People Over 30 Hate Cell Phones - Survey
Bowen Research has found that people over 30 use just 12 percent of the features on their cell phones and feel frustrated and overwhelmed by cell phone complexity. And it's not just exotic features adults struggle with, but even basics like checking voice mail, using address books and dialing. More than one third of the people over 30 surveyed by Bowen Research expressed "DEEP FRUSTRATION" ABOUT THEIR CELL PHONES.
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At almost 20 years over 30, while I don't "HATE" cell phones for technical reasons, I am peeved.
From a function POV, cell phones need more options, especially regarding display. As we techies age, our eyesight changes. I can no longer clearly see the itty-bitty text on my screen. It displays 262k colors, and has a resolution of 176 x 200. I know that's not much by desktop standards, but if the screen is meant to display streaming video, you would think that the developers/designers would have made simple provisions to increase text font sizes.
I can watch re-runs of MST3k, but I can't read what time it is, see the number of a caller, or respond to text messages without glasses. I can do everything ELSE in my life without glasses, tho'.
From a socialogical POV, I guess I do hate cell phones -- or the way people use them. It is bad enough that my kids are cemented to theirs, but we are constantly bombarded by celiots who don't know enough common courtesy or social graces in the first place, now losing track of themselves and their surroundings while they blab away (usually very loudly) on their cell phones.
People: News Flash - the cell phone is right next to your mouth... you do not have to YELL into it. If you cannot talk in a normal tone as you would in a confidential conversation, you need a new phone or you need to go into a closet somewhere.
Newsflash #2: You do not have to be on your phone at all times, in every location. Doing so is rude and inconsiderate even of strangers around you, and in the workplace is deserving of being put in stocks with ripe fruit freely available.
Newsflash #3: There are times when it is totally in appropriate to be on the cell phone. You are invading other peoples privacy. I, personally, have taken to flushing repeatedly, singing, whistling, or groaning painfully, when someone walks into a public restroom while talking on the phone. Get a grip, people.
Well, I feel a bit better... now I have to have a nice warm metamucil and relax.
(celiots - cross Cell phones with zealots and Idiots)
Tautology! I'm over 30 and I use my cell phone to death.
Why is half of my cell phone space taken up by a keyboard. I want a black berry sized devise with an entire screen that I can veiw the apps that I use and actually read the text. I know some people want them small but what about those of us with larger hands and those of us who are not going to put them in our jeans. Just get us a bigger devise please.
I want a cell phone that is JUST a cell phone. I am well over 30, and a confirmed techno-geek. But I don't want or need another camera, computer, etc, etc. I want a phone! The one I have is called a Jitterbug, it is just a phone, it uses multiple services under some kind of contract agreement, so I have service in places that my offspring's fancy multi-function devices don't. (I hesitate to call them phones, because that is only a small part of their capabilities; but the most-used).
I AM 53 and have owned a mobile phone for 20 years, and I hate them because everywhere I go , people are on their daNG phones. There is no privacy, there is no quiet time, there is no personal conversation face to face on the porch.
I hate cell phones and I am giving mine up,in addition to my dang TV.
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