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BT's Converged Wi-Fi/Cell Phone

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-kinda-anyway dept.

judgecorp writes "BT has been talking for more than a year about "Bluephone" - a cellphone that roams to a wireless network, when you are in the house. Just when we thought it was all hype and vapour, BT is revealing more details. Good news - it will move to Wi-Fi, when Wi-Fi handsets are cheap and good. The first version will still use Bluetooth, because Bluetooth works. Bad news - it's not a SIP phone, and therefore not really a converged phone. It doesn't roam calls onto the Internet, or even onto the landline, where they would be cheaper. Wi-Fi or Bluetooth is just an alternative for the first few feet of the call. Takes a few calls off the cell network, but doesn't do a lot for the user, apart from giving you just one phone to lose."

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  1. first posts are for losers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    second post is for teh win!

    1. Re:first posts are for losers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I may be a talentless hack, but YOU FAIL IT! I get second post!

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    2. Re:first posts are for losers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      unfortunately you got the first post, sorry loser.

  2. Lifting weights? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So, basically you pick up heavy things......then you put them down again. Sounds pretty fulfilling.

  3. Re:Explain this to a dummy, please. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's got Bluetooth or WiFi and something Internet-related... eh... which will make it mucho buzzword-compliant for all the cool kids with disposable income.

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    stesestingf 123

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    WhEther you Volume of NetBSD we all know, Preferrably with an