LOL - how does that conflict with the thread title? Let me count the ways.
Yeah, I get that it's a joke - but it's also a huge stereotype.
I'm gonna go with my mileage may vary and let it go at that.
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LOL - how does that conflict with the thread title? Let me count the ways.
Yeah, I get that it's a joke - but it's also a huge stereotype.
I'm gonna go with my mileage may vary and let it go at that.
BlueBiker
Android Expert
I'm gonna go with my mileage may vary and let it go at that.
So Early, what you're trying to tell us is you're a great big cuddle monster? Okay, seems a little bit TMI but whatever.
So Early, what you're trying to tell us is you're a great big cuddle monster? Okay, seems a little bit TMI but whatever.
Not necessarily the part of life's rich tapestry that I was implying in my comment.
zuben el genub
Extreme Android User
I've got an electrical engineer (retired) in the family that can't figure out how to answer a non-flip phone. I've had to run home to show him how to turn on Skype on both the phone and Ubuntu.
He actually called me up at work and asked me how to answer the phone when he first got a cell. I had the office phone on speaker and everyone broke up. I told him to ask daughter or RTFM.
He actually called me up at work and asked me how to answer the phone when he first got a cell. I had the office phone on speaker and everyone broke up. I told him to ask daughter or RTFM.
BlueBiker
Android Expert
Invariably the worst programmers at companies I've worked at in the past were former EE's. I don't know why it is, but they would consider the job done when they demonstrated it once not failing. Hey our new airplane didn't crash in its first test flight, so it must be ready for passenger duty!
I guess the lesson is that technical expertise in one area often doesn't translate to others.
9to5cynic
Android Expert
blkbeltkid17
Android Expert
me and my girl are an android couple and we have the same phone were special lol
They saved you some $700/yr. Suggests a couple of conference room free pizza days, eh?
I don't think they save any money because of lost productivity without a smart phone. I can download pdf's on the fly and keep moving through jobs. With feature phones they have to come back to the office to accomplish the same thing.
I don't think they save any money because of lost productivity without a smart phone. I can download pdf's on the fly and keep moving through jobs. With feature phones they have to come back to the office to accomplish the same thing.
Roze
Hiding behind a mystery
Well, you're the boss Dave...make it mandatory that they are required a smartphone for work. I know some people don't like work smartphones caused they feel more chained to work.
Frisco
=Luceat Lux Vestra=
I'm jealous. My wife won't have anything to do with them. My daughter loves them (although she does have a *choke* Windows 7 Sprint phone right now
).I tried breaking my wife in on a spare Samsung Galaxy Tab. She thought it was "cool, but what's if for? I have a laptop." So... eh.. lots of co-workers have them, so I can Android-bond with them.
A story:
Neighbor has a freeloading POS "boyfriend" for lack of a better word. I have been in her apt exactly once at the same time as him. I noticed his phone (this is rare unless I'm in a confined space with someone), and said "Oh, I think we have (almost) the same phone- what is that?" Him: "Some LG thing." Me: "Lemme see, yep that's an Optimus. T-Mobile? Yeah, OK Optimus T." Him: Blank stare. Don't really remember the rest of this scintillating convo, but I said "Android" at some point. Him: "What's Android?" Me: "Uh, it's the OS on your phone." Him: Blank stare.
/fin
Neighbor has a freeloading POS "boyfriend" for lack of a better word. I have been in her apt exactly once at the same time as him. I noticed his phone (this is rare unless I'm in a confined space with someone), and said "Oh, I think we have (almost) the same phone- what is that?" Him: "Some LG thing." Me: "Lemme see, yep that's an Optimus. T-Mobile? Yeah, OK Optimus T." Him: Blank stare. Don't really remember the rest of this scintillating convo, but I said "Android" at some point. Him: "What's Android?" Me: "Uh, it's the OS on your phone." Him: Blank stare.
/fin
blkbeltkid17
Android Expert
I hate people like that if they only knew the power of what was in there hands
Roze
Hiding behind a mystery
I used to talk to random people on the train with Androids before it got popular and I see it everywhere. It was a good chance back then that I was talking to an Android enthusiast and so I can geek talk with them. Now, I don't bother because a lot of the people with Android don't really care that it's an Android.
blkbeltkid17
Android Expert
This brings sad tears to my eyes
Roze
Hiding behind a mystery
Why?
blkbeltkid17
Android Expert
That people don't care about what they have
Roze
Hiding behind a mystery
Android isn't for the geeks any more!
blkbeltkid17
Android Expert
I am a geek and android is for me :-D
9to5cynic
Android Expert
what you actually typed:
What I read:
Long day lol.
@Melim, did you just walk away after he didn't know what android was?
I tried breaking my wife in on a spare Samsung Galaxy Tab. She thought it was "cool, but what's if for? I have a laptop." So... eh.. lots of co-workers have them, so I can Android-bond with them.
What I read:
I tried bricking my wifes Samsung Galaxy Tab. She thought it was "cool, but what's if for? I have a laptop." So... eh.. lots of co-workers have them, so I can Android-bond with them.
Long day lol.
@Melim, did you just walk away after he didn't know what android was?
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KTW
Guest
thought women used black berrys ? In my school about 98 percenct of the woman use black berry, but then again about 94 percent of guys use black berry. Just thaght the black berry is a femanen device.....hows that htc woman device doing ?
K
KTW
Guest
i think the reason for this is apple advertises thier products as fasion accessories....have you ever seen a woman in a jewelry store ?.... Proves my point ?
I guess the lesson is that technical expertise in one area often doesn't translate to others.
Very Very true. My wife's aunt is a retired "engineer" from Lockheed Martin. She retired making over $150k... yet she needed help turning on the wifi on her laptop. When she got her first smartphone, she needed help taking pictures.
Blows my mind how a single person can be so smart and yet so freaking stupid at the same time.
blkbeltkid17
Android Expert
This about sums it all up in a nut shell
OfTheDamned
The Friendly Undead
My girlfriend is a BlackBerry user. She really likes physical keyboards and has yet to find one that lives up to her BlackBerry Bold. Then again, she was issued the device for work and isn't allowed to pick.
My girlfriend works with people that are smarter than just about all of us combined. Each of them has multiple doctorates and several of them have taught at schools like Harvard or Cambridge, but not a single one of them could set up a router or even defrag a computer. I was talking to one of the guys she works with one time about this. He has 5 doctorates (2 in medicine) and worked for NASA at one point, he literally is or was a rocket scientist and his feeling on the subject was that when people don't care to learn something they just aren't going to. The only thing that will force them into it is if there is nobody around to provide the help they need. This man had absolutely no idea how to change the ringtone on his phone. We laughed about that and he said that it made noise when he needed it to and that was good enough for him.
blkbeltkid17
Android Expert
Haha that made me laugh but mean phones are more common sense I don't understand how people don't get it