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All the device needs for phone functionality is a blue tooth radio and a cellular radio, which is nearly free in terms of component cost, especially since a cel
by marze 17y ago
All the device needs for phone functionality is a blue tooth radio and a cellular radio, which is nearly free in terms of component cost, especially since a cellular radio would be required anyway for ebook and eperiodical functionality.
- zach 17y agoBut what about iChat video capabilities? That seems like a pretty fun application. An electronic picture frame that can receive videophone calls from the grandkids? Classic 21st-century technology concept.
- zach 17y agoOops, this was already covered here in this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1024982 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1024982