[LINK] SMS - shortcomings in emergency services

Ivan Trundle ivan at itrundle.com
Tue Sep 23 10:22:03 AEST 2008


On 23/09/2008, at 9:46 AM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:

> Michael Meloni wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> On a different note, when will the media stop differentiating between
>> mobile phones and the iPhone. Its like referring to cars and BMWs.  
>> Five
>> years on and many still call generic MP3 players 'iPods.'
>>
>
> I guess the question is, is an I-pod a Kleenex or Hoover?
>
> [People use all kinds of vacum cleaners to do the hoovering.]

All part and parcel of ubiquity and omnipresent marketing. Once all  
mobile phones work like iPhones, we might even iPhone each other...

iT



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