Do you work for a mobile handset manufacturer? If so, could you please explain to me the logic of having keypad beep tones ON as the default factory setting?
In my opinion, this is more obnoxious and bothersome than having the ringer go off. In the days when people would just dial a number the beep tone was not a big deal, but now as people are typing long e-mails on their keitais it’s a constantly irritating noise. Some people at the office type e-mails on their keitais and you can hear the beep-beep from several cubicles away. I suppose the justification for such a feature is so users can confirm input audibly, but the reality is that most people with common sense turn that off right after purchase. It’s the first thing I do. I can’t think of any benefit of having such a feature turned to ON by default. I blame the handset manufacturers for burying the setting deep into the preferences menu where no one can find it. You can’t expect all the lazy retarded people of the world to figure out how to turn this off themselves. And it’s the rest of us that have to suffer.
This is also something which drives me crazy. I believe you have hit the nail on the head with the rationale though. I wonder if they feel that people will lack the dexterity to actually hit the buttons so they want the beep to be on so they know when they hit it.
I’m right on board with you on this one.
Agreed.
Same goes for my iPod’s stupid clicking sound. When I don’t use my iPod for a few days it resets itself (takes it about 30 secs to boot up the next time), and the click sound is back on. I have to go to the settings to turn it off.
And who in the first place needs a speaker in the iPod itself just for that stupid click sound?
Okay, and don’t forget all these nasty sounds in keitai-games. They just drives you crazy in public conveyances and everywhere. But maybe there’s not so much keitai-gamers in the Japan? I dunno. :\
I agree totally, and people that put the ringer at the max and with a ridiculous tone are also boring…^_^
Lets also add the annoying default click sound when navigating with Explorer. Why?
I fully agree with you on this one.