Sigh. An opportunity missed.

Uh, I think this kind of toy should have been built by a phone company who can make amazing phones. Gosh, Nokia really was sleeping here. I know we could make a better WiFi phone.

And this Skype phone is ugly.

But, it’s flying off the shelves. I think Christensen would say this is due to non-consumption – putting up with something crummy because it fills a burning burning need.

Link: Sales of PC-free Skype handsets take off | InfoWorld | News | 2006-12-06 | By Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service.

The Wi-Fi mobile phones are rousing interest for two reasons: the low cost of using Skype services to make calls, and because people can use them more like a traditional mobile phone, without the aid of a PC. Skype is offering the WSKP100 by SMC Networks in a package on its Web site that includes the handset, a Wi-Fi router, 500 minutes of calls to regular mobile phones and landlines (SkypeOut) and 12 months of Skype voicemail for just £99 ($196).

4 Comments

  1. > I think Christensen would say this is due to non-consumption
    > putting up with something crummy because it fills a burning burning need.
    Spot on. Most probably, Mr. Christensen will use this as a case example in his next book.

  2. > I think Christensen would say this is due to non-consumption
    > putting up with something crummy because it fills a burning burning need.
    Spot on. Most probably, Mr. Christensen will use this as a case example in his next book.

  3. Charles upset Nokia hasn’t stepped up to the plate and released a Skype phone

    Uh, I think this kind of toy should have been built by a phone company who can make amazing phones. Gosh, Nokia really was sleeping here. I know we could make a better WiFi phone. And this Skype phone is

  4. PARIS

    my editorial i shot with iris brosch in paris during the fashion week ss2007 for YOU magazine, came out. i was so shocked by the double page spread i saw on iris’s website (under PHOTOS – NEW), with me in

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