There is much to be said and admired for those who understand the workings of things from bombs to cell phones. When a device is invented and built it soon becomes dated and /or obsolete because a newer version crests just as the sun comes up over the horizon each day. When the newer version makes its appearance, a newer way of thinking comes with it and so it has been since the dawn of mankind. Mankind has always been curious and there are certainly those who are more curious and more inventive than the norm but alas, whether it be the progression from smoke signals < telegraph < telephone < flip tops to our present day tech, there is none so inventive as to totally realize the future. To sit back and rejoice in yesterday’s accomplishments whilst denying the present and the possibilities of the future would be a form of lunacy in the grand scheme of the human existence. We do not have to necessarily like the new technologies that surround us, but we should at the very least have some knowledge, however vague it might be, as to the workings and reasons they exist. All that said, there is only one piece of technology that has never been replaced, is always free to use and updates automatically. It communicates with itself, organizes a vast array of extremely complicated systems and also allows the user to communicate and work with other outside systems whether they are completely compatible or not. Yup, whoever invented the human brain made a real keeper.
Some Seniors think more highly of modern day technology than others. For the most part, we really like most of the modern day technology, from our iPhones, to Google Home to our Roku Streaming Stick.
I'm envious of all those people we see in stores, restaurants, etc. who have a large gallery of photos on their smart phones and proudly display their images to my wife and I. I like the fact that hundreds of images can be stored and can be recalled by scrolling with the thumb and enlarged with the thumb and forefinger. I would like to buy one of those, but I don't want a cellphone and I don't want internet access. In fact, it doesn't even need a camera, because I would just download the 600 images from my computer to the device. So there you have it: Hand-held picture storage with NO cellphone, NO internet access, and NO camera! Is such a device available? Thanks, Hal
Would this work? -- Amazon: Mymahdi Digital Compact and Portable MP3 / MP4 Player supports 64 GB Micro SD Card with Photo Viewer, E-Book Reader and Voice Recorder and FM Radio Video Movie Silver -- $12.99 There are several other similar choices, but you should be able to find them from the Amazon page.
We actually have this same discussion on another thread that @Hal Pollner started in April, and then he decided that he didn’t want to do this anyway because his wife carries around pictures in her purse. Maybe some of the great suggestions that were offered then would work for Hal now ? Here is the link to the original thread: http://www.seniorsonly.club/threads/help-me-choose.8995/#post-245756
Or, perhaps, one of these? https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Picture-Frames/b?ie=UTF8&node=525460 Hal, your query also reminded me of the thread that Yvonne hyperlinked again. If I'm not mistaken, though, digital picture frames had not been mentioned there. Those can be used fully offline as you want.
Thanks for the link to my earlier post on the subject, @Yvonne. Maybe I could buy a cell phone and not activate it, but still retain the capability of downloading my 611 picture files from my computer to the cellphone. Would that be doable? Hal
Hey@Thomas, I checked out the Digital Picture Frames on Amazon, and they won't do, because even the smallest (5x7) would be to bulky for a shirt-pocket photo album of 611 pictures. Thanks ennyway, Hal
You said that you downloaded your 600+ pictures into the Samsung smartphone, so what is wrong with just continuing to use that , Hal ? If you want the tiny, cell-phone sized pictures, then the Samsung should be about the same size as most of the other cellphones. If you want larger pictures, then I still think that getting a small tablet and not activating it with your wifi would be a good choice, or perhaps one of the little devices that are a digital picture frame such as @Thomas Stearn suggested. Any of these suggestions would work for you, you just have to decide which one you prefer.
@Yvonne, I don't own a Samsung or any other make of smartphone. I may have to gnaw the projectile (bite the bullet), and just buy a Smartphone but not register it. Then I can feel as snooty as those who show off their Chihuahuas or African Violets! Hal
Sorry, I must have misunderstood something. This is what you posted in April (you can go back and look in your other thread and see it if you want), and in that thread you said that you had copied all of your 600+ pictures to the Samsung.
@Yvonne, if I posted that I had a SamSung dedvice and loaded data into it, then I simply don't remember anything at all about having it! As I've mentioned several times on this and other forums, I have the early stages of Alzheimers, which affects my short term memory, but not my long term, which has past events so deeply embedded into my memory that I'll never forget them. Which brings me to the reason why I don't need a cellular telephone: I HAVE NO ONE TO CALL WHEN I'M AWAY FROM HOME! There are only 2 telephone numbers that I remember: My home land line, And 911. When my home phone rings, I just let it go into recording a message. I have a few other friends, most of whom I've never seen or heard because they're on the Senior Forum, the Model Railroad Forum, the Astronomy Forum, and an information website. If I want to communicate with these people, I do it from my beloved Desktop Computer! Still, it would be nice to be able to show our restaurant waitresses and others at supermarkets and building materials stores that we also have dogs, cats, birds, and desert tortoises at home, with their Pictures! I'll have to find out from Best Buy if I can get a Smartphone without registering it for phone or internet use. I don't want to have to pay for services that I have no intention of using. Thanks, Harold
The nice thing about a cell phone is that you don't have to remember numbers - you just click them. I can't remember my own number sometimes, and I frequently forget our zip code. I have left gas pumps without getting gas because some of them ask for your zip code when using a credit card, and there are times when I get that wrong. So I'd drive to the next station, where the pumps don't ask stupid questions.