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The Telecom Digest for September 17, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 219 : "text" Format
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Re: Smartphone? Presto! 2-Way Radio (Bill Horne)
Re: Smartphone? Presto! 2-Way Radio (David Scheidt)
Re: Smartphone? Presto! 2-Way Radio (Mike Ryan)

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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:58:02 -0600 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: Smartphone? Presto! 2-Way Radio Message-ID: <k34esa$n5f$1@dont-email.me> On 9/14/2012 7:01 AM, Jim Bennett wrote: > As seen last week in the NY Times: >> >> They work on iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, Android phones and Windows >> phones. You open the app, tap someone's name, hold down the big Talk >> button and speak. A second after you start talking - yes, even before >> you're finished - your voice bursts to life, extremely clearly, on >> your friend's phone, wherever it may be in the world. >> >> Your buddy can respond to you by pressing his own Talk button, and >> the conversation is under way. >> <snip> > > Astounding. Yet another amazing new digital technology. Who would have > ever even thought it possible? A box that magically transmits your > voice using radio waves, and then, through a system of networked > repeaters, it can be heard on another box at a distant location. This > is absolutely the most amazing new thing I have seen in decades. > > We owe a debt of gratitude to the news media, which does an excellent > job of keeping us informed about all this new technology. > > Just think how hard the previous generations had it. For example, prior > to 1972 there were no Bic lighters. I am old enough to remember those > times - sitting around freezing in the dark, eating uncooked food. We > really have come a long way. Don't be too hard on them: the paper is going to be printed anyway, and they'd be fools not to try to fill it with their messages instead of letting some other company hype a different product. To the tweenagers who are the primary market for smartphones, it is a new technology. It's all relative. Bill -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:30:42 +0000 (UTC) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@panix.com> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: Smartphone? Presto! 2-Way Radio Message-ID: <k352c2$p8g$1@reader1.panix.com> Bill Horne <bill@horneqrm.net> wrote: :On 9/14/2012 7:01 AM, Jim Bennett wrote: :> As seen last week in the NY Times: :>> :>> They work on iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, Android phones and Windows :>> phones. You open the app, tap someone's name, hold down the big Talk :>> button and speak. A second after you start talking - yes, even before :>> you're finished - your voice bursts to life, extremely clearly, on :>> your friend's phone, wherever it may be in the world. :>> :>> Your buddy can respond to you by pressing his own Talk button, and :>> the conversation is under way. :>> <snip> :> :> Astounding. Yet another amazing new digital technology. Who would have :> ever even thought it possible? A box that magically transmits your :> voice using radio waves, and then, through a system of networked :> repeaters, it can be heard on another box at a distant location. This :> is absolutely the most amazing new thing I have seen in decades. :> :> We owe a debt of gratitude to the news media, which does an excellent :> job of keeping us informed about all this new technology. :> :> Just think how hard the previous generations had it. For example, prior :> to 1972 there were no Bic lighters. I am old enough to remember those :> times - sitting around freezing in the dark, eating uncooked food. We :> really have come a long way. :Don't be too hard on them: the paper is going to be printed anyway, and :they'd be fools not to try to fill it with their messages instead of :letting some other company hype a different product. :To the tweenagers who are the primary market for smartphones, it is a :new technology. It's all relative. Median age of a smartphone buyer is about forty. -- sig 58
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:57:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Mike Ryan <mikeryan.lacklustre.net@replace.first.dot.with.at> To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org. Subject: Re: Smartphone? Presto! 2-Way Radio Message-ID: <k35egf$qg9$1@dont-email.me> On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:30:42 +0000, David Scheidt wrote: > Bill Horne <bill@horneqrm.net> wrote: > > To the tweenagers who are the primary market for smartphones, it is > > a new technology. It's all relative. > > Median age of a smartphone buyer is about forty. Buyer or user? Source?
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