That's just someone being anti-social, nothing to do with technology, they could just as easily be reading a book and ignoring everyone in the room.
That is a good point. To be honest, I can understand it to a certain level, but I do feel the compulsion that people have to tell the world where they are and what they are doing quite odd.
I use a desktop at work everyday and have a netbook at home. Since I got my Samsung Galaxy phone year before last I hardly use my netbook. I am think about getting a tablet but not sure which one to get. Might wait till my contract is up in a few months and see if I can get a tablet tagged on to the new one. Any suggestions of what to get are appreciated.
The same technology that allows people from all across the globe to socialise? The one that allows remote friends and family to keep in touch? You can't blame modern tech for people being ignorant. I remember people listening to a radio on the beach 40 years ago whilst ignoring the people around them. Certain people used to read the paper at breakfast instead of engaging with their loved ones.
I accept that HP, we have a rule in our family, no phones at the table, but we always read the Sunday papers over breakfast!
I have mates who constantly sit on their phones, usually on Facebook, even when we're on a night out. It really ****s me off because it's a time for getting together and having a few pints, catching up and the like but there's always one bloke on his phone sifting through Facebook. I personally couldn't give two ****s about what people are doing half the time, my newsfeed is mostly baby pictures, people's meals and more baby photos, I'd rather have a conversation. Another thing that annoys me is people asking for wi-fi in pubs and restaurants. Again, places people go to socialise and meet face to face, they should ban it in all but a few places. I understand some people go for business lunches and the like, but if people would rather sit on social media than chat to their friends and family, they need a good kick in the cock.
You need to sort your Facebook friends, mine's all tits, jokes and car crashes. I've noticed a lot of pubs are putting these up now... please log in to view this image
We've created a new rule at our rugby team. All phones in the middle of the table, first one to pick theirs up without it actually ringing (as it could be an emergency) has to buy a round. And with 20-30ish grown blokes on a night out, getting a round is not a good thing to be doing
I can't be arsed with people constantly being on WIFI & phones when out. It was a bit weird at the Sunderland match on Boxing Day, being stood next to Rick Skelton, and him doing his live City updates for Twitter, & my mate reading them to everyone, even though everyone could see what was happening. Is it Spurs who have just banned Selfie Sticks?
Next time youre on the motoway look at the cars overtaking you (or you're overtaking!) You can bet that the passengers face is bathed in the ghostly glow of their phone/tablet. Back in the old days we used to talk to the driver!
I can see the point in terms of fitness/health monitors when they become standalone devices rather than needing a phone/tablet/computer nearby to feed information/apps to and from. When I go for a run or a walk in the country I'd much rather have a watch on than carry my phone for doing the tracking, and obviously the monitoring of people with medical conditions could help save lives by predicting attacks before the person realises they're going to have one (eg diabetic/hypoglycaemic people with their blood sugar). The problem at the moment is the cost though. The people that are going to spend that kind of money on a watch are going to want something that looks good and lasts more than a day or two between charges, which they don't at the moment. Alright they'll be more accurate than mechanical watches, but so are normal digital watches, and you don't see people discarding their Tags for a Casio digital watch either.
Unless you've got one with the keyboard attachment as well I'd disagree. They're good for browsing and casual reading, but when it comes to data entry they're not great. Admittedly I have goalkeeper's hands, but I wouldn't use my tablet for coming on here or for writing on social media. For that kind of stuff they're in the inbetween section where I'd rather use either my phone or a laptop, the phone being usable with 1 hand comfortably, and the laptop having a proper keyboard if I need to use 2 for typing whilst the tablet is too big for 1 hand, and if you're holding with 2 (or resting it on something) and trying to type they're worse than a laptop. The only time I really use it for that is at work, where when I'm going round the warehouse it's easier to process order forms on it than take a laptop round with me. One of the events we do is charity race nights where we take a certain amount of the money bet for charity and use the rest to payout, which for obvious reasons mean we need to calculate the odds on the night once we close the betting. I've just computerised it, and even though I only need to put in 8 ticket numbers for each race I'd only use laptop to do it. Similarly I'd only use the tablet for the person on the mic at the other side of the room to be fed the odds, although that's more because it looks good having them reading them off a tablet instantly rather than a bit of paper they've been passed a minute later.
The pebble that I have cost £99 and the charge lasts a week dependant on tasks. It is limited in its use and although it is replacing my watches at the moment, it will lose its appeal soon. I post using an iPad, certainly in the home, tablets are the way forward.
