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Satellite Phones Making A Comeback?

Posted by michael on from the pocket-sized-they-aren't dept.

carnun writes: "Over at CommVerge there is an interesting article updating what's happening on the Satellite phone market... Is this just another blow in the Iridium cluster or are we finally going to be able to sit with our laptops and connect from the middle of the Sahara?"

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  1. Re:Huge Cell phones by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about, "Hey baby, that's my 19-inch one-eyed trouser snake. Wanna touch it?"

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  2. Re:And we NEED this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    when the need for porn arises, it cannot be contained.

  3. Laptop in Sahara by TV-SET · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    If you'll find yourself in Sahara with a laptop, you better rush to install IE or NN, because www.water.com does allow anything else to pass.

    Good thing is my Opera can sign like any of the above :)

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