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What we really need is a good dialer/sms/mms set of applications and some easy to use USB LTE radios that can do voice and data at the same time. Then we could
by 51lver 8y ago
What we really need is a good dialer/sms/mms set of applications and some easy to use USB LTE radios that can do voice and data at the same time.
Then we could all be making perfectly usable phones by plugging the parts together and slapping an OS on it, just like PCs in the 90s. :)
- kanyethegreat 8y agoRegarding the first part, isn't that what programmatic voice/text is (e.g. Twilio)? I guess they're more of an API on which you'd build said apps. So, rather, wouldn't something like WhatsApp be one of those?
- vram22 8y agoThere was an Israeli company called Modu (probably for Modular) mentioned on TechCrunch some years ago, that did something like that, but at a higher level, IIRC. Like, you could plug in accessories like a camera or other things, and remove them when you didn't need them. Also, I guess, if the interfaces were well defined, you could swap one module for another one of the same type, for better price, speed or other reasons. Didn't track what happened with that, but the idea seemed good.