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Cell Phone On A Chip
sebFlyte writes "Texas Instruments have developed a new chip for mobiles that, according to some, should make is possible to make a cell phone for less than $25, bringing it into the realm of possibilities for low-level corporate giveaways, or a reasonable loss leader for getting people started on pay-as-you go mobile offerings."
I can finally get my phone implanted into the side of my head! HURRAH!
But how will I play games/take pictures/text my friends/browse the Internet/watch TV/cook a burrito/wash my laundry! This thing will never sell.
You have two hands and one brain, so always code twice as much as you think!
They folded.
Hah! I kill me.
Sweet...one step closer to Zoolander phones!
No, see, that's a cardboard prop for displkay purposes. You're supposed to leave it at OfficeMax for the nice people there to use in other displays. That probably explains why it always seems to say "No signal".
/me giggling quietly as typing this
:)
Americans, eh?
About 5 years ago, McDonalds in Japan were giving away mobile phones with food
OK, I use the word "food" vaguely, but you catch my drift
Are you aware that breathing causes cancer? Studies show that 100% of cancer patients breathe.
I suggest that you pull a bag over your head and protect yourself.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
For $200.00, I bet that we could get an awesome computer, but I doubt that any of the traditional companies like HP, IBM, and Sony would be interested.
Maybe Microsoft would be interested in the idea? They could even try to increase marketshare by modeling this $200 PC after gaming consoles like the ones made by Sony and Nintendo...
That's what I'm talking about, the little differences. Did you know you can get a beer at McDonalds in Paris? I'm not talkin' some paper cup, I mean a glass of beer. And do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France?