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Originally Posted by JSWolf
To the average person, if it works, they don't need or want to know the underlying technology. If it's a cell phone call or a skype call, they won't care as long as it works well.
What the Kindle is doing isn't really new. It's just doing the same sorts of things in a different way.
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I think he was likely referring to a wifi Skype phone. If you replaced your mobile with that, it wouldn't just work wherever you wanted. You'd have to see if there was an access point you could use, connect to it, and then make your call and since that access point's range would be small, you couldn't move around much without dropping the call. If you asked most folks which they'd find more useful I'd be shocked if the vast majority didn't pick a cellphone. Whispernet doesn't work everywhere in the US but way more places than I would have wifi and it's way more mobile. It's not just a different way, it's a better way a great deal of the time.