From: Tony Kan (tony.kan_at_clear.net.nz)
Date: Sat Apr 10 2004 - 01:47:08 PDT
Joe
This has been looked at before. I had a look at the Novamedia PC card phone
and the script Roman Pixell wrote but decided against getting it because it
would be reliant on an ear-bud phone-mic connected to the Newt with a cord.
I just thought that this would be too cumbersome. In the end, I would only
use it for faxing/emailing. Insufficient to justify the purchase. Now, if
they did a Bluetooth enabled version that allowed you to speak/respond to
calls via a Bluetooth headphone mic then we might be in business!
It would be a nontrivial exercise to integrate a cellphone PC card to the
Newton's microphone and speaker.
Cheers
Tony
Christchurch
New Zealand
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[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Joe Kelly
Sent: Saturday, 10 April 2004 5:38 p.m.
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Subject: [NTLK] Newton as a Cellphone.
I read some speculation somewhere that the MessagePad was set to become
a phone, as the speaker and the microphone were placed on a diagonal.
I was looking at my Cell phone today, and it is really tiny. Consider
that the battery, case, display, speaker and mic, and even some of the
extraneous parts of the cellphone (games and address books, and
settings can all be handled through Software).
I'd guess that the "phone" part needed could be about the size of a
PCMCIA card. So, has anyone made a phone out of the Newton yet?
Curious,
Joe Kelly
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