Techs & Trends
2 Phones - 1 Slim, 1 Smarrt
For years, cell phones kept shrinking until most were pocket-sized. However, about 3 years ago, they stopped shrinking, and in some cases even got a little fatter. This weight gain has affected even today*s basic models. Virtually every phone available in the US today is larger in volume than, say, the Nokia 8310 of 2002. The culprits are large color screens, cameras, and other jazzy features.
Many consumers love the latest features, but there is a significant cadre of users out there who would welcome a thinner object in their pockets and might sacrifice all but basic phone functionality to have a stylish device of half the thickness and half the weight. For such a device to remain useable as a phone, the basic form factors should ...
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Many consumers love the latest features, but there is a significant cadre of users out there who would welcome a thinner object in their pockets and might sacrifice all but basic phone functionality to have a stylish device of half the thickness and half the weight. For such a device to remain useable as a phone, the basic form factors should ...
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Hi, Simon I'm Simona from Italy 😉 . You are completely right the cell phones are bigger and fatter. Last year when the UMTS phones arrived on the market they were really horrible and huge (Nec e606 for example).
On the subject of what you said about the double number, in Italy the carrier Vodafone has an option like the one you suggest and it's called BIS.
You have two Sim cards with the same telephone number and every time you have to choose which one is the active one. Maybe in the next future one of the American carriers will offer something similar.
Bye 🙂
On the subject of what you said about the double number, in Italy the carrier Vodafone has an option like the one you suggest and it's called BIS.
You have two Sim cards with the same telephone number and every time you have to choose which one is the active one. Maybe in the next future one of the American carriers will offer something similar.
Bye 🙂
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Simona, thanks for your informative reply. Have a great day. Regards,
Simon
Simon
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Well, first of all, you can sort of do that now with GSM phones just by swapping SIM cards. That's what I do. Normally I carry a large phone that has the features I want, but for the times when I want something smaller, I just pop my SIM in a smaller phone. Of course it takes 30-60 seconds to swap SIMs, but that's not too bad.
There are other technologies designed to do sort of what you're talking about. AT&T's new Ogo is one example. It uses IXI's PMG technology, which is designed to solve that exact problem you describe, although in a slightly different way.
The idea is that you'd carry a device like the Ogo, and also a small phone that connects via Bluetooth. A watch, gaming device, and camera might also be part of the collection. Y...
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There are other technologies designed to do sort of what you're talking about. AT&T's new Ogo is one example. It uses IXI's PMG technology, which is designed to solve that exact problem you describe, although in a slightly different way.
The idea is that you'd carry a device like the Ogo, and also a small phone that connects via Bluetooth. A watch, gaming device, and camera might also be part of the collection. Y...
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