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DEAR VALENTINE, THIS IS TO TELL YOU ARE MY FRIEND AS WELL AS MY VALENTINE.
AND THAT I INTEND TO WRITE YOU YOU LOTS OF LETTERS…
(From the Olivetti Valentine user manual.)

Olivetti Velentine
 

We just bought a Valentine typewriter. It was made over forty years ago.

So why does its user manual feel (and sound) brighter, crisper and clearer than any guides that come with phones in 2011?

(Thanks to Adam Richardson for putting his copy of the user manual on his blog.)
(Thanks to Adam Richardson for putting his copy of the user manual on his blog.)

We’re sending our Samsung Galaxy back.

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