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Paper Phones

Posted by michael on from the dog-ate-my-phone dept.

Fuzzy_Damnit! writes: "Whoa! Paper phone!" One of our shorter story write-ups... Anyway, since the reporter said he had a working prototype, it looks like the paper phone is not just paperware after all.

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  1. end of pay phones?!? by mattdm · · Score: 5
    The reporter claims that this will "probably mean the end of pay phones". Yeesh, I hope not -- pay phones are wonderful for when you forget to bring your phone. Unless these things come with magic pills for ending absent-mindedness, I hope the good old quarter-eating things stay around for a good long time.

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  2. Useless by Aggrazel · · Score: 5

    Who wants a paper phone anyway?

    Now a shoe phone... thats a useful thing that I've yet to be able to buy.

    Please some slashdot user point me to where I can buy a shoe phone, I really want one. Just so I can do this one:

    "Would you please hold? I have a call on my other shoe." - Maxwell Smart

  3. I liked the inventor's rationale... by sulli · · Score: 5
    Altschul, talking on her cell phone, lost her connection and became so angry that she wanted to heave the device out the window. She didn't because the phone was too expensive.

    Can we have paper laptops for the same, um, killer app?

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  4. For More Info... by DetritusX · · Score: 5

    There's an interesting (and simple) explanation of the technology behind this at HowStuffWorks.com:
    http://www.howstuffworks.com/disposable-cell-phone .htm

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