Microsoft Song Smith is useful to obtain amusing Youtube videos. See for yourself: http://it.bing.com/videos/search?q=songsmith+vs&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=songsmith+vs&sc=0-15&sp=-1&sk=

Don' confuse it with Super B http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIeKIlN5ElA

Anyway I think it' better superstition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE than supernatural http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uCTFJbwUI

The question I have is what the smartphone is used for. If it's to receive and make phone calls the employee could simply give a SIM and a basic phone. I've seen 20 euro GSM and 50 euro UMTS phones, with a lot o extra features like camera, fm radio, mp3 player, web browsing and so on.
Even a low end Android phne costs under 100 euro, and makes possible to VPN or ssh easily in a remote system, and anyway some 'dumb' phones are capable of this. On the other hand if specific smart features of a phone have to be used for work-related operations, having to support a generice device is a IT support nightmare.

Smaller grocery stores made home delivery in the '70s and still make it. With this servce they beat the big malls because one hasn't to move from home, and for the daily foods, like milk or bread it's an advantage for the grocery owner having a fixed quantity of perishable food to sell. On the other hand, in the '90 for a party we bought a pallet of beer from a wholesale beer warehouse. Nothing says big party like moving the beer with a forklift

4 it's an unkucky number in Japan. 17 it's also an ulucky number in Western countries. Coincidence? we at TV-Show-On-Whacky-Therories don't think so.

You could also use selective calls or transmit a modulated signal to trigger the system. Or you can do exactly the reverse. I remember in the 80s a burglar alarm connected to a CB radio that sent every minute or so a coded signal with the meaning 'ALL OK'. The remote post had an alarm that was triggered either by the different message 'TRESPASSERS DETECTED' or after three minutes without having received any message. The control system was made without using a CPU but with TTL logic. If instead a lam and a hord you'll trigger a fuse you'll get an 80s remote controlled bomb.

I think too that personal computers are now in a phase like consumer electronics. I think it's like having an hi fi with separates. In the '70 and '80 was stilish to have a separate, and was also a necessity, so everyboy was selling separates, some with questionable quality. Some people now are using a docking station with their mp3 plauers, but some people still buy and use a 100 w amplifier with floor standint 3-way speakers. I know a lot of people that is still unsing speakers bought in the 80s.

Ponce, like the flavoured Rhum made in Livorno, Tuscany? http://www.livornowine.com/public/zoom_79901304_DSC_1536.JPG

Actually there is an HP mini laptop series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Mini By the way the first HP mini was developed in 1966, the 2116 http://hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=95

Yes, you should use kilowatts, but because the numbers are bigger, car makers still prefer to use horse power on the advertising.

For the same price I send a text message I can talk for a whole minute on the phone, or leave a message on the "answering machine". Uncle has still an actual answering machine with a cassette tape inside to record messages anyway.

Read the title in Dalek voice. The World Economic Foum i sel in Davos in 1971. The Dalek's creator is Davos? Coincidence? We think not.

Why make illegal trash speed metal bands CD and tapes? Especially when not banndin One Direction...

I still have a portable mechanical typewriter, that is really useful to type addresses on envelopes. Laser printers and inkjets tends to jam more easily than a 1960 typewriter. Not to mention the always on (ever in blackout) capacity of the typewriters. Yes, I've also a 35 mm fully mechanical camera.