Well, this needs to be spelled out in some detail then. I'm already mentally thinking of PocketPC kinds of devices whenever I here cellular hosts....
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 2:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Should connecting to the Internet be Optional? > > > > Hi! > > Just commenting the possible differences between laptops and > cellular terminals... > > There are different kinds of laptops and also different kinds > of cellular hosts. Our intention is to write this > specification as "minimum IPv6 functionality for a cellular > host", i.e. not defining any kind of 'maximum set of > functionality'. And this kind of minimum functionality should > be possible to be implemented in even the smallest 2,5G / 3G > cellular handsets. An example of dimensions for such a > handset could be 11 x 5 x 2 centimeters (1 inch = 2,54 > centimeters). Could you compare such a terminal to a laptop > computer? Hardly. > > Of course, then there are communicator / PDA type of devices > having bigger processor capacity and memory making it > possible to install more demanding applications in them, but > even those devices cannot (in my opinion) be directly > compared to laptops. > > As a summary, a cellular host (often) has limited size, > memory, processor capacity and battery capacity / power > consumption. The users would like to see their terminals to > be usable for quite a long time (typically for some days, at > least stand-by time) without re-charging them. > > Cheers, > -Juha W.- > > -----Original Message----- > From: ext Tony Hain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 04 March, 2002 21:04 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Should connecting to the Internet be Optional? > > > Keith Moore wrote: > > I think the cell phone requirements document would do well to break > > down the different cases: > > > > - cell phone with fixed functions vs. > > - cell phone that can host applications > > > > - cell phone that is strictly an endpoint vs. > > - cell phone that can provide net connectivity to other devices > > > > and examine requirements separately for each case. > > I agree with one comment: > > > The only way to prevent new applications > > > from appearing on computing devices is to put the > executable code in > > > non-rewritable, non-replaceable, rom. > > And require these devices to be tamper-proof ;-}. > > > > Feico. > > Tony > > Actually another thought; what is the difference between a > handset and a laptop that has an embedded 3G radio? Are they > both cellular hosts? > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List > IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng > FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng > Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
