Note to phone manufacturers: I want a …
Note to phone manufacturers:
I want a phone with no external buttons. If you have to put external buttons on it, at least recess the bloody things! Perhaps two: one to shut the alarm clock off, and one to snooze it. The same two could answer the speakerphone and reject it.
Other than that, forget the convenience bull*hit and give me a phone that won’t activate the camera, the music player (which I don’t use) the FM radio (which requires a clunky plug-in earphone to work, so I don’t use it either) the video recorder or the freakin’ keyboard lock whenever I pick it up. If you must cover the thing with buttons, at least give me a way to deactivate the damned things!
Technology creep is a function of the creeps who do the design. Just because you can do something is no good reason to do it. Give the thing to some real people to test, not just a bunch of phone geeks, and listen to their suggestions. I’ll bet you’ll be amazed! I love the cameras and stuff, but y’know what…I can open the phone if I need to use them. They do not need to be instantly accessible. Bet it would make your design chores a lot simpler, too.
And I don’t want to hear about your bloody iPhone, either. I don’t need a phone to surf to blinkin’ Saturn, I just want a communication tool that works on my agenda, not its own.
