Warship Built with Twin Tower Steel in NYC Nov 3, 2009
i bet you still have the defunct phone number for Dionne Warwick's Psychic Friends Network still programmed in your rotary dial phone too -- alongside the one for John Edward's Crossing Over, right. by CommentMaker November 2, 2009 3:55 PM EST. (CBS News)
Jessica book sales fall short Aug 25, 2009
Two Queens retirees have created an Internet social network for folks who grew up with rotary dial telephones, phonograph records and black-and-white TV.. The clunkers kept on rollin' Monday, right to the finish line. (Yahoo News -- Jessica Lynch)
Editorial: Slow down on retiring blue mailboxes (July 21) Jul 21, 2009
It s not news that those trusty blue boxes that used to be on virtually every corner are going the way of the rotary dial (and the CD player, for that matter). Nevertheless, we are sympathetic to the citizens of Otisfield, Maine. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Disappearing pay phones Jul 8, 2009
It also has a rotary dial, a request from the original owners to keep drugs and drug dealers from using it to page one another ... There were no drugs; as it turned out; the kid had never seen a rotary dial before ... Around the same time, push buttons replaced rotary dials. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Your say Have you been affected by NetBank's woes? Jul 1, 2009
Customer complaints did mention if the payphone you are using has an old style rotary dial then you can press # to speak to a real person. And we actually trust these people with our money. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
The rise and rise of Bharti May 26, 2009
At that time, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd used to provide traditional rotary dial phone sets. Since telephone subscribers were usually affluent, Bhartis push button instrument was a big hit. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Essential Gadgets Apr 14, 2009
You're going the way of the rotary dial. Lenovo has produced one of the priciest portable systems on the market. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Cell phone punch up new keypads Apr 8, 2009
You re going the way of the rotary dial. Touch screens and QWERTY keyboards will take over from here, thank you. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Four-wheel forte Feb 20, 2009
All are accessed via a rotary dial just to the left of the shift lever. It also has a hill descent control, which is kind of rare in this segment of the market. (Globe and Mail)
Full house for coaches Feb 11, 2009
Soon she picked up her orange phone ( with the rotary dial, Wagner was quick to add) and called her mother. She wanted to tell her mom about how bad her players were. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Tell us of this thing 'Internet' Feb 10, 2009
Mr. Richard Halloran, the early-adapting senior citizen featured in this newscast, is labeled simply, "Owns home computer." He demonstrates how he obtains his morning paper by plugging the handset of his fabulous red rotary dial into telephone couplers for dial-up that costs a whopping $5 an hour. (Thats more than AOL. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Black history is the nation's history Feb 9, 2009
It's not merely that a short month commemorating black achievement is a curious and old-fashioned appendage, like rabbit ears on a TV or a rotary dial on a telephone. It's worse than that: The monthlong commemoration is a damaging form of apartheid, setting the contributions of black Americans aside as separate and unequal. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Month robs blacks of part in U.S. history Feb 8, 2009
It s not merely that a short month set aside to commemorate black achievement is a curious and old-fashioned appendage, like rabbit ears on a TV or a rotary dial on a telephone. It s worse than that: The commemoration is a damaging form of apartheid, setting the contributions of black Americans aside as separate and unequal. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
