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last100: It’s an interesting idea: Modu to introduce modular cell phones

  • Mr. Crash · 1 year ago
    I still think this is an interesting idea - if it's done right.

    In the core it needs:

    Wifi, 3G, very basic functions.

    In the shells I want:

    * Basic phone for one
    * Smartphone
    * Laptop/UMPC style thing.

    If it's something they can make communicate well with extra processing power in these other shells - then I could see that working well.

    I'd love to have a device I can scale up or down in terms of size and capability depending on what i'm doing. It also means i'd never have to worry about syncing anything - there is stuff I have on my computers I definitely don't want "in the cloud" per se and this way... I can make sure its still available on whatever i'm carrying at the time.

    That being said, I think the idea of an alarm clock or similar thing is a bit of a farce.
    It would be better to have it communicate with such a device over bluetooth or whatever. Then it doesn't have to be physically disconnected from whatever other device i'm using it in just to use a more specific (though more restrictive) function.
  • Mack · 1 year ago
    I totally agree with Mr. Crash! :)
  • Khürt Williams · 1 year ago
    I think this is a great idea that will have success in Europe Middiel East and Africa (EMEA) but will never be seen in the USA. US mobile phone carriers have no interest in giving their customers choice.