[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #289 - 8 msgs

[msew]

At 12:30 01/23/2001 -0600, Dr. Cat wrote:

> This is an interesting socially-focused device.  And while I don't
> know if this specific one will catch on, some other one surely will
> if it doesn't.  It can be set to beep, vibrate, or both when you get
> an incoming message.  Kids can pass notes silently during classes at
> school - something apparently a LOT of Japanese kids do with their
> advanced cell phones.  I think there are tons of applications for
> these kinds of gadgets that nobody's even thought of, and they could
> transform the way people meet new friends and socialize in our
> society.  Intriguing stuff.

check out this article in wired about nokia and the phones they have
there (irc on their phones basically :-) )

  http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.09/nokia.html

if only the FCC were not a bunch of fascists we could have kewl stuff
like this in the USA :-)

msew

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