Posted on 08/28/2017 6:55:21 PM PDT by Swordmaker
The NYPD has to scrap the 36,000 smartphones it gave cops over the past two years because they’re already obsolete and can’t be upgraded, The Post has learned.
The city bought Microsoft-based Nokia smartphones as part of a $160 million NYPD Mobility Initiative that Mayor Bill de Blasio touted as “a huge step into the 21st century.”
But just months after the last phone was handed out, officials plan to begin replacing them all with brand-new iPhones by the end of the year, sources said.
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I wonder what DeBlasio’s cut was.
NYC needs intelligent humans to carry on. They have few to none ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO3R7YaeGlA&list=RDVorr7ni7sNM&index=7
There are linux based operating systems beside android..so you get your linux system...you pay your programmers to.progrsm for that only and bypass bill gates or google creeps or iphone robber barons. You never have to worry bout their unnecessary updates...a decent generic cellphone could be about 30 bucks wholesale....
Probably all those people uploading selfies of themselves with the eclipse in the background. . . a guy I know went to Oregon to see the eclipse and all he brought back was pictures of his family on the beach watching the eclipse. He was so busy taking pictures he missed the totality trying to get everybody to look at the camera. Idiot.
If the NYPD plans to spend a lot of money creating new apps, which will later have to be rewritten for Apple's iOS, then in may be cheaper in the long run for the NYPD to dump the Windows phones.
“He was so busy taking pictures he missed the totality trying to get everybody to look at the camera. Idiot”
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Somehow I found that VERY funny ! :-)
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I have one and it works fine. I certainly don't see any reason to get rid of it.
The stupidest decision is to reinvent the wheel when there are perfectly good wheels already out there that will do the jobs you need done at a reasonable price where you have recourse if it doesn't work right. Doing things yourself when there are already ready made solutions never turns out to be the least expensive or the best answer. . . see Cheop's Law as a reference of just one of the pitfalls awaiting people who think they can do it better than the free market can and save money.
First of all is the fallacy that there is a "decent generic cellphone" which can be had for $30. You get what you pay for, and support is one of those things. . . as is quality.
Next time you are in that situation, try text messages instead. Text uses much less bandwidth and usually works when voice fails.
“Radios are not much better in an emergency. Radios still require towers with power for repeaters.
We sure do rely on our technology though. Cell phones, GPS. “
Ditto for VOIP phones, because unlike wireline phones, they require remote power from the “fiber end” to the home, plus they need power in the home to drive the modem. You can battery back the modem, but you have to rely on the phone company to power the remote nodes. VOIP is not a “lifeline service.” Wireline phone work so long as the wire is in tact and the CO batteries can be kept charged.
I have had two, and liked both of them. I would have bought another one if Microsoft had continued to sell and support them.
You are correct. 9/11 and more recently the Boston bombing have demonstrated the fragility of commercial cellular. Despite being identified as necessary for essential communications, public safety rf spectrum is constantly being squeezed by demand for more commercial spectrum.
What? I never heard that.
Not exactly. You need to learn more about technology! If you did not realize that cell phones use radio technology to make calls, you have some learning to do. There is nothing magical about cellphones, their underlying technology has been around for decades.
...or cost effectiveness.
Collections of radios, actually. CDMA, GSM, HSPA, LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth ...
If I were designing a resilient communications system for emergencies, I would put a wireless access point in every emergency vehicle, police station, and firehouse and form mesh networks. Possibly using packet radio on the emergency band as backup.
Dittos here...
Guess so...silly me....I thought police and other first responders had their own frequency range, separate from consumer cell customers...
And their own towers and repeaters, separate from the consumer cell network.
And they could communicate with 2 way radios, without even needing a tower, unlike the vast majority of cell phones which require a tower.
Guess dumb old me was wrong and police radios are exactly the same as cell phones.
Thanks for learning me.
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