(keitai-l) Re: infrared port use on i-mode phones

From: Curt Sampson <cjs_at_cynic.net>
Date: 01/08/02
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201081828140.5161-100000@denkigama.nat.shibuya.blink.co.jp>
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Greg Corrin wrote:

> I guess the real question is how to make money on infrared, since it
> eliminates the middleman (DoCoMo), they probably aren't going to tell you.
> Outside of nifty point-of-sale features, is anyone doing anything
> interesting with this?

I've seen it used on GSM phones for modem connections, replacing a
serial cable. You can just sit your hand-held PC (or maybe Palm, too)
down beside it and connect to the Internet or whatever.

I've also seen it used for saving and restoring the phone directory.

cjs
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Received on Tue Jan 8 11:36:45 2002