Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Cellular Phones of the Future
Message-ID: <1990Dec4.181823.6080@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <6571@bgsu-stu.UUCP> <1990Nov19.085022.13398@yenta.alb.nm.us> <1990Nov19.175339.14777@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Dec3.171539.29346@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 90 18:18:23 GMT

In article <1990Dec3.171539.29346@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>There may be payphones handy while I am out, but how is anyone
>going to reach me without a cellular phone?

How often do you *want* them to be able to reach you?  Being on call at all
times, everywhere, gets tiresome very quickly unless you have a real need
for it.  Yes, there are occasions when it's desirable; my point is that
those are rare enough for most people that they won't sell a product.

>Note that there are a large number of businesses where the
>personnel are mobile as much as possible like field service,
>sales, building contractors, etc.

This is the (small) market where existing cellular phones are selling well.
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"The average pointer, statistically,    |Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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