re: to put together a plan to try to substitute PC technology with phone is just crazy.
I disagree, but calling people's plans crazy because they see the changing technology is nothing new. I'm sure your great-grandfather had a similar disdain for the television over the radio. The prices are lowering every day for phone technology. Text messenging has eliminated some of the mystique of computer technology and email. Do you realize that the phones that are given away today have the processor speed of computers from the mid 90s? In fact, any plan that takes a few years to refine will end up using inexpensive phones with larger screens and faster speeds than today. Cellular phones are fast becoming full-fledged computers. In fact, when I had problems with my phone recently, the support rep said I wasn't rebooting my phone often enough. His advice helped, but... "reboot" my phone? Times are changing and we crazies change with it. Gideon Jesionowski, Technology Coordinator Coalition of African, Asian, European and Latino Immigrants of Illinois (CAAELII) www.caaelii.org 4300 N. Hermitage Avenue Chicago IL 60613 tel 773-248-1019 fax 773-248-1179 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps - On a separate note, the list administrator should note that return addresses such as "Info" look like spam. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Info Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:30 AM To: 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group' Subject: RE: [DDN] phone vs net Putting a cellular phone in the hands of people who can barely put food on the table or live in sub par housing conditions, fighting aides, and worst of all, about to be left of out the 21st century digital workforce is just crazy. Cellular phones and pagers have been in the poorest hands for almost a decade now, has having a cellular phone helped their conditions, no. Lets get back on target, TO SOLVE the Digital Divide, you must FIRST solve the socioeconomic conditions that caused that, or at the very least, at the same time. The new workforce will require some use of technology, and you can't get anywhere close to the same benefits using a phone. And let's face it; phones that come closest, actually cost twice as much as a computer. Try learning how to type, do research, training, net medicine on a phone. Computers today are used as a communications device, and to put together a plan to try to substitute PC technology with phone is just crazy. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
