On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:13 PM, David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > OK...reading Ben's list of what he uses his phone for made me > wonder...do techs really read their email when out working? Do we really > surf the web when we're working? It seems to me I've got enough to do > without these distractions... > And why not? If you ETD guys are using your eyes to "read" the screen, mine can also read a screen. They're free to roam about wherever, so why not on a PDA screen? It ain't like normal reading, but I can get at least a few non-critical emails read while tuning. I mean, after tuning for so long, it becomes so familiar that we can do that sort of thing. Now I don't read while the customer is about. :-) And it does make me go a little slower 'cause I have to press a delete button or inbox button as I'm moving the lever around. > The GPS sounds pretty good...BUT...how do you access the phone's GPS > while driving? Hold it in your hand while driving? I was in a Prius the > other day...ride back to the house while the Corolla was serviced...it has a > great GPS...big screen, voice directions...nothing to hold. > I have a dedicated GPS for driving. Bigger screen, louder voice, etc. It's somewhat ironic. While some tuners apparently need a device to tell them what to do, I need one that tells me where to go. <G> Seriously, I am directionally challenged, although I can do decently enough on my own. But the GPS has saved a good bit of time by taking me on routes I didn't know existed. -- JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090110/a06646ac/attachment.html>
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