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I hate keeping a diary. I also tend to ignore alarm reminders from my PDA, if I am busy. I will, however, always answer a ringing phone.
Given that many telcos now offer an automated service for morning alarm calls I figure it would be fairly easy to extend that service to include an option to record
a message for yourself and key the reminder time via your telephone keypad.
For road warriors, your secretary can dial in and leave appointments for you, while you're out of contact.
Result? Customised messages, from a "Private" number, that you have to answer, in case it's a client calling you.
Mobile Dairy Service
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[DrCurry, Nov 02 2005]
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I apparently need some sleep. I was about to ask how you were going to tie in butter to mobile phones. |
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Now Ernie had a rival, an evil looking man |
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Called two-ton Ted from Teddington and he drove the stationer's van |
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He tempted her with his magazines and his Hb Artist's Lead |
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And when she see's the size of his dia-ries |
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It very near turned 'er 'ed |
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But Ernie was a cunning cat,
He'd drop an extra pint of cream,
As a gesture it worked wonders,
And it wasn't too extreme, |
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Two-ton Ted never stood a chance,
He couldn't cut the mustard,
When Ernie swung the death blow,
A weekly pint of custard, |
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Old Ernie now was in like Flynn,
The race was all but over,
Every Tuesday afternoon,
Saw Dobbin "out to clover". |
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Would you respond to texted reminders in
the same way, or are they more ignorable
than a phone call? |
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I don't use txt. It seems like a redundant service to me. It's intrusive and far less efficient than voice. It's also dangerous to use if you are driving. |
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That's interesting, UB. I find text messaging less intrustive, not least of all because there is no obligation (other than a misplaced sense of manners) to read or respond to a text message immediately, while a phone call must be dealt with within a certin period (usually three rings). I also find text messaging more efficient than phonecalls because, like telegrams of yore, it allows the user and recipient to share/request information ("HOW OLD CARY GRANT STOP") with little accompanatory greetings and chat "noise." |
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But yes, it's very dangerous when driving. |
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I find texting invariably runs to an exchange of 6-10 messages for each "conversation", each costing as much as a short call and each requiring an interruption. Telephone calls usually last me less than 90 seconds, and do it in one go. |
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To me, txt is like insisting on using Telex and Morse, when you have a fax and a 'phone. |
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I'm with [UB]; I have sent a total of (I think) four SMS messages, and those only because it was absolutely necessary. Each took so long to compose, using the inane entry method available, that I almost gave up. |
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Maybe you just have to deal with my mother less than I do, UB. |
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I agree with [calum]. For example, if you're sitting on a train and need to tell your friend you'll meet him in the Dog & Fiddle in 10 minutes, what is more discreet and efficient? Subjecting the entire carriage to a voice call, doubtless including salutations, opening insults and supplementary chat and thus padded out beyond the strictly necessary duration, or taking 30 seconds to compose and send "On train. See you in D & F in 10."
This, I think, tends to be a generational thing though there's really no reason why it should be. Once a user becomes accustomed to the text interface on a particular phone they become adept at using it pretty quickly. Hell, even I got used to it eventually and I suffer from acute Fat Finger syndrome. |
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OK, we'll include text messaging as an option in this sytem, if that's what the public wants. |
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I think this is baked, at least with my phone co. At first, whoo hoo! I had my phone calling me for all sorts of crap...pre-recorded messages of me telling me to do stuff. But eventually, I started screening my own calls. |
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They do however have a "personal assistant" service where a live person will call you to tell you to do things. But, again, I think I would start screening. (Can't find link but saw it on TV a few times.) |
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{sigh} ...My today self can be so much more convincing than my yesterday self. |
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I <where's keyboard button for a heart?> text. |
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its an email on your phone. you answer when you can if you wish. its a UK thang I think. |
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No, it's everywhere. Yesterday I endured someone holding a text conversation with a friend while I was conducting a meeting with them. No less than 20 messages, back and forth, that disrupted half an hour of my day. |
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(picturing a wheeled machine hooked up to a cow wandering the streets, with a salesman yelling "Fresh milk!") |
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