We were at Vodafone's presser in Tokyo Jan. 31 that inro'd their V603SH handset saying it "is the first phone to feature a Motion Control Sensor that recognises and responds to movements." Actually has pretty cool potential for things like gaming and even maps, let alone as short cut function to your e-mail with a quick flick of the wrist..;-)
http://www.wirelesswatch.jp/modules.php?name=News& file=article&sid=1145/
Mark:
Indeed, I no idea about the data plans in U.K. but here in Japan flat-rate accts for 3G are popular and so the costs per hour would not be much of an issue for most heavy users.. although battery power sure would be!
Again, I find that the majority of people are listening to music from their SD Memory card or some who have FM Tuners built-in to the handset.
It would seem that Virgin is just playing the global marketing stunt.. good headlines but vapor-ware in the short-run,, 8-)
Lars.
Well.. charging for the connection time is why the carrier's would do this..!!! But, your point about adding FM (or TV) Tuner makes sense and we see many models enabled for true FREE in the airwaves content. That might make some people wonder why the carriers would allow such a thing on their handsets.. but then the customers like it & really they make most $$ on voice charges anyway..!!! However, I just put Mp3's onto the SD Memory card and play all the tunes I want to hear, that seems most popular here in Tokyo. 8-)
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We were at Vodafone's presser in Tokyo Jan. 31 that inro'd their V603SH handset saying it "is the first phone to feature a Motion Control Sensor that recognises and responds to movements." Actually has pretty cool potential for things like gaming and even maps, let alone as short cut function to your e-mail with a quick flick of the wrist.. ;-)
http://www.wirelesswatch.jp/modules.php?name=News& file=article&sid=1145/
Mark: Indeed, I no idea about the data plans in U.K. but here in Japan flat-rate accts for 3G are popular and so the costs per hour would not be much of an issue for most heavy users.. although battery power sure would be! Again, I find that the majority of people are listening to music from their SD Memory card or some who have FM Tuners built-in to the handset. It would seem that Virgin is just playing the global marketing stunt.. good headlines but vapor-ware in the short-run,, 8-) Lars.
Well.. charging for the connection time is why the carrier's would do this..!!! But, your point about adding FM (or TV) Tuner makes sense and we see many models enabled for true FREE in the airwaves content. That might make some people wonder why the carriers would allow such a thing on their handsets.. but then the customers like it & really they make most $$ on voice charges anyway..!!! However, I just put Mp3's onto the SD Memory card and play all the tunes I want to hear, that seems most popular here in Tokyo. 8-)