The Competition Heats Up…

[BBQdave]

Originally Posted by DBelton

I have a better idea. I will use my telephone to make a phone call, and my computer to run programs and do my email, etc...

+1

I dig my Cap'n Kirk flip phone - communicator

And how quaint DBelton, using a phone to make phone calls

[DBelton]

Maybe I am a dinosaur..

None of the telephones in my house are cordless. I have no wireless networking, and anything with a wireless adapter, the wireless gets disabled physically, usually by removing it and tossing in the trash.

My one cell phone is an old nokia that is just a phone, and rarely is even turned on.

[joncr]

Resisted getting a cellphone for a long time. Couldn't use them at work, and I didn't want to make it easier for work to call me when I wasn't there.

Eventually got a Blackberry. It died one day after my service contract was up.

Replaced the Blackberry with a Nokia running Windows Mobile or whatever it was called. Rather nice, actually. That phone died one morning early in its service contract. Provider was useless. I drove across town to the shop that sold and configured the phone. Worse than useless.

So, I drove home, went to the Apple store and ordered an iPhone for pickup at a local Apple store. I was there within the hour setting it up. The iPhone's features are overkill for me, but at least it still works.

The value of a cellphone for me comes out when I travel. That's a few times a year, but, given the vagaries that afflict travel these days, it's become essential, less for its use as a phone and much more for its use as a pocket-sized net access device.

[Ihatewindows]

Originally Posted by matthewjavelet

Let's just give every laptop, desktop, notebook and tablet a 3g/4g radio so they can all make calls and they can all be phones.

Let the games begin.

What a great idea! Maybe you could contact a company like Virgin Mobile and tell them your idea.