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Are you ready for a Windows 7 cell phone?
- bdfh42 17y agoOn a recent trip to the UK I only packed my smart phone. When I was nearing my destination I needed to fire up the GPS to get me to the correct address (which was also stored in the phone together with my host's phone number). The phone however had crashed - sure it switched on but would not make any calls and could not start any applications. The only way to get it to become a working phone (at least) was to do a full re-set to factory settings - wiping out the GPS application, my contact list and all phone numbers and addresses. Good eh? Important lesson number 1 - never rely upon a single piece of technology for anything. Important lesson number 2 - never buy another Windows mobile based phone. As for Windows 7 - all that will do is run the battery flat even quicker.
- sadiq 17y agoI'll second lesson number 2. The Windows Mobile 'smart' phone I bought three years ago was easily the worst tech purchase i've ever made.
- jameskilton 17y ago"You can choose up to a 7-inch screen, 5 megapixel camera, 120 GB hard drive and up to 64 GB of memory" Wha? That's not a cell phone, that's a tablet. You can't comfortably hold a 7" screen in one hand (excluding those with massive hands of course), and you definitely can't put it away in your pocket.
- bdfh42 17y agoYou are right - what we are talking about here is a notebook PC. My notebook already has most of that stuff - even (via a little dongle) a SIM and access to 3G networks. So - is the article suggesting adding true phone sims to a notebook type device?
- andyking 17y agoIn the UK, some of the mobile phone shops are already selling netbooks with SIM card slots in the bottom for direct access to mobile broadband.