John Ridley

I haven't tweeted once in my life, but I'm sick of hearing about it already. What once may have been the cool way of letting a hundred people know that you're about to go mow your lawn now has the feel of a used-to-be-fresh means of communicating. So yesterday, like two-way pagers. And AOL.

American Director

Chuck Inglish

I think writers just can't come up with any new words for what we're doing, because we're not 'retro-' anything. Like, in 'Gold and a Pager,' we're not talking about what was current - pagers were cool to us, but they never stopped being cool; people just stopped using them.

American Musician

Douglas Alexander

Historically, Labour has used technology as a form of control. We would use pagers and faxes to send out messages telling people what line to take. The key learning from the Obama campaign is to use technology to empower your supporters.

British Politician

Robert Del Naja

I remember being given a demo of the 'World Wide Web' at Peter Gabriel's studio in the early 90s, and I had zero comprehension that I was staring into the future. I was just happy with my pager and teletext on the TV.

British Artist

Jane Clayson

I know the rigors of network news. I didn't want to be jumping on an airplane twice a week. I didn't want to be tied to my pager and my cellphone.

American Journalist

Barton Gellman

Ordinary Geiger counters, worn on belt clips and resembling pagers, have been in use by the U.S. Customs Service for years.

David Rose

Pager companies are very much looking to provide new services to help them regain some of their customer base.

We initially targeted pager networks, which have been suffering for the last decade due to cell phone sales.

Steven Cojocaru

My phone has been ringing off the hook. I have like 17 cell phones and pagers.

Canadian Critic

Pagers were more common before cellphones, so using this word may give a dated sense in conversations.

Technological Relic

Often used in hospitals or businesses where immediate contact is essential.

Professional Setting

Mentions of pagers can imply an urgent need for communication or response.

Urgency Indicator

When used in computing, it defines a tool that helps view content in separate pages.

Technology Reference

Refers to a control element in user interface design, for managing large sets of data.

User Interface

Used for moving through digital content that is too long for a single screen.

Digital Navigation

 their emotional experiences changed as they grew older our participants would carry electronic pagers for a week at a time and we'd page them throughout the day and evenings at random times and every time we page them we'd ask them to answer several questions on a one to

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 So I need this to keep pushing this thing forward. I've been a police officer for a very long time, and I mean I predated technology. I'm talking about before pagers. Laugh if you want to, but I'm telling the truth.

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 want to be a dentist pager or computer like genius guy move the middle simply seem to the dirt repeats I am going to help kids have good teeth not have cavities