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[kurupetos]

As much as I hate so called “smartphones” and never plan to own one

You are just a stubborn donkey.

No, it's a chicken.

[Get Real!]

As much as I hate so called “smartphones” and never plan to own one

You are just a stubborn donkey. I remember when you were saying that IE6 was the best browser long after it became outdated and insisted that tabs are useless

IE6 was necessary for in-house Intranet apps. There was nothing that could replace it so it was absolutely necessary. You just didn’t understand it then and don't understand it now.

I also don't use my phone anywhere as much as some other people do because I am almost always near a computer. But a smartphone can be very useful when you are out. Any info you want over the internet from anywhere (sure, feature phones can have browsers, but they suck), a camera (very good even for midrange phones now), GPS - Google Maps shows traffic for Cyprus now which is very useful, voice recognition that works great even for Greek - so I can create a long SMS message in just 3 seconds, things like Spotify so I can have any music in my car, Android Auto so I can connect the phone to my car etc. Even simple things like calendar, alarms, reminders, calculator etc are way better on a smartphone. Just get a decent (about €200) smartphone and you will never go back to whatever old tech crap you are using now

When I leave the house for entertainment I do so to get AWAY from screens and the Internet. I don’t even want to talk about such things when I go out and never take a phone with me.

[Paphitis]

Paphitis, you’re incapable of understanding a question let alone answering it! See Sotos' answer to understand what a relevant reply should look like.

As for your...

Seriously Get Real, get with it mate. It’s time you got off your donkey and entered the 21st century.

You are seriously DELUDED if you think that wasting your time on a little 5x4" shitbox at the user level makes you “technologically advanced”.

For your info, I play DAILY at the programming level with web technologies that haven’t even made it to that shitty little browser sitting on your shitbox yet, months in advance!

Just because I don’t write software compatible to shitboxes, doesn’t mean I’m behind in technology.

In fact, I know EXACTLY what idiots like you (well any user for that matter) will have in front of them months from now by regularly researching and utilizing new technologies as they develop...

https://blog.chromium.org/

https://chromium.woolyss.com/

https://www.chromestatus.com/samples

So start using that little pea under your scalp before replying.

Sorry Get Real, but you are behind the times.

Smartphones are not necessarily technology these days, as opposed to a necessity because of what they can do to make our lives easier. You said you don’t believe in smartphones, so I take it that this applies to tablets as well. You do not believe in social media, and participate on this antiquated forum. Wow.

I don’t particularly care, but at this point I do not believe you have a clue about the so called technology of those Chromium engines you posted above. In fact, I believe that you have regressed into a horkatos, from the time you stepped off the plane after leaving Australia.

These days, its all about the mobility and ease of travel. I do so much travel, my technology is important to me because it makes my life easier and more pleasant. It would make your life easy too.

I suppose you can be oblivious in your Cypriot village. Ignorance is bliss. It’s not as if you could be in 5 capitals within a 10 day cycle.

God almighty Get Real. You don’t even know how to sync and Android Phone, and you think you are up with technology.

[Get Real!]

Sorry Get Real, but you are behind the times.

Smartphones are not necessarily technology these days, as opposed to a necessity because of what they can do to make our lives easier. You said you don’t believe in smartphones, so I take it that this applies to tablets as well. You do not believe in social media, and participate on this antiquated forum. Wow.

I don’t particularly care, but at this point I do not believe you have a clue about the so called technology of those Chromium engines you posted above. In fact, I believe that you have regressed into a horkatos, from the time you stepped off the plane after leaving Australia.

These days, its all about the mobility and ease of travel. I do so much travel, my technology is important to me because it makes my life easier and more pleasant. It would make your life easy too.

I suppose you can be oblivious in your Cypriot village. Ignorance is bliss. It’s not as if you could be in 5 capitals within a 10 day cycle.

God almighty Get Real. You don’t even know how to sync and Android Phone, and you think you are up with technology.

Australian idiot, EVERYTHING on your phone is WEB-based and thus JavaScript driven.

We (those who write web related software) wait for the big guns (Mozilla, Chromium, Microsoft, etc) to come to agreements about new things or modifications to existing things, so we can write and debug those functions today that will be used by YOU and other idiots tomorrow.

Myself, I only care about Windows and my tiny user base, while others care about all devices including your little shitbox.

Therefore, don’t come and brag to someone like me that you’ve got technology figured out when you’re nothing but an end-user of other developer's software!


We are the ones who make IDIOTS LIKE YOU look good, by reading all we need to know about how device synchronization (since you mention it) can be implemented via source code, and we then add buttons and checkboxes and other user controls to make it easy for idiots like YOU… so you can then turn around and tell me how good you are at clicking those buttons!

[DT.]

Paphitis, you’re incapable of understanding a question let alone answering it! See Sotos' answer to understand what a relevant reply should look like.

As for your...

Seriously Get Real, get with it mate. It’s time you got off your donkey and entered the 21st century.

You are seriously DELUDED if you think that wasting your time on a little 5x4" shitbox at the user level makes you “technologically advanced”.

For your info, I play DAILY at the programming level with web technologies that haven’t even made it to that shitty little browser sitting on your shitbox yet, months in advance!

Just because I don’t write software compatible to shitboxes, doesn’t mean I’m behind in technology.

In fact, I know EXACTLY what idiots like you (well any user for that matter) will have in front of them months from now by regularly researching and utilizing new technologies as they develop...

https://blog.chromium.org/

https://chromium.woolyss.com/

https://www.chromestatus.com/samples

So start using that little pea under your scalp before replying.

Sorry Get Real, but you are behind the times.

Smartphones are not necessarily technology these days, as opposed to a necessity because of what they can do to make our lives easier. You said you don’t believe in smartphones, so I take it that this applies to tablets as well. You do not believe in social media, and participate on this antiquated forum. Wow.

I don’t particularly care, but at this point I do not believe you have a clue about the so called technology of those Chromium engines you posted above. In fact, I believe that you have regressed into a horkatos, from the time you stepped off the plane after leaving Australia.

These days, its all about the mobility and ease of travel. I do so much travel, my technology is important to me because it makes my life easier and more pleasant. It would make your life easy too.

I suppose you can be oblivious in your Cypriot village. Ignorance is bliss. It’s not as if you could be in 5 capitals within a 10 day cycle.

God almighty Get Real. You don’t even know how to sync and Android Phone, and you think you are up with technology.

Jeez Paphiti...this part I enjoyed the most “It’s not as if you could be in 5 capitals within a 10 day cycle.” Remind me to share my schedule with you someday.

You’re existence on that subcontinent in the middle of nowhere is getting dangerous. 5 capitals in a 10 day cycle lightweight.

[Get Real!]

With Android you can set-up your Google account to handle your contacts, calendars etc so when you log-in using a different phone they will all be there. You can also use the build in back-up feature that keeps your apps and their settings backed-up on the cloud so they automatically re-download on your new phone. This doesn't work perfectly with all apps though, and personally I don't do this.

I save my photos/videos on the SD card, not on the phone itself, and I also use Google Photos to backup my photos/videos on Google (free for standard quality). When I get a new phone I transfer all the photos/videos etc from the SD card to my PC for backup, and then erase the SD card. The new phone will then show all my old photos also (from the online backup) and save new ones on the now empty SD card (and online).

So by just having your phone setup correctly you can change to a new phone very quickly. Then you can also use some specialized apps to transfer a few more things, like an app for transferring your SMS and Call Logs.

Beyond that it depends on what apps you are using. Some apps have their own "backup-restore" feature, and for some other you might need some 3rd party app to transfer them properly, but these are edge cases.We are talking about things like watsapp, Viber and generally apps that save tons of things on your phone (messages, photos, videos etc). Personally I don't use any of those.

When moving from Android to iPhone and vice versa (Windows phone is dead) things are obviously not as easy, but it is doable. Apple has an app for that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... .movetoios but I never tried doing this.

Thanks for the write-up, sounds like an absolute mess. It appears that nothing has changed from the past... so much for calling them “smart”.

You’d think that manufacturers would’ve figured out by now that phone migration is a very important aspect of mobile telephony, given that such devices become obsolete every two odd years.

By now, every manufacturer should’ve had a “Migrate” button/function that a user can activate and EVERYTHING (phone settings and data) gets transferred over to a new phone that is right next to it.

At the very least, this should be happening with phones of the same brand although in the year 2019 there’s no reason why this shouldn’t be universal!

For such reasons and more, we cannot call them “smart”… they are still dumb boxes.

[Paphitis]

Paphitis, you’re incapable of understanding a question let alone answering it! See Sotos' answer to understand what a relevant reply should look like.

As for your...

Seriously Get Real, get with it mate. It’s time you got off your donkey and entered the 21st century.

You are seriously DELUDED if you think that wasting your time on a little 5x4" shitbox at the user level makes you “technologically advanced”.

For your info, I play DAILY at the programming level with web technologies that haven’t even made it to that shitty little browser sitting on your shitbox yet, months in advance!

Just because I don’t write software compatible to shitboxes, doesn’t mean I’m behind in technology.

In fact, I know EXACTLY what idiots like you (well any user for that matter) will have in front of them months from now by regularly researching and utilizing new technologies as they develop...

https://blog.chromium.org/

https://chromium.woolyss.com/

https://www.chromestatus.com/samples

So start using that little pea under your scalp before replying.

Sorry Get Real, but you are behind the times.

Smartphones are not necessarily technology these days, as opposed to a necessity because of what they can do to make our lives easier. You said you don’t believe in smartphones, so I take it that this applies to tablets as well. You do not believe in social media, and participate on this antiquated forum. Wow.

I don’t particularly care, but at this point I do not believe you have a clue about the so called technology of those Chromium engines you posted above. In fact, I believe that you have regressed into a horkatos, from the time you stepped off the plane after leaving Australia.

These days, its all about the mobility and ease of travel. I do so much travel, my technology is important to me because it makes my life easier and more pleasant. It would make your life easy too.

I suppose you can be oblivious in your Cypriot village. Ignorance is bliss. It’s not as if you could be in 5 capitals within a 10 day cycle.

God almighty Get Real. You don’t even know how to sync and Android Phone, and you think you are up with technology.

Jeez Paphiti...this part I enjoyed the most “It’s not as if you could be in 5 capitals within a 10 day cycle.” Remind me to share my schedule with you someday.

You’re existence on that subcontinent in the middle of nowhere is getting dangerous. 5 capitals in a 10 day cycle lightweight.

I am flying an average of 5 per week DT, with 3 overnights per week average. The only good thing about overnights are the per diem allowances. It’s considerable money.

If you were doing that, you would know that living out of a suitcase is not much fun. Nothing like home or your own bed.

Plus, I know I am in the best country in the world. I have offers for the US, and these are open offers too. Just a case of picking up the phone again. But would I move to Newark or Dulles? I don’t know. It will be great for a while, but when living there reality will hit hard very quick and then I would be homesick for Australia. Very hard not to be in love with Australia DT. Anyone who comes to Australia knows how lucky this country is. So much better for families too.

I could also go to Turkey. Yeh that is an option, and politics is no consideration for me as it is no consideration for them. Business is business mate and the world will spin around, and from Turkey I can get ID95 to Greece via TA or Aegean and then to Cyprus. Plus I will be teaming up with some good friends there. Most of ex Olympic are there. But again, even Cypriot reality will hit hard, and I would miss my Gold Coast and Noosa. I would miss my Melbourne and Sydney, my Adelaide and Brisbane, Canberra and Perth.

I could go to the sandpit too. We have a shortage, so these days we can go where we want. Give me some good reasons why I should give this Australian continent up. Give it up for what DT? For Cyprus? For Greece (that could happen one day), for France or for the UK? I could live in Greece but for different reasons. I like Greece and think Greece could be the only country I can replace Australia with in retirement. Either that or its Noosa.

Give up Australia for the US? Maybe for a while. USA is good. I like it, but I think I will be back to Australia. Give it up for Canada (maybe) but no reason for it.

Australia is the duck’s nuts mate.

[Paphitis]

Sorry Get Real, but you are behind the times.

Smartphones are not necessarily technology these days, as opposed to a necessity because of what they can do to make our lives easier. You said you don’t believe in smartphones, so I take it that this applies to tablets as well. You do not believe in social media, and participate on this antiquated forum. Wow.

I don’t particularly care, but at this point I do not believe you have a clue about the so called technology of those Chromium engines you posted above. In fact, I believe that you have regressed into a horkatos, from the time you stepped off the plane after leaving Australia.

These days, its all about the mobility and ease of travel. I do so much travel, my technology is important to me because it makes my life easier and more pleasant. It would make your life easy too.

I suppose you can be oblivious in your Cypriot village. Ignorance is bliss. It’s not as if you could be in 5 capitals within a 10 day cycle.

God almighty Get Real. You don’t even know how to sync and Android Phone, and you think you are up with technology.

Australian idiot, EVERYTHING on your phone is WEB-based and thus JavaScript driven.

We (those who write web related software) wait for the big guns (Mozilla, Chromium, Microsoft, etc) to come to agreements about new things or modifications to existing things, so we can write and debug those functions today that will be used by YOU and other idiots tomorrow.

Myself, I only care about Windows and my tiny user base, while others care about all devices including your little shitbox.

Therefore, don’t come and brag to someone like me that you’ve got technology figured out when you’re nothing but an end-user of other developer's software!


We are the ones who make IDIOTS LIKE YOU look good, by reading all we need to know about how device synchronization (since you mention it) can be implemented via source code, and we then add buttons and checkboxes and other user controls to make it easy for idiots like YOU… so you can then turn around and tell me how good you are at clicking those buttons!

Who friggin cares how its written.

That is something I don’t need to know. I use the technology for my benefit. You states that Smartphones are not your thing. At this point I want to know exactly what is your point Get Real. You sound like a Donkey that is still stuck in the 80s and 90s. You find it hard to adapt or be flexible.

I actually feel sorry for you.

Smartphones are not the be all and end all and the downside is that they are very intrusive. But overall, these technologies are tools and when used responsibly, they make life easier for all of us.

Oh well, stick to your Nokia brick phone mate.

[Get Real!]

Who friggin cares how its written.

That is something I don’t need to know. I use the technology for my benefit. You states that Smartphones are not your thing. At this point I want to know exactly what is your point Get Real. You sound like a Donkey that is still stuck in the 80s and 90s. You find it hard to adapt or be flexible.

I actually feel sorry for you.

Smartphones are not the be all and end all and the downside is that they are very intrusive. But overall, these technologies are tools and when used responsibly, they make life easier for all of us.

Oh well, stick to your Nokia brick phone mate.

Just keep clicking those buttons that myself and other colleagues from around the world have put there... so you can pat yourself on the back in admiration of your technological know-how!

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[Get Real!]

I actually feel sorry for you.

You feel sorry for me because I haven’t found a use for what is really a crippled hand-held mini-computer?

1. I don’t need GPS in Cyprus because I know how to get to any location here.
2. I’ve stopped playing games ages ago so phones are not a mobile entertainment gadget for me.
3. I’m not involved in modern online social groups due to a lack of interest.
4. I don’t have anything at home to remotely control with a phone.
5. I’m not interested in taking pictures… I’ve got my wife for that!
6. I’ve already got laptops and PCs to access the Internet.
7. My eyesight doesn’t allow me anymore to use small screens and I don’t like to wear glasses.

So there you go… plenty of reasons not to need/want one.

I reckon you’d be better off investing the $300 odd towards a better laptop so instead of getting a smartphone + i3 (processor) laptop, get an i5 laptop or instead of an i5 get an i7 laptop.

Just don’t waste your money on a shitbox…