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Intel Developing Cellular Internet Chip
yoey writes "Brief article at The Marker states, "The chip will enable laptop users to connect directly to cellular networks without the need of a modem in the same way that PCs in a local network connect with each other. [The] solution will enable laptop users to use cellular communication networks as if they were a local communications network. Intel will thus be able to realize an old company dream - the development of a computer enabling users to be connected, any time and any place, to the Internet."
Intel will thus be able to realize an old * company dream ** - the development of a computer enabling users to be connected, any time and any place, to the Internet. ***
*by "old," we mean last quarter.
**by "dream," we mean product.
***by "Internet," we mean AOL/TW Extra-Fun Super-Happy content network.
--saint
Although I guess the open-air environment of cell phones would make air circulation a breeze (pun intended)
(ok, one more) Would dropping my cell phone into a toilet be counted as "water-cooling"?
I know this is a technolgy implementation from a chip side. That said can you imagin what fun screwing with people would be at this level of connectivity, gives a whole new meaning to Ghost in the machine. Everyone connected everwhere.....I will change my Job Occupation to farmer and wait for the 50 megaton nuke in the atmosphere to create and EMP thatll take everyone offline. Can you Imagine how many more posers at Starbucks this'll create, if impleneted on a wide scale ?
....Just Imagine you could have a Beowulf cluster in your pocket,...lol
Not to mention all the Geniuses in Govt, thinking they have the most important job in the free world and insisting they need to be connected all the time, this is the Armageddon , I can see it now.
This is pretty nifty , but until they integrate it directly to a proccesor an memory in the same package,
*Note, If you take me seriously you need more of some alkaloid, nicotene, caffiene, etc.
Sig went tro...aahemmm.....fishing........
Now everytime I switch cell phone providers I'll have to buy a new laptop to work with the providers network! :)
Some states have a hands free cell phone policy. I can see a bunch of techno-wannabees out there DRIVING and trying to IM each other. Can you say crash? And not just the blue screen kind...
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leet_loser_1: dude, hold up, I just got into an
accident
leet_loser_2: bummer
One benefit I can see would be if people actually pulled over when they are lost, looking for a place to eat, etc. Other than that, I don't see much.
Sent from your iPad.
no no, the whole system will be analog, really. ;)
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You know, with GSM this might not be such a bad idea.. But as it is, I'd need a laptop for Sprint, another for Verizon, another still for Cingular... Boy! This is sure to be good for the economy..
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