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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: TripleA on April 12, 2010, 04:24:29 PM

Title: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: TripleA on April 12, 2010, 04:24:29 PM
introducing the Microsoft Kin

(http://images.pcworld.com/news/graphics/194038-kin-open-closed_350.jpg)

Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Himu on April 12, 2010, 04:25:21 PM
HAHAHA
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: The Dark Shake 3000 on April 12, 2010, 04:32:01 PM
It is in the sense that no girl will fuck you if you use it. 

You know using birth control implies there's some fucking, right?
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: brob on April 12, 2010, 04:35:14 PM
It is in the sense that no girl will fuck you if you use it. 

You know using birth control implies there's some fucking, right?
It's the ultimate birth control - by removing the copulation it increases it's effectiveness to 100%!
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: CajoleJuice on April 12, 2010, 04:43:07 PM
Natural birth control.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: TakingBackSunday on April 12, 2010, 04:43:13 PM
The Kin Two looks pretty cool though
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/04/kinpicsapr1203-1271095552.jpg)
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/04/kinpicsapr1204-1271095552.jpg)
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/04/kinpicsapr1219-1271095543.jpg)
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Himu on April 12, 2010, 04:48:24 PM
is that your mug, brand new?
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: TakingBackSunday on April 12, 2010, 05:12:23 PM
I wish :teehee
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Tieno on April 12, 2010, 05:25:11 PM
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/microsoft-kin-ui-walkthrough/
UI video.

UI looks dumb and too much centered around a thin concep and idea.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: drew on April 12, 2010, 05:41:41 PM
i bet it looks like a can of dip in your pocket
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: drew on April 12, 2010, 05:50:17 PM
windows mobile is vastly inferior to blackberry's os
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 12, 2010, 06:05:07 PM
Good thing it's discontinued then. Still waiting on something modern from RIM.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: drew on April 12, 2010, 06:46:02 PM
i wish theyd bring back the old plastic phones that were as big as a brick, phones are way too chintzy today, blackberries included
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: MCD on April 12, 2010, 07:45:10 PM
not KEN?

disappointing.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: TakingBackSunday on April 12, 2010, 07:49:36 PM
the blackberry OS is terrible.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: drew on April 12, 2010, 07:58:09 PM
your mom is terrible

in bed
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: pilonv1 on April 12, 2010, 09:15:14 PM
sidekick style phones :yuck
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Rman on April 12, 2010, 09:29:55 PM
It's not for anyone on this board.  It's for 14 year olds.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 12, 2010, 09:35:46 PM
(http://bbushner.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/olive-rotary.jpg)

as a bonus, you can beat someone to death with it
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Himu on April 12, 2010, 09:37:05 PM
(http://bbushner.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/olive-rotary.jpg)

as a bonus, you can beat someone to death with it

But I have nostalgia for those phones :(
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Ichirou on April 12, 2010, 09:37:27 PM
I bet most people here are too young to remember when phones actually looked like that.

I feel so fucking old. :(
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Himu on April 12, 2010, 09:42:05 PM
I bet most people here are too young to remember when phones actually looked like that.

I feel so fucking old. :(

My grandma's house had only those phones when I was a kid.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 12, 2010, 10:04:16 PM
i like those phones, but you have to admit that was one vomit-ugly color decision
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Himu on April 12, 2010, 10:04:43 PM
green poop phone
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: TakingBackSunday on April 12, 2010, 10:10:07 PM
I want one of these
(http://www.dcwstore.com/telephones/cr64bb.jpg)
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: cool breeze on April 12, 2010, 11:10:07 PM
yeah, I have weird nostalgia for old phones.  Something about having to put effort into the phone call, both with dialing and talking.  I used to have one of those in my kitchen and it was always hell balancing between the phone and the stove across the room.  Nowadays my home phone has speaker phone and caller id and memory redial, and if I don't answer that, chances are they'd just try my mobile next.  Things are getting a bit too convenient.

the cellphone in the OP seems fine.  9 out of 10 phones these days are a giant screen with one or more buttons, so it's at least interesting to see something different (for the wrong reasons).  the actual phones and software seem aimed at social people and there wasn't one mention of spending hours playing Bookworm on it = pass.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 12, 2010, 11:12:43 PM
I had to drive my father to the sports equipment store on Sunday and my cell phone rang, so I had him answer it (I was driving) and having to explain to him how a touch screen works was like teaching pre-school :lol
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: ToxicAdam on April 12, 2010, 11:54:53 PM
(http://bbushner.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/olive-rotary.jpg)

as a bonus, you can beat someone to death with it

The modern knockoffs of these phones are so light, you can't beat anyone with them. They are made of thin plastic and barely have any electronics in them. The one's from the 70's and 80's were fucking beastly and weighed about 7 pounds.

Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Eel O'Brian on April 13, 2010, 12:00:37 AM
i remember dropping one on my foot and thinking i'd broken my toe
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Bildi on April 13, 2010, 07:44:36 AM
Dial phones like the green one will no doubt come back into fashion some day.  Probably among hipsters.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Human Snorenado on April 13, 2010, 09:46:04 AM
Well, at least we know what J Allard has been up to.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 13, 2010, 01:11:09 PM
Dial phones like the green one will no doubt come back into fashion some day.  Probably among hipsters.
I want one of these
[img]http://www.dcwstore.com/telephones/cr64bb.jpg[img]


almost there :teehee
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: The Fake Shemp on April 13, 2010, 01:55:43 PM
Hipsters don't even use phones, they use electrical telegraphs.

I heard Brooklyn is even thinking about re-instituting the Pony Express.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Yeti on April 13, 2010, 02:14:00 PM
Electric telegraphs are far too convenient and mainstream, if you want real indie cred you should be using homing pigeons.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: The Dark Shake 3000 on April 13, 2010, 04:13:11 PM
Hipsters don't even use phones, they use electrical telegraphs.

I heard Brooklyn is even thinking about re-instituting the Pony Express.

No, just Williamsburg.
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Third on April 13, 2010, 06:22:49 PM
Cellphones from the 90's were a disaster.

I remember 2Pac showing off with a cellphone that's bigger than my refrigerator..

One of these things...

(http://totallytop10.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/old_cell_phone.jpg)

So gangsta back in the time. Check out the cool adapter.  :lol
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: Yeti on April 14, 2010, 10:05:09 AM
Car phones always seemed pretty badass to me, it's so sad that cell phones made them obsolete so quickly.  :'(
Title: Re: The worlds ugliest phone
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 15, 2010, 02:10:51 AM
Quote
Obviously the other Windows 7 phones

this isn't a W7 phone