TI-H: Cellphone TI-network (OT)
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TI-H: Cellphone TI-network (OT)
> digital cell phones use GSM voice compression. there's virtually no way to
> put any kind of data through there other than voice, which it's optimized
> for. analog cell phones just sound like ass & you probably wouldn't be
able
> to get much out of them either... some digital phones have a built-in
modem,
> but the networks charge heaps of cash to use it, generally.
Well, here in Finland they seem to charge just the same as a normal
conversation, but it still is money, and I wouldn't have the money to start
'modem playing' TI games on a cellphone! As mentioned above, the GSM voice
just wouldn't cut it, as it's too compressed and gets too many glitches on
the way. Maybe you should wait for the 3G phones? :)
> bluetooth, now, that sounds interesting. that could get very interesting
> indeed. and complicated, though ;)
Bluetooth definately has potential even for this, but it'll propably be
somewhat nasty to implement at first, considering that propably no one on
this list has experience of bluetooth hardware are any knowledge of their
innards for that matter.
Markus Räty
(markus@raty.as)