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From: [e-mail] (Scott Stratmoen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.palmtops,alt.cellular-phone-tech,comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.telecom.tech
Subject: Re: Integrated modem/cell phone (was Re: Cell modem for 200LX?)
Date: 11 Jan 1996 15:53:12 -0600
Organization: Northrop Corporation ESD-RMS
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In article <4crjoo$[e-mail]>, Dennis Moul <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>You've already got a honkin' big battery on the phone (compared to the
>palmtop, anyway), and this way the modem would draw power from the
>phone's big battery rather than a couple of puny AA's. I bet there's a
>lot of circuit redundancy between the modem and the phone, which could
>be eliminated if you combine them. This would significantly reduce the
>additional power drain of the modem.

There is a new product out which combines a cells phone with modem into
a PCMCIA card. The product also includes the capability to use the unit
as a voice phone. (For discussion, assume that the card has it's own
internal power source.)

I would be curious to see what people think of this concept. Can you
imaging talking to your notebook computer or palmtop? What about the
weight of a notebook? (A palmtop a PCMCIA card might be acceptable.)


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