Engineer: You asked, "I must have missed the product spec on this one <<Anita(TM)>>. Where did this come from?"
The Silicon Investor history of Qualcomm and CDMA:
Subject 3188
which leads to the old CDMA Market Test discussion which includes the original Anita [TM] design, specifications and discussions about it. I had a look, but couldn't find the relevant posts.
The very first discussion on CDMA has been ditched by SI. They have also ditched a lot of archived stuff which is annoying when I try to revisit things to refresh my memory. The Web is my memory and it's going senile.
As the designer holding the worldwide patents and trademarks, here are the main features.
Anita [TM] is a W-cdmaOne cellphone, notebook type computer, with:
Phone calls [Globalstar/terrestrial]
Calculator
Email/word processing
Web
TV
Radio
Alarm Clock
Minidisk player [to be upgraded to solid state memory systems]
Camera
Addresses, calendar, schedules and all that stuff
Vegemite Dispenser
GPS/Webmaps/compass
Earcell [TM] is a small in the ear cellphone, stereophonic option, which would link to Anita [TM] for handsfree driving with high fidelity sound, noise filtering in factories, swimming down the Colorado, bike riding through mosquito swarms.
Later models are planned to have direct neuronal interface for voice interception from voice output nerve fibres and input to visual cortex and aural receptors for completely confidential communication. The cochlea implant options will be the preliminary step for hearing impaired people.
With miniaturisation, nerve/neural inputs/outputs replacing voice and typing and low power requirements with increased processing precisions, the final designs will be installed under local anaesthetic for secure operation under the jaw, behind the ear or in the armpit to detect incipient finger movements for diehard keyboard operators who explain discussions with friends on the Web to other people by making typing movements as they talk to the person they are giving the explanation to. You know, "I was talking to such and such on the Web..." and you find your fingers waggling in mid-air.
You net addicts know about that.
With the nerve interception input/outputs, people will need some self control so they don't walk along the street, talking apparently to themselves, or waggling their fingers. At least that way, some of us of less stable mind won't be so conspicuous! We can simply say we were on the phone and the guys in the white coats will leave us alone.
Mqurice
[PS: Of course, Anita [TM] will have "CURRENT PRICE IS ..." quotes available from a variety of frequency providers.] |
