Originally Posted by
gugie
I'm not an early adopter. I'm not a "gotta have the latest and greatest" kinda guy - I'm posting on the C&V site, right?
The laptop I'm typing on is woefully out of date, but it still works for what I want it to do just fine.
Not having voice activation is a deal breaker for me. Just about daily on my commute either I want to text my wife or she wants to text me about something or another........
I know you don't want to hear this, but you've become overly tethered. Unless you're someone on call 24/4 who might need to respond immediately to an emergency, any texts can wait until the end of your commute.
The need to text your wife is a management problem and can be dealt with by saying "I'm heading out, anything you need to tell me before I go?"
We got by fine before cell phones, and no great loss will happen if we turn them off for a while now and then. If you're really worried about a critical emergency program a special SOS ring tone, and stop the ride to deal with it.