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Elon Musk Says He Will Create His Own Smartphone If Apple and Google Ban Twitter From Their App Stores
gateway pundit ^ | 11/25/2022 | cassandra fairbanks

Posted on 11/25/2022 10:04:00 PM PST by bitt

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1 posted on 11/25/2022 10:04:01 PM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 11/25/2022 10:04:14 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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He should call it a ‘MAGA Musk’ phone.


3 posted on 11/25/2022 10:06:09 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
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More competition in the smart phone OS market. Kill Google’s near monopoly on Android.


4 posted on 11/25/2022 10:11:47 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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I seriously doubt they will do it. They both let the “Truth” app on.


5 posted on 11/25/2022 10:13:27 PM PST by gibsonguy
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Would be an interesting idea, especially if connected directly to his Starlink network of satellites.


6 posted on 11/25/2022 10:18:35 PM PST by I-ambush (We watched the moment of defeat, played back over on the video screen. )
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Even if Apple and Google ban the Twitter App why couldn’t Twitter build their own App Store with the Twitter app available for download


7 posted on 11/25/2022 10:25:34 PM PST by srmanuel (I)
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> Would be an interesting idea, especially if connected directly to his Starlink network of satellites.

Alas, that's not how Starlink works. The client devices (phone, tablet, computer) do not communicate -directly- with the satellites. If you think about it, there's no way a phone can produce enough radio signal strength to make it to a satellite.

Starlink operates with a powered "ground transceiver" (sort of a sat-tv dish and electronics), which provides the link between the client device and the satellite.

What this means is if you use Starlink as your internet service provider, you are limited to a small radius around your ground transceiver. That's fine for your residence or business, but useless as soon as you get into your car or take a long walk.

8 posted on 11/25/2022 10:26:35 PM PST by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords - Arthur Pendragon 2024)
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I’ll take three please..


9 posted on 11/25/2022 10:30:32 PM PST by guido911
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That plus you could always use the web based app and a browser.


10 posted on 11/25/2022 10:33:06 PM PST by gibsonguy
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I have owned satellite phones, which can reach a satellite with a signal and are relatively compact. There is even an android based smartphone version of a satellite phone. I grant that the starlink system may not have the capability because it hadn’t been built into the design, but Musk is launching new satellite constellations all the time.


11 posted on 11/25/2022 10:42:45 PM PST by I-ambush (We watched the moment of defeat, played back over on the video screen. )
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Satellite cellular service
In August 2022, T-Mobile US and SpaceX announced a partnership to add satellite cellular service to Starlink Gen2 satellites, and provide dead-zone cell phone coverage across the US using existing midband PCS spectrum that T-Mobile owns.[99][100] Cell coverage will begin with messaging and expand to include voice and limited data services later, with testing to begin in 2023. With Starlink Gen2 sats in low-Earth orbit using existing PCS spectrum, T-Mobile plans to be able to connect by satellite to ordinary mobile devices...

Gen2 Starlink satellites will also include a very large antenna to communicate in the existing midband PCS spectrum, one that will allow cell phone network customers to be able to connect by satellite through their regular mobile devices.
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12 posted on 11/25/2022 10:57:56 PM PST by ltc8k6 ( .)
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The E-phone

But even with Musk saying this about apple and android phones, to say his phone wouldn’t do any data collection and retention that would be considered ‘snooping’, yeah, it would do some as well.


13 posted on 11/25/2022 11:34:43 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Count me in.


14 posted on 11/26/2022 12:02:00 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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The Microsoft phone failed even though it was technically excellent. A shortage of good apps did it in. It would be great if Musk were to succeed at this but it would be a long shot. Very expensive and very risky.


15 posted on 11/26/2022 12:14:00 AM PST by Neanderthal (Let's go, Brandon!)
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The Microsoft phone failed even though it was technically excellent. A shortage of good apps did it in.

I highly doubt the Microsoft phone was technically excellent. I say this as a Certified Microsoft developer who worked with Microsoft technology for 20 years. I suspect they tried to tie it to some sort of weird dot net developer community but I never had any direct contact with their phone stuff

I have left the Microsoft development sphere but your point about lack of apps is spot on. The only way I think they could make it work is if it is an Android fork so that at least the Android apps would work (possibly require a recompile)

16 posted on 11/26/2022 12:33:39 AM PST by ProudGOP
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“I seriously doubt they will do it. They both let the “Truth” app on.”

I think that was Musk’s way of giving them a warning to not even think about it.


18 posted on 11/26/2022 12:41:04 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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Ok...Lets play “name the new MuskPhone”.


19 posted on 11/26/2022 3:18:06 AM PST by know.your.why (If you dont watch the MSM you are uninformed. If you do watch the MSM you are misinformed.)
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If it is made in America I will buy it....


20 posted on 11/26/2022 4:27:02 AM PST by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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