Text 14064, 72 rader
Skriven 2006-11-17 13:14:56 av Glenn Meadows (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 14048 av Ad (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: 1st of the new gen mobile phone contracts...
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From: "Glenn Meadows" <gmeadow@comcast.net>

Sounds similar to what my boss is doing with his Verizon Blackberry and the
Verizon Broadband.  He has super HS wireless access via Verizon.  Since his
Blackberry is also on Verizon, he doesn't even need the Verizon Broadband card
for his laptop, he just plugs in his Blackberry via USB, and he's on broadband
wireless.  Riding in cabs, in hotels, on his boat.  He even uses at home at
times instead of his in-home network.  Recharges his Blackberry at the same
time.

He has full access to anywhere in the internet.  Yea, it's his laptop, and not
his cell phone, but it's the logical step.

--

Glenn M.
"Ad" <Dobbin@theStablesCloseToTheAirport.com> wrote in message
news:455d737b$1@w3.nls.net...
> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029453,49285322,00.htm
>
> I know vodafone are about to follow suit. Broadband on the move. In fact I
> have a friend who can get 3 3G & is a 3 customer but only has the choice
> of a single broadband supplier (he lives near Hull & Kingston comms has a
> monopoly) & he's looking to use it as his broadband...
>
> "Hutchison, more commonly known as 3 in the UK, today announced a
> partnership with Skype, Sling Media, Yahoo, Nokia, Google, eBay,
> Microsoft, Orb and Sony Ericsson. The idea is to bring all of these
> services on to your mobile for a flat rate fee -- it's been dubbed
> 'X-Series'.
>
> According to the hype, you'll get free Skype-to-Skype calls to any PC or
> other X-Series user worldwide, be able to search on Google and Yahoo, send
> MSN instant messages to your friends, watch your TV from a Slingbox,
> access your computer at home with Orb and buy or sell stuff on eBay.
>
> So far the only thing getting between the majority of consumers and the
> mobile Internet has been the cost of accessing online content and the
> limitations of certain sites on certain handsets. 3 says it is going to
> eradicate these problems by charging a set fee and making sure that its
> handsets support the content properly. The first handsets to be sold on
> the X-Series plan will be the Nokia N73 and the Sony Ericsson W950i
> Walkman phone.
>
> Researchers at IDC say that 1.3 billion people will connect to the
> Internet via mobile phones by 2008, and a recent study by Informa Telecoms
> and Media and the Mobile Entertainment Forum estimated that mobile
> user-generated content will be worth $13.2bn by 2011. As most of the
> speakers at this morning's presentation pointed out, the traditional
> mobile strategy of charging people per megabyte is like using dial-up,
> whereas a flat-rate plan will give users the freedom to do much more.
>
> This isn't the first time we've seen a flat-rate plan go into action,
> though. T-Mobile also started its Web'n'Walk plan this year, charging
> users œ7.50 for unlimited mobile Internet use. The main difference between
> these two services, though, is that 3 is planning to offer a better
> overall package, with more preinstalled applications than T-Mobile. The
> X-Series service will be available in December."
>
> The vodafone kit my mate has been talking about is a microcell + wifi i.e.
> an all in one radio solution such that your mobile hooks into the
> microcell when you're near enough & you get el cheapo voip calls & equally
> your PC hooks in & you get broadband.
>
> Course if like this 3 deal you get skype & 3 can hook a moble number to
> your skype account...then why do you need the "microcell" part?
>
> Adam
>

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