Comments on: What the Google Phone should have been http://www.macshout.com/2007/11/07/what-the-google-phone-should-have-been/ Shouting about the mac! Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:52:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jerry Monthsfree http://www.macshout.com/2007/11/07/what-the-google-phone-should-have-been/comment-page-1/#comment-9506 Jerry Monthsfree Sat, 31 May 2008 02:26:42 +0000 http://www.macshout.com/2007/11/07/what-the-google-phone-should-have-been/#comment-9506 Regarding Jays comment "It’s a good idea to have a “phone” without calling capabilities and just have text and browsing capabilities only especially for teens and students." Surely that is no longer a phone? What they should look to do with these devices is deliver VOIP, surely being able to make cheap calls on SKYPE and use a range of other online / networked services is the direction this stuff should be going in? Regarding Jays comment

“It’s a good idea to have a “phone” without calling capabilities and just have text and browsing capabilities only especially for teens and students.”

Surely that is no longer a phone? What they should look to do with these devices is deliver VOIP, surely being able to make cheap calls on SKYPE and use a range of other online / networked services is the direction this stuff should be going in?

]]> By: Brian http://www.macshout.com/2007/11/07/what-the-google-phone-should-have-been/comment-page-1/#comment-9360 Brian Sat, 17 May 2008 04:26:02 +0000 http://www.macshout.com/2007/11/07/what-the-google-phone-should-have-been/#comment-9360 Taking out the phone part is to radical and the mass market is not ready for that. Perhaps just offer pay-as-you-go phone plans with unlimited texting and data. Taking out the phone part is to radical and the mass market is not ready for that. Perhaps just offer pay-as-you-go phone plans with unlimited texting and data.

]]> By: Jay, writer MemberSpeed.com http://www.macshout.com/2007/11/07/what-the-google-phone-should-have-been/comment-page-1/#comment-6830 Jay, writer MemberSpeed.com Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:10:01 +0000 http://www.macshout.com/2007/11/07/what-the-google-phone-should-have-been/#comment-6830 It's a good idea to have a "phone" without calling capabilities and just have text and browsing capabilities only especially for teens and students. The only draw back I can see with this innovation is the lack of having a choice to call when you are in an emergency situation. People, often times are more obliged to answer a phone call rather than a text message wherein they could reply at any time of the day. Even if statistics show the large amounts of text messages sent every day, a person would still prefer to call if he requires an instant and real time reply from somebody. It’s a good idea to have a “phone” without calling capabilities and just have text and browsing capabilities only especially for teens and students. The only draw back I can see with this innovation is the lack of having a choice to call when you are in an emergency situation. People, often times are more obliged to answer a phone call rather than a text message wherein they could reply at any time of the day. Even if statistics show the large amounts of text messages sent every day, a person would still prefer to call if he requires an instant and real time reply from somebody.

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