Hmmm - this looks like it is heading towards the "Earth's Final Conflict"
type pda - with a pull out screen. Still, for my taste, that vidphone is a
touch too large.
> From: "Dave" <dmg@autotelic.com>
> Reply-To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:07:42 +0900
> To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: [Internet Insight]2000.07.14: Wireless Web, Listen Up
>
>
>> Actually, I don't think you'll get much argument on this.
>> I certainly agree. The problem, however, is that it seems
>> that most people still want a pocket phone to be a pocket
>> phone, Palmpilots are just a shade too big, and as soon
>> as you stick one against your ear, it would have to stop
>> being a Palmpilot and become some dumb old phone.
>
> What I think would be cool is a something about the size of my Sony IDO
> phone which would open like a book to reveal a screen inside. I'm holding it
> in my hand right now along side my Palm Pilot, and two of them side by side
> would equal a little more than the whole width of the Palm.
> Of course, with current technology, there would be a split in the middle of
> the screen where the hinge for the phone was. But if you extend the concept
> of digital paper to becoming an interactive foldable screen, then that
> problem is solved, assuming the material can bend enough without necessarily
> being creased. That's my ideal model for a PDA/Browser/mobile phone
> combination. Open it up and use it like a Palm Pilot. Close it and use it
> like a phone.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
Received on Tue Jul 18 20:18:34 2000