Oppo MeshTalk can make calls and send texts with no carrier or Internet connection
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- 27 Jun 2019
Apple thinks their iPhones are so special. They still produce 5-6 year old phone seriously who buys them.
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- 27 Jun 2019
What's bad about this is that Oppo has seen fit to use their own proprietary chip. Obviously, the more users able to connect to a mesh network, the more useful it can be (at least if the users are spread out). Limiting this network to Oppo users makes it much less useful or practical.
They should have used existing radios (e.g. WiFi) and a protocol like Serval or B.A.T.M.A.N. I'd rather have a shorter line-of-sight range and much greater mesh performance than a 3km line of sight range and no one else with a phone capable of receiving my message. Serval and B.A.T.M.A.N. can use existing WiFi frequencies to transmit. I believe there are apps available for them already.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serval_Project
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N.
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- 27 Jun 2019
Shellyman Infinity, 26 Jun 2019Watch, Google steal this book sheet of paper.Oppo didn't invent the mesh network; the concept has been implemented since the 1970s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_networking
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- 27 Jun 2019
Anonymous, 26 Jun 2019And according to logic. BBK is a chinese company that compe... moreThe ban on Huawei isn't because it's Chinese. It's because it's in bed with the Chinese military, has been caught putting back doors in products, and lied to purchase sensitive electronics for Iran, skirting U.S. sanctions.
The U.S. is capable of competing fairly with Chinese products - all without using prison labor, stealing foreign trade secrets or intentionally devaluing their currency.
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- 27 Jun 2019
there is just no other explanation for this to work other than that it would be using similar technology to walkie talkie- half-duplex channel that allows for unsecure connections. there is no low-power but long-distance radio tech available except for this. no, not ptt, because ptt requires cellular connection still.
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- 27 Jun 2019
AnonD-731363, 26 Jun 2019Exactly like Nikolai Tesla dream to give free electricity t... moresurreal :-o
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- 27 Jun 2019
Whassup, 26 Jun 2019yes, great new approach to walkie-talkie PTT feature we hav... moreif it reaches 10km or more then you may have your own tower as your antenna for your phone and you're carrying it just like a backpack. :D
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- 26 Jun 2019
L4nc3, 26 Jun 2019That would be nice!! Great innovation.yes, great new approach to walkie-talkie PTT feature we have since mid 40's....
not really, and if 3km is the best they can, so many walkie talkies offer more than 5km so...unfortunnaly people still prefer use a phone instead of a walkie talkie as that kind of "technology" is gettin less and less used.
but for who use it, is a great thing to have with u...emergency services like fire dep., police and so on keep using this kind of walkie talkies so, is easy to just press a button to find one or more frequency's of that kind of services.
so, OPPO isnt doing something new, is just improving one thing that already exist, is in baby stage i belive but in 2, 3 years if this can come close to 10km or more then we have a winner.
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- 26 Jun 2019
AnonD-558092, 26 Jun 2019Because according to logic, BBK isn't Huawei.And according to logic. BBK is a chinese company that competes with american ones. So yes US may ban it
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- 26 Jun 2019
AnonD-558092, 26 Jun 2019We'll discuss whether or not they truly are innovative anot... moreDo you think that it is easy like this?
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ThunderCrackR, 26 Jun 2019He said "Chinese company". Huawei is banned and quite innov... moreWe'll discuss whether or not they truly are innovative another time.
But US companies' lost money is temporary (outside China operations). Without those parts, Huawei will sell much less (if at all) devices. Consumers won't stop consuming. They will buy from other brands. Other brands will sell more. Other brands will buy more parts. Other brands will buy the parts that Huawei was supposed to buy. Demand and supply remains constant. Everything goes back to normal. Nothing dumb here.
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AnonD-558092, 26 Jun 2019Oops, looks like your anti-US comment is dumb since Oppo an... moreHe said "Chinese company". Huawei is banned and quite innovative when it comes to camera technology lately. So his comment is not that dumb, it's quite true actually. US not only banned an innovative company, but also destroyed American companies profits. Micron for example lost 200$ millions because of this ban. It IS quite dumb.
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Anonymous, 26 Jun 2019"Oppo and BBK isn't subject to bans" why?Because according to logic, BBK isn't Huawei.
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- 26 Jun 2019
Now this is what we need!!! Smartphone OEMs needs to give us what we actually need for our day to day lives, not unnecessary "AI"
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- 26 Jun 2019
For decades we have a radia transmitter or walkie talkie but speaking about security is a huge problem especialy in a big city.
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- 26 Jun 2019
Anonymous, 26 Jun 2019I bet greedy carriers would do anything to ban this feature. Exactly like Nikolai Tesla dream to give free electricity to anyone has been banned because of greed of electricity distribur companies.
Or when a german sciencist in 70s era found a solution and created an engine which on a 1L plain unrefined water could passed 10 000 miles.
Now try to guess what happened to this man his research and blueprints when oil rig and oil wells companies and people behind all the gas knew something like this is comming into the light of the world.
That man and all his research has been ceased from existence.
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- 26 Jun 2019
Anonymous, 26 Jun 2019innovation of what ........ we have this thing since decades agoYes, I had it in my iPhone 5; just didn't know abt it...
After its home button stopped functioning, I gave it to my niece who used to play with it and "call people" from a simless phone...
Now I think I understand that she was using this technology back then, and I being an idiot used to laugh thinking it's dumb...