Recently,
last night to be exact, I was at a bar (Butch's) with a good friend. We were attempting to contact
thefez to get him to come to the bar, but had forgotten his
work number. Having activated
The Internet on my cell phone that day, I began to figure out how to send mail from my
cell phone.
I think the interface that Qualcomm/Airtouch has created is something that could have come from The Spanish Inquisition. You use the dialpad's alphanumeric selectors to go through and write your to and such. What's even more irritating is that to do things like "@" and "." are not by default in the first symbol menu you come to, necessitating additional click-thrus. You, of course, are paying by the minute. Now, granted, they have created a My Airtouch where you can create address books and such, but still, the system is terrible.
Thus it took me six minutes to write:
To:thefez@slashdot.org
subject:CometoButchs
Body:Iamwritingfrommycelphone
Yes, ladies and gentlemen - technology!