On 10/10/2014 10:34 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-10-10 10:23 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>
>>> I think people are forgetting... cell phones are supposed to be
>>> *telephones*, not cameras and flashlights.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> True. But where are all the people who use "real"
>> cameras complaining that their telephone reception
>> is bad?
>
>
> That was me last week. I was staying at an old hunting and fishing
> lodge east of Algonquin Park. I had my point and shoot digital and my
> digital SLR. I got lots of great shots of lakes and rivers and the fall
> colours, but I could not get a cell phone signal.
>
Thank goodness! Why on earth if you were in an idyllic setting would
you want to talk on the phone? In an emergency, just go to the nearest
hospital. I really do not understand the obsession with telephones.

Jill