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Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone by jacquesm on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @08:15AM (#2143150)
Typically such items get lost pretty quickly, so you'll end up carrying one along.

Maybe you're more careful than I am, but when I used PDAs I ended up buying several replacement styluses because I kept dropping them in weird spots and losing them in spite of being careful not to.

If it's not attached to the device permanently it tends to get lost over time.

I really think that a paper phonebook is cute but impractical, and this phone strikes me as aimed at practical people, not people looking for 'hello kitty' like cute little phonebooks.

Also, my handwriting is atrocious :)

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Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone by roel_v on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @09:08AM (#2143287)
"Typically such items get lost pretty quickly, so you'll end up carrying one along."

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. I have at least 5 spare styluses somewhere that I bought with various devices because I was afraid I'd lose the original ones, yet never did once in 10+ years of use.

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