A few mobile oddities have crossed the desk over the past few days and I thought they were worth sharing.
Phil sent me this tidbit about Paul Whitaker using a Nokia N95 while test flying a J-3 Cub plane to successfully upload photos to the web: "It wasn’t a big surprise, I mean we were only about 1000 feet above the ground carrying a speed of 75 mph, but it was still pretty cool." Here's a link to the photos he took and uploaded before and during the flight; turns out he was trying before buying the plane. Sold!
I also see that people aren't content with merely climbing Mt. Everest. Apparently, the new Climb 2.0 action is to make a cellular call from the top. I can't imagine the roaming charges for that call but it's now possible to make the connection thanks to line of sight cellular towers in China. [Update: the call was just made successfully]
Can't say that I ever made a call while actually flying a plane or from the top of Everest, but I have been known to check for a cell signal in just about cellular carrier store I've stepped into; would you believe that not all of them have good signals for their own network? ;) So now I have to ask: where's the strangest place you've actually placed a mobile call?
译文:
在恶劣的环境下打电话
一些手机的弊端被隐藏了很久，我认为是时候拿出来和大家分享了。
Phil将关于Paul Whitaker 在一架J-3 Cub plane上做测试飞行时使用了诺基亚N95手机将图片上传至网上的报道发给了我：“这并不值得为之惊喜，我们只是以时速每小时75英里，在离地面一千尺的空中飞行，不过仍然很酷。” 点击链接，查看他拍摄及在飞行前和飞行中上传的图片；看看他买飞机前试驾的样子。当然啦，买卖成交！
我发现有些人不满意仅仅去攀登珠穆朗玛峰。新的Climb2.0活动是要让人们在山顶打电话。我不知道漫游费要花多少钱，但是在中国要接收到手机发射塔发出的信号可不是那么容易。[最新消息：现在成功拨打此类电话已经成为可能]
我不能说自己曾经在飞机上或是珠穆朗玛峰上打过电话，但是我曾经对手机信号做过测试；你相信吗？不是所有手机在其网内的信号都很好的？；）所以现在我有个疑问：你曾在哪种最恶劣的环境下打电话？