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. -- "The average pointer, statistically, |Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology points somewhere in X." -Hugh Redelmeier| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com