Smartphones will kill off DSLR's soon/

[Sal1950]

I'd almost say for personal use email is going out of style. Texting is somewhere between a phone call and email. For many casual purposes texting fits. Of course I do have my phone with me most of the time.

Very true but I just can't get into it, too old and stuck in certain ways I guess.
For one I'm just not a phone person anyhow, I hate talking on the phone.
I still prefer the days when the phone was on the wall at home.
I'll answer it if I'm home (maybe) or leave a message on the machine.
I was very late in getting a cell phone period, and really only did as a safety measure.
Something to use in an emergency if I had a problem while out on my motorcycle specially.
It came in super handy when I got a flat while out riding the back highways in Michigan back around 2006 or 07.
The first thing I grab when leaving the house is my pistol, then the wallet, then my cell if I remember it. LOL

 

[EJ3]

Honestly, texting cracks me up. My kids are constantly texting, but if you think about it, texting is the modern equivalent of a 19th century telegraph, the significant difference being one technology is wired while the other is wireless. The average person texts 36 words per minute, while a person easily speaks between 150-200 words per minute. Texting is probably the best example of back-to-the-future there is.

I can text about 12 words a minute if I focus 100% on texting. But then I cannot be doing anything else, which is rarely the case.

And texting requires the use of my hands. Not something that I have time for 99.99% of the time, as I am usually doing something that requires me to be using my hands.

 

[EJ3]

Very true but I just can't get into it, too old and stuck in certain ways I guess.
For one I'm just not a phone person anyhow, I hate talking on the phone.
I still prefer the days when the phone was on the wall at home.
I'll answer it if I'm home (maybe) or leave a message on the machine.
I was very late in getting a cell phone period, and really only did as a safety measure.
Something to use in an emergency if I had a problem while out on my motorcycle specially.
It came in super handy when I got a flat while out riding the back highways in Michigan back around 2006 or 07.
The first thing I grab when leaving the house is my pistol, then the wallet, then my cell if I remember it. LOL

All it is is an electronic leash. A phone is for MY (yes, I am selfish about my time) convenience, not someone else's convenience to interrupt me (and I do not let it interrupt me. Typically (If I am in fact carrying the phone) the ringer is off (it is set to vibrate) but I am usually doing things that have their own vibrations (boating, riding horses, equipment or some other rigorous activity. Sitting still is something that I do when I am asleep. Talking on the phone is something that can be done hands free. That is pretty much the only scenario in which I can use a phone. Hands free. If you can't be bothered to talk to me, I certainly can't be bothered to text you. (The ability to photo comes in handy once in a while though.