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Carterphone For Wireless

By Passmore, David
Publication: Business Communications Review
Date: Tuesday, February 1 2005

We need to break mobile operators' grip on device functionality

Last summer I got interested in purchasing a new mobile phone. Seeing all the new features, including cameras, ringtones, color displays, speakerphones, music players, gaming, etc., made me feel like a Luddite with my antique fiveyear-old

Motorola StarTac. While this phone had served me well for its intended use-i.e., making phone calls-some of my co-workers had threatened me with an "intervention" if I didn't replace it with a shiny new one.

The new feature I got most excited about was wireless Bluetooth connectivity. I was contemplating Bluetooth in the car for hands-free phone use, and my laptop computer already has Bluetooth built in. I was looking forward to Bluetooth synchronization of address book information, the ability to dial through the mobile phone for Internet access when broadband was otherwise unavailable, and the capability to exchange music and camera phone photo files with my laptop.

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