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nctnico:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 12, 2023, 07:41:12 pm ---Thanks for that most entertaining "edit"  :) Superb hack!

I agree with you about the other points, but I'll argue that isn't a pbone, it is a small screen computer with a fast modem. To me phone==voice.

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The whole phone feature is rather diminished where it comes to a smartphone. A smartphone is a very usefull universal tool though. I'm using it for all kinds of purposes (except phone calls). This weekend I used mine during some home improvement work to take pictures / videos of things I could not take a look at any other way. Along the project I found a leaky T joint in a water pipe by coincidence. I had to take the joint apart and with my 'phone' I could check whether I had cleaned the copper surfaces well enough so I could resolder the joint again. I succeeded but had to hold all tools at an arm's length to reach the joint.
Bud:

--- Quote from: wd5jfr on February 12, 2023, 01:33:27 am ---Which thermal camera did you buy and what are the pros & cons of your model.  I'd like to get one for general use for finding what's hot and whatever else it can do.
Thanks
Hank

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This was asked and answered many times in Thermal Imaging subforum of EEVBlog. You may want to check posts there.
tggzzz:

--- Quote from: nctnico on February 12, 2023, 08:43:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 12, 2023, 07:41:12 pm ---Thanks for that most entertaining "edit"  :) Superb hack!

I agree with you about the other points, but I'll argue that isn't a pbone, it is a small screen computer with a fast modem. To me phone==voice.

--- End quote ---
The whole phone feature is rather diminished where it comes to a smartphone. A smartphone is a very usefull universal tool though. I'm using it for all kinds of purposes (except phone calls). This weekend I used mine during some home improvement work to take pictures / videos of things I could not take a look at any other way. Along the project I found a leaky T joint in a water pipe by coincidence. I had to take the joint apart and with my 'phone' I could check whether I had cleaned the copper surfaces well enough so I could resolder the joint again. I succeeded but had to hold all tools at an arm's length to reach the joint.

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Agreed.

I'm typing this on a small Amazon Fire tablet, which is a smartphone minus the phone and only Wi-Fi connectivity. Yes, they are useful gadgets - in addition to a phone. However I use my Canon  PowerShot G16 since it focusses down to a couple of cm.

The neutered Amazon app store doesn't have the BTRelay app but it probably could be sideloaded. But I don't know whether it would work without a phone connection.

I'm still in two minds whether autokorrupt autocorrect would be a help or hindrance.

Basically I hate soft keyboards. I hated letter-shift-figure shift teleprinter keyboards in the early 70s, and was delighted to be able to swap to hunting and pecking on a real ASR33 keyboard.
nctnico:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 12, 2023, 09:37:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on February 12, 2023, 08:43:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 12, 2023, 07:41:12 pm ---Thanks for that most entertaining "edit"  :) Superb hack!

I agree with you about the other points, but I'll argue that isn't a pbone, it is a small screen computer with a fast modem. To me phone==voice.

--- End quote ---
The whole phone feature is rather diminished where it comes to a smartphone. A smartphone is a very usefull universal tool though. I'm using it for all kinds of purposes (except phone calls). This weekend I used mine during some home improvement work to take pictures / videos of things I could not take a look at any other way. Along the project I found a leaky T joint in a water pipe by coincidence. I had to take the joint apart and with my 'phone' I could check whether I had cleaned the copper surfaces well enough so I could resolder the joint again. I succeeded but had to hold all tools at an arm's length to reach the joint.

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Agreed.

I'm typing this on a small Amazon Fire tablet, which is a smartphone minus the phone and only Wi-Fi connectivity. Yes, they are useful gadgets - in addition to a phone. However I use my Canon  PowerShot G16 since it focusses down to a couple of cm.

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The better smartphones can also do that. Sometimes I use mine as a magnifier.
james_s:
My iPhone SE from 2016 does, I occasionally use it for the same thing, taking pictures of small SMT components so I can read the numbers on them. It has a much better camera than the best standalone digital camera I own, which to be fair is older.
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