[LINK] Dumb phone

[Darren Pauli]

Take a look at John's Phone

http://www.google.com/search?q=John%27s%20phone


On 01/12/2011, at 15:02, Rick Welykochy <rick at praxis.com.au> wrote:

> Gentle Linkers,
> 
> I've often thought about a dumb phone, as opposed to a smart phone. And apparently
> the concept is not that daft.
> 
> <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dumbphone>
> 
> Specifically,
> 
>   "This is a near-exhaustive list of smartphone OSes. If a phone doesn't use
>    something on this list it is probably a dumbphone:
> 
>    * Android
>    * Window Mobile
>    * iPhone
>    * Blackberry
>    * Palm OS
>    * Symbian"
> 
> I am hardly qualified to comment on the above. I would imagine that it would not
> be too difficult to root and Android phone, and replace all the bloatware with
> an open source "dumbOS" that guarantees that all your phone does is make phone
> calls.
> 
> Does anyone see a need for this?
> 
> cheers
> rickw
> 
> 
> p.s. I like the idea of dumb phone, since all it does is phone. Nothing else. All
> the other brain offloading tasks that smart phones perform are left to me and my
> brain. Under my control. This has to be a Good Thing (TM).
> 
> 
> 
> 
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