Smartphones
September 20, 2024
Episode Notes
Hey. Hey. Good morning there. Yeah. Huh? What's going on?
Thanks for waiting.
Okay. Sure. Good morning. How you doing?
Good. I was just uh just answering an email from a friend.
Oh, okay. Was it uh from Canada?
Oh, that's Canadian friend, but he's in Japan right now and he's coming by to visit this morning. So,
right on. Right on.
Yeah. Yeah, that's interesting that um you put me on hold with your cell phone when I uh called you.
Yeah. Well, it's always everpresent, isn't it?
You know, I I'm starting to think these things are controlling our lives.
Oh, absolutely.
Yeah. Yeah. The other day I got a new cell phone, a new smartphone,
and this one is the new one.
What is it?
And It's an Android.
Okay.
I was pleased because the Android could transfer my data, transfer my apps. It was pretty painless except I had to re-register a lot of the apps.
Yeah. Yeah. Sign in or whatever.
Some of that stuff I haven't been able to do yet. I I can't do it. I can't control my bank account yet.
Well, this is also an Android.
Okay.
And believe it or not, I've never had to transfer my data because this is the first smartphone I've ever owned in my life.
How old is it now?
Um, three, four, four years old. About four years.
Um, maybe more.
Yeah.
But yeah, I I never had a phone until my my late 30s.
Yes. Actually, my last phone
Yeah.
The one Before this one was my first smartphone.
So that's only your second.
This is my second and I've only had this for two weeks.
Yeah.
My first one basically died after five years.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
I could only use Wi-Fi. I couldn't use the uh roaming data, whatever they call it.
4G. Not bad for a for a phone.
I'm I'm not complaining. Uh but You know, I'm I'm used to, you know, that I really like computers, right? And I use my own I make my own computers with Linux and I I can use computers for 10 years, right?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
My my my backup computer is at least 15 years old.
Sure. Sure.
No problem.
But you you said uh what did you say before? You said we're wrapped up in our phones.
We're wrapped up in our phones. Yeah. My life is wrapped up in my phone. Yeah, for example.
For example, um Okay, I've got a Japanese bank account and I use this thing to access the the account and to send my bank transfers.
Yeah.
Okay. And my wife, she's really great with the Japanese interfaces and she set it up so that it can verify that it's me and send the bank transfer. And she had that set up from my last cell phone,
right? Right.
This cell phone, I can sign into my account, but I can't make the transfers.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Well, I'll tell you about about uh banking.
Yeah.
When I first came here, uh I got a a UFJ bank account, Mitsubishi UFJ bank account.
Okay.
Which is
I mean, excellent bank, but but
yeah,
they don't have many branches anywhere. And in Sheiga, where I live, there's only one branch in all of Shea, and it's not near me. So, it's really inconvenient.
Okay.
Um there isn't even a bank machine nearby that I can use. I mean, I can use 7-Eleven bank machine or whatever, but there is not I can't update my bank book or anything. But with this, now everything is on here. So, I can do all my banking.
It's really convenient. But yes, as you said, wrapped up in my life. And uh yeah. Oh, I got a message.
Okay.
My friend my friend's coming over in about five minutes. I got to go.
You got to go. Okay. I hope your life isn't too wrapped up in that machine. Hey, thanks a lot.
Thanks, Les.
Okay, take care. See you next week.
Bye.
Byebye.
Thanks for waiting.
Okay. Sure. Good morning. How you doing?
Good. I was just uh just answering an email from a friend.
Oh, okay. Was it uh from Canada?
Oh, that's Canadian friend, but he's in Japan right now and he's coming by to visit this morning. So,
right on. Right on.
Yeah. Yeah, that's interesting that um you put me on hold with your cell phone when I uh called you.
Yeah. Well, it's always everpresent, isn't it?
You know, I I'm starting to think these things are controlling our lives.
Oh, absolutely.
Yeah. Yeah. The other day I got a new cell phone, a new smartphone,
and this one is the new one.
What is it?
And It's an Android.
Okay.
I was pleased because the Android could transfer my data, transfer my apps. It was pretty painless except I had to re-register a lot of the apps.
Yeah. Yeah. Sign in or whatever.
Some of that stuff I haven't been able to do yet. I I can't do it. I can't control my bank account yet.
Well, this is also an Android.
Okay.
And believe it or not, I've never had to transfer my data because this is the first smartphone I've ever owned in my life.
How old is it now?
Um, three, four, four years old. About four years.
Um, maybe more.
Yeah.
But yeah, I I never had a phone until my my late 30s.
Yes. Actually, my last phone
Yeah.
The one Before this one was my first smartphone.
So that's only your second.
This is my second and I've only had this for two weeks.
Yeah.
My first one basically died after five years.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
I could only use Wi-Fi. I couldn't use the uh roaming data, whatever they call it.
4G. Not bad for a for a phone.
I'm I'm not complaining. Uh but You know, I'm I'm used to, you know, that I really like computers, right? And I use my own I make my own computers with Linux and I I can use computers for 10 years, right?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
My my my backup computer is at least 15 years old.
Sure. Sure.
No problem.
But you you said uh what did you say before? You said we're wrapped up in our phones.
We're wrapped up in our phones. Yeah. My life is wrapped up in my phone. Yeah, for example.
For example, um Okay, I've got a Japanese bank account and I use this thing to access the the account and to send my bank transfers.
Yeah.
Okay. And my wife, she's really great with the Japanese interfaces and she set it up so that it can verify that it's me and send the bank transfer. And she had that set up from my last cell phone,
right? Right.
This cell phone, I can sign into my account, but I can't make the transfers.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Well, I'll tell you about about uh banking.
Yeah.
When I first came here, uh I got a a UFJ bank account, Mitsubishi UFJ bank account.
Okay.
Which is
I mean, excellent bank, but but
yeah,
they don't have many branches anywhere. And in Sheiga, where I live, there's only one branch in all of Shea, and it's not near me. So, it's really inconvenient.
Okay.
Um there isn't even a bank machine nearby that I can use. I mean, I can use 7-Eleven bank machine or whatever, but there is not I can't update my bank book or anything. But with this, now everything is on here. So, I can do all my banking.
It's really convenient. But yes, as you said, wrapped up in my life. And uh yeah. Oh, I got a message.
Okay.
My friend my friend's coming over in about five minutes. I got to go.
You got to go. Okay. I hope your life isn't too wrapped up in that machine. Hey, thanks a lot.
Thanks, Les.
Okay, take care. See you next week.
Bye.
Byebye.