Mike LangIsle of Wight

Texting

Mike LangIsle of Wight
Everyone in the UK has been using their cellphone, or mobile to be linguistically correct, for text messaging for years before us. Apparently in the world of mobile use there are two distinct camps: Nokia users and Non-Nokia users. Michelle had mentioned this and someone else recently asked what we used. Apparently phone preference is based upon the text system used. Nokia's predictive text messaging is quite different from everyone else. I guess once you go one way, it is pretty hard to break and change formats. Fortunately I have my QWERTY keyboard on the TREO, so it is not as big of a deal for me.

Oh yeah, and not that it should be any surprise, but I guess the fact that I carry my TREO in a cell phone holster signifies that I am a looser. No one uses holsters or belt clips. Everyone puts their phones in pockets or bags. The RAZR is pretty popular because of its small size. My favorite ring tone is vibrate, so I will have to cling to my cell phone holster awhile longer.

In the same vein, in yet another step of combing fashion with technology, Levi's has announced that they are launching a line of jeans next year that includes a hidden docking station for your iPod. The jeans also included a "joystick" in your front pocket to control the iPod remotely. Joystick, ehh?