I didn't get my first mobile until Easter Friday 2002 - Nokia 3310 "orange" - which is still in perfect working order!
you could have told me how to switch the wifi on, you flogged me a dud phone 
I had one of these, only on vodaphone 
When i was a kid digital watches and calculators were the height of accessible technology.
When i was a kid digital watches and calculators were the height of accessible technology.
In my day it was the abacus
I had one of those too Damesy That was going up in the world
The Nokia tone....that was something else wasn't it?
You could tell a nut job at 50 paces; nowadays everyone walks around talking to themselves and the distinction is less clear!
So many people walking around talking loudly to themselves, looking out for the trips in the paving stones......If I was to think about it to hard I would be thinking I was 'Going GaGa'......
I'm not sure I can contribute to this thread as my experience is so much different to the common man/woman.
Me and my colleagues have had the use of smartphones for 60 years now along with flying cars and teleportation.
In fact we made silver suits trendy long before 1950's movies.
Was it much different... and if so, how?
Yes, it was.
People didn't bump into me because they were too busy texting to watch where they were going, nor ignore their kids because they were nattering on their mobiles.
I couldn't prove Mr Yogi wrong on a daily basis, by googling.
I didn't spend hours on here.
That about sums it up On the plus side though you couldn't see family that lived far away and chat face to face
Another positive is that we don't need to hunt for a phone box that hasn't been vandalised, when we are out and about and need to make a call.
True
And another big plus is that without it I would never had met some really fab people 
Ditto
I didn't get my first mobile until Easter Friday 2002 - Nokia 3310 "orange" - which is still in perfect working order!
you could have told me how to switch the wifi on, you flogged me a dud phone
I had one of these, only on vodaphone
Oh that's a modern one!
I can't remember what my first one was - but it was bought on offer for (I think) a tenner on a deal via the Woman's Own.
I'm not sure I can contribute to this thread as my experience is so much different to the common man/woman.
Me and my colleagues have had the use of smartphones for 60 years now along with flying cars and teleportation.
In fact we made silver suits trendy long before 1950's movies.
I think it was different in that before digital technology you had to 'want' to do something.
Where as now its available on a whim
A bit like having a car as opposed to public transport - you can pop to places in a car if you want but have to really want to be somewhere if you are using public transport.
If you know what I mean . . . 
I also remember, not THAT long ago, having a data cable for my phone to connect to the laptop when I was out and about and dialling up a connection to the internet to get email.
I'm not sure I can contribute to this thread as my experience is so much different to the common man/woman.
Me and my colleagues have had the use of smartphones for 60 years now along with flying cars and teleportation.
In fact we made silver suits trendy long before 1950's movies.
Are you Donovan?
*Evil aunt gave me a grand when she retired... which bought my first PC xmas '99!
I didn't get my first one till about 2002
I didn't get my first mobile until Easter Friday 2002 - Nokia 3310 "orange" - which is still in perfect working order!
You still have your first one?
Mine was an Erickson. I bought it without mam knowing and had to hide it and the box for a good while to get her used to the fact that I actually had a mobile
Around 2000 my employer issued with a mobile - a nokia complete with aerial - to replace my electronic pager. I never used or responded to the mobile... in the same way that i had never responded to the pager!
I'm not sure I can contribute to this thread as my experience is so much different to the common man/woman.
Me and my colleagues have had the use of smartphones for 60 years now along with flying cars and teleportation.
In fact we made silver suits trendy long before 1950's movies.
I beg your pardon!
I have never performed such an act - that's kinky in the extreme - Tsk
I also remember, not THAT long ago, having a data cable for my phone to connect to the laptop when I was out and about and dialling up a connection to the internet to get email.
When i was a kid digital watches and calculators were the height of accessible technology.
In my day it was the abacus
Did it keep accurate time?
We've got boxes and boxes in the loft of every phone going. Mr C used to test them pre going on the shelves. Well actually he didn't - I used to test them for idiot proofness.
I was gifted a thumb size, mother of pearl with 5 diamond studs mobile phone from Motorola as a thank you
Oh that's a modern one!
I can't remember what my first one was - but it was bought on offer for (I think) a tenner on a deal via the Woman's Own.
it was a brick compared to my first one Kaffs...and can I hellers think of the make
I think it was different in that before digital technology you had to 'want' to do something.
Where as now its available on a whim
A bit like having a car as opposed to public transport - you can pop to places in a car if you want but have to really want to be somewhere if you are using public transport.
If you know what I mean . . .
No, nothing is done as a 'Whim' it takes at least 15 phonecalls, 15 facebook invites to organise afternoon tea,
I'm not sure I can contribute to this thread as my experience is so much different to the common man/woman.
Me and my colleagues have had the use of smartphones for 60 years now along with flying cars and teleportation.
In fact we made silver suits trendy long before 1950's movies.
I beg your pardon!
I have never performed such an act - that's kinky in the extreme - Tsk
PMSL!!
Of course I'm not nearly old enough to remember life before the internet *coff* 
I imagine it must have been awful though
We've got boxes and boxes in the loft of every phone going. Mr C used to test them pre going on the shelves. Well actually he didn't - I used to test them for idiot proofness.
I was gifted a thumb size, mother of pearl with 5 diamond studs mobile phone from Motorola as a thank you
First time I ever saw a 'mobile' phone was in the 70's (abt 1976).
My uncle was the chauffeur to the leader of the then GLC, Horace Cutler and he drove a gold Ford Granada with this bloody great monstrosity sitting just above the handbrake
Mind you. What did we ever do before TV and radio......spoke to each other
When i was a kid digital watches and calculators were the height of accessible technology.
In my day it was the abacus
Did it keep accurate time?
No. Susceptible to human error.
and I was much slimmer before the internet 
coz I wasn't sat on me butt every night talking to you reprobates
Of course I'm not nearly old enough to remember life before the internet *coff*
I imagine it must have been awful though
We were to busy living life to notice......
First time I ever saw a 'mobile' phone was in the 70's (abt 1976).
My uncle was the chauffeur to the leader of the then GLC, Horace Cutler and he drove a gold Ford Granada with this bloody great monstrosity sitting just above the handbrake
That reminds me of John Thaw in The Sweeney 
Making those 32 photographic opportunities on holiday count - because there was no way mum would have bought me a second spool!
Making those 32 photographic opportunities on holiday count - because there was no way mum would have bought me a second spool!
It was the developing that cost
First time I ever saw a 'mobile' phone was in the 70's (abt 1976).
My uncle was the chauffeur to the leader of the then GLC, Horace Cutler and he drove a gold Ford Granada with this bloody great monstrosity sitting just above the handbrake
Making those 32 photographic opportunities on holiday count - because there was no way mum would have bought me a second spool!
Aww yes, happy days And waiting aaaages for your photies to come back
After school on Fridays, I remember always arranging with my mates to meet at the station on a Sat night before going to the clubs. Friday was always date night - Saturday was group hug night if you'd had a bad date/been stood up etc. Used to listen to Greg Edwards Soul Spectrum on Capital Radio whilst wallowing in the bath getting ready - and KNEW that everyone else was doing exactly the same, getting ready for a night out.
We never phoned each other, just took it for granted that the arrangements stood unless otherwise notified. And we COPED.
We've got boxes and boxes in the loft of every phone going. Mr C used to test them pre going on the shelves. Well actually he didn't - I used to test them for idiot proofness.
I was gifted a thumb size, mother of pearl with 5 diamond studs mobile phone from Motorola as a thank you
I bet that's a bugger to text on!
First time I ever saw a 'mobile' phone was in the 70's (abt 1976).
My uncle was the chauffeur to the leader of the then GLC, Horace Cutler and he drove a gold Ford Granada with this bloody great monstrosity sitting just above the handbrake
Good ole County Hall!
and I was much slimmer before the internet coz I wasn't sat on me butt every night talking to you reprobates
I was much less belligerant.....
Making those 32 photographic opportunities on holiday count - because there was no way mum would have bought me a second spool!
Aww yes, happy days And waiting aaaages for your photies to come back
Only to find that 50% of them hadn't come out
First time I ever saw a 'mobile' phone was in the 70's (abt 1976).
My uncle was the chauffeur to the leader of the then GLC, Horace Cutler and he drove a gold Ford Granada with this bloody great monstrosity sitting just above the handbrake
That reminds me of John Thaw in The Sweeney
First time I ever saw a 'mobile' phone was in the 70's (abt 1976).
My uncle was the chauffeur to the leader of the then GLC, Horace Cutler and he drove a gold Ford Granada with this bloody great monstrosity sitting just above the handbrake
That reminds me of John Thaw in The Sweeney
Sadly my uncle didn't look like John Thaw.
And Horace definitely didn't..!
