I gave my wife an Ericsson T28 and it's a great little phone. Good voice quality, GSM triband, very small. And it's only $20-$40 unlocked. We use it with a prepaid GSM SIM so we only pay for minutes we use.
The Logitech MX700 just raised the bar of expectation on precision and control. With its powerful MX optical engine, the MX700 instantly responds to even your fastest movements. The rechargeable Fast RF cordless technology gives the responsiveness of a corded connection, but without the cord. Our two Cruise Control buttons provide continuous scrolling through long documents or websites. And the rapid charge base station acts as a receiver and a charger in one. You made the demand so we built the device.
MX Optical Engine delivers more accuracy and control on more surfaces than ever before
Fast RF cordless technology delivers corded quality on a cordless device in a six foot range, even on crowded desks.
Rapid charge base station ensures that your mouse is always ready.
Cruise Control scrolling system provides more efficient scrolling through long documents or web sites, and two thumb buttons let you quickly move forward or back between pages on the Internet.
Quick Switch Program Selector lets you switch between active programs and documents easily.
Hard SF writer Greg Egan recently wrote a story about a similar idea in his book Teranesia. Check Greg Egan's Home Page for more informatino about the story and this fascinating geek/programmer/author.
It seems most of you are comparing this to your desktop systems. You are not the target market for a stripped-down web browser inside a phone. North American slashdotters have no idea how primitive our cellular services are.
For many people not wedded to the desktop metaphor, the cellular phone route is much more convenient as an internet appliance than personal computers or their retarted cousins, the set-top box. NTT DoCoMo has had great success with i-MODE, which unlike WAP uses HTML. 2 Million people have signed up so far since service started this year.
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I gave my wife an Ericsson T28 and it's a great little phone. Good voice quality, GSM triband, very small. And it's only $20-$40 unlocked. We use it with a prepaid GSM SIM so we only pay for minutes we use.
The Logitech MX700 just raised the bar of expectation on precision and control. With its powerful MX optical engine, the MX700 instantly responds to even your fastest movements. The rechargeable Fast RF cordless technology gives the responsiveness of a corded connection, but without the cord. Our two Cruise Control buttons provide continuous scrolling through long documents or websites. And the rapid charge base station acts as a receiver and a charger in one. You made the demand so we built the device.
Hard SF writer Greg Egan recently wrote a story about a similar idea in his book Teranesia. Check Greg Egan's Home Page for more informatino about the story and this fascinating geek/programmer/author.
For many people not wedded to the desktop metaphor, the cellular phone route is much more convenient as an internet appliance than personal computers or their retarted cousins, the set-top box. NTT DoCoMo has had great success with i-MODE, which unlike WAP uses HTML. 2 Million people have signed up so far since service started this year.
It looks like millions of first-time internet users in Japan are taking advantage of some basic server-side services to leapfrog the whole modem thing. Check out Mobile Phone Subscribers to Eclipse NTT's Fixed Telephone Customers. And what can you do with an i-MODE phone? Internet-Capable Mobile Phones Support Games, Music, E-Commerce. And what do you care, anyway? DoCoMo plans i-MODE everywhere. These phones are all under 70g and 70cc. In other words, smaller and lighter than your average Snickers bar. Small screens though :) Next up: high-bandwidth streaming video and music, color displays, Java, etc.
By the way, some simple ideas like Motorola's iTAP can reduce keypad time. And of course new phones have basic voice recognition already.