Less Is More

It seems that the overwhelming size of the instruction manuals that come with mobile phones these days has gotten to the Cingular and T-Mobile representatives. It’s about time. Heck, my 53 year old mother has trouble operating her basic-as-they-come LG mobile phone. Phones are incorporating everything these days. TV, Audio, Messaging, Web browsing, and I think I even saw one that made snow cones (on hot days this was the phone to have!). Where will it end?

I have a T-Mobile sidekick that basically does everything and more as a mobile phone, but once in a while I like to go back to my Nokia 3595 for a few days. All the older Nokia phone does is send and receive calls. Simple is nice.

As we progress and demand more from our phones, we have to realize they have limits. Manufacturers should know that most of the people who use their phones only utilize a small % of the phone’s capabilities. Maybe a ‘simple’ line of phones at a very cheap price would be a next move? Possibly this idea would be a huge hit? Of my immediate family my mom, dad, and brother would love something like that. The sister and I are tech nerd geek-a-zoides to the 15th power plus infinity, twice. Bring on the bells, whistles, and snow cone making phones! (But remember that we also want simple too)

posted by: feeling entropy