[lit-ideas] Re: lit gr8s
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 01:10:48 +0000
Thursday, November 17, 2005, 10:28:14 PM, Robert Paul wrote:
RP> The population is aging (or part of it is),
and an increasing number of people get RSI (and texting adds to their
number)
RP> yet keypads and screens are
RP> getting smaller.
Yes. Apparently a Sidekick too is one answer (very old technology
though, particularly for Europe), refusing to textm the other.
RP> It occurred to me, in an Einsteinian moment, that a
RP> fortune could be made by producing LARGER keypads for older folk, of
RP> whom there would soon be billions.
PDA +optional keyboard! see HP's site. (They aren't the only
manufacturer)
RP> I was explaining this to my son last
RP> summer. He whipped out a device about the size of an old British
RP> shilling, and said to it 'Sally's* cell phone.' Whereupon, it began to
RP> 'dial' the cell phone in question.
because he'd taught it "'Sally's' cell 'phone". Good voice software
knows how you'll say Sally (etc.) but that won't be on such devices
for quite a while yet.
RP> I'm still looking for the next buzzworthy thing.
I'm loafing around behind it all, without an mp3 player etc.
--
Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
mailto:judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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