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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8822)	1/14/2001 11:18:12 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 34857

The key to 3G, in my opinion, at least insofar as the smaller devices are concerned (PDAs, cell phones, etc.), will be really good voice recognition programs. Typing on a small handset or even using a stylus seems clumsy, like cranking a handset for a party line.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8822)	1/14/2001 6:46:07 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

The predictive text system is pretty good, I've fixed some regular problems I have both in english and the second domestic language of Finland. That is, one doesn't need to have that much problems with one key and 3-4 characters uing the predictive system. Voice-to-text was a dream in the early 80s, and still seem to be a dream, human voice and capabilty to produce and understand it, dialects,etc is still, IMO, far away. On one level I rather hope teenagers correct their spelling just like every teenager in Finland now knows the melodies, names of all the original ring tone melodies Nokia introduced, the greatest improvement in finnish music education in history. Additionally I'm happy that Nokia keeps the price of the kid models as low as possible, separating the yuppie and kid market, as well as features like having a max on the monthly bill, getting SMS messages on how much money is left for this month,etc. And basically that age is when one should build and experience social and other relations, when there still is some adults around having some insight and responsibilty. Also avoids some of the later maybe more destructive adult crises at certain ages, less need to become 18 once again (basic finnish, traditional "morality"). But I surely hope that some variant of Survivor isn't introduced for SMS messages, nor others where the basic mechanism is to have a good excuse to turn off all growing neurons and still not feel too bad or bored about it. And when they are figured out and produced, I hope someone else figures out something more productive and interesting ("fun" at that age) Ilmarinen. However, plain "entertainment" probably is positive when every day life is tough and little improvements seem possible in the future, probably lowers bloodpressure and level of adrenaline??

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8822)	1/15/2001 3:36:03 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Respond to of 34857

SMS is a fun, fashionable, game to play for a while If you own a fairly recent Nokia, you can even have custom ring-tones SMSed to you. There are entire websites devoted to ringtones for Noks, Erics, and Mots, everything from the Emperor's Theme from Star Wars to "YMCA". The mind boggles...