http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/ Engadget Comments for Motorola's new "Scalpel" on the way? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/RGR THT


Yeah, if they drop all the fancy stuff it'd be easy to make, but I wonder how our novelty market would recieve that. I mean it seems that half the time people buy huge phones purely for features they'll never need, even if a smaller, cheaper, and nicer solution is available. I would like it if this was really a simple phone, so long as I could drop a SIM card in it. Being able to have a phone with useful features is something I like, but having a phone that doesn't look like a leg tumor is equally appealing.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/I would pick up the SCAPL for the same reason as Cullen...who needs a Windows OS? Who NEEDS A SCREEN? I don't. :)]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/I have >>>
http://main.itac.ksu.edu/techclass/roomdoc/images/AK%20120/ak120phone.jpg]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
But Zander did publicly promise a 6mm-thin SLVR for 2006 at their CTIA press conference in March. So except for the price, this is old news.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
But now that these cell phones have gotten so tiny, it reminds me the movie "Zoolander" and his outrageously small phone - somehow making fun of the future. Heh, well...here it is.

Again, on one hand it's cool that it can be so small, but on the other - when will this stop (Thus the Zoolander reference)?

Instead of wasting time making them smaller and hard to use, why not start focusing attention on making them easier to use with more cool features, like the direction the Danger Inc company did with the sidekick?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/I got a SE K750 recently and while it does a load of things it doesn't do them as well as individual items. My iPod sounds way better for mp3's and holds far more, my Canon 20D is infinitely better at taking pictures and if i want to browse the web i'll do it at home with a display big enough to see everything. It's nice having those features but if they don't get used then there's no point paying for them.

I know plenty of people who purely use their phones as phones, and that's it. Good idea in my opinion...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
I like features. I like having all the extra stuff in my phone. But everyone seems to get the basics - using your phone, addressbook, text messaging - wrong. Either extra button presses that aren't needed 99% of the time or completely unusable - anything Moto write.

I'm hoping Moto/Apple did more with the iTunes phone than just slap in iTunes. Replacing the rest of the UI would be a good start.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
"Sorry sir, no sclpl's or razr's allowed through the securty check point".]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
vex
1. To annoy, as with petty importunities; bother.
2. To cause perplexity in; puzzle.

Who called in the grammar police and forgot to arm them with dictionaries?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/But you're right about the mp3 playback... until there is a phone the same size (eliminating the upcoming Nokia N series) with a multi-gig capacity AND browsing by artists and albums, I'll still be carrying my iRiver...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
http://www.tu-ka.co.jp/line_up/tu-kas.html

The thing has number buttons, pick up, hang up and an on/off switch. That's it. No screen, no camera. Heck it doesn't even have redial or any memory.

Not suprisingly it is marketed to the 'senior' market for its simplicity. Of course without any memory function, how will you know what number to call when the Alzheimer's kicks in.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
Pixel count is one thing but optical quality is another. Fair point, i wouldn't want to carry my 'proper' camera around all the time because it's big. But the image quality can't even compete with it, $500+ cameras can't compete... But then it's not supposed to!

For a telephone it produces great pictures (and i can call my friends!) but for a camera it's not great, though i think it could compete with some $100-150 cameras OK.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
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Anyway, any word on a real price yet? I see $40 on the engdget summary, but is that American even though N. America was not listed as a place it would be sold? I mean, the RAZR was what, $600? $700 when it was released?

And how would I go about buying one and using it in America, or is that not going to happen? Well I guess I've got a year or so to move to Europe then.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
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just give me good features ,stupid Motorola]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
it was a stupid idea to begin with

The future is DIVERGENCE!!!

Small form factor devices that perform their task really well that integrate wirelessly with other divergent products.

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"Oh, surely you can fit it in your pocket, it's only a WAFR thin!"]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/info on how moto might do it.
sorry to link to another blog;/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/Dec 19th 2005 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/13/motorolas-new-scalpel-on-the-way/
Pete]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM