Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote
> George Graves wrote

>> Thing is, that it's about time somebody who KNOWS how to do a user
>> interface designed a phone. I have a very simple Motorola V190. It's
>> just a phone. No music player, no built-in camera, not even
>> bluetooth. It is without a doubt the most illogically laid-out
>> interface I've ever seen (who ever designed it must been on the
>> Windows GUI design team). Its almost impossible to find anything in
>> its menus and when you do, they are so illogically placed that

> If it's "just a phone" why in the world does it HAVE that many setup menus?

Any decent phone needs some way to keep commonly used numbers etc even
if you are stupid enough to demand one that only makes and receives calls.

> With most of these infernal thigs, the problem
> is the absurd notion that a ten-button phone NEEDS
> to do fifty things besides be a #$%^&(*^( PHONE.

Fucked if I want to cart around multiple devices
to do what I want to do when out and about.

> (Says the guy who would like to get a #$%^&(*^( PHONE without paying for those fifty other
> things!)

Doesnt make any difference to the price.

Even with stuff like a camera that does need some extra hardware,
its going to cost more to have a special low volume phone that hasnt
got that when most have enough of a clue to want that capability in
the phone so its handy if you ever need it ocassionally.

You're always welcome to keep using some old dinosaur phone
that doesnt even have any memory if you want the lowest price.