Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:57:02 -0600 Message-ID: <4F4E4AC7.40604@SPAM.comp-arch.net> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:56:55 -0800 From: "Andy (Super) Glew" Reply-To: andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net Organization: comp-arch.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Bandwidth for smart phones References: <4F4D9DDB.2020403@SPAM.comp-arch.net> <841cfb9b-c1b3-493c-b86c-dba7c47ab42b@w1g2000vbg.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <841cfb9b-c1b3-493c-b86c-dba7c47ab42b@w1g2000vbg.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 49 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-8NdWRHwr8vExOh1GwwjM4JuYay1TtIJfcPDl7njW2NaRP/+uOXsteUELOCEobDuzM5yDWucaN1BTuO4!6Bgq2hr+QF72Di/bDFrx/2ZyQakE7yVS2kJP8+bonsqiUOFy9y8prDhEsmL/ X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3685 X-Received-Bytes: 3862 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.arch:6175 On 2/29/2012 6:18 AM, Paul A. Clayton wrote: > On Feb 28, 10:39 pm, "Andy (Super) Glew" > wrote: > [snip] >> Here's what I want: >> >> a) an ultra tiny device, about the size of those really small pocket >> address books. I think I saw one that was 2"x1.5" recently Or perhaps >> one of the smaller Moleskines - I have one here, 2.5" x 4". >> >> What I want it for: jotting quick notes. (Yes, jotting - I still prefer >> a pen for this.) Shopping lists. Diet. Exercise. >> >> Why I want it to be a "phone": of course I want everything I write to >> be saved at the earliest opportunity to the cloud. And/or accessible. >> >> Power/battery would be the biggest constraint in this form factor. >> That might lead to it not actually doing voice, and certainly not video. >> But connectivity is highly desirable. >> >> b) conventional phone sized things >> >> c) bigger - I like the 5" tablets like the Dell streak (RIP) >> >> What I am saying is that once the basic market is saturated, then >> diversification and specialization happens. > > Would it be practical to have a small form factor UI > device using a personal area network to communicate with a > larger device? People already accept bluetooth headsets, > so it might be possible for the actual phone to grow in > physical size while the typically used interface component > is relatively small. (If a hip holster was used, marketing > might call it a Hipster. :-) Yes. And that's a reasonable step. However, I would prefer not t o have to carry both devices. I tend to want the smaller device(s) when I am doing something like hiking or running, when I really don't want to have a bigger device jostling in my backpack. Now, in the places I hike (and live :-( ) cell phone connectivity is sporadic, so I might not need such a device to be a "phone" that is always connected. Perhaps it would be okay to synchronize when back on my PAN with my bigger devices. But I know that I don't want to have to plug it in to synch. (I don't even want to have to plug it in to charge up. I'd love it if energy scavenging could power the iPod shuffle I listen to podcasts on.)