What would the 2000s and 2010s be like if the cellular/smartphone revolution never happened?
2000s/2010s without cell phones
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I'd like to think There was a way to save pay phones.
So much easier to carry some coins then more bills, more things to worry about.
I'd like to think There was a way to save pay phones.
So much easier to carry some coins then more bills, more things to worry about.
I'd probablly got more work done on the job site w/o 'urgent' calls coming in through the day. A lot of the theoretical effciencies of the mobile communications are offset by folks using them as a crutch to enable their bad planning & inability to organize their time.
Generally I've found that clustering my calls, txt messages, ect.. & leaving the thing unsed for several hours at a time gets the less effcient and less profitable customers & other money lossers out of my hair.
Generally I've found that clustering my calls, txt messages, ect.. & leaving the thing unsed for several hours at a time gets the less effcient and less profitable customers & other money lossers out of my hair.
People continue to engage in moments of idle speculation, conversation, and appreciation without documentation.
In my personal opinion, I wouldn't care because I don't have a phone. But in some way, I think their would be a lot more ipads and laptops being sold.
I think the difficulty is that laptops, tablets, and phones are really all merging to similar functionality, the only real difference is screen size. I can't see any possible way that things like laptops and ipads exist but cell phones don't. You'd have to stunt the entire development of computers.
Yes but there are alternatives that would have to be stopped as well, satellite phones and the improved walkie-talkie type radios for example.
sat-phones are not a real alternative, connection costs will always be way too high for normal use.
same with walkie-talkie type, they would not allow to use the phones the way we do now, no true interconnected network.
something like this probably:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT2
the carphone network was rather expensive to use, and if it gets stuck in that phase you never see the mobile use you have now.
instead pagers might stay popular
same with walkie-talkie type, they would not allow to use the phones the way we do now, no true interconnected network.
something like this probably:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT2
the carphone network was rather expensive to use, and if it gets stuck in that phase you never see the mobile use you have now.
instead pagers might stay popular
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