Everyone is looking for the next thing in technology. Many companies and smartphone prototypes are made to test out radical ideas to see if they work. Power users are hoping that the next phone will do the 27 things they need it to do; regular users want it to make calls; and half of us wonder why the IrDA port is still there. I reckon it's all about the different directions people try to pull their smartphones, and ultimately all this pulling ends up determining the true direction of change. Read on...
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If I recall right the Psion 7 and netbook were �700+ in the 90s? The ASUS EEE and the otehrs that have followed are aaround �200, so there's a clue as to why they work this time round. Plus the newer ones have all the connectivity you could want. As usual though, Psion were 10 years ahead.
As for a completely voice controlled phone, don't make me laugh.
General vibe from various experts on the Mobile Mondays London forum was Zumba is either fiction or doomed to failure.
Yes the Psion Series 7 was in at around �700 and the netBook �900 (I know as I was able to score a netbook at launch). So yes, price is a big factor. And while the netbooks with the right spec (such as the 901) with the 8.9 inch screen and hard drive are nearer the �230-�270 mark, the price is now in the impulse buy range (or free if you pick up a mobile phone or 3G data stick).
I can recal travelling back in 2002-2003 with a Psion Netbook connecting over WiFi and getting amazed looks in the states even then. So yes, Psion, way too early. Now if only I could get the EIKON interface on my EEE.
And yes,, the Zumba seems to be a pitch for VC cash to investigate - it might be nothing more than a handsfree to a server, then using Spinvox or Wildfire to drive the text recognition et al.
Having something completely voice controlled would surely be better-suited to something like an in-car computer, rather than an in-hand phone?
Can't see the point of operating a mobile phone remotely, when by definition it's never going to be remote from you.
and will (apparently) be in the stores by Christmas.
That's what Tomorrow's World used to say, and it never ever was... 😉
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The words "Titanic" and "unsinkable" spring to mind.
"All about nothing" - isn't it the topic?
Oh I loved the 3600! What an amazing design. That was back in the days when bravery was a thing to boast about.
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