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Re: Wearable Thinclient

A thick client is near useless if not on a network? well true, any "client"
machine has the problems with depending on a server for storage. that's why
a full blown computer as a wearable is the best option.

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: From: Peter Cochrane <>
: To: liquid <>; Timothy Gray <>
: Cc: 'w-h' <>
: Subject: RE: Wearable Thinclient
: Date: Thursday, September 03, 1998 5:49 AM
: 
: A thick client is useless if your battery is flat... or near useless if
it is
: not on a network.  Trains have 100% GSM in Europe, and train and road
tunnels
: have leaky feeders...I'm very seldom off line from my lap top anywhere in
: Europe and down through SEA - Australia - all have GSM.  P
:
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: From: Timothy Gray on Wed, Sep 2, 1998 10:23 pm
: Subject: Re: Wearable Thinclient
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: Subject: Re: Wearable Thinclient
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: True, but a thinclient is 100% useless if you are out of range, on a
train,
: driving throught the chunnel,working in the xray lab... etc... A
thinclient
: wearable has a use in controlled environments. The only problem is that a
: wearable is in the most un-controllable environment, on the human body.
: Therefore a useable wearable will have to do most of it's processing and
: storage locally and then do the transfers whenever it has time/access.
The
: cellular/sattelite communications option is not a serious option for a
: wearable unless you have gobs of cash, Military wearables probably use a
: sattelite burst system, or a long range radio telemetry system while
moving
: as sattelite communication from a personal device that is moving is near
: impossible.
: 
: I dont want thin or thick client... I want super-fat-gobs-o-storage
server.
: 
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: : From: Tony Havelka <>
: : To: 'Peter Cochrane' <>
: : Cc: 'w-h' <>
: : Subject: RE: Wearable Thinclient
: : Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 4:15 PM
: : 
: : Agreed. So that brings us to the issue of transport, and cost thereof. 
: In
: : an office environment, one can be physically wired to a network or
: connected
: : through a local wireless system.  Costs associated with this topology
: range
: : from $0 to a fraction of a cent per megabyte.  Move to a cellular based
: : system, bump that cost up to dollars per megabyte. Move to a
: : sideband/wideband system, $10's of dollars per meg.  Satellite, even
: more.
: : The key to a thin client will be cheap access to the server.
: : 
: : - Tony
: : 
: : > -----Original Message-----
: : > From: Peter Cochrane [mailto:]
: : > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 2:45 PM
: : > To: liquid
: : > Cc: 'w-h'
: : > Subject: RE: Wearable Thinclient
: : >
: : >
: : > On or off line all the time or sporadically, thin or thick, narrow or
: : > wideband, with or without a display, voice or key I/O -
: : > provided it brings
: : > computing and communication power to me who cares? Pkey
: : > ______________________________________________________________
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