TI-H: Re: Cellphone TI-network (OT)

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Subject: TI-H: Re: Cellphone TI-network (OT)
From: "Bernard" <npfs@cybcon.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 21:23:11 -0800
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> > 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? :)
>
same here cell modems should cost the same thing to use the only thing that
would make it cost more is the slow speeds.
Bernard


> > 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)
>
>

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