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Interesting, in that it really blurs the line between a phone and a tablet. It seems to be pretty much a smartphone (it can make calls) with a slightly larger p
by cubicle67 16y ago
Interesting, in that it really blurs the line between a phone and a tablet. It seems to be pretty much a smartphone (it can make calls) with a slightly larger physical size, just enough that it becomes too large to be used as a phone and therefore becomes a small tablet?
- jacquesm 16y agoIf the ipad could make (regular voice calls, no need to point out the voip possibilities) voice calls and take voice calls from the network in the 3G version it would be a lot more useful as a device.
- notauser 16y agoWhy not point out the VoIP possibilities? I believe Apple/AT&T changed their terms and conditions and now permit VoIP over 3G. These days even your land line calls are often converted to VoIP the moment they reach the local POP. (E.g. BT's C21 packet switched network.) Give it another couple of years and it'll be all-IP all the way to the handset. The telcos will do it because it'll cut the cost of the equipment required in the cell towers and local equipment rooms. IP switches are going to be needed anyway, and it's cheaper to have one kind of router than two. Latency and jitter will need to be improved but that'll happen eventually.
- jacquesm 16y agoBecause in another thread people were pointing out that VOIP was a valid replacement for cell phone functionality and imho it really isn't. Right now, if I want to make a call or be called on a mobile device it will be using the normal phone system, not via VOIP.