OT: Mobile Directories WAS: Large ISPs doing NAT?

Fri May 3 19:11:33 UTC 2002

You would think the phone companies who already have most of the necessary
resources, i.e. the yellow pages/directory listings, would be all over this
idea as a way to sell thier device/generate even more listing revenue.

Killer app: Cell Phone/PDA/GPSw Mapping,routing in a Palm form factor.

Just my 2¢. The delete key is your friend.

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Francis [mailto:darkuncle at darkuncle.net]
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:43 AM
To: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
Cc: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: Re: Large ISPs doing NAT?

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:29:32AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu said:
> On Fri, 03 May 2002 00:12:34 PDT, Scott Francis said:
> 
> > Your phone can surf porn? Maybe the technology revolution has finally
arriv=
> > ed
> > after all ...
> 
> No, it's still in the "dancing bear" stage.  There's the question of
whether
> it's worth doing on that class display device....
> 
> On the other hand, if somebody's looking for a *business* opportunity, I
> could see a *big* market for "Where do I find?" databases for GPS-capable
> phones - I think somebody already did a "public restrooms in Manhattan",
> and I know I've been in strange cities, known there was a specific
restraunt
> or store somewhere within 10 blocks, and been willing to pay for a
reliable
> hint for the parking garage nearest...

that is an excellent idea. I know one thing I would LOVE to have is a search
engine that can answer my question, "Where can I find a coffee house
{optionally: with 802.11b} open after midnight during the week in Los
Angeles {optionally: the Valley}?"

No good answers so far ... at least, none that involve driving less than 30
minutes. :)

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