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Peer-to-Peer Cell Phones
AlfaNatic writes "Seems like a new company has developed the technology to turn a cellular network
into a peer-to-peer network. Soon you'll be able to share music and files off of your cell. Gotta love it!"
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Peer to peer is an application layer network "topology," that is, a description of connectedness.
It is NOT A SYNONYM FOR NAPSTER.
Peer to peer calls wouldnt be liked by the mobile operators would it would be free.
Imagine you want to call someone and it hops from (idle)phone to phone until it reaches its target.
This is what (I think) cybikos do with text messages.
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What kind of caption is that? That phone may show pictures, but it's the ugliest phone I've ever seen. Moreover, I don't want my phone to do all this crap. Here are the list of features I want in a phone, with a divider before those that would take my PDA out of the picture:
1. Ability to make calls, with clear reception all over the globe at all times of day (this is partly a service problem, but better phones could help)
2. Cancer-free
3. Ability to digitally download voice mail to the phone (with error correction) so I don't have to listen to it on a scratchy connection
4. Ability to act as a modem with just a cheap serial cord, no $500 kits
5. LONG battery life - I mean 1 week standby and 5 hours talk-time, worst-case
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6. Ability to store phone numbers along with other contact info
7. Alarm clock, todo list, and datebook calendar
That's it. No mp3s, no videos, no file sharing. Just the things that would rock to have in a mobile, self-contained unit. It shouldn't have unnecessary buttons and gizmos. It shouldn't have musical ring tones (customizable ringing, yes; music, hell no). I simply don't understand the impetus for putting crap into a cell phone that would be better taken care of by other devices, separate from the phone.
Now, a Rio or some such that can wirelessly bounce around mp3s (even at a reduced bitrate) might be nice, but a Rio is made for playing music. A cell phone is made for communicating with people.
By your argument, you shouldn't worry about your credit card number being stolen online. Someone could shoot you and take your card anyway.
Of course, people really shouldn't worry so much about online credit card theft. Many people give away their numbers without giving a second thought when they go out to eat. Do you ever wonder what your server does with your card when you give it to them?
Similarly, people do leave their cellphones unattended and unlocked a surprising amount of the time.
If you're really going to get concerned about computer crime, you should be equally concerned about real world crime.
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