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Re: [OM] Changes coming on Zone-10

Subject: Re: [OM] Changes coming on Zone-10
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:58:11 -0500
My point-by-point reply will tell you why I can easily go 4G-less.

On 3/6/2012 3:22 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> At the price of cell phone data transmission I have chosen to keep data
>> away from my phone.  I can wait to get home for wifi access.  There's
>> nothing so urgent in my life that I need 3G/4G/XG or whateverG to send
>> photos somewhere.  :-)
>
> While I agree with you in principle, I definitely disagree in
> practice. Having a decent smartphone has greatly altered a number of
> thing in my life.
>
> 1. I don't carry the iPad around nearly as much.

I don't have an iPad and haven't felt the need.  Maybe I'll do Android 
one day.

>
> 2. I can video conference with my family while I'm out of town.

I haven't video conferenced with a family member since my son was in 
Iraq some 10 years or more ago.

>
> 3. Manuals, exposure guides and other photographic information,
> including DoF calculators are available.

Real manuals are in my camera bag, the electronic versions are on my 
laptop.  A DoF and hyperfocal table is in my wallet.

>
> 4. Turn by turn navigation to whatever place I need to go that I've
> never heard of before.

My GPS is in my car (which is a necessary conveyance for moving from 
turn to turn).

>
> 5. No need to fight the non-functional WiFi connection in the typical
> motel just to check email.

I travel the east coast from upper New York State to Florida frequently. 
  I've traversed pretty much the entire country twice in the last 4 
years.  I've never yet encountered a completely non-functional wi=fi 
network in a hotel.  Some weak ones, yes.  Sufficiently weak in one case 
to demand a different room, yes.  But totally non-functional, never.
>
> 6. Integration with Google mail, calendar, contacts, documents...

I don't have intergrated anything, especially calendars and contacts. 
Likely because I am thoroughly retired and almost never have to be any 
particular place at any particular time.  For rare and important events 
I have my personal secretary (aka wife) to remind me.

>
> 7. YouVersion, TPE and Pandora.

I only know about TPE and have it on the laptop.  Never have actually 
used if for shooting though.

>
> 8. And finally the one that pays for the entire data plan: GasBuddy.

All along my commonly driven trails from New York to Florida I know the 
gas stations pretty well.  Without referencing much of anything I can 
pick the lowest price within a cent or two because it's always the same 
low price players.  But if I were traveling in relatively unfamiliar 
Iowa I'd check with GasBuddy before leaving the hotel in the morning.

>
> The instant messaging which is either classic IM or GTalk is a nice
> aspect of this. I can go from phone to iPad to desktop seemlesssly.

I don't have much need for instant anything.  Did I mention that I'm 
retired?  :-) :-)

Chuck Norcutt

>
> There are some things where I'm a stick-in-the-mud recalcitrant, but
> I'm sold on smartphones. It pains me to have to pay a phone bill to
> the landline company. Oh, wait!  Grrr.....
>
> AG
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