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To: Sawtooth who wrote (6473)8/13/1999 10:12:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Respond to of 29987
 
*Potable Aerial* DrE. Maybe that's a newfangled fuel cell handset. They store the ethanol in the aerial to save battery space. It also provides a convenient cigarette lighter or general purpose flame for cooking as well as being a convenient 'hip flask'. They can store more in the body of the phone filling the space around the chips and stuff and the liquid can be circulated by convection to cool the handset.

When the 3G handsets are available with big colour screens there'll be serious power demand so fuel cell and cooling will be the only way to make it work.

Motorola is getting everything wrong. They think 3G devices won't converge. Well, they are partly right because there will be a multitude of devices but the main one will be a Globalstar/terrestrial cdma2000 voice-activated handset with many functions:

WWWeb, for WirelessKnowledge access = WindowsWirelessWeb
WWeb general access to Web services
Voice
Voice mail
EudoraCoin cybermoney encrypted financial transactions
Email with images, video clips and cybermoney attachments
GPS with emergency help button
Two cameras for sending 3D images
High Power Zoom lens with screen display to see a long way
2 x EarCell for handsfree stereophonic sound
Hearing aid with directional pickup and hearing protection
Radio tuner
Alarm clock
Calculator
Computer for spreadsheets and stuff
Games of all sorts
Hip Flask and cleaning fluid
Lighter and cooker
Thermometer
Flashlight
Screwdrivers
Pocket knife
Mirror
Toothpick and floss
Vegemite dispenser

[Optional 3D goggles to view 3D images received or sent]

Those are the main functions.

Qualcomm has trademarked 'Let Your Mind Come Out To Play' and 'Go Brain Go' so I guess they'll be able to figure out how to put it together.

Maurice