20 Feb
2007
20 Feb
'07
2:53 p.m.
--- der Mouse <mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca> wrote:
used watches at all.
Heh.
My watch died recently, and since then I have been
using my phone as my
mobile time source. I want the watch back. (Too
bad it's broken; I
need to find another.)
Why?
The phone is significantly harder to get to (have to
> Apparently
many folks simply use their mobile
phone as a time
source.
Since I got my 1st mobile around 2001 I haven't extract it from a
pocket, versus just turning my wrist), and the pho
ne
is significantly
harder to read under most circumstances.
My first mobile yes, but not my current one
which has a much better LCD display and
backlighting.
Oh yes, speaking of backlighting.... it can also
double as a torch when in the dark :)
It drains the battery faster sure, but it usually
only needs charging once every 2 days
(battery should last for 1000 charges or so).
There's also an element of "use the right
tool for
the job", but that's
much weaker.
Indeed.
If I needed a stopwatch then I would need
a digital watch, or a erm... stopwatch!
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