Comments on: Microsoft’s CellPhone-y Plan http://gigaom.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The power of 1000 monkeys at FactoryCity http://gigaom.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113894 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:03:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113894 [...] While in isolation and over a short enough time horizon, Noah’s point may prove true, I think this misses the historical significance that the experience of a thousands of monkeys can offer to a culture. I’m sure at some point some wise fella claimed that no one would ever walk around carrying a “portable phone”, but clearly after the monkeys got a hold of them, culture soon changed so that now that’s now the common reality (at least in developed countries). [...]

]]> By: Computerworld Blogs http://gigaom.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113893 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:35:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113893 DB2 free — as in beer (and Gematriculation)

In today’s IT Blogwatch, we ask, "Can you say ‘free’ and ‘IBM’ in the same sentence?" Not to mention discovering how evil your website is, using Mr. Ivan Panin’s "infallible" methods of Gematria…

]]> By: Anupam http://gigaom.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113892 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:06:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113892 Companies such as Quasar (www.quasarinnovations.com) are working on $10-$25 cellphones (using TI’s low-cast ref designs). These cellphones if bluetooth enabled, can really do what Gates dreams of – use TVs, use keyboards.

I really believe this is the way to the future. The $100 laptop is over rated. It is an attempt to force-fit an over-priced product to a third-world market.

The low-cost ($10-$25) cellphone with bluetooth and TV connection is the real way forward.

]]> By: Chad http://gigaom.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113891 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:39:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113891 I’m betting the world’s poor are more worried about clean water, vaccines, basic education, labor rights, etc.

Maybe the geniuses at Davos can also figure out a plan for the world’s poor to all get a piece of cake?

]]> By: appa http://gigaom.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113890 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:30:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113890 I think that discussing alternatives in delivering computing to the poor completely misses the point. There are so many people in developing nations who dont have access to cheap computing, each with different needs. Going with a PC model, a phone model or anything in between – bring it all on. See my related post

]]> By: Venkatesh http://gigaom.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113889 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 20:13:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/01/30/microsofts-cellphone-y-plan/#comment-113889 Om,
You couldn’t have summed this better. Just one question comes to mind, did any of these ppl see what these “poor” need ? Its resembling a turf battle where MS doesn’t want to lose out on these potential next generation users.

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