On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Jason Pollard wrote:
> I predict it'll be 3-5 years before we geeks/developers get what we
> want in a mobile device: Full IP connectivity, variable mode voice
> (VOWiFi or carrier network), regular J2SE implementation, decent
> memory and flash storage, good battery life, and a full, and hopefully
> standardized, API into the device's native functions such as address
> book, lights, keys, cameras, audio, etc.
Well, for everything but the voice over carrier network stuff, it's
there already in the Sharp Zarus. Plus you get a decent screen, too,
and the OS is open source to boot. But I'm not seeing tons of brilliant
applications for it, either.
Heck, even the palm is offering most of this now.
cjs
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Received on Tue Jun 10 06:56:37 2003