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Cellular and Computing Industries Finally Collide
magarity writes "For years now cell phones have become increasing complex as computers become ever smaller. The two industries now directly collide. Of special interest is the change in mission statement by Microsoft from 'a computer on every desk and in every home' to 'empowering people through great software, any time, any place and on any device.' With mobile phone saturation in the industrialized world from +80% (Italy) to 45% (USA), this is the next battleground for information technology dominance. Both industries have giant sized players; the shakeouts, as well as implications for consumers, will be huge."
is part of microsofts mission statement? hmm, i guess "great" is a relative term.
I guess this means they'll stop selling Windows.
How the porn industry will exploit these changes. Whole new meaning to "phone sex".
But I thought only NetBSD would run on my toaster...
-Charles
Who needs one when you just stay home and read slashdot?
In other words, phase one (a computer on every desk and in every home) has been completed +/- 10%. Now it's time to go out and achieve 100% (+/- 10%) proliferation on portable devices.
What's next, owning my brain?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
So now I'll have to CTRL-ALT-DEL to access my phone book.
Will it ask me for an administrators password when I want to change the ring tone?
And what will I do when I get an 'Ignore/Cancel' error message?
I can see it now: mid conversation, and all of a sudden a message pops up 'There is a new security patch for your phone. Would you like to install it now?'
The fight for digital (as in finger) dominance
Nov 21st 1952
From The Historiconomist BS edition
The convergence of slide rules and notepads is bringing the giants of the plastic and paper industries into direct conflict
IT MAY look like a notepad, but the Orange PenNPaper, launched last month, is much more than that. With its lined pages, multicolored ink and spiral ring spine, it resembles other notepads on the market. But it has one far more significant feature: the lookup tables and conversion formulas on the inside front cover, indicated by the familiar-looking quadratic equation on the upper left side. For the PNP is the first "quick-reference notepad"--in other words, it does things a slide rule does. It is the paper industry's attempt to stake its claim in the new academic community of engineers and scientists created by the convergence of notepads and slide rules. It is no less than a declaration of war.
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
'empowering people through great software...
What?
Where are they going to get that from?
It's been a long time.
I loathe the day when I flip open my mobile phone and see the blue screen of death.
With Microsoft getting involved, it's going to be more than a mere collision... it's going to be a train wreck.
Can you hear me now...ahhhh shit, another BSOD!
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# of cellphones:
.28 is a phone that was mangled by a frustrated user)
Italy: 45.84 mil
US: 125.28
The US only has 125 cell phones? Geez, that must suck. (And i can only assume the