Comments on: The blackberry is handsfree

By: al zhiemer

al zhiemer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:58:22 +0000

Use it like a stick,throw it away and if the dog brings it back ……

By: Clare Curran

Clare Curran — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:36:45 +0000

You mean you use the voice dial Kelvin? I get freaked out by that thing on the Blackberry that barks “say a command!”. I’ve tried “sit” and “stay” but it doesn’t seem to work.

By: Kelvin Davis

Kelvin Davis — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:31:44 +0000

The voice dial has trouble with Maori names. Can a gadget be culturally insensitive?

By: Spud

Spud — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:39:53 +0000

@Ianmac –

By: Spud

Spud — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:31:13 +0000

@Nathan – I have a phone with voice dial, but you have to press so many buttons and go through so many menus to get it that it takes longer than dialing the number and you can’t go through the menus with your voice.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:35:51 +0000

@ nathan – the issue with the phones you call a name out to dial or answer is you have to use a strange voice with an odd electronic accent in order for it to understand you

As much as we moan about the use of technology – most of us could not live well without our ‘crackberries’ and our ‘google fix’. (I do wonder how I managed life without google in the dark days before the internet)

By: Nathan Mills

Nathan Mills — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:04:27 +0000

Even better! LOL. Have to admit though, I’m biased. I LOATHE cell phones, despite the fact I’m tied to one (and up to three) thru work. 21st century slave bracelet, I’ve heard them described as, not wrong IMHO.

Ever tried one of those phones that you could call out a name and it would (supposedly) dial it? No great wonder they never took off, absolutely useless!!

By: Trevor Mallard

Trevor Mallard — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:02:01 +0000

@ Nathan – but if it was mounted further away it would be harder to dial and answer.

By: Trevor Mallard

Trevor Mallard — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:00:38 +0000

@ Jen – but it does seem to bring out the worst in the Nact apologists. And I get a perverse pleasure in that.

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:56:08 +0000

Hey Trevor, calling govt regulation “Nanny state” is really really annoying. I guess its just used to to point up the hypocrisy/inconsistency in National’s current love affair with regulation but it was always was, and still is, a pretty obnoxious term. Cheers though, I mostly really like your posts