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Well My Arse Has Been Well & Truly Kicked Into The 21st Century

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Well My Arse Has Been Well & Truly Kicked Into The 21st Century

and it ony hurt a little

from WinCustomize Forums

Well I have 3 devices synced together and I can do all sorts of stuff I'd never even dreamed of.

First off I synced my Win 8 PC to my Android 4 tablet.... which a while ago I didn't need or want.

Next I synced my Android tablet to the Android SmartPhone I was never going to get... "a phone is for making calls and nohing else." or words to that effect.  I suppose the phone being a gift from my mother had something to do with the: "I got me a SmartPhone" change of heart.

Then I synced the SmartPhone I never intended to own to my Windows 8 PC... meaning I can text my phone from the PC and answer it without leaving my desk, hehe.  The advantage, however, is that I am better connected than I have ever been and I can operate my PC from upstairs via Splashtop or call my PC from my doctor's surgery and access files, folders, etc.

There's plenty of room on the phone as it has a 32gb memory card that I can store music, photos and short video clips on... oh, and the ringtones it came with.  Took an nearly an hour just to hear them all to decide which one.  It has a more than decent media player as well, the sound quality is a lot better than my MP3 player, which wasn't/isn't cheap and nasty.

So, for all the stuff I didn't like, want or need, and wasn't ever going to get [not mentioning my dislike/distrust of Google], I seem to have come the full circle and then some.  I mean, fancy that, me with Google products.  Never thought I'd see the day, and I wasn't dragged kicking and screaming, either.

I even have a G-mail account, so I've well and truly joined the ranks of the traitors, but that was better than becoming an Apple fanboi.  Sorry Boxxi, but I simply couldn't push myself into making that choice.  The fear of waking up the next day all smug and nerdy was too much to bear, so I settled for an evil that probably phones home, but what the heck.  The only thing I've got to hide is my collection of Playboy centerfolds, but I figure they'd have those up on their office walls anyhow, so what does it matter.  And another thing, I didn't want all my devices with a frigging i in front of 'em

Anyhow, here I am, 60 next birthday, and I'm like a kid with new toys and all excited.  I'm trying to remember if this feeling is as good as sex, but my memory ain't what it used to be so I'm assuming so.  Yeah, these days I have a thoughty... I think about it, which wears me out and I have to take a nap.  However, I digress!  I think that's due to having a shorter attention span these days and frequently forgetting where I got up to... not to mention being easily distracted.... oh look, geese.

Another advantage to the SmartPhone will be not looking like a dork in the doctor's waiting room because I'm the only one there not fiddling around with a frickin' phone.  Yeah, well I'm gonna go one better.  I'm going to take my tablet.  In fact, I'll use my tablet to call my phone [by sending a text] to make myself feel more important than that lot.  Like have any of you ever noticed all these people fiddling with SmartPhones hour after hour, yet they never receive a call.  Well I'm not going to be like all those lonely people - where do they all come from - my phone's gonna ring.

Orright, so I've updated you all on my new tech stuff; I've sort of indicated that I'm a hypocondriac cos I'm at the doctors a lot; I've told you I don't use Viagra cos I nod off during a thoughy, much less the real thing; I've told you that my stance against Google products has relented and that playing with Maps and Google Earth on a tablet is a lot more fun than on a PC, so now I'd Like to know if anyone has any tips on apps or anything to make the phone and tablet even more useful.  Fair enough?

:-" ;P :w00t:

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 8
All I can say is that all this is giving me a syncing feeling.
End of DrJBHL's quote

In that case, I just hope you're not wearing the concrete overcoat that seedy underground figure had you fitted for after the off-the-books surgery he came to see you for.  Personally, I would have removed the bullet after he was dead, but hey, that's just me. 

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 8
Also...please don't buy an Apple device.
End of DrJBHL's quote

Not a chance, my tech spending for the year is well and truly up, and for my next year's device purchases, I'm hoping to get a Surface tablet and a Nokia Lumina 920 phone with Win 8 on it.  Nope, none of that iCrap stuff for me, I'm strictly a get-it-cheaper-than-that fanboi, and I reckon the items I desire will have dropped in price by the time I've saved enough to buy them.

Oh, and how'd you know I receive my faxes that way?  That was supposed to be a secret only I kn..e...w... abou...  :S

'Ere, the AFP [Australian Federal Police] told you, didn't they.  *_*

I had a feeling those bastards were spying on me... but in the crapper, no less?  Ain't anything sacred anymore?  True, I used to consume copious amounts of curried cabbage, but I've been off that ever since my doctor [and tailor] advised a change of diet, so I'm not the danger to the public that I used to be... and if they're spying on me in the crapper they ought to know that. 

:-" ;P :w00t:

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

How do you sync a Windows platform to an Android platform? o_O

Fences - Organize your desktop icons today!
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 27
How do you sync a Windows platform to an Android platform?
End of RedneckDude's quote

In your case,duct tape, just like you do with everything else. :P

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 26
'Ere, the AFP [Australian Federal Police] told you, didn't they. 
End of starkers's quote

Actually, they asked me to switch your usual out with:

 

 

I, of course, refused.  :-"

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 10
starkers. Did you RTFM(s)? I'm pretty sure an old guy like you isn't supposed to be having that much fun!
End of Wizard1956's quote

Oi, just remember you're on'y 3 years behind me, so it's probably not somthing you wanna be saying too loud, if at all... especially if the missus is listening and preferred that you bought her a new dress instead.  Yeah, sometimes ya just gotta think ahead: "Is that a new dress you're wearing, honey?  Geez it looks nice, and you wear it so well."  Yup, you eliminate the new dress first, then go buy the tech.

:-" :w00t: :X

Quoting CarGuy1, reply 12
Am I the only one who found this to be frigging hilarious?
End of CarGuy1's quote

So pleased that you found it so amusing... I aim to please.  Which reminds me of the sign I saw up in a mens restroom once: "We aim to please by keeping this toilet clean, tidy and smelling nice, your aim will help.

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 13
Mark, you and I will need to talk soon.
End of RedneckDude's quote

Look, dad and I had that talk when I was about 14 or so, but if you have anything to add [that doesn't include sheep] I'm all ears. ;P

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 14
I take my pads to my Dr. office too.
End of RedneckDude's quote

Yes, but I wasn't talking about incontinence.  :-" ;P :P :rofl:

However, being I'll be the wrong side of 60 soon, it's probably something I need to think about/prepare for. I had thought about using one of those rubber ring devices I've seen advertised in some mens magazines to stop the flow.  Yeah, I know that's not what they were designed for, but I'm thinking it'd be somewhat less embarrassing than having to wear a nappy [daiper to those of you in the US].  And if I get lucky while I'm out, she'll look down there, think of those ring thingumy advertisements, and say: "Oooh, darlin', I see that you've come prepared."

:w00t:

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Flights of fancy bordering on the psycotic side of erotica..........how quaint. :P

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 30
she'll look down there,
End of starkers's quote
and say, "Oh look, I can play ring-toss."

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Philly0381, reply 15
Damn, I try hard to not take my body to the Dr. office.
End of Philly0381's quote

It'd be good if you could, hey.  I mean, that way they couldn't find anything more wrong with you.  The disadvantage would be the pills!  The doc would say "take two of these for me"... and with nothing to catch 'em they'd fall right through.  Would never get better that way, huh?

:-"

Quoting LightStar, reply 24
Hell, I got tired just reading all that!
End of LightStar's quote

Hmmm. perhaps a pair of lighter spectacles would help... like they wouldn't so heavy and constantly pull your head forward. I know what you mean, though, because it happens to me all the time.  There I am at my PC doing stuff, when I feel my head ever being pulled forward and further forward... next thing I know, Shaunna is waking me up and telling me to get my arse to bed.  Damned glasses... I need lighter ones.

:-"

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 27
How do you sync a Windows platform to an Android platform?
End of RedneckDude's quote

With a little proggie called Splashtop.  With it I can control my PC downstairs with my tablet or phone while I'm upstairs, and with the 'Join Me' app that came wih my phone, I can access my phone from my PC and even send texts.  Easy peasy. ;)

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 29
Quoting starkers,
reply 26
'Ere, the AFP [Australian Federal Police] told you, didn't they.

Actually, they asked me to switch your usual out with:
End of DrJBHL's quote

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 29
I, of course, refused.
End of DrJBHL's quote

Just as well you did! It would have been an unjustifiable violation of your Hippocratic Oath... AND my haemhorroids. :-"

 

Quoting Uvah, reply 31
Flights of fancy bordering on the psycotic side of erotica..........how quaint.
End of Uvah's quote

Look, leave me alone.  I don't see a lot of fun these days, so please don't go ruining any thoughties I might have.  And being you're 60 next birthday as well, best not go pointing the fickled finger of fate at me. 

You just never know!  It could end up with an arthritic bend in it... and be pointing at you instead. ;P

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 32

Quoting starkers, reply 30she'll look down there, and say, "Oh look, I can play ring-toss."
End of Wizard1956's quote

You've been hanging around with Sideshow Bob too long, haven't you!  Or you know this because it's what your missus says when you show her yer 'fooling-around' equipment and ask if she'd like to play?

Yeah, it's sad how the romance can go out of your relationship over the years.  I can remember when I used to go into the bathroom [not the toilet] to see if the missus needed any help, and she'd just grab a hold and pull me into the tub with her. 

Hmmm, it was ever so romantic.  :inlove: Not so nowadays.  I go into the bathoom these days to see if she needs any help and she just hangs her towel on it.

;) ;P :rofl:

Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 30
Yeah, sometimes ya just gotta think ahead: "Is that a new dress you're wearing, honey? Geez it looks nice, and you wear it so well." Yup, you eliminate the new dress first, then go buy the tech.
End of starkers's quote

Oi , now listen here you old fart, that dress I saw in Myer's store last week at a $200 I am buying that for myself for Christmas and you bloody well will love it cos it makes me look sexy :P :sun: :rofl: ,  what I mean is if you can go out and spend $200 on pc stuff or for pc then I can do the same :P :-" :grin: :rofl:

Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting mrs_starkers, reply 37
if you can go out and spend $200 on pc stuff or for pc then I can do the same
End of mrs_starkers's quote

Too bloody right!

 

 

Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What is with those knees? Looks like one is 4 inches lower than the other.  o_O

Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 39
Looks like one is 4 inches lower than the other.
End of RedneckDude's quote

aaah see that happened when I was young and silly , mum and dad always told me never to get into a car with someone who drinks and drives, guess that's what happens  when we don't listen to our parents o_O :rolleyes: :rofl: yeah I smashed me knee caps real bad }:) :grin: , nah not really , but I was in a car accident  but lucky for me I wasn't too badly hurt , just 2  very large bruises on my leg and a broken pride  cos when dad did find out oh boy was I in trouble :rolleyes: :-" ...

 Doc you made my day not only that look at my beaut body, I have been working out so hard geez I look good thanks bonza mate Doc I love you

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Anyhow, getting back to the technology side of things, that @#%$ Island dog has gone and upset the friggin' apple cart with his proud [and dare I say boastful] post about owning the Nokia Lumina 920 Smartphone that does everything but wipe the sweat off your brow on a hot day..  Just when I think I've had my backside kicked into the 21st century, he comes along with this to-die-for Smartphone that makes mine look like something Fred Flintstone would have used.  Bastard [in a jealous sounding but friendly term of endearment sort of a way]

:-" ;P :w00t:

I mean when you compare this phone....

To this  old Neanderthal looking one....

Well there is NO comparison.  The Nokia Lumina 920 wins hands down and will be a must-have phone within no time, given how it is so feature rich and leaves the iPhone in its wake.  Yes, I tried out the latest iPhone while I was there and it left me feeling somewhat unimpressed.  After using the Lumina 920 the iPhone 5 was definitely missing something... well a lot of something.  For mine it is to damned small and fiddly, and why anybody with big hands would want one of those piss-farty fanboi toys, well it beats me.  If Apple isn't quaking in its boots over this Nokia release, then it should be.

Okay, so I now have to start saving to get me one of these beauties.  Not only is it nicer looking with a much bigger screen than my current phone, it is far more responsive and the usability factor is a 11 out of 10, whereas I'd rate my current phone a 7 out of 10.  The thing I like a lot about the Lumina 920 is that it is driven by Windows 8 and will sync with my PC so much better than my Android one.

I dunno, I think I've caught up with the new... newer tech, and now I'm finding out about all this newest tech that....  Damn you ID, you just had to go rain on my parade, didn't ya?  Thing is, while I didn't think I'd ever find a use for a Smartphone, I'm now realising the potential and that there are times when I find one is more than useful... and if I'm going to use the technology I may as well have the tools that best suit my needs, and the 920 would certainly do that. 

  Thanks ID. :thumbsup:

Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Mark's got it bad! Wow! :w00t:

Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 39
What is with those knees? Looks like one is 4 inches lower than the other. 
End of RedneckDude's quote

It's called contrapposto... The position of a figure in painting or sculpture in which the hips and legs are turned in a different direction from that of the shoulders and head; the twisting of a figure on its own vertical axis.

Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sort of like lookin' over your shoulder......huh. :P

Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 41
it is driven by Windows 8 and will sync with my PC so much better than my Android one.
End of starkers's quote

 

it is driven by Windows Phone, not Windows 8.

the great syncing is done via SkyDrive, a cloud service. but as seem to be cured from the neophobia that shouldn't be much of a problem.

 

overall it's a great phone, what i like best about it is the camera. you should get it before Nokia gets out of the hardware business.

Reply #46 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 41
I mean when you compare this phone....
End of starkers's quote

I somehow pictured your phone....differently. ;)

Reply #47 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I know what you mean......I didn't see the hammer and chisel either.

Reply #48 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting moshi, reply 45
it is driven by Windows Phone, not Windows 8.
End of moshi's quote

Okay, if you want to get testic.... um, technical, it's a Nokia W8 phone that utilises the Windows 8 operating system.

Quoting moshi, reply 45
overall it's a great phone, what i like best about it is the camera. you should get it before Nokia gets out of the hardware business.
End of moshi's quote

I will get in, when the finances are right.  I've got some saving to do first.  While I could get one now on a no money up-front 2 year contract @ $60 a month, I'd end up paying twice what the phone is actually worth, and I'd rather that money stayed in my pocket. No, I'd rather wait until my telco has them on PAYG for around $500 - $600 in about 6 months time, then I'd own it wholly and my only costs would be calls, etc.

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 46
I somehow pictured your phone....differently.
End of DrJBHL's quote

Mine's slightly different to the one pictured, though it is quite similar.... went fruitlessly through pages and pages of pics looking for mine, lost patience and opted for the closest/next best thing.  Anyway!

Quoting Uvah, reply 47
I know what you mean......I didn't see the hammer and chisel either.
End of Uvah's quote

And you wouldn't have.... I 'shopped' those out so's nobody would see just how old my device really is. :w00t:

Reply #49 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have an old device Mark. But it still has a very hard drive.... It still desires an occaisional defragging....and a little crap cleaner goes a long way.

 

I can't blame ya tho, for not wanting everyone knowing how old it is.  

Reply #50 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 48
, it's a Nokia W8 phone that utilises the Windows 8 operating system.
End of starkers's quote

 

no.

Windows Phone 8 ≠ Windows 8

those are two different operating systems. but MSs marketing department must be doing something right if you fell for it.