Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Cellular Phones of the Future Message-ID: <1990Nov22.053204.3104@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> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 90 05:32:04 GMT In article otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes: > The demand looks to me to be fairly small, unlikely to be more than the > current cellular systems, or modest upgrades thereof, can handle... > >If it becomes available cheap, there will be demand. Lots. >Remember how it was said (back in the days of Univac) that a dozen computers >would suffice for the computing needs of the whole planet ? Remember how it was said that everyone would have Picturephones by now? Things don't get cheap without substantial demand *first*. -- "I'm not sure it's possible | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology to explain how X works." | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry