(keitai-l) Re: I just saw the strangest TV ad

Of the discussion focussed lately on which is better Bluetooth or a PHS,
DoCoMo has a new offering a "Bluetooth enabled PHS". The launch date of
this product is not known yet though

Take a look at
http://www.zdnet.co.jp/mobile/news/0110/02/docomo.html

Regards
Manish
www.imodeindia.com




----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Printz" <Marc.Printz@724.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:20 PM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: I just saw the strangest TV ad


> > > How would Bluetooth meet this need??? Loosely put, you are
> > comparing a
> > > personal area network (Bluetooth) with a WAN (PHS)....
> >
> > I know.
> > I was under the impression that Bluetooth had sufficient
> > range to enable,
> > say, a Granny's fridge, kettle, microwave etc. to communicate
> > with each
> > other, at least within the confines of a Japanese kitchen.
> > One of these appliances - probably the fridge - would be wired to the
> > good old fashioned Internet, and would thus be able to inform
> > concerned
> > siblings or careworkers if Granny failed to make herself a pot of tea,
> > or drink her morning Yakult.
> > I don't really see the advantage inherent in the PHS kettle being able
> > to do this direct.
>
> :-)
>
> Even more likely, grama's kettle would talk directly to the sibling's
> kettle: via all the other kettles in the neighborhood etc...(K2K). This
> would cause a major disintermediation of fridges of course and put huge
> pressure on the fridge industry.
>
> Meanwhile, the kettles could chat about how similar their owner's usage
> patterns are and whether these are related to genetic features or
> education... Perhaps the usage patterns are like fingerprints and kettles
> could be used by the NSA to detect where a certain person is...
>
> Hey, and:
> "(Disclaimer for the hungry journalists out there: Don't use my post
without
> my permission!)" (Juergen Specht, Keitai-l, Oct 2001)
> (After working on my own statement for 1/2h I figured that cut-and-paste
is
> still more cost-effective - sorry! ;-)
>
>
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