On 25/01/2008, Steve Yelvington <steve at yelvington.com> wrote: > Since adding GSM capability would bulk up the basic unit, it seems that > perhaps an external GSM enabler would be a good move. Connect via > Bluetooth. Maybe even make it work as a speaker/mike, so I don't have to > wave the Internet tablet around in the air to use the phone. It might > look like this: > http://www.nokiahowto.com/link?cid=EDITORIAL_217558 > > There are compromises to be made whether you take the integrated route > (a la iPhone) or the component route (a la Nokia). I have an N800, a > phone, a foldup keyboard and I'm contemplating a tiny GPS receiver, all > communicating via Bluetooth. Each is optimized for its purpose and I > only carry that parts that I want at the moment. The downside is that I > have a lot of parts. > > The iPhone owner has a different set of compromises to make; the virtual > keyboard sucks, the GPS-like GSM tower triangulation is interesting but > inaccurate, and as a phone it's not nearly as rugged and pocketable as > my clamshell. And it's a closed system. > > I'd be more than happy to see Nokia offer an all-in-one device but I > sure would prefer to continue to be offered the choice. +1 As a 770 owner (maybe future n810 owner), it's a data device not a phone... if I need non wifi that's the phone's job.... last time I looked Linux was pretty open unlike "MacOS" on the iPhone and this is the reason why I think it will not have GSM/3G of its own... > A. > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >
