Is there any manufacturer that makes a combo flip phone & smartphone?
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Are you mad? Get the operator to connect you, sir! Your valet will explain how to contact her if you instruct him correctly.
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Are you mad? Get the operator to connect you, sir! Your valet will explain how to contact her if you instruct him correctly.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
:laugh: Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)
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:laugh: Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)
He's in Wales, which used carrier pigeons during his youth. Look up dovecote. My hometown in Canada still had exchange names before I reached my teens.
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:laugh: Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)
Of course sir! If one requires ones workers returned to work, one asks for "Whitehall 1212" and is directly connected!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Of course sir! If one requires ones workers returned to work, one asks for "Whitehall 1212" and is directly connected!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
:thumbsup:
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Of course sir! If one requires ones workers returned to work, one asks for "Whitehall 1212" and is directly connected!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
For some reason I'm reminded of one of [my fave SouthPark bits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grgxm5FUsa4).
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Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.
How about a physical add on? ESP32 + 4x4 keypad + bluetooth?
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Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.
Here is a list: Top 9 Android Smartphones With Physical QWERTY Keyboards[^]
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:laugh: Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)
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Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.
There's also this: Cosmo Communicator.
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Of course sir! If one requires ones workers returned to work, one asks for "Whitehall 1212" and is directly connected!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
As a kid, the only three numbers I was required to memorise by my mother was our own number (Erdington 741); 999; and Whitehall 1212. :) I never did find out why she felt that, as a child, I might need to bypass the police call handlers and speak direct to Whitehall... :confused: There was one occasion when a burglar broke in downstairs, and my mother had to phone 999. She rarely complained about much but the following day she did go on about what a stupid number 999 was in an emergency on a rotary dial phone (the only sort there was then).
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As a kid, the only three numbers I was required to memorise by my mother was our own number (Erdington 741); 999; and Whitehall 1212. :) I never did find out why she felt that, as a child, I might need to bypass the police call handlers and speak direct to Whitehall... :confused: There was one occasion when a burglar broke in downstairs, and my mother had to phone 999. She rarely complained about much but the following day she did go on about what a stupid number 999 was in an emergency on a rotary dial phone (the only sort there was then).
It was a stupid number, but it made sense when it was first introduced: phones then used "pulse dialing" and the obvious number to use - 111 - was far to easy to generate if the overhead wires tapped together in the wind! In addition, few homes had phones, and call boxes were already set up to allow free calls to the operator from the "0" key - it was easier to modify them to support "free dialing" on "9" as well than one would have been. By the time we switched to tone dialing it was far, far too late to change it, though they did add 911 so tourists could reach the emergency services (911 was the US choice for the same reason, we went with the same digit three times because it was felt to be easier to remember, as well as to "find in the dark or thick smoke".
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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As a kid, the only three numbers I was required to memorise by my mother was our own number (Erdington 741); 999; and Whitehall 1212. :) I never did find out why she felt that, as a child, I might need to bypass the police call handlers and speak direct to Whitehall... :confused: There was one occasion when a burglar broke in downstairs, and my mother had to phone 999. She rarely complained about much but the following day she did go on about what a stupid number 999 was in an emergency on a rotary dial phone (the only sort there was then).
Oh, and Whitehall 1212 was direct to Scotland Yard. :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.
There are definitely some about: - Emporia TOUCHsmart[^] - a couple from https://store.planetcom.co.uk/collections/devices[^] - also a rumour of the Samsung SM-W2020 (and older years, W2019, W2018 etc.), but never actually heard of one for sale
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Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.
Yes. LG has a couple models; however, they are mostly carrier locked and marketed to seniors.
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I wonder if it comes with a spiral tether so you can't remove it from the kitchen wall.
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Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.
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Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.
One alternative approach is to get a smartphone with a stylus. I have large fingers, and I find this a godsend.
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:laugh: Before my time! I suppose you had to use the old Telephone Exchange Names as well? (I always wondered about them watching shows as a kid. What the heck???)
My folks had a landline with the same phone number for over 60 years. When I was a kid (65+ years ago), we didn't need to dial the area code and remembered the 3 digit exchange as 'NOrmandy 8' (n o 8 = 668).
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Something that bothers me about the smartphone is the screen touchpad in the way that it is never as good as a good old-fashioned button-phone. I was wondering if anyone makes a phone that can be a smartphone as well as have a physical button-pad array.
