Comments on: Motorola Listened, Made “Just a Phone” http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone Tech News, Reviews and Guides Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:43:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Motorola just a MOTOFONE at All Narfed Up http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-153734 Motorola just a MOTOFONE at All Narfed Up Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:44:30 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-153734 [...] Paul Stamatiou wrote about how much he wanted one, and I’m doing the same. Motorola? Where are you? I’m right here! [...] [...] Paul Stamatiou wrote about how much he wanted one, and I’m doing the same. Motorola? Where are you? I’m right here! [...]

]]> By: yoda http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-151336 yoda Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:26:27 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-151336 Bluetooth??? does it have bluetooth? -yoda Bluetooth??? does it have bluetooth?

-yoda

]]> By: Miky http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-143917 Miky Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:24:09 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-143917 I just want a cell phone WITH an address book! Not just contacts, but full-fledged address book. I want my names, phone numbers, addresses and email addressed in one place. I don't care about listening to music (I have a radio), watching movies (I have a TV and DVD player), or sending email (I have a computer). Is there a phone out there somewhere like this??? I just want a cell phone WITH an address book! Not just contacts, but full-fledged address book. I want my names, phone numbers, addresses and email addressed in one place. I don’t care about listening to music (I have a radio), watching movies (I have a TV and DVD player), or sending email (I have a computer). Is there a phone out there somewhere like this???

]]> By: Phone verification man http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-20483 Phone verification man Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:12:02 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-20483 I was wondering if companies would ever do "plain" good phones which are just phones. Motofone justifies my hopes ;) I was wondering if companies would ever do “plain” good phones which are just phones.
Motofone justifies my hopes ;)

]]> By: Eddie http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-15161 Eddie Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:30:57 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-15161 Don Norman has my favorite quote on this-Today simplicity, tomorrow convenience. Tomorrow convenience, the next day simplicity. Its true, we're fed up with our smartphones and "features for the sake of features" phones. But how long before this phone gets embedded into our livees before folks start saying "it's great! But if it just did...." -then the carriers jump on that as new opportunity to cram said features down our thoats at higher prices. ...anyway, convergence is a sticky issue. We're always caught between simplicity and convenience. What we should be doing, if it's at all possible, is to stop swinging the pendulum so far every time (this 'just a phone' seems like a drastic swing back towards simplicity). Instead, focus on activity centered design and, heaven forbid, *useful* features. The fact that you can't "just make a call" is because you have to dig through a menu, or hte address book is too complex, or a whole host of other features that are poorly designed. Less is not always better, but it's certainly nice to have the choice of less features. Don Norman has my favorite quote on this-Today simplicity, tomorrow convenience. Tomorrow convenience, the next day simplicity.

Its true, we’re fed up with our smartphones and “features for the sake of features” phones. But how long before this phone gets embedded into our livees before folks start saying “it’s great! But if it just did….” -then the carriers jump on that as new opportunity to cram said features down our thoats at higher prices.

…anyway, convergence is a sticky issue. We’re always caught between simplicity and convenience. What we should be doing, if it’s at all possible, is to stop swinging the pendulum so far every time (this ‘just a phone’ seems like a drastic swing back towards simplicity). Instead, focus on activity centered design and, heaven forbid, *useful* features.

The fact that you can’t “just make a call” is because you have to dig through a menu, or hte address book is too complex, or a whole host of other features that are poorly designed. Less is not always better, but it’s certainly nice to have the choice of less features.

]]> By: Montoya http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-15152 Montoya Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:51:02 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-15152 That's such a revolutionary idea! A phone that just makes calls! Why didn't they think of that before? That’s such a revolutionary idea! A phone that just makes calls! Why didn’t they think of that before?

]]> By: josue salazar http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-15146 josue salazar Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:31:11 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-15146 oh god that is just what i need. oh god that is just what i need.

]]> By: Glen C. http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-15113 Glen C. Thu, 03 Aug 2006 04:30:54 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-15113 "If I had this phone with decent email capability I’d be fine." I agree completely. If this phone has email capabilities, I will buy it without a doubt. Hopefully good UI, slick, just a phone, email. All I need. “If I had this phone with decent email capability I’d be fine.”

I agree completely. If this phone has email capabilities, I will buy it without a doubt. Hopefully good UI, slick, just a phone, email. All I need.

]]> By: il blog di M/ http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-15091 il blog di M/ Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:19:26 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-15091 [...] Quando l’ho visto sul un blog “tennologgico”, ho già deciso che lo comprerò. Io ho bisogno di due telefoni. Uno complicato, lo uso quando non voglio parlare con nessuno o per giocare. Uno semplice, perché ogni tanto, bisogna pur lavorare e allora tempo per giocare davvero non ce n’è. Archiviato alle 2:19 da M/ in Tecnologie || [...] [...] Quando l’ho visto sul un blog “tennologgico”, ho già deciso che lo comprerò. Io ho bisogno di due telefoni. Uno complicato, lo uso quando non voglio parlare con nessuno o per giocare. Uno semplice, perché ogni tanto, bisogna pur lavorare e allora tempo per giocare davvero non ce n’è. Archiviato alle 2:19 da M/ in Tecnologie || [...]

]]> By: I want the MOTOFONE at Pierre Lourens http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14997 I want the MOTOFONE at Pierre Lourens Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:07:12 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14997 [...] As Paul Stamatiou so grandly stated, Motorola has finally made a good phone, at least by my books. You may call me a phone noob, but all I want to do on my phone is call people, and recieve calls. Is that such a hard demand? I don’t need to check my e-mail on my cell phone, or browse the internet while on the go. I mean, new feautures are cool to an extent–but they have been put into overkill into phones like the Razr. [...] [...] As Paul Stamatiou so grandly stated, Motorola has finally made a good phone, at least by my books. You may call me a phone noob, but all I want to do on my phone is call people, and recieve calls. Is that such a hard demand? I don’t need to check my e-mail on my cell phone, or browse the internet while on the go. I mean, new feautures are cool to an extent–but they have been put into overkill into phones like the Razr. [...]

]]> By: Pierre Lourens http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14995 Pierre Lourens Wed, 02 Aug 2006 05:51:58 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14995 To quote Peter Griffin from Family Guy, "This is fricking schweet." To quote Peter Griffin from Family Guy, “This is fricking schweet.”

]]> By: garam chai http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14981 garam chai Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:54:18 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14981 I don't browse from my RAZR...it is just expensive/painful to connect/browse. I haven't taken pics with the built-in camera...after seeing how bad they came out. This one looks good. Will give this one a try. I hope Motorola put some thought into UI. I don’t browse from my RAZR…it is just expensive/painful to connect/browse. I haven’t taken pics with the built-in camera…after seeing how bad they came out. This one looks good. Will give this one a try. I hope Motorola put some thought into UI.

]]> By: Nick Nichols http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14972 Nick Nichols Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:46:57 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14972 But the retro nixie tube digits suck. But the retro nixie tube digits suck.

]]> By: nodeland » Motorola Listened, Made “Just a Phone” http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14969 nodeland » Motorola Listened, Made “Just a Phone” Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:22:38 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14969 [...] Link: Motorola Listened, Made “Just a Phone” - PaulStamatiou.com [...] [...] Link: Motorola Listened, Made “Just a Phone” – PaulStamatiou.com [...]

]]> By: Tasty Links - 2006/08/01 at Student PR Blog: Chris Clarke’s Perspective on Public Relations and Online Communications http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14959 Tasty Links - 2006/08/01 at Student PR Blog: Chris Clarke’s Perspective on Public Relations and Online Communications Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:15:52 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14959 [...] This might be the most compelling argument that appeals to me getting a cell/mobile phone. [I don’t need a phone to browse the web, play multimedia files, and act as a universal remote control!] [...] [...] This might be the most compelling argument that appeals to me getting a cell/mobile phone. [I don’t need a phone to browse the web, play multimedia files, and act as a universal remote control!] [...]

]]> By: Kyle Korleski http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14954 Kyle Korleski Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:46:01 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14954 Yeah, I hear that message. If I need to take pictures, I have my Pentax Optio S6. If I need to listen to music, I have my iPod. But I'd rather not do either of those on a cellphone (the resolution of cell pics sucks and the limited space... eww) Yeah, I hear that message. If I need to take pictures, I have my Pentax Optio S6. If I need to listen to music, I have my iPod. But I’d rather not do either of those on a cellphone (the resolution of cell pics sucks and the limited space… eww)

]]> By: utch http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14948 utch Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:31:08 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14948 Yippie, that is a nice looking plain phone. Yippie, that is a nice looking plain phone.

]]> By: weisheng http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14947 weisheng Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:24:28 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14947 I think the best UI I've used is actually Nokia's. Sony Ericsson comes next, although the dictionary is a little wonky. Having invested so much in product design, I hope they've set aside some money for improvements to the actual user experience, which is just as important. I think the best UI I’ve used is actually Nokia’s. Sony Ericsson comes next, although the dictionary is a little wonky. Having invested so much in product design, I hope they’ve set aside some money for improvements to the actual user experience, which is just as important.

]]> By: All Narfed Up » Blog Archive » Motorola just a MOTOFONE http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14944 All Narfed Up » Blog Archive » Motorola just a MOTOFONE Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:28:24 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14944 [...] Paul Stamatiou wrote about how much he wanted one, and I’m doing the same. Motorola? Where are you? I’m right here! Social Bookmark- SelectBlinkList del.icio.us de.lirio.us Digg it Furl ma.gnolia Netvouz RawSugar reddit Shadows Simpy Spurl Yahoo MyWeb [...] [...] Paul Stamatiou wrote about how much he wanted one, and I’m doing the same. Motorola? Where are you? I’m right here! Social Bookmark- SelectBlinkList del.icio.us de.lirio.us Digg it Furl ma.gnolia Netvouz RawSugar reddit Shadows Simpy Spurl Yahoo MyWeb [...]

]]> By: Dimitry http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14940 Dimitry Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:03:57 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14940 Wonder how good the UI looks now. Moto is known to have some ugly, slow UI (cough Razr cough) Dimitry Wonder how good the UI looks now. Moto is known to have some ugly, slow UI (cough Razr cough)

Dimitry

]]> By: Peter http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14935 Peter Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:04:43 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14935 Slick phone. We only need to scale back our geekiness if we can't wield the power??? Slick phone.

We only need to scale back our geekiness if we can’t wield the power???

]]> By: MarkMS http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14929 MarkMS Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:44:56 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14929 Looks very similar to my SLVR. And like Weisheng said, the UI isn't the best I have seen and would be awesome if they did clean it up. I probably wont get one as soon as it's out, but I hope there is a way to upgrade the UI. I wonder if the "Software Update" on my phone works? Looks very similar to my SLVR. And like Weisheng said, the UI isn’t the best I have seen and would be awesome if they did clean it up. I probably wont get one as soon as it’s out, but I hope there is a way to upgrade the UI.

I wonder if the “Software Update” on my phone works?

]]> By: weisheng http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14928 weisheng Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:34:09 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14928 You're right, it's about time someone released a mobile phone that was just that, a phone. Motorola has been coming up with some really impressive designs in recent times, don't know what happened to Nokia their phones are really ugly. The only gripe I have is Motorola's UI and messaging functions are usually crap. So if this one has had its UI cleaned up, I may just get one this year. You’re right, it’s about time someone released a mobile phone that was just that, a phone. Motorola has been coming up with some really impressive designs in recent times, don’t know what happened to Nokia their phones are really ugly. The only gripe I have is Motorola’s UI and messaging functions are usually crap. So if this one has had its UI cleaned up, I may just get one this year.

]]> By: Mike Johnston http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14922 Mike Johnston Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:20:43 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14922 I really like this concept but I must say that is more why I am leaning toward the Q. If I had this phone with decent email capability I'd be fine. My Treo 650 (as horrific as it is in operation) has so many bells and whistles that its insane. I've even added software to it, etc. After a year of use I complain everytime I "attempt" a phone call and wish my H button would work when I respond to an email on the road. :) At some point we need to scale back our geekiness huh? I really like this concept but I must say that is more why I am leaning toward the Q. If I had this phone with decent email capability I’d be fine.

My Treo 650 (as horrific as it is in operation) has so many bells and whistles that its insane. I’ve even added software to it, etc. After a year of use I complain everytime I “attempt” a phone call and wish my H button would work when I respond to an email on the road.

:)

At some point we need to scale back our geekiness huh?

]]> By: Chris McElligott http://paulstamatiou.com/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone#comment-14910 Chris McElligott Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:12:49 +0000 http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/08/01/motorola-listened-made-just-a-phone/#comment-14910 I can't wait for this, it's a really impressive looking phone. I can’t wait for this, it’s a really impressive looking phone.

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