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Title: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Surferdude on December 04, 2011, 06:47:29
Any sufferers on here??

http://www.news.com.au/technology/smartphone-users-starting-to-feel-the-pain/story-e6frfrnr-1226213465119?from=igoogle+gadget+compact+news_rss (http://www.news.com.au/technology/smartphone-users-starting-to-feel-the-pain/story-e6frfrnr-1226213465119?from=igoogle+gadget+compact+news_rss)
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Dazzler on December 04, 2011, 10:25:53
 I probably use a desktop PC or Laptop for an average of 8 hours most week days (4 hours at work and 4 hours at home) and that may be resonsible for some aching in my forearms from time to time ... :confused: 

I don't like using a smartphone for the internet so mine only gets used perhaps 5 minutes per day for phone calls, Text and reminders...(so no RSI from that...)  :goodjob:
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Phil №❶ on December 04, 2011, 10:31:26
Me too Dazz,

My young adult children can fly on a mobile keyboard, but I can't be bothered. I wish they'd never been invented actually. :confused:
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Dazzler on December 04, 2011, 10:39:08
Quote from: 847563 on December 04, 2011, 10:31:26
Me too Dazz,

My young adult children can fly on a mobile keyboard, but I can't be bothered. I wish they'd never been invented actually. :confused:

My three Daughters (I also have a Step Daughter who is 35) are all phoneaholics ...

I really like having a Mobile phone as a back up for emergencies (like if your car breaks down) or you need to track down your partner or if you are running late or can't find an address (to be honest I don't know how I did without one!)  :razz:
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Shambles on December 04, 2011, 11:00:07
Thankfully I haven't "seen the light" yet either. Plain and simple calls (3 or 4 per week) with the odd text and the odd daily email check.


My youngest lass, however, has different ideas.

Here's the last page of last months phone bill (which went right over her inclusive allowance by the tune of £56 :rolleyes:)

(click to show/hide)

Check the total hours on the phone :eek:
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Phil №❶ on December 04, 2011, 11:08:58
And how much time did you get to talk to her, uninterrupted. It's an intrusion into family life & although I complain, it falls on deaf ears, I'm afraid. I feel for you.  :(
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Dazzler on December 04, 2011, 12:20:55
Steve, The best way to fix that is send her a link to a couple of those articles about how Mobile phones cook your organs with microwaces and are suspected to cause brain tumours and at the least cause headaches and other side effects..... :whistler:
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Phil №❶ on December 04, 2011, 12:41:51
Some people can't be told, eg global warming. Should we start a discussion about that.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Shambles on December 04, 2011, 13:16:28
Quote from: Dazzler on December 04, 2011, 12:20:55
Steve, The best way to fix that is send her a link to a couple of those articles about how Mobile phones cook your organs with microwaces and are suspected to cause brain tumours and at the least cause headaches and other side effects..... :whistler:
I did the next best thing...

I took out a life insurance policy on her :whistler:




only joking
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: eye30 on December 04, 2011, 15:16:27
Quote from: Shambles on December 04, 2011, 11:00:07
Thankfully I haven't "seen the light" yet either. Plain and simple calls (3 or 4 per week) with the odd text and the odd daily email check.


My youngest lass, however, has different ideas.

Here's the last page of last months phone bill (which went right over her inclusive allowance by the tune of £56 :rolleyes:)

(click to show/hide)

Check the total hours on the phone :eek:

She spends as much time on her phone as you do here 

ps are you sure it's not yours...... :evil:

Just seen a few of the times ---- 00:00:04 
Title: Re: Smartphone Users Pay the Price
Post by: Shambles on December 04, 2011, 15:25:27
Quote from: eye30 on December 04, 2011, 15:16:27
Just seen a few of the times ---- 00:00:04 
Yeah she hangs up straight away if she hears her mate's voicemail invite :rolleyes: - usually records it as 4 seconds
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