Mark,
Great post. I'd add some related comments:
- In developing areas with little or no communications infrastructure,
voice is the most important 'application'.
- For voice, cell phones are ideal.
- Cell phones are very, very nice for their small size and great battery
performance.
- Cell
Tom and others:
I think cell phones have their space and useful applications and
computers have their specific space and other useful applications.
Thinking of using cell phones in class rooms for curriculum delivery
seems to be quite a bit far fetched - with a small screen you can do
only so
Dear GKD Members,
Tom Abeles is absolutely right, and I do like his slogan about not trying
to
make the past cheaper.
To this I would add that this is an area where market forces do work to
our benefit, the large volumes of potential sales in phones and music
players and the strong competition
On Thursday, July 21, 2005, Tom Abeles wrote:
I think that it is nice to think about the $100 computer. But one
needs to remember that cell phones are ubiquitous and relatively low
cost. One post secondary education institution is developing curricula
using the cell phone as the device of
Dear GKD Members,
I think that it is nice to think about the $100 computer. But one
needs to remember that cell phones are ubiquitous and relatively low
cost. One post secondary education institution is developing curricula
using the cell phone as the device of choice for their students. Cells
