Apr 21, 2007 03:38 PM
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*Cellphones are vanishing? NO!
*Recently I was reading an interesting essay about future of cellphones and PDAs at global giant TelePlus's website(https://teleplus.ca) that the company has signed an agreement with DataWind Net Access Corporation for the distribution rights to DataWind's PocketSurfer(TM) Web Viewer. The article claimed that very soon the Cellphone era will be over.
Laptop Experience at less than Rs.10K
The point which surprised me was that a brand new DataWind Pocket Surfer will be available in India at a price below Rs. 10K. The author emphasized that any consumer having a cellphone need not to buy a laptop because DataWind PocketSurfer can also be used like one. It was amazing and unbelievable. I tried to surf more about this gadget and found that the thing is already available in our country.
The PocketSurfer:
The DataWind PocketSurfer is a sleek handheld wireless web access device, that is Bluetooth® enabled. It delivers the full Internet with real HTML pages, graphics, java applets and many other applications on a VGA-width 640 pixel screen. The DataWind PocketSurfer delivers all of these applications much faster than other competing products but yet is small and thin enough to fit in your pocket. It is compatible will all the major wireless networks thus allowing customers to use their existent data minutes with their carrier of choice.
Great Product, Unique Features:
My NRI uncle Prof. BD Sharma arranged for me a DataWind PocketSurfer and I found its features irresistably thrilling. Here are the reasons:
1- Most other data devices try to integrate phone and data and as convenient as it may seem, most consumers using data virtually never use these devices as a phone.
2-Consumers require smaller and smaller phones thus making data on most data and phone combos difficult to access.
3-Small screens and limited access to certain sites disappoint many consumers, whereas DataWind PocketSurfer delivers what consumers look for in a data device.
4-Ease of access to the internet and faster speed than traditional data devices, all this in a wide screen where you can view the entire page, visit all web sites, java and others, and view all email attachments.
5-The DataWind PocketSurfer fills a current gap in the market at a very affordable price of less than Rs.10K with all functionality any full fledged PC delivers. You may start using any trialware while surfing the web, may download and start using it.
6-You may start having full featured Internet experience whenever and wherever you require. Open any mail, view its attachments, see the pictures, watch a movie and listen or store MP3 or MP4 files.
7-It gives its customers the ability to mobilize their absolutely rich quality desktop Internet experience due to DataWind's breakthrough technologies, solving the bandwidth limitations of cellular networks, by accelerating content delivery by factors of 10X to 30X.
*How Cellphone Era is over?
*Whatever wonderful features DataWind PocketSurfer might have, it still require a cellphone connection to give you a high definition Internet and computing experience. So is there any need to claim that Cellphone Era is over? Instead they should recommend that the consumers should choose a full function device like DataWind.
