Comments on: My Next Mobile Phone http://www.distantparts.com/2006/08/24/66/ Random thoughts from a far off place Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:17:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Distant Parts » Blog Archive » More Mobile Phone Thoughts http://www.distantparts.com/2006/08/24/66/#comment-864 Distant Parts » Blog Archive » More Mobile Phone Thoughts Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:04:20 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2006/08/24/66/#comment-864 [...] Following on from my post last week about my next mobile phone, details are appearing around another strong contender: [...] [...] Following on from my post last week about my next mobile phone, details are appearing around another strong contender: [...]

]]> By: Stephen http://www.distantparts.com/2006/08/24/66/#comment-825 Stephen Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:17:07 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2006/08/24/66/#comment-825 Other features I'd like from a phone - GPS and a road map with wi-fi hotspots marked on it. I tried 'working from home' yesterday without actually having any work to do. Rather than sit in front of my screen all day waiting for an email just in case, I thought I'd go shopping, carrying my laptop, and just call into Starbucks and use the wi-fi connection. Unfortunately not every Starbucks has one, so that plan didn't work. I'd like to be able to travel about, effectively on holiday but on call, driving to my nearest hotspot if necessary. Other features I’d like from a phone - GPS and a road map with wi-fi hotspots marked on it.

I tried ‘working from home’ yesterday without actually having any work to do. Rather than sit in front of my screen all day waiting for an email just in case, I thought I’d go shopping, carrying my laptop, and just call into Starbucks and use the wi-fi connection. Unfortunately not every Starbucks has one, so that plan didn’t work. I’d like to be able to travel about, effectively on holiday but on call, driving to my nearest hotspot if necessary.

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