Comments on: Jeff’s mobile phone ideas, and mine… not quite the same

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:54:00 +0000

Should have said user interface instead of GUI. The best UI for a small device may not be primarily visual . . .

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:52:54 +0000

I think the thing stopping the mobile phone from being a PC replacement is not the inherent limitations of the form factor (Moore’s Law and GUI can overcome this) but the incestuous relationship between handset vendors and service providers. If the main way to get PCs back in the 80s and 90s had been through Compuserve and AOL (or worse yet the RBOCs), something tells me today’s devices would be but a pale shadow of what we actually have.

By: Zed

Zed — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 06:44:21 +0000

The Nokia 9300 has the best web browsing experience of any mobile, including a small, but fairly decent keyboard. If mobile networks didn’t suck so much it would be even better.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 03:02:12 +0000

billy, that’s precisely what i am saying. if you read my previous post. so hopefully you get a chance to come back and (further) post your thoughts

By: Billy Gaetz

Billy Gaetz — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:52:30 +0000

Dude, do not be silly. Look at the sales of 12″ Macs versus 15″. Look at what happened with smaller Vaio laptops, like Z505 and R505 series- most Vaios are bigger now.
People just cannot work/surf web with small screens/tiny keyboard.
Cell phone as a computer is a cute idea which will not work, only in very specialized areas, like finding location information and some text-basted instant notifications.
Do no confuse a few dedicated geeks/bloggers blaying with gizmos with typical consumers, including kids.

By: TechBlog

TechBlog — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 02:29:47 +0000

Forced to choose, I’d choose these

In the previous post, I linked to Mr. Crap’s list of 10 blogs he’d read if he only could read 10. The more I thought about it, the more I thought this was a groovy kinda meme, and one worth…

By: Venture Chronicles by Jeff Nolan

Venture Chronicles by Jeff Nolan — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 01:06:47 +0000

Jeff’s mobile phone ideas, and mine… not quite the same

Om caught me on the quoted point below. Guilty as charged. He is also right about display technology, but when combined with the lack of true mobile web 2.0 even the best display technology is severely compromised. The new OLED