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Article #8882Re: Cellular Phones (of the Future ?)
From: Phil Ngai
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 1990 23:02
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 1990 23:02
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In article <1791JKOSS00@RICEVM1> JKOSS00@RICEVM1.BITNET (Jordan Kossack) writes: |via a simple telephone call. Returning the call is a simple matter of |finding a public phone (non-COCOT, please ;-) which I've never had a |difficult time doing in any urban or suburban area. So why doesn't This may be difficult for a guy who doesn't have any female friends to understand, but my wife is not interested in getting out of her car at night to use a public phone in certain areas. (and even this assumes the car has not broken down so that she has a choice) Depending on the area, I might feel the same way. By the way, if you take the freeways, you go through such areas more frequently than you might realize. | For situations like these, a pager is better than a cellular |telephone. With a good alphanumeric pager, you can wait until you |are STOPPED at the traffic light before getting the message. You Don't be silly. I have to park the car and find a pay phone while my caller waits? Very convenient. -- We (in San Jose, CA) need at least another two years of drought: then the farm water subsidies might be given the attention they deserve.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!brahms!phil From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Cellular Phones (of the Future ?) Message-ID: <1990Dec11.230249.12377@amd.com> Date: 11 Dec 90 23:02:49 GMT References: <1791JKOSS00@RICEVM1> Sender: usenet@amd.com (NNTP Posting) Distribution: na Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc; Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 22