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A reminder that sometimes it's by chance more than anything what products get popular. This could have developed much further if the product were not cancelled.
by actionfromafar 3y ago
A reminder that sometimes it's by chance more than anything what products get popular. This could have developed much further if the product were not cancelled. In a way it's closer to 5G in that it requires many many small cells to get coverage.
- d0gsg0w00f 3y agoExactly what I was thinking. I guess sometimes you have to prove something at wide range tower level before you ask to put blinky boxes in every ceiling throughout a whole country.
- actionfromafar 3y agoBut it was working already - the alternatives then were - landline - landline + cell coverage in certain locations For most people a "regular" cell phone was not an option at all. So this hybrid landline phone could have incrementally gained traction and out competed analog cell phones, but for a tiny watershed moment in history. Also, this digital handset was light. Pretty cool tech. I think dense places like Singapore and Hong Kong could have ran with this tech.