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Philsy said:When did you last see a mobile phone with an external aerial?
That said, this thing appears to have a telescopic aerial like on an old FM radio. Anyone know what that's for?
Quite common in the USA for phones to still have aerials. Their phone network is less dense so the signals are often weaker. The Palm Treo (not very popular in Europe) still has one for instance.
The aerial on the Samsung is for TV. In particular Korean Digital TV which is incompatible with European DVB-T (Terrestrial) or DVB-H (mobile phone) broadcasts.
Philsy said:When did you last see a mobile phone with an external aerial?
That said, this thing appears to have a telescopic aerial like on an old FM radio. Anyone know what that's for?
It's for DMB mobile digital television, which is only available outside the US.
EDIT: aegisdesign beat me to it.
I have had one of these things for years, Texas Instruments made it eons ago. The battery life dominates the Origami, I can truly go anywhere with it!
kwajo.com said:so why should I trade in my Newton from 11 YEARS AGO for this?
trust me, I wouldn't trade in my Toshiba pocket PC from 4 years ago for this.
Why are they making such a fuss over this? Why not just release a mini, iBook like Tablet PC? it beggars belief. or is that buggers? meh.
As if the computer market isn't saturated enough as it already is. but no. there's always room for a machine that's not as portable as a Pocket PC and that's too slow to be used as a real computer.
Telescopic aerial
That was my first thought too. It reminds me of a Sanyo portable TV that I owned 10 years ago. Did they put usb ports on this or instead opt for a floppy drive?
Philsy said:When did you last see a mobile phone with an external aerial?
That said, this thing appears to have a telescopic aerial like on an old FM radio. Anyone know what that's for?
That was my first thought too. It reminds me of a Sanyo portable TV that I owned 10 years ago. Did they put usb ports on this or instead opt for a floppy drive?
jsnuff1 said:
It'd be quite funny if the fake video iPod turns out to be Apple's UMPC offering the same specs but without the extra guff you don't need (phone, gps, TV...)
Ultraportables....
Dunno, I am just not excited about this entire class of production.
1. Heavy wear and tear on the screen, reduces products viable lifetime, we have all seen those credit card machines w/ the touch screens you have to bang on to get them to work. I am just not a fan of data entry into a touch screen either, it should be optimized for viewing, not data entry.
2. To large to be really convenient.
3. To small to be really useful.
It just hits the anti-sweet spot for me. Regardless of who makes it, Apple, Microsoft or anyone else. I also don't use PDAs.
- Kelson
Dunno, I am just not excited about this entire class of production.
1. Heavy wear and tear on the screen, reduces products viable lifetime, we have all seen those credit card machines w/ the touch screens you have to bang on to get them to work. I am just not a fan of data entry into a touch screen either, it should be optimized for viewing, not data entry.
2. To large to be really convenient.
3. To small to be really useful.
It just hits the anti-sweet spot for me. Regardless of who makes it, Apple, Microsoft or anyone else. I also don't use PDAs.
- Kelson
treblah said:
Ah, I see. OK until you snap it off - remember how useless FM aerials like that were?
Philsy said:When did you last see a mobile phone with an external aerial?
That said, this thing appears to have a telescopic aerial like on an old FM radio. Anyone know what that's for?
A lot of phones around here (Chicago) have aerials. Even brand new ones. Tons and tons of them, I'd say about half. Especially Motorolas and Samsungs.
MacMyFast said:That was my first thought too. It reminds me of a Sanyo portable TV that I owned 10 years ago. Did they put usb ports on this or instead opt for a floppy drive?
I'm hoping it plays eight-track cartridges
umm ok, so it's a PSP that runs windows?
Meh I guess there's probably some market for it, I can't see this replacing a crack berry or palm though
Meh I guess there's probably some market for it, I can't see this replacing a crack berry or palm though
Apple is sending tech support to india:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1443762,curpg-1.cms
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1443762,curpg-1.cms
How many other devices like this are able to run itunes? I think that a small portable device that can store music or access music on the network and control a set of speakers via airtunes is pretty neat. I've been waiting for apple to fill this hole in their lineup for like two years.
kmhphoto said:
Would it be though? Car sat-nav units - even cheap ones - do a great job and are small enough to put in your pocket. Ditto car DVD players
Possibly the most pointless thing I have ever seen
Possibly the most pointless thing I have ever seen.
This is nothing more then a lap top that is too small, with a useless screen, no key board and possibly no slot load for DVD/CD.
What a joke.... I will take a 12 in Laptop / ibook any day of the week.
I bet they sell 2.
Possibly the most pointless thing I have ever seen.
This is nothing more then a lap top that is too small, with a useless screen, no key board and possibly no slot load for DVD/CD.
What a joke.... I will take a 12 in Laptop / ibook any day of the week.
I bet they sell 2.
Philsy said:You mean people actually like to have an external aerial?
Weird isn't it? It's a US thing. Along with the cries of not wanting your phone to do anything other than just have a good signal. We're spoilt in Europe by having a dense phone network so we've no need for huge aerials.