Comments on: Announcing The 1100 Club (aka ‘Ditch your smartphone. Go dumb!’)

By: Scoox

Scoox — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:31:32 +0000

I bought the 1200 because the 1100 has been discontinued. The 1200 does pretty much the same things that the 1100 already did, but it has 4 extra buttons under the screen, which makes it harder to use. I just think it is stupid, the 1100 was fine, why the f**k do they have to spend money to make a phone worse?? I mean the 1100 sold 200 million for a reason!! The world is already complicated enough, and most of use actually prefer to keep things as simple as possible. It always makes me chuckle when I see mobile phones packed with features. My wife’s phone has a calendar, music composer, games, mp3 player, a crap camera… all she ever uses is thee phone feature, and since I bought her a tiny mp3 player she no longer uses the mp3 feature. Nobody who owns a 1100 is going to go out of their way to “upgrade” to a 1200 and ditch their perfectly working 1100. I gave my Nokia 1100 to my mum and fully regret it now because I can’t find one anywhere. Many 1100 are sold on eBay, but usually have fake fascias which don’t fit well. I bought two this way and they both were fake. Alas, long live the Nokia 1100.

By: dvarpala

dvarpala — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:02:29 +0000

I’ve chucked my CrackBerry in favour of the 1100 about a month ago, and can honestly say it’s done me a great favour, releasing me from the constant barrage of emails.
The very fact that the 1100 doesn’t do anything but calls and SMS, means it gets left alone and not constantly “fiddled with” – I get a lot more reading done since the momentous decision.
I’d quite forgotten what a well designed little phone it was, and love the display clarity – b/w wins over colour screens every time when the backlight isn’t on….

By: Nokia Conversations

Nokia Conversations — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:45:34 +0000

Video update: Club 1100 – I’m in it!

ESPOO, Finland – A while back I mentioned my on and off frustration with what computers have become… I mean, smartphones have become. I suggested we all drop smartphones and use simpler phones, such as the iconic Nokia 1100, which…

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:07:24 +0000

Very old….but easy to use mobile phone…will surely use it for atleast for 2 months….but its strange Nokia is still selling it….http://www.mobilephonesuk.org.uk/manufacturer.php/Nokia

By: Franklin Davis

Franklin Davis — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:26:05 +0000

Charlie, I’m with you — because I need to break my internet addiction when I’m home. And S60 makes that impossible.

So I want a dumb phone to use outside of work. Anyone know if any of these work in the US? And where to get one?

If not these, what is a good basic phone for the US? The one extra feature I’d like is calendar sync.

By: Blair

Blair — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:14:38 +0000

ive actually been using one of these for the last 2 months after my tytn2 was ran over by a car, forgot how easy to use a phone could be!

By: KMS883

KMS883 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:20:13 +0000

Dude, i’m in. Break me of my Blackberry addiction please!

By: Wolfi

Wolfi — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:42:37 +0000

Hell yeah,

I would join

By: Technical Markus

Technical Markus — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:03:11 +0000

Well, i’ve thrown my hat into the ring with this blog post:

http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/can-you-give-up-your-smartphone-for-month-take-the-nokia-1100-challenge/

I’m willing to give it a try! I don’t think for one second I’ll be able to manage a full month, but I’m going to give it a shot!

By: Gomcoite

Gomcoite — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:11:35 +0000

Hey Charlie, on a second thought, a smarphone is only smart if its user is smart.

So its actually the way the owner uses his device that actually makes it smart.

Thus the title of the post needs reconsideration.