How to live with one electronic device?

[freebeard]

The iPod Touch and the Mac Mini satisfy my general requirement of no built in camera or microphone.

They can't hack what isn't there.

[Isaac Zackary]

Looking at what my phone service provider offers brand new (although since my 2007 laptop, I haven't ever bought any new electronic devices, just used ones) I see that they have only one simple phone, a flip phone available for $75. The cheapest smartphone they sell is $150. However, the flip phone, the Alcatel Go Flip, is seemingly gigantic for a flip phone. I guess it's designed for the senior community with it's big buttons.

But I'd prefer something tiny. A tiny simple phone. Yet ironically I don't find the smaller size of smartphone screens as something useful.

Actually I have a bad habit of taking my current 6 inch phone out of my pocket and leaving it places. It's just too big. And after adding to that a wallet and wad of keys in all my pockets and I start getting envious of women who use purses.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Even though the display of a smartphone is better for taking pictures than the older phones with a physical keyboard, sometimes I do miss the convenience of a keyboard. Even when I'm a passenger, it's more of a PITA to type with a touchscreen in a bumpy road than it used to be with a regular keyboard.

Originally Posted by freebeard

The iPod Touch and the Mac Mini satisfy my general requirement of no built in camera or microphone.

The camera is what I used the most in a phone, even though now I also use other apps more often.