[silk] Does The Landline Telephone Need An Heir In The Modern Age?

2015-06-23 Thread Udhay Shankar N
I'm intrigued, not so much by this specific product, as by the notion of reinventing an explicitly multi user, physical object. I'd be interested in comments from silklisters, especially the various anthropologists. Udhay I lly, a gadget that makes it easy for families to stay in touch, may

Re: [silk] Does The Landline Telephone Need An Heir In The Modern Age?

2015-06-23 Thread Rajesh Mehar
Isn't Skype already doing exactly this in countless Indian families? Other than the sentimental philosophising, I actually can't see the value add from this new product. Sometimes the 'Indian' sharing mentality anyway stretches the use of products like Skype and WhatsApp. E.g. I've seen 5