SIM card interfacing to read phonebook

Pete Fenelon <pete@fenelon.com> says...
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>Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com> wrote:
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>> The functions of the cellphone and the PDA are merging.
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>Yes, into devices that are too big to be comfortable phones and too
>small to be comfortable PDAs. 

Exactly!

Pete Fenelon <pete@fenelon.com> wrote:
> Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com> wrote:
> > The functions of the cellphone and the PDA are merging.
> > 

> Yes, into devices that are too big to be comfortable phones and too
> small to be comfortable PDAs. 

That's only true as long as you actually plan to hold that "smart
phone" to your ear to make a phone call --- but that's just *soo*
20th-century ;-)

Since these thingies typically also have Bluetooth these days, the
canonical solution to that is a Bluetooth in-ear headset with
voice-dialling.  I.e. you put that headset on, tap on its button and
say "call mr. smith".  The smart phone, bulky as it may be, remains
right where it belongs --- in your briefcase or coat pocket.

-- 
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.