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| Thread ID: 113112 | 2010-10-05 23:26:00 | When is a portable phone not a portable phone? | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1142041 | 2010-10-06 02:04:00 | So because my laptop doesn't permanently reside on my laptop it shouldn't be called a laptop??? :( :( How selfish.................. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1142042 | 2010-10-06 04:13:00 | Isn't that a rather selfish approach to a household item that is by its design intended to be used by any in the home who needs it. Do you constantly have other occupants asking to use 'your' phone? Or does everyone in your house have their own cordless phone? There is only two occupants in our house, SWMBO and myself. I am here on my own most of the day and SWMBO in the evenings. The phone stays with me all day and in the lounge, then bedroom, in the evening. The charger is in the kitchen. But selfish or not was not the thrust of my dissertation. I was curious to know why a portable phone, in many cases, stays on the charger and when there is a call it is necessary to go to the charger, from wherever you are in the house, to answer the phone. In that respect it may as well be a fixed phone. The "portable" in "portable phone" does not seem to apply. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1142043 | 2010-10-06 04:18:00 | I have two cordless phones. One is in my bedroom and usually stays on the charger. The other is in the kitchen, and sometimes I take it outside when I am in the garden doing stuff. However, I left it out on the fence for a night and didn't miss it a bit, till the next day when I found it! LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1142044 | 2010-10-06 04:22:00 | Same here there's 2 phones here. The ones where you can plug into any power point. If you want to carry it around all day go for it. There's nothing stopping you. Ask whoever made the phone, the ? They'll probably know more than anyone else | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1142045 | 2010-10-06 04:40:00 | I have four portable phones, all of which live permanently on their charger. I pick up the Business portable if I take a call on the landline and have to go down to my office or out to my workshop in our garage to get information for a client. If I'm working in the garage and a phone rings I can pick up either business or private calls with the flip of a switch then go back inside to pass the call to Mrs T or continue to my office. I have a second business portable in my office that I take with me if I go outside to the back yard or I am *cough* indisposed and the business line rings, which it always does at the most inconvenient of times! The fourth phone is in Mrs T's office and is dual line so it can take business or private calls, and that is the one we all use if we have to be mobile during a call or have to take the call to somebody outside etc. By leaving them on the charger they are always fully charged and never run out part-way through a call. Wherever possible we use a landline phone though, I'm not a fan of wireless phones or cellphones and I think we may live to regret our heavy usage of radiating devices, they are far more dangerous than you think, especially the digital types. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1142046 | 2010-10-06 04:48:00 | We use our potable fones on the charger unless being used. The advantage of the cordless is No Cords. Do you have ice with your potable phone? :D:D Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1142047 | 2010-10-06 05:05:00 | The portable Phone reminds me of a old saying a friend once told me. "When someone calls you, its them wanting to speak to you - If you dont want to talk to whoever is calling you dont answer". So I spose you could say if you are enjoying a rest the last thing you want is some clown calling to chat. If the Portable is within reach, you will have a tendency to answer it. If its out of reach - the answer phone can get it ;) Bit like sometimes here, just because I work from home, some people think I'm available 24/7, phone rings all hours of the night ----- Errrrrrrrrr NO!:groan: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1142048 | 2010-10-06 07:51:00 | We younger generation relish the bygone age of wires... actually the electric fence defies the use of cordless phones to the bitter end however its nicer to have an electric fence than a whole lot of sheep in the garden. Still, I see the point, its pointless. unless you like moving around. ill never understand some people, grandparents they have cordless in kitchen and wired in lounge. they'll sit down and watch TV, when the phone rings they'll jump up and ignore the wired one and go for the cordless. they refuse to bring cordless into lounge or get rid of the wired. Such is life I guess |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1142049 | 2010-10-06 07:57:00 | Phones can be too portable at times. So portable you may forget where you put it down last. Which is another good reason to put it in the charger. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1142050 | 2010-10-06 08:04:00 | They have a pager thing on the base to call the portable handset. Otherwise I would spend a lot more time searching for our two. When you think about it it does not much sense to have a wired phone does it? Main one I use has 10 programed speed dials of companies I call all the time I print the speed dial list on my brother label machine and stick it on the back of the phone. They seem to last about 3 days off the charger mine goes on when it starts to beep charge me. |
prefect (6291) | ||
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