From: Andre Oppermann (no email)
Date: Wed Jan 10 2007 - 11:01:49 EST
Alexander Harrowell wrote:
> Analogous to the question of whether digicams, iPods etc will
> eventually be absorbed by mobile devices.
I guess eventually it will go the other way around as well. I was
very surprised not to see Steve Jobs announce an iPod Nano-Phone.
A iPod Nano with bare-bone GSM functionality as provided by one
of the recent single-chip developments from TI and SiLabs AeroFon.
Would fit nicely and cover 85% of all use cases, that is voice and
SMS. True mass-market. Pop in your SIM and you're ready to rock.
A slightly enhanced click-wheel would make a nice input device too
(and no, do not emulate a rotary phone). All together would cost
only $15 more than the base iPod. GSM single chip is really cheap.
Yeah, I'm a dreamer.
-- Andre
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