Comments on: Product Review: Tawkon… and on… and on… http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/ Usability, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Family Fri, 18 May 2012 23:41:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: David http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-44744 David Wed, 18 May 2011 00:28:52 +0000 http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-44744 Sounds great always wondered about cell phone use looks like it is avail for android going to give it a try! Sounds great always wondered about cell phone use
looks like it is avail for android going to give it a try!

]]> By: admin http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-17390 admin Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:47:10 +0000 http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-17390 Hi, ima2seven! Thanks for your comment. I've posted my opinions (very strong ones!) here, in response to your questions about how to know which smartphone is best for you: http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/08/22/which-smartphone-is-right-for-me/ It all boils down to what features you will use the most. Even small differences in convenience add up if they are for functions you access 10 or 12 times a day. If this is your first smartphone, you may not even be sure what you'll use the most. You may want to borrow one from a friend, or take the cheapest offer going, or buy a used phone, to give yourself a chance to find out how you'll actually use the thing! Sarah Hi, ima2seven! Thanks for your comment.

I’ve posted my opinions (very strong ones!) here, in response to your questions about how to know which smartphone is best for you:

http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/08/22/which-smartphone-is-right-for-me/

It all boils down to what features you will use the most. Even small differences in convenience add up if they are for functions you access 10 or 12 times a day. If this is your first smartphone, you may not even be sure what you’ll use the most. You may want to borrow one from a friend, or take the cheapest offer going, or buy a used phone, to give yourself a chance to find out how you’ll actually use the thing!

Sarah

]]> By: ima2seven http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-17242 ima2seven Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:50:15 +0000 http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-17242 Thank you for the review. I am planning on going over to a smart phone in November, and will definitely install this. Since you did such a good job, I am wondering if you have a strong opinion about blackberry vs. droid vs. iphone? I have been asking as many people as I can, because I am really not sure which is the best way to go. Thank you for the review. I am planning on going over to a smart phone in November, and will definitely install this. Since you did such a good job, I am wondering if you have a strong opinion about blackberry vs. droid vs. iphone? I have been asking as many people as I can, because I am really not sure which is the best way to go.

]]> By: Amit Lubovsky http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-15008 Amit Lubovsky Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:26:15 +0000 http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-15008 Sarah, thanks for taking the time to review our app and provide your thorough feedback – much appreciated! Amit Lubovsky Co-Founder and VP R&D, tawkon Sarah,
thanks for taking the time to review our app and provide your thorough feedback – much appreciated!

Amit Lubovsky
Co-Founder and VP R&D, tawkon

]]> By: admin http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-15006 admin Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:14:47 +0000 http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-15006 Rashi — Thanks for the battery use info. I'll have to look at the interview again (I don't remember that issue coming up in the video I saw and linked to on YouTube). Pete — I'm with you. Still, I've seen just enough to convince me (so to speak) that the data aren't convincing either way on the side of danger or safety. Which concerns me. So I do take some steps to reduce exposure, like using a headset (exposure limited to Bluetooth) or speakerphone for longer calls. For now, I feel that using Tawkon is a reasonable effort (hence the set-it-and-forget-it value — if I had to launch the app each time, it would be a non-starter for an unconfirmed risk). If Tawkon can get an independent lab to confirm correlation between their technology and absolute emissions from the phone, that would make the case even stronger for its value, at least until more medical evidence is in (which could take 20 or 30 years). Good to hear from you! Sarah Rashi — Thanks for the battery use info. I’ll have to look at the interview again (I don’t remember that issue coming up in the video I saw and linked to on YouTube).

Pete — I’m with you. Still, I’ve seen just enough to convince me (so to speak) that the data aren’t convincing either way on the side of danger or safety. Which concerns me. So I do take some steps to reduce exposure, like using a headset (exposure limited to Bluetooth) or speakerphone for longer calls.

For now, I feel that using Tawkon is a reasonable effort (hence the set-it-and-forget-it value — if I had to launch the app each time, it would be a non-starter for an unconfirmed risk).

If Tawkon can get an independent lab to confirm correlation between their technology and absolute emissions from the phone, that would make the case even stronger for its value, at least until more medical evidence is in (which could take 20 or 30 years).

Good to hear from you!

Sarah

]]> By: Pete Abilla http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-14997 Pete Abilla Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:29:04 +0000 http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-14997 The application sounds interesting and that a lot of thought went into its development, but here's what I'm missing: why should we care about being exposed to mobile phone radiation? Even their website doesn't answer that question and Techcrunch's review doesn't address that question either? Put another way, Tawkon is a solution to what problem? "mobile phone radiation" isn't enough of an answer unless exposure to that type of radiation is similar to exposure to nuclear radiation. The point is that the consequences of exposure to mobile phone radiation is largely unknown. Tawkon - tell us the harm mobile phone radiation can cause to humans and the environment. Tell us why we should care. Nice review - Tawkon should send you schwag for it. The application sounds interesting and that a lot of thought went into its development, but here’s what I’m missing:

why should we care about being exposed to mobile phone radiation?

Even their website doesn’t answer that question and Techcrunch’s review doesn’t address that question either?

Put another way,

Tawkon is a solution to what problem?

“mobile phone radiation” isn’t enough of an answer unless exposure to that type of radiation is similar to exposure to nuclear radiation. The point is that the consequences of exposure to mobile phone radiation is largely unknown.

Tawkon - tell us the harm mobile phone radiation can cause to humans and the environment. Tell us why we should care.

Nice review - Tawkon should send you schwag for it.

]]> By: Rashi http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-14988 Rashi Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:23:37 +0000 http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2010/06/10/product-review-tawkon%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6-and-on%e2%80%a6/#comment-14988 Hey Sarah Thanks for the review - and glad you had a good experience with tawkon. You asked about impact on battery - the good news is, not only does it not consume battery resource, it actually conserves battery because by encouraging you to use your phone more efficiently (it's a side benefit that most excited Scobleizer in his post & video interview here: http://scobleizer.com/2010/05/17/mobile-phone-radiation-studying-company-might-have-real-side-benefits/ Thanks again Rashi (marketing consultant to tawkon) Hey Sarah

Thanks for the review - and glad you had a good experience with tawkon.

You asked about impact on battery - the good news is, not only does it not consume battery resource, it actually conserves battery because by encouraging you to use your phone more efficiently (it’s a side benefit that most excited Scobleizer in his post & video interview here: http://scobleizer.com/2010/05/17/mobile-phone-radiation-studying-company-might-have-real-side-benefits/

Thanks again

Rashi (marketing consultant to tawkon)

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