Here's a bit of #retro technology from the #90s I'd forgotten even existed until I came across this ad on a #VHS tape! The Rabbit #phone. Take your home phone out with you and use it to make calls when you were in range (about 300ft) of a Rabbit transmitter.
Hilariously, at it's peak in 1993, the service had 12,000 public transmitters across the #UK but only 10,000 customers!
A question for those who design mobile apps: what OS do you prefer to design apps for? Android or iOS? What are the pros and cons of designing in each one?
If you’ve noticed that recent phone designs have gotten strange, you’re not alone. Creativity is breaking the mold established by the biggest manufacturers and taking a turn for the weird — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. TechRadar compiled this Storyboard for @Flipboard that highlights the spectrum of weirdness inching into the mobile space, from a Barbie-themed phone to another that wraps around your wrist like a watch. https://flip.it/.ynvpM #Tech#Mobile#Technology#Phone#Design#TechRadar
I've changed out my #phone#battery from a 2800mAh (5 years old) to a new 5200mAh one.
I should be able to get a decent amount of use out of it. No google apps or samsung apps using #lineageos and being fairly frugal with what radios are turned on.
This is the power of having a Samsung Galexy S5 instead of one of their new ones. You can change the battery without a screwdriver.
OK, so apparently we shouldn't be putting our iPhones in rice when we've accidentally dropped them in water. Popular Science explains exactly why and what we should be doing instead.
A large number of U.S. mobile phone users are reporting network outages and are unable to make phone calls, according to Downdetector. The BBC has the details:
Журналист и исследователь Эрнест Наприс сбросил свой Android-смартфон до заводских настроек, а затем загрузил на него 100 самых популярных бесплатных приложений из Google Play Store. После запуска всех приложений и выдачи им требуемых разрешений, а также регистрации аккаунтов, где это требовалось для получения полного функционала, Наприс оставил телефон на трое суток со включенным интернетом и никак не взаимодействовал с ним всё это время.
In 2020 I thought it would be a good idea to get home landline service again after not having it for years. Mostly to have in case of emergencies - those old copper phone lines still work even if the power goes out.
I cancelled it because we never use it, there has been terrible background noise on it since December, and the phone company technician who came out to fix it said it’s a problem further up the line that was out of the control of the company, and that all he could do was notify the responsible party of the problem. It hasn’t been fixed yet. And the technician was very up front with me and said nobody is investing in maintaining the old copper phone infrastructure anymore and it’s falling into disrepair.
So I figured I’d keep the $70/month and put it towards something else.
I’ll keep one of the corded phones as decor for my stream, though.