So iphone4....

Best use of an iCock yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yO2KQHkt4A

Lostsoul said:

I use my phone for...a phone, and occasional texting. I have never understood gaming, internet or TV on one.

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I use my phone as a phone as well and sometimes simple notes when I am paperless.

You don't understand gaming or internet though? Really? You've never stood in a line by yourself or waited for your wife to try on a piece of clothing and wished for a simple game to kill the time? You've never been out and thought to yourself: why not see a movie and wished you could look up showtimes on the spot? Or got a little lost and wanted to grab some quick directions or forgot to write down a number or note and wished you could hop onto your email, or, again, wanted to kill time while waiting?

I understand how people aren't willing to pay the high premium for such services (I'm not), but certainly you can understand the appeal?

~Jason

it certainly makes the bus journey easier being able to check emails, twitter, facebook and play a little game or 2.

over the next 8-16 months you're going to see things change quite drastically when it comes to service with the advent of 4G/LTE.

dragonfliet said:

I use my phone as a phone as well and sometimes simple notes when I am paperless.

You don't understand gaming or internet though? Really? You've never stood in a line by yourself or waited for your wife to try on a piece of clothing and wished for a simple game to kill the time? You've never been out and thought to yourself: why not see a movie and wished you could look up showtimes on the spot? Or got a little lost and wanted to grab some quick directions or forgot to write down a number or note and wished you could hop onto your email, or, again, wanted to kill time while waiting?

I understand how people aren't willing to pay the high premium for such services (I'm not), but certainly you can understand the appeal?

~Jason

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Like I said, I can see occasionally playing a simple game while waiting. I have never been out and wanted to go see a movie, but if I was, I would go home and check so I could also get snacks on the cheap. I don't get lost. I don't want to check my email when I am out. I barely check my email as it is, not a big fan of it unless I have to.

I don't use Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, blogs or any other social networking devices because I don't have any desire to be that connected to people. Even when I was playing competitively and admining for CAL and TWL I only checked my email because it was my job and I only gave my phone number to select teammates.

Do you want to know what I see when I see people using these things a lot, I see people that are far to dependent on electronics (this coming from an avid gamer of over 20 years and spent over 60 hours a week in 2k4) and are oblivious to everything else and don't give a **** about the people around them in the real world (running in to me, leaving a massive gap in a line, falling down a manhole, because they are to busy looking at a phone).

Like I said, I can see occasional use for internet and simple games, but so many people make a big deal of it and then their faces are plastered to the screen at all times. People just to connected and dependent on "phones" any more.

PS
my wife and I have a 550 minute plan, we roll over around 300+ every month. I have about 2400 rollover minutes.

Yes people are waaaay too occupied with their phones on the street, in pubs - just about anywhere.
I actually find it extremely offensive if someone is pissing about with their phone whilst I'm in conversation with them & I've seen a steady decline in the art of conversation amongst social get togethers simply because most people are so pre-occupied with button mashing on facebook, twitter, myspace or whatever else is so important you need to be posting stuff while your out.
Just don't do it - it's the height of bad manners i think.

shoptroll said:

Android's platform doesn't exactly have the level of homogeneity that game developers prefer to develop on.

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To hell with that, if it doesn't run OpenTTD and ScummVM like the HTC's, it's not worth spending real money on.

Lruce Bee said:

Yes people are waaaay too occupied with their phones on the street, in pubs - just about anywhere.
I actually find it extremely offensive if someone is pissing about with their phone whilst I'm in conversation with them & I've seen a steady decline in the art of conversation amongst social get togethers simply because most people are so pre-occupied with button mashing on facebook, twitter, myspace or whatever else is so important you need to be posting stuff while your out.
Just don't do it - it's the height of bad manners i think.

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It's not my fault my phone is more interesting than you.

In seriousness, I felt (feel?) the same way. I used to hate the anti-socialness of cell phones but then I got an iphone and I think I'm becoming what I hate. I don't whip it out while talking to someone yet, but I find that I do whip it out when I could be talking with someone.

I have seen homeless people with cellphones.
If you don't have one. Then your UnAmerican and must go out right now and get one.

Dam Communists.