Microsoft files EU Android complaint

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:56:47PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Apparently people don't spend most of their phone time dialing.  So
> optimizing for dialing is actually a mistake.
> 
> For webbish uses, you want all the screen you can get.
> 
> But, in fact, most of the time you are just carrying a phone, not
> using it.  So that application needs to be optimized: make it small
> and rugged as possible.
> 
> But wait, it is a fashion accessory.  Make it beautiful and branded.
> 
> As an old guy, I don't need a phone to be constantly in contact with
> my community.  I think under-30 folks would be left out without a
> phone (and Facebook).

They might feel left out.  That isn't the same as being left out.

> I really like having a smart phone when I'm out of the house.  I want
> to be able to access the internet.  But I leave it off!  I turn it on
> when I need the internet, which is actually rare but unpredicable.
> That makes the smartphone a luxury (but I manage to pay only $0.25/day
> for "unlimited" internet access and almost nothing for the phone plan
> (because I don't use it)).
> 
> Because of needing to handle emergencies, I started to also carry a dumb 
> flip phone a while back.  It has to be on all the time for this 
> application.  It has buttons but I dial it so rarely that I'm not 
> particularly comfortable with them.  I hate that I'm tracked.
> 
> If you need a mobile phone just for voice, a dumb flip phone is great:
> - rugged (self-protecting)
> - long long battery life
> - not worth stealing
> - has real buttons
> - optimized for the task (simple menu etc.)
> - cheap

For the people I call most, I just dial the number.  I can't be bothered
to use the address book.  Of course I also don't usually even look at
the phone while dialing, because I can actually feel the buttons.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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