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I have a silly confession to make
still_learning
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Forgive me for I have sinned... kinda.
I've been obsessing over the yet to be release Verizon Wireless version of the Nexus One phone. I've been checking google's website multiple times a day (more than I'd like to admit), as well as a forum focus on that phone.
I've formed quite an attachment to the phone. I am aware of my attachment, but find it hard not to think about it. I know it's just going to cause problems for me if I keep thinking about it.
It's been rumored to be released on a few different days that have gone and passed. Those rumors add fuel to the fire of my obsession. I even look forward to hearing just rumors to give myself hope that it will be out soon. Sound pathetic, I know.
I was in a contract for 2 years and now it's finally over.
I was about to get the Motorola Droid also on the Verizon network, because I wanted and Android phone. I never liked the iphone. It seemed to restrictive. But before my contract ended I learned about the Google Nexus One phone. I liked the specs better than the Motorola Droid. I liked how the Nexus One is faster at 1ghz vs the Droid's 500Mhz. I've been wanting a fast phone for a while (so sick of slow phones that take so long just to go through a menu). And I liked how the Nexus One would able to get OS updates as soon as they come out. The Droid and others would be restricted by the carrier they are on and would have to wait. I liked the openness of the Nexus One. It just seems like the phone I've always wanted.
Anyway my attachment to this phone has taken away some peace from me, and I may not get it back until I have the phone in my hands.
If you've read this far, feel free to laugh. I think it's silly as hell of me.
I've been obsessing over the yet to be release Verizon Wireless version of the Nexus One phone. I've been checking google's website multiple times a day (more than I'd like to admit), as well as a forum focus on that phone.
I've formed quite an attachment to the phone. I am aware of my attachment, but find it hard not to think about it. I know it's just going to cause problems for me if I keep thinking about it.
It's been rumored to be released on a few different days that have gone and passed. Those rumors add fuel to the fire of my obsession. I even look forward to hearing just rumors to give myself hope that it will be out soon. Sound pathetic, I know.
I was in a contract for 2 years and now it's finally over.
I was about to get the Motorola Droid also on the Verizon network, because I wanted and Android phone. I never liked the iphone. It seemed to restrictive. But before my contract ended I learned about the Google Nexus One phone. I liked the specs better than the Motorola Droid. I liked how the Nexus One is faster at 1ghz vs the Droid's 500Mhz. I've been wanting a fast phone for a while (so sick of slow phones that take so long just to go through a menu). And I liked how the Nexus One would able to get OS updates as soon as they come out. The Droid and others would be restricted by the carrier they are on and would have to wait. I liked the openness of the Nexus One. It just seems like the phone I've always wanted.
Anyway my attachment to this phone has taken away some peace from me, and I may not get it back until I have the phone in my hands.
If you've read this far, feel free to laugh. I think it's silly as hell of me.
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Tell me...
How long will this peace last? Until the next hip, state-of-the-art gadget comes out?
Ok, I'm laughing now.
But only 'cos' yu sd we cd.
(Just a bit of txt spk 2 mk u feel @ home.....;)
I never understood this craze about iphone, i-whatever thingy people use to listen to music or read websites in tiny little letters.
I don't understand how people seem to love listening to music all the time either.
You see kids walking around with wires coming off of their face, constantly playing around with these small electronic devices...
I just don't get it, I like to listen to music from time to time, but you would have to pay me lots of money to use one of these devices.
I guess it's good for me, i don't have to worry about developing attachment to these things.
I don't get this whole iPad / iPhone / 'apps' thing either, and as a web designer it's what many of my comrades talk about.
I do think Twitter is helpful if used correctly, but the reality is, it's almost always not. "Only speak if it improves on silence". I converse with some Buddhist / spiritual bloggers over twitter which is nice, but I find that the majority is simply publishing content that need not be said. There's little information control.
People love their iphones. On a few occasions, I have asked asked a passenger to get directions while I'm driving. Instead of pulling out a map and using brainpower, he/she spends 5+ minutes trying to get the iphone to tell us what way to go. And often, the iphone just simply gives bad directions.
There seems to be a technological race to invent a gadget that has every possible useful application all included in one hand held device. It just seems unnecessary. But we are all told "you want this!" over and over again. No thanks.
And those new things where you read books on a computer screen...? books (especiailly paper backs) are really not all that cumbersome. I especially love when they fit in my jacket pocket. And books don't break when I inevitably drop them.
Mtns
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tech/othermedia.html#iphone
Imagine having the WHOLE Pali Canon on your iPhone! Can't carry that amount of books on your back now can you? Knee feeling sore? Just use your iphone app and see how truthful that knee really is! Why learn when you have all the information in the world at your fingertips!
But in all seriousness, ATI does a great job of providing resources online / offline / mobile. I'm in Cuba right now and books are hard to come by, so as much as I dislike reading from a screen, it's nice to have when books aren't there.
And I'm insanely jealous. When are we ever going to lift this silly embargo?
Mtns
I still do enjoy reading physical books. I like to buy cheap paperbacks so I can bring them anywhere and share them with friends when I'm done with one.
I used to be so eager to buy any new tech, but ever since being with my current GF I haven't had the money to. That turned out to be a good thing, I've gotten used to not be so eager about buying the latest gadget, and I'm really okay with that now.
So my obsession with the Nexus One for Verizon is somewhat rare for me.
My attachment has now caused me some trouble. I overlooked a task at work because of it. I felt so bad.
Of course everything is impermanent, my obsession is slowly wearing off recently. And I'm more patient about waiting for the phone.
I have also at times been attached to non-attachment...
Palzang
Palzang
http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=5952
Haha thanks. Hopefully soon, I can't say it will be too long before a new Cuban revolution. It's interesting talking to the Cubans about it and seeing how they feel. Some think Fildel & Raoul will hand the power over to another person /party following their same ideologies, which might spark violence & revolt amongst the community, and others think it will be more democratic. I just hope the US and Cuba solve their problems - especially after meeting some Americans that make their way into Cuba to bring medical supplies, bikes, etc... simply to help out.
I certainly wouldn't be surprised! Gives them another reason to make a new listing in the DSM...again
Palzang
And that's exactly it! Capitalism and globalization has already trickled in. The youth are proud of imported converse / american eagle clothing and iPhones, and Coca Cola and Lucky strike are dominant in the cola and tobacco industries. There's such a heavy demand for an 'Americanization' here that it would be a brand new place within just months.
It seems the cultural / historic growth of the country has been forgotten and is on a world scale comparing to the consumption in the western world. To the point that the idea of 'non-attachment' is abstract to many / most of them. I was talking about life with a Cuban friend and he concluded that my financial choices of working enough to live and donating the rest as a terrible idea and kept recommending I get a second job in the government to make more money. He seemed upset when I told him money didn't really mean much to me. I don't blame him for thinking that way with the high demand for the American dollar his culture / generation has here.
A peaceful turnover would be wonderful. I'm just wondering - is there a way out of the high demand for consumption yet with a more democratic political system? I'm interested in seeing what comes out of this.
Palzang
That's why they were made to be jailbroken. I got too poor to pay AT&T for subpar service and got on T-mobile. It's still more than I'd like to pay, and I lost 3G, but my bill is half what it was.
If you really want to go nuts, you could pick up an iPhone 2G and put android on it:
http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2010/04/ive-been-working-on-this-quietly-in.html
But, yes, lusting after the latest and greatest techno-gadget would seem to be an attachment. I suppose the best question would be to ask why you want this latest slick device. Because it's trendy and cool? Because it'll make you an alpha geek? That's why I wanted my iPhone. I rationalized my techno-lust by thinking about all the "useful" things I could do with it. It's got GPS! I can do email! I can surf the web at blazing speed! In truth, it has occasionally been useful and entertaining, but not nearly to the degree that I imagined.
And here is where all three of us fall off the deep end. If it's *useful*, it's clearly not simply attachment, right? I neeeeeeeeeeeeed it!!!! *sigh*
So now the question is... when are the proper conditions to purchase without attachment? If I don't need it (and I don't really NEED it) then I won't buy it. But then I might be disappointed in my photos. So the point is then to get to a place where I am not disappointed in my photos where my sloth is a blurry dot? Sorry, I'm new at this!
My mother has become like that. She's on her third cell phone in as many years. She can't even reason why she feels this compulsion to replace it so often, she just does. And she doesn't even use the features that the item is marketed on, she just likes the idea that it has them. She wanted a Nintendo Wii and my sister bought her one for Christmas. The other day I asked her how she liked it and she told me that she hasn't really used it. :nonono:
I've had the same cell phone for 5 years now. It doesn't play MP3s. It doesn't take pictures. It can't surf the internet and I can't watch video on it. But it sends and receives phone calls, which is all I need from it.
Palzang
My phone is a bare bones one, too. To make up for it I do have an iPod, but I do actually use many of its features. And one day I WILL find a proper use for my periodic table app!!! Maybe in the future I will be teaching 8th grade physical science...
Woah, wait....... You mean it's now possible to surf for porn while making a sandwich? Truely we have now reached the pinnacle of human achievement. Enlightenment, by comparison, seems unsatisfying now.
Palzang
Palzang