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Why doesnt SE release an Ipod style phone? |
MJdub
Joined: May 07, 2004
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Volume of mp3 player + volume of phone = one huge device!!
Everyone thinks this sounds like a great idea but if they actually saw the size of the monster they’re talking about they would never buy it! Sure these are great ideas, but you can’t just throw together things like that. I mean yeah, we have the technology for these separate things but we’re nowhere near being able to cram all of that in a mobile phone. They’ve been able to develop phones with the little 1.5GB drives, which is a step forward, but they’re still pretty chubby and I bet the battery life sucks. A few years down the road technology will be better and cheaper and things like this would come naturally, but you can’t say that you’re surprised that nobody’s made a 20GB phone just because there are 20GB mp3 players on the market and also cell phones on the market! I’d like a 3GHz P4 built into my PDA but damn...wishful thinking!
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thanasis
Joined: Mar 07, 2002
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From: London & Athens
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Its called evolution mjdub!
How on earth did they fit a vga cam into a k700? how on earth did they fit a mpix camera into a Samsung D500? How on earth did the fit vga cam, mp3 player, radio, mmc, and a 65tft screen into a 6230?
At the end of the day phone maufacturers are finding ways to implement new technologies into phones one way or another. In my opinion size is not an issue if you take the Ipod mini for example. My only serious issue is battery life and untill they find stronger batteries a hard drive phone may remain a questionmark. But i am sure that with phone manufcturers wanting to create even better multimedia devices they will certinly brings us mp3phones
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theEND
Joined: Oct 26, 2002
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From: Bang - a - lore
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I think phones with external memory slots are the key.
Pretty soon you should be able to get SD cards etc with more than 1GB on them, maybe even small hard drives with up to 4GB. Once these expand to about 10GB, you could carry your whole music collection on a few of these cards.
The power issue should be taken care of by fuel cells, which seem to be perpetually just around the corner!
Still, I believe that the manufacturers should give it a go right now, with existing technology. The first convergence devices were always bricks (first Nokia Communicator, the chunky add-on cam for the T68i...) yet people still bought them, and from their feedback the manufacturers were able to refine their products.
If I could, I'd sacrifice 30 of the 40GB's on my iPod for the ability to make voice calls and send/recieve SMS's only.
Maybe we should be asking Apple and not SE to release such a product! |
Asterix
Joined: Aug 19, 2004
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Or maybe the key is that they could make that device together, not a merge, just a cooperation between SE & Apple to create a 20, 30 or 40gb Phone, or an Ipod that could make voice calls. I'm sure some day we'll just carry one device: PDA, mp3 player, camera and phone together in one pice inside your pocket, technology is there.
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Jake Blues
Joined: May 24, 2004
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everyone forgetting the most obvious answer to the battery life issue..............
just include 20 batteries with the phone!!!
then get together with burberry or another clothes manufacturer to make a jacket with pockets all over it to hold them all!! (extra profit there!!)
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jplacson
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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an iPod mini only has 4GB. People might gripe that why bother with 4GB and not for the 20GB instead.
There's a middle ground, there are 12GB CF cards already. Just tack on US$8000 to the $1000 price of the P910. Then maybe add another $150 for an extra large LiPol battery.
I'm sure everyone here will be more than willing to pay almost $10K for a phone with these features.
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Residentevil
Joined: Feb 29, 2004
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From: Raccoon City, USA
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I like to have a phone with a build in refrigerator.
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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20GB??
as long as i can use that for text message storage! 
id be a very very happy bunny!
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Asterix
Joined: Aug 19, 2004
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Ok, what about just the 4gb of Ipod Mini, that sure is a lot, and more than enough for me.
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Posted: 2004-10-13 19:03
