverted, that's normal. Nobody has time for more than 3 friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amvet Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, MaeJoMTB said: If it can make fat girls look like supermodels I want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 2 hours ago, MaeJoMTB said: why are they using a guy that seems mildly retarded? Without nerds like him there would be no computers in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 12 hours ago, balo said: The next step will be VR helmets that actually works, so yo can walk around in real time and at the same time use apps , make calls etc . No need for smart phones. Looking forward to it. 12 hours ago, amvet said: That is my occulus rift with hand controllers. But that is not me on the pic.. i really love my occulus don't use it as much as i should. They should find a way to remove the cable to the headdevice.. as you can trip over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 12 hours ago, MaeJoMTB said: If it can make fat girls look like supermodels I want it. In the demo, why are they using a guy that seems mildly retarded? The occulus rift is quite fun but you look retarded when you play it but things are so real its such a step up from other things. The only problem I have is that I wear glasses and that makes it a bit harder to put them on and switch (if i use my contacts its ok). An other problem is that there is a cable attached to the device that you can trip over.. you move around so much that it can become confusing. But its great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunolem Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 14 hours ago, MaeJoMTB said: That's not introverted, that's normal. Nobody has time for more than 3 friends. Well, actually someone appears to have time for 1,200! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 10:34 PM, amvet said: Hi this is google assistant. If you would like me to remember where you parked your space ship please speak your location. There are many things I can do for you. Set an alarm Text a friend Set a reminder Search contacts Create a Google Calendar event Create a memo See your upcoming bills Create a calendar event Check your schedule Create a task Call a friend Play music Text a friend Post to social networks Send a Hangouts chat message Search the internet Start a Hangouts video call Open apps Send an email Start voice recording Check your voicemail Set alarm Post to a social network Set a timer Play Music Control Wi-Fi Identify a song Control Bluetooth Find new music Get directions Play a radio station from Google Play Hear the news Watch a movie from Google Play Get the weather Learn about a TV show you're watching Answer trivia questions Read a book from Google Play Find a movie Search for images Take a photo or video Get directions Find nearby places Plan your trip Look up travel plans Book a table Find the time Check the weather Answer trivia questions Calculate the tip Translate words or phrases Define a word Convert between units Solve a math problem Track a package from your Gmail order confirmation Search within apps on your device Control Wi-Fi Control Bluetooth Control your lights No need to take your eyes off the star traffic just speak into your alien microphone. Set an alarm- my bog standard phone does that Text a friend- I prefer to talk to my friends Set a reminder- that's what paper is for Search contacts- that's what paper is for Create a Google Calendar event-that's what paper is for Create a memo-that's what paper is for See your upcoming bills-that's what paper is for, also on internet using a real computer Create a calendar event-that's what paper is for Check your schedule-that's what paper is for Create a task-that's what paper is for Call a friend-I can do that on a bog standard phone Play music-that's what CD player and real computer is for Text a friend- you already said that. No need to make it longer than it is Post to social networks- I don't use social networks and would rather have rats eat my feet than use such. I don't consider TVF a "social" network as we are mainly a bunch of unsocial old grumpies Send a Hangouts chat message- why would I even want to? Search the internet- I use a real computer for that Start a Hangouts video call- what's the difference with "a Hangouts chat message" and why would I want to? Open apps- see response to "social networks". Send an email- I do that on a real computer Start voice recording- why? Check your voicemail- don't have any, don't want any. That's what answer phones are for ( on landlines ) Set alarm- said that already Post to a social network- said that already Set a timer- same as alarm, and that is what clocks are for Play Music- said that already Control Wi-Fi- 55555555555555 Identify a song- google on a real computer does that Control Bluetooth- don't use it, don't want it Find new music- google on a real computer Get directions- google on a real computer before I start driving Play a radio station from Google Play- I have a radio Hear the news- I have a radio Watch a movie from Google Play- I have a tv and a DVD player Get the weather- I can look out the window. It's also on my real computer Learn about a TV show you're watching- google does that on my real computer, and when I'm watching a movie I'm not doing anything else Answer trivia questions- google does that on my real computer Read a book from Google Play- that's what books are for Find a movie- google does that on my real computer Search for images-google does that on my real computer Take a photo or video- that's what I have a camera for Get directions- you said that already Find nearby places- google does that on my real computer Plan your trip-google does that on my real computer Look up travel plans-google does that on my real computer Book a table-I don't go to any restaurant inhabited by people that think booking is a good idea. A sort of reverse snobbery, if you like. Find the time- I have a watch Check the weather- you said that already Answer trivia questions-you said that already Calculate the tip- I give whatever I think is appropriate, or 10%, which I can calculate in my head Translate words or phrases- google on my real computer Define a word- ditto Convert between units- ditto Solve a math problem- ditto Track a package from your Gmail order confirmation- on my real computer Search within apps on your device- see previous answer on apps Control Wi-Fi- you said that already Control Bluetooth- you said that already Control your lights- I have fingers that work, and people are going to die of heart attacks because they never get out of their chair to turn the light on, or do anything else controlled by their phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 15 hours ago, balo said: The next step will be VR helmets that actually works, so yo can walk around in real time and at the same time use apps , make calls etc . No need for smart phones. Looking forward to it. If you can't see why that is not a good idea, I suggest you think about it. Hint, it's already bad enough with all the phone zombies not looking where they are going, and I'm not getting out of your way as you ignore the real world around you. BTW expect people like me to laugh at you wearing a <deleted> helmet. The idiots with VR masks in malls are already a source of great amusement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunolem Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: Control your lights- I have fingers that work, and people are going to die of heart attacks because they never get out of their chair to turn the light on, or do anything else controlled by their phone. On top of that, if people really do all these (totally unproductive) tasks with their smartphones, how can they pretend to be more productive than non-users? Do they even have any idea what being productive means? Having said that, get ready for some serious bashing from the poster you quoted...just sayin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 15 hours ago, MaeJoMTB said: If it can make fat girls look like supermodels I want it. In the demo, why are they using a guy that seems mildly retarded? In the demo, why are they using a guy that seems mildly retarded? Possibly because one would have to be mildly retarded to use it. Seems there are two sorts of people on this thread. The ones that think being a digital zombie is a good idea, and the rest of us that think it's stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 15 hours ago, MaeJoMTB said: If it can make fat girls look like supermodels I want it. Remember how when we were young comics advertised those X ray glasses that showed girls naked bodies? I never bought one as pretty sure they didn't work. Guess what? Probably coming to your local digital store sometime in the future, glasses able to be programmed with an "app" to show people naked! That's really going to upset the Metoo folk. Already here, glasses that record everything one sees. What could possibly go wrong with that? Hint- perverts are lovin' them. More really stupid ideas from the digital people: drones to deliver packages. Your local terrorist is lovin' it. suitcases that follow one around in airports. Your local terrorist is lovin' it spywear too small to detect. Perverts are lovin' it ( and terrorists ) facebonk's latest idea to put cameras and audio recording devices in people's bedrooms- perverts are lovin' it. ( also blackmailers and terrorists ). I'm sure there are more insane ideas out there, but that'll do for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Am I the only person on TVF that doesn't carry a phone when I'm out, likes to look at scenery when I travel, doesn't want to talk to mummy every 5 minutes, doesn't want to post what I'm having for dinner to 5,000 imaginary friends, can use a watch and a map, read paper books and actually writes on real paper? Tell me it isn't so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 15 hours ago, MaeJoMTB said: That's not introverted, that's normal. Nobody has time for more than 3 friends. Seriously, does anyone have more than, say, 10 real friends in their lifetime? I don't consider drinking buddies or co workers etc to be more than acquaintances. I'm talking about people that are there for one when life really turns to poo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 15 hours ago, amvet said: If I see him I'm laughing at him, and I'm not getting out of his way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunolem Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said: Am I the only person on TVF that doesn't carry a phone when I'm out, likes to look at scenery when I travel, doesn't want to talk to mummy every 5 minutes, doesn't want to post what I'm having for dinner to 5,000 imaginary friends, can use a watch and a map, read paper books and actually writes on real paper? Tell me it isn't so. My mobile phone (not smart at all) stays most of the time turned off inside the house...just turn it on when I need to use it. No Facebook and no Twitter accounts, just an email. I have a tablet which I use mostly to read books I download, to read a few serious blogs, and to follow up what's going on in Thailand thanks to Thaivisa...the forum is an extra, to enjoy debating when some interesting thread comes up, such as this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 13 hours ago, balo said: Without nerds like him there would be no computers in the first place. Probably true, but the real question is are we better off that they did? Serious question. Most of us on here grew up without anything more advanced than Collossus, and lived successful lives without needing an app to show us where to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Brunolem said: My mobile phone (not smart at all) stays most of the time turned off inside the house...just turn it on when I need to use it. No Facebook and no Twitter accounts, just an email. I have a tablet which I use mostly to read books I download, to read a few serious blogs, and to follow up what's going on in Thailand thanks to Thaivisa...the forum is an extra, to enjoy debating when some interesting thread comes up, such as this one. You sound like someone that uses the digital age for your own benefit, not for advertisers to use for their benefit, and businessmen to exploit. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amvet Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: If I see him I'm laughing at him, and I'm not getting out of his way. It is Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FLS, FZS, FSA . Kind of says it all doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Just now, amvet said: It is Sir David Frederick Attenborough, OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS, FLS, FZS, FSA . Kind of says it all doesn't it? I'm unimpressed by titles, given the sort of person that gets knighted these days. He might make nice animal shows on tv, but he still looks like a dork, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amvet Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: I'm unimpressed by titles, given the sort of person that gets knighted these days. He might make nice animal shows on tv, but he still looks like a dork, IMO. In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide poll for the BBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, amvet said: In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide poll for the BBC. That may be true, but it's irrelevant to the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, amvet said: In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide poll for the BBC. I didn't even know that they had 100 great Britons. But I digress. When I was still stateside and saw this blurb on TV I would say back to the TV: You're not exploring your world -- you're sitting in your ass watching television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amvet Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: That may be true, but it's irrelevant to the topic. He is using VR which is one step above a smart phone and the future of smart phones and he is not a zombie. It is completely on topic. Plus he has his own app with over 1,000 clips spanning his 60 year career Edited January 20, 2018 by amvet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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