vimeo.com— Most phones come with flimsy manuals with complicated language and jargon. These books, which can live on a bookshelf actually contain the phone.
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I was not aware of that.. I do apologize for my ignorance. I checked out an unpacking video on youtube and you are indeed correct. I still do not agree with you about other phones failing but you were indeed correct and I thank you for that knowledge.
I thought it was kind of cute. I would just buy that to keep on my dead tech shelf.
until the iphone most phones needed manuals..
I can't tell you hour's of reading required to use the Motorola razer for more than just
making phone calls. Only to find the features that the manual said it had didn't work right.
Really? I'm not sure how the Razr works, but as a flip phone, I can say it is pretty easy to push buttons and play around and find every feature and setting in a flip phone. I've never read manuals for anything.
the razr, was said to play music and videos.
but how do you get he music and videos on the phone.
you needed a cable that didn't come with it and that one one sold.
Once you got cable you needed a driver for your pc that you could not find. Once you got this hard to get cable and driver.
You found that the phone required a secured media memory chip.
but it limited the size of that chip.. to big of a chip and it would not work.
to play movies on the device required you to navigate down to three sub menus. Oh and it only played one file type so you had to convert your movie to this format.
I also was trying to find the menu to turn off data...
Why because I didn't have a data plan.. so if you accidently activated
the web browser for a second expect to receive a bill for $10.00 for that error.
This does seem to be a design project, rather than an actual product manual, as ophello and Amnon Sadeh (on vimeo) pointed out. Some "lorem ipsum" filler text is visible in the book between 1:56 and 1:59.
Eh. Seems like someone had fun making this manual and then filming it. So yay fun for them. Clearly its no longer practical. The cool bit about greener packaging is that its also smaller and hence easier to ship more units of. Seems to be an inefficient use of resources...then again, they did have fun...
Exactly, if a device is so poorly designed that it needs a manual I'm not interested in using it. One of my kids bought a blackberry a few years ago; what a PITA, I think it was designed to keep corporate IT folks employed.
I'm just saying. It's a cool concept, but imagine the deforestation it would take just to print out this form of instruction book that barely has any information anyway! You could learn how to use your phone in a one page pamphlet, without cutting down so many trees.
By the way, if you thumbs down this comment, you are either trolling or an ignorant prick.
Wow, there's a lot of comments here saying this manual is bad because its cutting down a whole bunch of trees. First off, paper is recyclable. Another thing is the material is probably not 100% wood. If you're so worried about trees then sign petitions for construction to stop rolling down forests and farmland to build more homes for rich cities to expand. Also, more farmland is being overrun by corn fields which is being put into most of the food in the US.
About the manual, I think it's a good tool to mail to elderly or anyone who has memory or non-technical. My grandparents have cell phones but it takes them a long time to work around the phone.
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ophelloFeb 5, 2012
This is awesome -- good idea for old farts.
sbuckley00Feb 5, 2012
or stupid people
trythinking1stFeb 6, 2012
or stupid old farts
bersercFeb 5, 2012
Phones shouldn't need manuals.
razorsfuryFeb 5, 2012
Why not?
gimiesomeFeb 5, 2012
When I was young they only came in black...
unsyncdFeb 6, 2012
Looks really nice.... but what a waste of paper in the digital age!
williamkusumoFeb 5, 2012
If a phone requires an assembly and a manual, it has failed.
sbuckley00Feb 5, 2012
they all do... name one phone what does not ship with the battery out???
williamkusumoFeb 5, 2012
iPhone?
sbuckley00Feb 5, 2012
I was not aware of that.. I do apologize for my ignorance. I checked out an unpacking video on youtube and you are indeed correct. I still do not agree with you about other phones failing but you were indeed correct and I thank you for that knowledge.
lvaneedeFeb 6, 2012
Nokia N8
kingfogFeb 6, 2012
How about the Lumia 800... You physically can't even take them apart.
scottnashFeb 6, 2012
Anything that claims to be the "best ever" anything, never actually is.
kd1sFeb 6, 2012
It reminds me of the way IBM software used to be packaged back in the day. You had a full on manual, and a disk binder with the source material.
bsinniFeb 5, 2012
seems too cool to be real
ophelloFeb 5, 2012
I think it was someone's side project. I don't think the phone came with that.
zbeastFeb 5, 2012
I thought it was kind of cute. I would just buy that to keep on my dead tech shelf.
until the iphone most phones needed manuals..
I can't tell you hour's of reading required to use the Motorola razer for more than just
making phone calls. Only to find the features that the manual said it had didn't work right.
ben7337Feb 5, 2012
Really? I'm not sure how the Razr works, but as a flip phone, I can say it is pretty easy to push buttons and play around and find every feature and setting in a flip phone. I've never read manuals for anything.
zbeastFeb 5, 2012
the razr, was said to play music and videos.
but how do you get he music and videos on the phone.
you needed a cable that didn't come with it and that one one sold.
Once you got cable you needed a driver for your pc that you could not find. Once you got this hard to get cable and driver.
You found that the phone required a secured media memory chip.
but it limited the size of that chip.. to big of a chip and it would not work.
to play movies on the device required you to navigate down to three sub menus. Oh and it only played one file type so you had to convert your movie to this format.
I also was trying to find the menu to turn off data...
Why because I didn't have a data plan.. so if you accidently activated
the web browser for a second expect to receive a bill for $10.00 for that error.
the razr ran windows CE the worse phone OS ever.
miggieFeb 7, 2012
this phone isn't avaiable in the US.
grinningcatFeb 6, 2012
This does seem to be a design project, rather than an actual product manual, as ophello and Amnon Sadeh (on vimeo) pointed out. Some "lorem ipsum" filler text is visible in the book between 1:56 and 1:59.
bobturtleFeb 6, 2012
Stop. Doing. This. It's. Really. Annoying.
avinashbn3Feb 6, 2012
what an innovative idea ?
tumultuoustFeb 6, 2012
Is this what it's come to, we're dumbing down manuals now?
gmarmFeb 6, 2012
Really thats a cool idea! Only prob is that a tree has to be cut down for every phone.
threesquareFeb 6, 2012
interesting idea...but the first book seems like a whole lot of wasted paper
fakbik2Feb 6, 2012
Eh. Seems like someone had fun making this manual and then filming it. So yay fun for them. Clearly its no longer practical. The cool bit about greener packaging is that its also smaller and hence easier to ship more units of. Seems to be an inefficient use of resources...then again, they did have fun...
lvaneedeFeb 6, 2012
Its a nice idea, but seems like a waste of paper
charris1980Feb 6, 2012
Better manual is the iPhone. Just open the box and turn it on. It is so easy to use there is no need for books.
craig1958Feb 6, 2012
Exactly, if a device is so poorly designed that it needs a manual I'm not interested in using it. One of my kids bought a blackberry a few years ago; what a PITA, I think it was designed to keep corporate IT folks employed.
consciousmanFeb 5, 2012
seems cool !
ahermansFeb 6, 2012
Or, get an iPhone.
maverick747xFeb 5, 2012
I guess it's kind of cool, but it's not very green... That's my only complaint.
partrowFeb 5, 2012
Doesn't look green at all in the pic - it looks brown.
ophelloFeb 5, 2012
Paper is recyclable.
maverick747xFeb 7, 2012
I'm just saying. It's a cool concept, but imagine the deforestation it would take just to print out this form of instruction book that barely has any information anyway! You could learn how to use your phone in a one page pamphlet, without cutting down so many trees.
By the way, if you thumbs down this comment, you are either trolling or an ignorant prick.
syngericho25Feb 10, 2012
Wow, there's a lot of comments here saying this manual is bad because its cutting down a whole bunch of trees. First off, paper is recyclable. Another thing is the material is probably not 100% wood. If you're so worried about trees then sign petitions for construction to stop rolling down forests and farmland to build more homes for rich cities to expand. Also, more farmland is being overrun by corn fields which is being put into most of the food in the US.
About the manual, I think it's a good tool to mail to elderly or anyone who has memory or non-technical. My grandparents have cell phones but it takes them a long time to work around the phone.
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so good
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sitacommentsFeb 6, 2012
Really Innovative...
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