Will mobile phones nudge watches and calendars out?

So if calendars are only decoration pieces, why must we buy something that we dont really like? Why cant we get good art up there. :)

By the time the mobile application creators start all these applications in mobiles my grandson will be able to use them all. I dont see it happening very soon. And about making the mobile like a wristwatch? What would be weight of the mobile then. My wrist would start paining with the weight of the mobile. As it is I dont like heavy wrist watches or heavy bracelets on my hand.

That is as of now. Give the mobile applications creators. You could mark birthdays, wedding anniversaries, appointments etc., in those calendars of mobiles. And you could even instruct it to read it out to you a couple of times in the day so that you'd know what you cant afford to miss out on. :) And as to hunting your mobile, they are planning to make it wearable like the wrist watch.

I even had tried Rainlendar once (it is a calendar application on the PC that was sent to us by our Australian Boss). I used it for about 2 long years but still did not feel comfortable. Am I growing old - nah. I know it is more about comfort zones and my stubbornness that I dont want to change

Oh dear..suppose they create a mobile phone that you wear like your watch and it has a blue tooth arrangements. And it can pick the information of appointments from your conversations, without you having to note it down there. And if it can read your day's timeline each day twice or thrice perhaps while you are traveling to your office. ..the mobile phones manufacturers would definitely try to develop equipments like that for you. Would you still be averse to them?

I think the bulk will be removed from mobile phones. And they will soon be strapped around our wrists. And we will not even have to glance at our wrists for time. The cell phone will tell us in voice mode what is the time, date, month, and year. :)

Yes. That is so true. :) And about time we saved some. :)

I thought mobile phones were also fashion statements..there was a time people out here used to brandish Blackberry's as if they'd purchased a Rolls Royce.

It may have been in the past (or it still is), but sooner or later, when the technology has leveled out, it would just become what it was intended. Just another communication device.

Actually, I think there soon will be something that we wear on our wrists. It will have room to keep those credit cards. It will also work as cell phone, watch, calendar. It will monitor glucose and other problems with the body and give alarm beeps. and it will work as an alarm clock when we have to start doing something or give somebody some gift. All that, and it can also be used as a miniature video game set, or television set. It can also work as a tablet - i.e., you could use internet, and also do your computer work on it. Did I forget something? Oh yes, it works on personal biosystem. The moment is touched by a person who does not have same DNA composition, it would become as much of a waste as plastics. It also uses solar power, though it is possible to charge it from other sources. Well...so no handbags, wallets, watches, blah blahs. :) And I aint joking..that will be the next level technology is aiming at. :)

I think one is enough.. :(

Until that happens we shall continue to wear our watches and continue to hang calendars at every nook and corner of our house. What say vandana?

Aw but who looks at the calendars to remember all those things? I mean, we could always have a software program that allows us to mark such things, and we could pay a nominal amount to get it loaded each year in our cells. Even better, the service provider can offer it free to us. We could have it with us even when we are traveling. Dont you think?

another uses of the paper-thin calendar to pin your bills... to remind you how much money you've spent this month... Too bad, my mobile phone is very out of date ones. just enough for me to do texting and calling or receiving call... not a gadget maniac. :D

Yeah, we can always stick our bills on the fridge's door with those magnetic bullets... So many of them, I forgot to turn the page so the last three bottoms bills were forgotten... Vandy, like 3mangesti I am not really into high tech. They say, the more you use high tech the more others can track you... so better hide everything and live peacefully.

I dont check calendar everyday..

I responded to this yesterday. But myLot failed me, or was it the Internet. :) I agree there are a lot of folks who are no longer looking at calendars. :) In another ten years may be, we wont see any. :)

Shiby Happy New Year kiddo..I too would find it very hard to use my cell phone for this function. However, I definitely dont want so many calendars all around my house. :)

You echo my sentiments kiddo. I am old and do not find it easy to learn new things. By the time such things come, I might not manage to learn the new things while the old ways would disappear faster than I can imagine. It is only matter of time..

akp - in about 10 years time, people would no longer use their watches. That is what I am saying. Calendars have also ceased to be as important as they once were. Thanks to the mobile phones. :)

You are exactly the person who represents the future generation. :) What I didnt understand is, if you miss the sexy lady, you could download something like that, couldnt you? And why would it be a blessing not to have that lady there..

The future generation? Who me? I am a voice of the past but I like to think I have at least a foothold in the present, but I wouldn't go much further than that. As for downloads of sexy ladies - I have a lifetimes supply!

Well, "if Mohammed wont come to the mountain, then the mountain must come to Mohammed". I think mobile phones will cease to be units like the ones we have. Instead, we will be carrying them around on our wrists instead of watches. And they will become much sleeker, elegant, and light weight over a period. :)