On Monday 21 February 2005 09:10, joseph mpora wrote: > I keep seeing phones that are more or less computers. I think this is a > good development but I keep asking myself, do I really need something > like that?
Well, like everything else, there's a purpose for everything. If you need to move lumber from the forest to the processing plant, using a Mini Cooper might not give BMW the kudos they deserve :). > > I have a rather outdated Nokia but some of its features are not > supported by MTN (UTL and Celtel are the same as far as I know), and > judging from the dropped calls and message delivery failures I get, they > have their hands full trying to get the basic services running. > > Of what use would such a phone be here? Am sure there are applications > for it in the developed world but lets face the facts, we live in > Uganda. I think you are locking yourself in a sandbox. I am guessing when the Internet went commercial in UG in the mid 90's, you probably said the same thing about a lot of the developments that have come to pass (I think I might have, at some point). Not all mobile phones from back then had the SMS capability - which phone doesn't now? Think of it as incentive - besides, you might not always be in Uganda. Mark. > > Joseph > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
