On Dec 6, 12:42*pm, Tommy Joe > wrote:
> On Dec 6, 5:03*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
>
> > You can have either reliability or utility and mobility. Pick one.
>
> * * Whoops, I replied to John but was really replying to your post.
> But the same thing stands for both of you - that as you say you can
> have one or the other - but you can also have both. *It's not some
> kind of all or nothing at all type situation. *The landline is without
> a doubt superior in many ways. *I wondered years ago when they're
> going to make a cellphone for home use. *You know, shaped like an old
> princess phone. *Or maybe you can take your cellphone and snap it into
> a large phone-shell for when you're at home lying in bed. *You can
> plug it in like a house phone. *That day will probably come.
> Everything I think of happens eventually. *When you get home, take
> your cellphone and snap it into the princess phone housing and close
> the trap door. *I have seen people slide into reliance on mobile
> technology because their lives are moving too fast. *They get the ear
> bud or the speaker phone and the quality sucks, and they either know
> it or they just don't care, because the sound on the other end of the
> line often sucks, and even when you remind them of it they'll say,
> "Well, that's because I'm doing dishes right now", or washing their
> hair or some other multi-tasking activity, which means whatever
> they're doing they're doing it half-assed. *I'm all for whatever
> works, but a lot of people on the cellphone remind me of hamsters in a
> cage and the wheel never stops.
>
> TJ
>
> TJ

My guess is that we'll be using multi-purpose earpieces that we'll be
able to connect to any number of devices. It'll be two-way
communication devices which uses the closed ear canal to isolate our
voice from environmental noises. It's going to work pretty good.

The convergence of phones and computers and extensive networking will
change our culture and society. I'm not gonna say if it's good or bad.
Mostly it just is.