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

2015-06-24 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:15 AM Rajesh Mehar rajeshme...@gmail.com wrote: 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. Same here. I have thought long and hard about

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

2015-06-24 Thread Aadisht Khanna
It basically makes your mobile phones and tablets another landline phone when you're connected to the same WiFi. Also lets you send contacts from your mobiles to the phone eliminating another task of manually entering contacts into this phone and keeping them in sync. Also, when you get

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

2015-06-24 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Aadisht Khanna li...@aadisht.net wrote: Or will I need to use a third party dialer app? You need an app. Also, the price on amazon.com is $92, so usual Indian vendor markup applies. Ram

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

2015-06-24 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:49 PM Ramakrishnan Sundaram You need an app. Also, the price on amazon.com is $92, so usual Indian vendor markup applies. The app does make things a little harder, but I've realised I hardly need to make landline calls from my mobile or tablet. Most people I know

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

2015-06-24 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: The pain is finding where the handset is when a call rings. My mobile I usually have handy so problem solved. Most telcos offer call forwarding for landlines. Say for BSNL, 1. Useful for very mobile

[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