And so many issues (with my phone at least and probably yours as well) are due to the fact that they don't update the phones after they are released. I really think there should be some regulations that enforce at least a year or two worth of updates on phones as the way it's set up creates a factor of planned obsolescence.
I currently have 4 major issues with my current phone that really hamper it's usefulness (you may have some of these issues too):
1)The phone is rocking Android 2.1, which means I can't download any new apps. Also, I can no longer even update the old apps that I have and when they stop working I cannot replace them.
2)My phone came with Swype, which lets you type by dragging your finger across the screen. It worked beautifully, but over time, it collected misspellings in the Swype dictionary. You can't access the Swype dictionary, to remove a word, you have to type it, highlight it and then press the Swype button and press OK to delete it. This is beyond tedious when you have used the phone for 4 years and it collects misspellings (on it's own, without confirmation) faster than you can remove them. Thus, I can't use that feature at all.
3)For some reason, no computer will recognize my phone anymore. So the only way I can add or remove music or pictures is by removing the microSD card. Again, this makes swapping files so tedious as to be useless to me.
4)Web pages load zoomed all the way out. I can zoom in, but sometimes the phone doesn't properly resize text or objects so everything becomes unreasonable. Plus, if I'm using a website such as CFC, even if I zoom in, as soon as I load a new page, it defaults to the zoomed-out view. More tedium.
Sound familiar?
I'm locked into this contract until December and I'm going to switch carriers so I can't buy a new phone at the moment.
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If you want to learn Latin, I could teach you
I'm pretty sure it's just a cold.
Arabic might be nice, supposing that it doesn't make the NSA/CIA/FBI/Homeland Security/other unnamed agencies on whose behalf the Obamadrones will spy on the people single you out, otherwise try Russian -to piss off madviking-, Latin and Greek are always the option for those who have some class.
Not if you try studying it while sober, but that'd be against the natsionyal spyirit. *hic*
Learning Gaelic's always good fun!madviking said:
Afrikaans: Because it's lekker.
Ewww. Latin is dead for a reason.If you want to learn Latin, I could teach you
I just don't like Gaelic. It looks awful. Breton looks and sounds good.
Afrikaans: Because it's lekker.
Russian: A cool language. My cousin knows it, and it's the first language of this awesome girl I know. Plus it'll be invaluable for a history professor. This is my first choice.
Arabic: Useful, possibly good for history, and my great-aunt would be proud. She can't speak it any more, though. She and my grandpa had Lebanese parents. This is my second choice (tied with Mongolian).
Hungarian: A cool language, and could be useful if I ever go to Hungary. I think it's best to learn a country's language before visiting, and I'd like to go to Hungary.
Mongolian: I really want to visit Mongolia often and for long stretches if at all possible, since I have a fairly strong interest in its history and culture.
Georgian: I love its alphabet, look, and sound. Friggin' useless, though.
Gaelic: I don't like Gaelic, but I do like Breton. Some of my favorite music's Breton, so it might be nice to know. Definitely low-priority, though.
Oh, and I forgot Lithuanian. An awesome language, and a fair amount of interesting history books are in it and no other language.
Ewww. Latin is dead for a reason.
I just don't like Gaelic. It looks awful. Breton looks and sounds good.
