IP: GPRS, etc...

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:37:27 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo () ccr org>
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: GPRS, etc...
>
>
> so does anyone make a PCM card modem for this service?
>
> the prospect of reading my email on my phone seems
> pretty silly to me, and needing my cell phone and
> a cord and an adapter to plug into the modem port
> is even more so.  at least with the Metricom Ricochet
> you could velcro it to the computer and then it didn't
> dangle around.
>
> maybe the new Handspring Treo will be better, but all the
> "Internet Phone" things I've seen appear to have been designed
> by people who have never used the technology for anything
> other than checking their company's stock price.  these
> days, you don't even need a network connection to do that;
> just display "DOWN" (or "DELISTED") and be done with it (grin)
>
> it's really deja vu all over again.  when i first saw the AMPS
> "car phone", my immediate response was "and who wants to talk
> to my car?"  likewise, limiting the evolution of mobile data
> services to what fits in a phone handset is spectacularly
> short-sighted.
>
> mobile computing users are legion - look at how many modems
> are sold or are designed into laptops.  if people could buy
> a "modem card" to use this new data service, they would have
> much higher take much quicker because they wouldn't be putting
> their legendary omniscience for "picking the next killer app"
> in the critical path for revenue growth.
>
> once again, if history is a predictor, the phone guys will
> end up limiting the ways they can take money, rather than
> maximizing it. Then they will complain that nobody wanted what
> they imagined and blame the customer, rather than reconsidering
> their entire approach to preventing business.
>
> harumph.
>
>         cheers,
>         -mo
>
>
> (yes)


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