Think we live in the wrong country for that one... :) I guess depending on your city, you might at least get MuniFi On 6/25/07, randall.arnold at nokia.com <randall.arnold at nokia.com> wrote: > I want free or cheap WiFi to be as highly available as my GSM service. > Then I can chuck my phone and live on my N800. ; ) > > Randall (Randy) Arnold > Quality Feedback Analyst > Nokia-CMO/Dallas > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org > >[mailto:maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org] > >Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:24 AM > >To: Peter Bart > >Cc: maemo users list > >Subject: Re: When are we to expect the next update for the > >N800 from Nokia? > > > >On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 06:58:24AM -0400, Peter Bart wrote: > >> On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 07:52 +0100, Alan Williamson wrote: > > > >> > the other day thinking, if this device had GPRS/EDGE > >support then it > >> > would be a rival for the iPhone. > >> > >> Apples and oranges, literally. I for one do *not* want > >it to be an > >> iPhone competitor. Then the beauty of this device will get > >lost in the > >> noise. I want a device much like it is now, separate from my phone. > > > >I agree. But then again, I disagree. My thinking of late is > >that i no longer want my phone to be my phone. I want it to > >go away and as a replacement, I'd like to see an increased use > >of VOIP, hopefully through a device like the 770, when I want, > >and through a different device when I don't want. > >I'd like to be able to forget my phone at home and still be > >able to make calls as if I hadn't, or switch phones with the > >ease of a username/password combo. > >The iPhone is a neat device, but I think it's going in the > >wrong direction. I think (hope) that the direction for > >distant voice communication is over IP. I guess time and > >network infrastructure will tell. Still, the Nokia tablet is > >obviously already positioned to make this happen. > > > >K > > > >-- > >In Vino Veritas > >http://astroturfgarden.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- Jonathan Greene +1.914.750.8740 AIM / iChat - atmasphere gtalk / jabber - jonathangreene at gmail.com Skype / Gizmo - JonathanGreene blogs - http://www.atmasphere.net/wp / http://www.maemoapps.com
