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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim Mullens who wrote (38854)	1/20/2004 6:02:32 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 196559

<What more do you want?> A QCOM currency [the Q with 10 q to the Q] using the company's value or maybe a mix of 300 top companies' share prices as the value backing the currency, which would be purely a cyberspace currency, stored on multiple servers around the world, allocated to individuals or companies or other legal entities. People could make transactions from anywhere to anywhere on their cyberphones. It's about time there was some serious competition for state-backed fiat currencies with nothing backing them but the hope that electorates won't put their hand in the till to an excessive extent and that politicians won't destroy them with their self-interested greed. Also, I want a new Globalstar constellation and subscriber devices based on the latest and greatest CDMA technology. I want a full-fledged Anita™ cyberphone with all the functionality I've been waiting for for years. Message 19292339 Message 18860083 Unlike at home, where multifunctional devices aren't popular because there is lots of room to store multiple devices and where obsolescence and failure of one component in a multifunctional device means the rest would be finished too, people on the hoof only want to carry a single device. A combined stereo, video player, DVD, computer, phone and television would result in a costly failure if one component went on the blink or a new function was wanted, rendering the rest useless. Also, several people at home can use separate devices simultaneously whereas on the hoof, devices are for the use of a single person. On the hoof, a single methanol powered fuel cell could provide the energy for all functions. A single screen or Microvision device could provide visual input - people can only look at one thing at a time. A single ASIC can provide functionality for lots of features. A single plastic case can hold the whole lot together. When all in one, various functions can talk to each other in the same device more easily than having to send Bluetooth or other signals from device to device. Costs are lower in a single device. An Anita™ device could provide: Voice communications Cyberspace connection Camera functions [still and moving] Position location - gpsOne Multimode air interface: 3GSM, WiFi, 1xEV-DO, GSM, 1xRTT, OFDM, Pulsed monocycle, laser, Globalstar Multiband air interface: 450MHz to 3GHz Laser pointer and perhaps data function Radio receiver Clock Alarm Stopwatch Calculator and computing Flashlight Small flame [cigarette lighter] Radiation detector [as in above link] Music player [downloader] with Bluetooth link to EarCell™ or cochlear implant. Fingerprint ID, Iris ID, voice ID, all linked to multipler ID servers around the world. Mirror, or high resolution camera with an image on the screen, with zoom feature for eyebrow plucking and zit inspection. This would be a magnifying glass or microscope function for inspection of bacteria or other tiny stuff. Mirror, for reflecting light. With ethanol instead of methanol fuel cell, the cyberphone could be used for wound cleaning, spectacle cleaning, hip flask and other chemistry functions. The ethanol could slosh around the inside of the device acting as a coolant by convection and evaporation to distribute heat from the ASIC. The water output could be evaporated for extra cooling. Thermometer Voltmeter Pocket knife Keyless door opener Remote control function [garage door, tv, car doors] Vegemite dispenser Automatic, continuous, data back up to multiple servers around the world. Lose the phone and a new one is right back in business = an instant clone. That'll do for now. I don't want much. Any suggestions for added functionality appreciated. Mqurice