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Old October 29th 18, 11:41 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Cheryl[_5_]
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On 2018-10-28 4:42 PM, Judith Latham wrote:

My Mobile phone is for emergencies and keeping in contact with my
husband when I'm out somewhere. I do take photos on it but not that
often. I have a camera if want to take proper photos.

Judith


My mobile phone is mostly just for emergencies. However, I do
occasionally take photos on it. It takes much better photos than the
little point-and-shoot camera I have.


I used it recently to help me set up a price comparison chart for
groceries and things I buy regularly. During the hot weather I'd been
taking my daily walk in various stores. When I saw something I buy
often in a store where I don't usually shop, I'd take a photo of the
item and the price. Then I made a spreadsheet, showing the prices at
various places for various items. If I need something on that
spreadsheet, I look at the list to find the best place to buy it.


Naturally I deleted the photos after I'd made the spreadsheet. It was a
lot simpler than writing everything down. Now I carry a copy of the
spreadsheet with me, and if I'm shopping, or walking, and see something
on sale that I buy often, I'll check to see if that is really the best
deal.



Now that's efficient and a brilliant use of a mobile phone. I'm impressed.


I'm glued to my mobile phone, but I use it as a phone to call taxis,
basically. When one of my sisters is in town, she texts me sometimes,
and so, rarely, does one of my friends. I generally keep the ringer
turned off (that way, I don't need to remember to do so when in a
concert, class, etc., or on a bus where I really don't want to be
discussing anything personal, not that many people seem to mind.

I bought a bigger model smartphone, and use it as an e-reader, to play
games, to check email and the site that tells me when to expect the next
bus. I check online fliers when I'm shopping. I tried using it to buy
things, but sometimes it seemed to work and sometimes it didn't - maybe
I was holding it wrong or something - so I'm back to using my cards the
old fashioned way instead of tap. I sometimes take pictures - like
above, of things I want to remember, in my case, posters with
information about classes or concerts I might want to attend. When I
went on holiday for the first time in years, I brought a camera for most
of my picture taking - it's an older model without an internet
capability, but I figured out how to connect the sd card to my phone,
and in the evening, resting my feet after a long day sight-seeing, I'd
copy the photos to my phone and upload them to a photo site to share
with friends and relatives at home.

My main complaint is that the battery is bad, it's not designed to be
replaced, and I'm not really ready to try disassembling it and putting
in some battery I've bought off the internet from someone who claims its
the right kind. That's actually a common problem with this type of
phone, as I discovered. I think the manufacturers expect everyone to get
a new one every year, but I'm not doing that. Instead, I bought a little
battery pack so I can charge the battery when needed. So far, so good!

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Cheryl