Stephen PrenticeI am not a fan of mobile email devices, and iTAP and T9 leave me confused. But as someone who grew up (at least in computing terms) in the UNIX era, I am a true fan of email – it’s just that I prefer to do my typing on a real keyboard and spell words correctly. I am distinctly unimpressed to get cryptic messages from my offspring along the lines of “L8 CU sn”. It takes me longer to work out what they are trying to say (and a whole lot longer than it took them to type!) and when I do work out what they mean I am usually unimpressed by the content – but that is another story.
So nestling in my inbox this morning was the usual crop of emails from various colleagues with a growing number ending in the rather lame disclaimer “Sent from my wireless device, please excuse the typos”.
I’m afraid that just sums up my feelings about these devices – they are clearly unfit for the purpose if you have to excuse your inability to type correctly on every message. What is often even more hilarious (although it could be totally catastrophic) is when the so-called “smart” device (who says it’s smart? what is it’s IQ? where are the qualifications?) kindly takes it upon itself to complete the word it thought you were trying to type and you don’t notice in your hurry to get to the next critical phase of your day! I have had some howlers in the past – feel free to contribute!
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Category: technology Tags: email, wireless
