On 2/6/07, Mike Klein <mklein at vxappliance.com> wrote: > Tobacco...buy it at your corner store. Next year when Nokia releases > next model w/3G we can discuss further. Over my dead 770 ... :-) > Dude...you just don't understand. There are two models which are equally > valid...each device to it's own and the convergence model. People want > both...not everybody wants to wear a "geek" jacket with pockets for > their iPod, phone and N800. You ... you've been SPYING on me?!?? ;-) I agree, though - there /are/ two models. I think that Nokia's addressing the "convergence-luvvas" quite nicely with their (much much much more numerous) smart phone offerings. The N800, however, is a deliberate step to the other end of the spectrum - single device, single purpose (where purpose=="Internet", not "www", "IM", or "VOIP".) > Why should I carry around 2 devices of roughly same form factor?!? You shouldn't. In my idealised PAN-filled future, your "phone" doesn't have the same form factor as today; it's merely a voice/audio conduit, attaching itself wirelessly to the "connectivity cube" that talks wifi/BT/3G/GPRS/etc and is the gateway router out of your PAN. > Why > should I deal with the BT-pairing/bonding crap involved with two > different devices? *More* than two ... ... but only once each :-) > Have you ever been jamming to tunes on your ipaq/pod > and a call came in? It is an often unelegant scramble to answer the > phone on your headset. Not personally, no. Maybe I need more friends ... :-( > Every high-end umpc or ppc form factor has cellular as option...larger > tablets...umpcs...and ppc devices like treo/etc. > > You state: "I don't *want* convergence...I don't *want* a browser on my > phone" > > But guess what? Many people DO want convergence...phones are getting > crammed with PIM/web features and screen sizes are shooting up....and > conversely pocket pcs/etc. are getting cellular capability. Cool - let them buy the N93 or other such devices. *I've* got the 770 and N800 ... :-) > It's a computer...not a phone. Absolutely. Why, therefore, should it have dedicated cellular phone hardware in it? Jonathan -- Jonathan Matthews-Levine|matthewslevine at gmail.com "That sounds vaguely obscene, and if there's one thing I cannot *stand*, it's vagueness." -- Dean Grennell
