Sunday, May 28, 2006

Competing on design

Phone

Paul,

Granich beat you to the punch with the exact same story... although his was
carried on CNN without the byline.

I thought my search had ended in Hong Kong when they had a cheap, featureless
large flat cellphone, about $50, I think Samsung makes it, designed for the
entry level Chinese consumer. A thing of beauty. Sadly it will not work in the
USA, it uses another technology, one the US govt will not allow to be used here.

John

John,

Where did you end up on your quest for a simpler phone? Just saw
this. Looks like the conservators may be trying to solve that problem:

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20060527/D8HS7D300.html


Paul Snyder
psnyder@alumni.caltech.edu


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