Comments on: The xPhone http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone Your Cell Phone Online Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:11:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Skydeck : Verizon opens up - slightly http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/comment-page-1#comment-566 Skydeck : Verizon opens up - slightly Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:24:46 +0000 http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/#comment-566 [...] importantly, if Verizon means what it says, it should now be possible for a startup to build an xPhone - a device that works across every wireless network in the US. That’s great [...] [...] importantly, if Verizon means what it says, it should now be possible for a startup to build an xPhone – a device that works across every wireless network in the US. That’s great [...]

]]> By: Dan W http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/comment-page-1#comment-565 Dan W Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:42:00 +0000 http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/#comment-565 A quick thought on fixed mobile convergence: Why dont mobile phones support DECT? None of this fancy using voip over home wifi malarky but simply use the cordless phone base stations & landline already in the house. Simple, works. A quick thought on fixed mobile convergence: Why dont mobile phones support DECT? None of this fancy using voip over home wifi malarky but simply use the cordless phone base stations & landline already in the house. Simple, works.

]]> By: Charlie Guy http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/comment-page-1#comment-564 Charlie Guy Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:32:38 +0000 http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/#comment-564 Great article in CNET today! We are working on a solution to use dual mode smartphones in classrooms & have been very frustrated by the wireless carriers' indifference to the cause of access for our country's have-not students to broadband. Please see our article on Digital Learning Apartheid. Would to to speak to you on how your approach in public education could open up a whole untapped market. Thanks you, Charlie Guy 727-894-5959 St Pete, FL Great article in CNET today! We are working on a solution to use dual mode smartphones in classrooms & have been very frustrated by the wireless carriers’ indifference to the cause of access for our country’s have-not students to broadband. Please see our article on Digital Learning Apartheid. Would to to speak to you on how your approach in public education could open up a whole untapped market.
Thanks you,
Charlie Guy 727-894-5959 St Pete, FL

]]> By: Jason http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/comment-page-1#comment-563 Jason Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:08:23 +0000 http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/#comment-563 Evan, Define part of the way. I am trying to get from 90% coverage with carrier A to 99% coverage using A+B+C+D. As open WiFi networks are only available in densely populated urban areas where cellular coverage tends to be very good anyway, WiFi doesn't really help at all. It can help to lower my phone bill at home and at work, but that's not the point here. And I still need the carrier's permission to run a dual-mode WiFi /cellular handset on their network. Thanks for the comment Jason Evan,

Define part of the way. I am trying to get from 90% coverage with carrier A to 99% coverage using A+B+C+D. As open WiFi networks are only available in densely populated urban areas where cellular coverage tends to be very good anyway, WiFi doesn’t really help at all. It can help to lower my phone bill at home and at work, but that’s not the point here.

And I still need the carrier’s permission to run a dual-mode WiFi /cellular handset on their network.

Thanks for the comment
Jason

]]> By: Evan Powell http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/comment-page-1#comment-562 Evan Powell Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:49:17 +0000 http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/#comment-562 Doesn't wi-fi get you part of the way there? And if it is close enough, and will benefit from 'ethernet economics', PLUS inherently has advantages for intra enterprise wireless, maybe that's the future we should all bet on? Doesn’t wi-fi get you part of the way there? And if it is close enough, and will benefit from ‘ethernet economics’, PLUS inherently has advantages for intra enterprise wireless, maybe that’s the future we should all bet on?

]]> By: Open iPhone | Skydeck http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/comment-page-1#comment-561 Open iPhone | Skydeck Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:38:08 +0000 http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/#comment-561 [...] ← The xPhone Detail-oriented Programming [...] [...] ← The xPhone Detail-oriented Programming [...]

]]> By: Jim Hughes http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/comment-page-1#comment-560 Jim Hughes Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:22:49 +0000 http://skydeck.com/blog/thisisbroken/the-xphone/#comment-560 This just shows how big a mess the US networks are in. You can get good coverage in over 90% of the rest of the world just by having a simple GSM/WCDMA phone - Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Japan, Australasia etc, just with 900MHz GSM and 2100 MHz WCDMA. The networks and the FCC are entirely responsible for this mess of wireless "standards" and bizarre frequencies, the people paying the cost are the American consumer. Ever wondered why Nokia doesn't offer their latest and greatest phones on whatever oddball frequency AT&T or Cingular are using? It's because they don't want to spend extra development money on a small slice of the global market for a limited number of customers. This just shows how big a mess the US networks are in.

You can get good coverage in over 90% of the rest of the world just by having a simple GSM/WCDMA phone – Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Japan, Australasia etc, just with 900MHz GSM and 2100 MHz WCDMA.

The networks and the FCC are entirely responsible for this mess of wireless “standards” and bizarre frequencies, the people paying the cost are the American consumer.

Ever wondered why Nokia doesn’t offer their latest and greatest phones on whatever oddball frequency AT&T or Cingular are using? It’s because they don’t want to spend extra development money on a small slice of the global market for a limited number of customers.

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