A Stateless IP Phone In The Works From AT&T

Boli writes: "Ran across this broadband phone today. It appears to be based on the Virtual Network Computing work done at AT&T Labs Cambridge. The most interesting feature is that all apps run on a server while the phone is only a display and I/O device. This opens the possibility for a variety of devices to display the same stuff. Imagine transferring a call from the phone to your browser display to paste a graphics file, then transfer again to a cordless. The VNC tools are free (as-in-beer) today." AT&T says they even have a working wireless prototype working in their building. (And VNC is Free as in GPL as well, according to their front page.) How long till conventional phones are obsolete?

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not all there yet

[nerdsv650]

On the "Contact" page, the last line reads:

"We cannot, unfortunately, answer telephone enquiries at this time."

Why do I find this hilarious?

-michael

Want to borrow my cellular?

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From their contact info page:

After reading these pages and the FAQ, if you need more information, please contact:

The Broadband Phone team
AT&T Labs Cambridge
24a Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1QA
United Kingdom
Email: bphone-query@uk.research.att.com

We cannot, unfortunately, answer telephone enquiries at this time.

Emphasis mine. :)

Holy retro look, Batman!

[Soko]

Doesn't the phone on this page look an awful lot like the red "Hot Line" that Commissioner Gordon used to pick up with the cloth?

"Chief O'Hara, to the Batphone!"
"Aye. What's Batman's IP address again, sar?"
"Oh, forget it - you can't draw the Bat Symbol to save your life anyways... Last time we got 20 bottles of Ron Bacari Rum."
"Aye. Thet was noice, wasn't it sar?"

Soko
(Please excuse the rather poor attempt at typing in an Irish accent...)