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Re: Phone innovation

Padma Lakshmi — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:09:57 -0000

Hi there...Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! it was a great Saturday .

Re: Phone innovation

Thenraj — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:33:28 -0000

Hello Madam,

Sorry i misunderstood ur post. Anyway i dont know about the service providers of US but in India there are companies like Airtel, Reliance, Tata Indicom giving similiar service to that of Vonage, I think they give the service you want.

Re: Phone innovation

Shripriya — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:09:29 -0000

@ Ricky - I think you are right - I have a vague recollection of that announcement too. Also, agree - since Vonage makes you do work and is network based, they could do so much more - dial a 2 digit number (for security) and then tell it who to call etc. etc.

@ Thenraj - I was suggesting a home phone that synced with your address book so that you could use it to call your contacts more easily. (Talk, not email).

On that point, Vonage should care about this because it will mean more minutes on their service and therefore more $$

Re: Phone innovation

Thenraj — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:11:39 -0000

Hmm..when a smart phone is able to sync with a Personal Computer and get data, this is useful when we are away from office, right? I believe in straight talks not in E-mailing from either office PC or a Smart Phone. Its a waste of time. By the time u type a Email in a Smart phone u can call the respective person and make necessary conversation, That way i hate smart phones.

Re: Phone innovation

Ricky — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:59:06 -0000

My memory is fuzzy on this one. I remember reading about 2 years ago that there is cellphone that can switch to use your landline via a bluetooth base-station. So you don't use up your cellphone minutes at home, and eliminates the need to sync up the phones.

On the topic of phone innovation, why stop with sync. We all should be able to just pick up the phone and have it understand some basic verbal command. Call XYX. Especially for Vonage where they require a router that already has a computing power to handle such request. I don't want to share my phone address book online but if the information is encrypted and inside my router, i wouldn't have any problems with that.

Re: Phone innovation

Shripriya — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:02:55 -0000

Hmm... not sure I buy your hypothesis. What's to say a land line is a "family" device? When I lived alone, it was just me and the phone didn't sync even then! :)

Plus, think about a network computer at work - anyone with a valid ID at that employer can log in and access their own online profile. So, that technology exists.

I still think it is because unlike a cell phone that you use outside, your data is all at home anyway. Also, maybe this is a declining business? But even with VOIP (which is growing), you need an instrument...

Let me know if you get a response to the question, I'd love to know.

Re: Phone innovation

DrDoubt — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 02:08:43 -0000

Thanks, I stole your question ..

http://www.drdoubt.com/?p=31

I think I know the reason. 'Personal' mobile phones sync with 'Personal' Computers. For family devices, syncing process has started - think AppleTV and others. Slowly it will happen.

How about an Apple HomePhone? lets call it the "we"Phone.