@13:52, 8/31/12

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The world spent yesterday on hold.
Greece seems about to loose its temper.
Spain is hanging paper.  
Financial conditions have been so disturbed that I can't guess timing.

More on that later.   Krugman is watching it.
Leslie (storm) The track is still a guess.

I have not done the prep work on telephone interfaces.
The firm ware is under end user control.  I can play with how it does things.

The question becomes what things should a cell phone do?
It is a portable connection to the internet which is the phone net.
Portability requires that it be physically small and light.
It does not need to be continuously connected.
That will save on battery.
People do tasks that should not be interrupted. 
Voice mail takes incoming calls. 
An outgoing call displays the voice mail file. after seeking the connection.
Time is an outgoing call.  Time is that at the nearest available cell tower.
Data entry: Mechanical on/off switch, touch screen,  sms, 411 directory assistance,  SMS will support banking, Twitter up link only and USB with power in.  The internal directory stores incoming call numbers from voice mail and from the external local device (laptop, pad, or other computer).  Search by pull down menu, Local only.
Amusements: Internet radio.  Games on the server, text only.  There should be a scientific calculator. it can be on the central server.  The entire net is available through the USB port. 
The device is a network connection with enough on board interface to serve as a phone.  There is no need for GPS or camera.  Search, edit, compose, video and music play, store and record are all done with an external device.
Carlos Slim should love it.

Things are getting really nasty but are not in the news as yet.

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