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you can't get SMS I need a 2 week battery life, LCD screen, SMS/pager thing, with a Blackberry physical keypad and no voice or apps - and a simple mute switch

by mtkd 9y ago

pilsetnieks 9y ago
So get an old blackberry and turn on call barring.
bgun 9y ago
So build your own. http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-Smartphone/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-Smartphone/ Manufacturers are under no obligation to provide you with a device to your particular specification, unless of course you are the one paying them under contract them to do so.
- wutbrodo 9y ago
  > Manufacturers are under no obligation to provide you with a device to your particular specification I don't think wishing that a niche was filled constitutes assuming that manufacturers have any obligation.
  - nylonstrung 9y ago
    A niche that appeals to almost no one and alienates the telcos that manufacturers partner with. So it looks like the free market is working in this case.
    - ksk 9y ago
      >So it looks like the free market is working in this case. That is not necessarily a good thing.
      - ralmeida 9y ago
        Why not?
        ksk 9y ago
        Free markets are just a tool we came up with to serve us, the general public. Where they don't, we don't let them operate. A public utility should not be operating in a free market (and I'm glad they don't).
        ralmeida 9y ago
        Who exactly is 'they' in this case? Also, what is the 'public utility' involved here? Wasn't the root comment talking about manufacturers?
        ksk 9y ago
        It was in the context of telcos dictating rules to manufacturers.
    - ralmeida 9y ago
      It totally is working, but merely 'wishing' a product exists does not, IMO, imply that: a) they think manufacturers have any obligation (moral or legal) to do so b) that it should exist c) that more people would use it Maybe OP was just 'thinking out loud'.
    - wutbrodo 9y ago
      >A niche that appeals to almost no one and alienates the telcos that manufacturers partner with. So it looks like the free market is working in this case. Okay? Who on earth said it wasn't? The original comment wasn't even particularly bitter about it. Saying you wish something existed doesn't preclude understanding the market-based reasons it doesn't.

you can't get SMS I need a 2 week battery life, LCD screen, SMS/pager thing, with a Blackberry physical keypad and no voice or apps - and a simple mute switch

by mtkd 9y ago

you can't get SMS I need a 2 week battery life, LCD screen, SMS/pager thing, with a Blackberry physical keypad and no voice or apps - and a simple mute switch

pilsetnieks 9y ago

So get an old blackberry and turn on call barring.

bgun 9y ago

So build your own. http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-Smartphone/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-Your-Own-Smartphone/ Manufacturers are under no obligation to provide you with a device to your particular specification, unless of course you are the one paying them under contract them to do so.

wutbrodo 9y ago
> Manufacturers are under no obligation to provide you with a device to your particular specification I don't think wishing that a niche was filled constitutes assuming that manufacturers have any obligation.
- nylonstrung 9y ago
  A niche that appeals to almost no one and alienates the telcos that manufacturers partner with. So it looks like the free market is working in this case.
  - ksk 9y ago
    >So it looks like the free market is working in this case. That is not necessarily a good thing.
    - ralmeida 9y ago
      Why not?
      - ksk 9y ago
        Free markets are just a tool we came up with to serve us, the general public. Where they don't, we don't let them operate. A public utility should not be operating in a free market (and I'm glad they don't).
        ralmeida 9y ago
        Who exactly is 'they' in this case? Also, what is the 'public utility' involved here? Wasn't the root comment talking about manufacturers?
        ksk 9y ago
        It was in the context of telcos dictating rules to manufacturers.
  - ralmeida 9y ago
    It totally is working, but merely 'wishing' a product exists does not, IMO, imply that: a) they think manufacturers have any obligation (moral or legal) to do so b) that it should exist c) that more people would use it Maybe OP was just 'thinking out loud'.
  - wutbrodo 9y ago
    >A niche that appeals to almost no one and alienates the telcos that manufacturers partner with. So it looks like the free market is working in this case. Okay? Who on earth said it wasn't? The original comment wasn't even particularly bitter about it. Saying you wish something existed doesn't preclude understanding the market-based reasons it doesn't.