On 24/05/2012 20:27, ian batten wrote:
On May 24, 7:41 pm, Graham Nye wrote:

For the problem I was thinking of (SMS parking systems), a standard
phone will do. But eventually, "I don't have a smartphone" (which is
this year's equivalent of "I don't have a television" --- we're
supposed, presumably, to be impressed by your principled stance)...

The people I know who deliberately don't have a TV whilst having a
somewhat unworldly aura also manage to get a lot done.

(But younger people now might dispense with a TV and just watch
programmes on a laptop.)

I note the rise of adverts where URLs for further information are
deliberately obscured from non-smartphone users:

No, they've just made a decision that people who don't use smartphones
but who are also a potential market for their product aren't a large
enough set to worry about.

Perhaps they just want to attract a clientele that has a demonstrated
weakness for spending several hundreds pounds on keeping up with the
latest gizmos?


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Graham Nye
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