Comments on: The pain of the holstered cell phone http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:01:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rosario Doriott http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221323 Rosario Doriott Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:23:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221323 Ha. Love this. <em>Rosario Doriott's last blog post..<a href='http://www.hackcollege.com/2008/04/02/outfit-your-school-newspaper-with-live-reporting/' rel="nofollow">Outfit Your School Newspaper with Live Reporting</a></em> Ha. Love this.

Rosario Doriott’s last blog post..Outfit Your School Newspaper with Live Reporting

]]> By: Mike http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221148 Mike Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:38:17 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221148 ...but this beats any holster hands-down... http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9669666-1.html Probably huge in eastern Europe, somewhere. …but this beats any holster hands-down…

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9669666-1.html

Probably huge in eastern Europe, somewhere.

]]> By: Kev http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221147 Kev Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:33:35 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221147 Not so much bothered by the holster, especially on the bulky phones. I must point out my neighnour still walk with his Nokia 6110 (those old, early versions). . didnt know they still existed- thought it might be in a museum by now. The blue tooth thingy.... that really annoys me. Feel like breaking the thingy and telling them they look like (sensored by author) lol Not so much bothered by the holster, especially on the bulky phones. I must point out my neighnour still walk with his Nokia 6110 (those old, early versions). . didnt know they still existed- thought it might be in a museum by now.

The blue tooth thingy…. that really annoys me. Feel like breaking the thingy and telling them they look like (sensored by author)

lol

]]> By: Mike http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221140 Mike Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:10:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221140 @Tabor - what do you wear - latex? I carry an iPhone, E61i and N95 everywhere. These cover every possible eventuality / mobile need (no, I'm not looking to loose any of them anytime soon. I don't want to compromise on the key functionality each offers). No problems disappearing into any halfway-decent jacket, and obviously any small bag will do the job. The only time I think I'd be in trouble is going for a swim. I don't think humanity has a problem carrying things - 50 years ago, everyone carried either cigarettes or pipe/tobacco + a lighter + wallet. A hundred years ago irt was pocketwatches & snuff, plus hankies. Two hundred years ago it was daggers and a cosh. Maybe if you are into skintight jeans and a t-shirt, then yes 3 devices could be an encumberance, but then being dressed for clubbing would infer no need to carry anything expensive/productive. In that event, Nokia 6120c would do the job just fine. But I agree whole-heartedly with Ewan. Tradesmen etc are exempt from the anti-holsterati's derision. Anyone else needs to be dragged by the scruff of their short-sleeved white drip-dry shirt to the nearest bridge and dangled over the abyss by their beige Dockers, only being reprieved upon admission that they are not a cowboy or emergency services worker. I refrain from applying the same logic to 20-stone Bluetooth-bedecked bald guys called Dave in white vans. I like my teeth. /m @Tabor – what do you wear – latex?

I carry an iPhone, E61i and N95 everywhere. These cover every possible eventuality / mobile need (no, I’m not looking to loose any of them anytime soon. I don’t want to compromise on the key functionality each offers).

No problems disappearing into any halfway-decent jacket, and obviously any small bag will do the job. The only time I think I’d be in trouble is going for a swim.

I don’t think humanity has a problem carrying things – 50 years ago, everyone carried either cigarettes or pipe/tobacco + a lighter + wallet. A hundred years ago irt was pocketwatches & snuff, plus hankies. Two hundred years ago it was daggers and a cosh.

Maybe if you are into skintight jeans and a t-shirt, then yes 3 devices could be an encumberance, but then being dressed for clubbing would infer no need to carry anything expensive/productive. In that event, Nokia 6120c would do the job just fine.

But I agree whole-heartedly with Ewan. Tradesmen etc are exempt from the anti-holsterati’s derision. Anyone else needs to be dragged by the scruff of their short-sleeved white drip-dry shirt to the nearest bridge and dangled over the abyss by their beige Dockers, only being reprieved upon admission that they are not a cowboy or emergency services worker.

I refrain from applying the same logic to 20-stone Bluetooth-bedecked bald guys called Dave in white vans. I like my teeth.

/m

]]> By: Michael Markman http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221138 Michael Markman Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:21:31 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221138 And those show off iPhone users who actually take them out to use them in public, stroking them, smiling at them. Talk about "a degree of show-off-ish-ness that I just don’t like." Let them take a hotel room if they need to make love to an object. Don't whip it out where we all have to see it. <em>Michael Markman's last blog post..<a href='http://mickeleh.blogspot.com/2008/03/ethan-kaplan-master-of-irony.html' rel="nofollow">Ethan Kaplan, Master of Irony</a></em> And those show off iPhone users who actually take them out to use them in public, stroking them, smiling at them. Talk about “a degree of show-off-ish-ness that I just don’t like.” Let them take a hotel room if they need to make love to an object. Don’t whip it out where we all have to see it.

Michael Markman’s last blog post..Ethan Kaplan, Master of Irony

]]> By: Dhruv http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221137 Dhruv Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:46:58 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221137 Yeah Ewan, please give us your views on the perpetually-attached bluetooth earpiece!! Yeah Ewan, please give us your views on the perpetually-attached bluetooth earpiece!!

]]> By: steve procter http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221136 steve procter Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:43:21 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221136 oh yes, very bad indeed ;-) but surely people who wear phone holsters wear cowboy boots and hats and chew on tobacco!? oh yes, very bad indeed ;-) but surely people who wear phone holsters wear cowboy boots and hats and chew on tobacco!?

]]> By: Dan Lane http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221126 Dan Lane Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:22:56 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221126 Re: mandals - why do they always insist on wearing them with really ugly brown or grey socks as well?! Re: mandals – why do they always insist on wearing them with really ugly brown or grey socks as well?!

]]> By: Michael Selvidge http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221118 Michael Selvidge Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:01:07 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221118 @ steve mandals are 'man-sandals' @ steve
mandals are ‘man-sandals’

]]> By: steve procter http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221117 steve procter Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:03:49 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221117 yeah Ewan is so right about these holsters, very sad. But I have to say to those who walk round the street all day with a bluetooth earpiece, please take it off you just look silly. And what are mandals anyway? yeah Ewan is so right about these holsters, very sad. But I have to say to those who walk round the street all day with a bluetooth earpiece, please take it off you just look silly. And what are mandals anyway?

]]> By: Tabor http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221110 Tabor Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:14:01 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221110 Heh, I wear a phone holster, and I'm not ashamed of it! The e61 is just too damn big for my pockets. What have you to say about the perpetually-attached bluetooth earpiece? Is this an American trait, or have Euros adopted it? Heh, I wear a phone holster, and I’m not ashamed of it!
The e61 is just too damn big for my pockets.

What have you to say about the perpetually-attached bluetooth earpiece? Is this an American trait, or have Euros adopted it?

]]> By: Michael Selvidge http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221086 Michael Selvidge Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:00:59 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221086 you kill me Ewan. I was just reading this post and nodding in agreement. I was just at a barbeque today and there was a guy with his phone on a holster AND he was wearing MANdals... not a good look. At least it wasn't a RAZR! you kill me Ewan. I was just reading this post and nodding in agreement.

I was just at a barbeque today and there was a guy with his phone on a holster AND he was wearing MANdals… not a good look. At least it wasn’t a RAZR!

]]> By: Kathie http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-221083 Kathie Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:14:15 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/the_pain_of_the_holstered_cell_phone.html#comment-221083 Could the same be said about those awful cell phone charms? they get in the way, serve no purpose, and just look unprofessional. Could the same be said about those awful cell phone charms? they get in the way, serve no purpose, and just look unprofessional.

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