(keitai-l) Re: Saturation reached? Keitai shops close...

cb,

Do these disposables have any connectivity to a computer?  I wonder if
someone could hack them to get an anonymous dialup connection to the net.

-c


----- Original Message -----
From: "Conrad Buck" <conradbuck@sympatico.ca>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 12:58 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Saturation reached? Keitai shops close...


> the disposable phones have been launched in the USA. $30 gets you 60 mins
of
> calls. The device has only a call and hang up button. Users dial the
number
> they want by speaking it into the microphone when connected to a automatic
> operator. I believe verizon are launching it.
>
> Many other throw away fones have been shwon in 'prototype' mode and most
> have keyboards which of course is slight added cost as oppose to the one
> mentioned above.
>
> cannot find direct info on web but check latest copy of 'wires' magazine
>
> cb
>
> conradbuck@sympatico.ca
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Nick May
> Sent: November 9, 2001 9:38 AM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Saturation reached? Keitai shops close...
>
>
> keitai-l@appelsiini.net writes:
> >it hasn't fully penetrated by
> >implementing more prepay, focusing on the guys in the Silver-Seats
amongst
> >others.
>
> Prepay really is the key. In the UK, my mother's kids (all 6 of them, it's
> a long story) all have basic prepay keitai, even the 7 year old. Yet the
> family as a whole is very low tech - they do not even have a functional
> internet connection, and very non-indulgent to the technological whims of
> kids.
>
> Prepay really has not been pushed here like it has in the UK. There is
> still a LONG way to go.
>
> Talking of prepay - did anyone hear what happened to those "paper keitai"
> that were being developed in the US?
>
> Nick
>
> <offtopic> Anyone who knows where google and the like would look for meta
> tags in a site full of dynamic virtual-framesets, could they possibly drop
> me a line, I have a question that is not really keitai oriented</offtopic>
>
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