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Now, with the new Fonera 2.0n (802.11n) WiFi router that gives Foneros (FON members) an ...</div> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="reciente_link_3554">Fon and Ubiquisys partner to develop a “Femto Fonera”</a><span>  | 15 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">No Comments</a></span></li><div id="reciente_content_3554" class="mostTooltipContent">I am the CEO and Founder of Fon. Fon has built the largest global WiFi network in the world. We have over 650K WiFi access points distributed in many countries with UK, France and Japan being our best markets. Fon is owned by Ebay, Google, BT, Index Ventures, the ...</div> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/nokia-buys-plum.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="reciente_link_3558">Nokia buys Plum</a><span>  | 11 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/nokia-buys-plum.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">1 Comment</a></span></li><div id="reciente_content_3558" class="mostTooltipContent">My good friend Hans Peter Brondmo just told me that he sold Plum, his start up to Nokia and he is moving from San Francisco to Berlin to run it. Nokia seems to be on a quiet buying spree. They already bought a company I invested in Plazes of Felix Petersen and are ...</div> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/aids-is-a-mass-murderer-literally.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="reciente_link_3552">AIDS is a Mass Murderer (literally)</a><span>  | 8 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/aids-is-a-mass-murderer-literally.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">5 Comments</a></span></li><div id="reciente_content_3552" class="mostTooltipContent">I hope the censors at Youtube who freak out when they see some nudity leave this ad because whatever you may think of it, it is worth ...</div> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/verizon-plus-fon-plus-boingo-would-be-a-killer-combination.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="reciente_link_3477">Verizon plus Fon plus Boingo would be a killer combination</a><span>  | 7 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/verizon-plus-fon-plus-boingo-would-be-a-killer-combination.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">No Comments</a></span></li><div id="reciente_content_3477" class="mostTooltipContent">Now that Verizon made a deal with Boingo, a deal with Fon in which Fon is installed in their ADSL and fiber connections would be great for Verizon as a company. First of all, it would lower churn for Verizon as people who have Fon and find Fon when they travel (as it ...</div> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/usa-and-europe-must-learn-from-the-middle-east-pros-the-israelis-the-iranians-and-the-afghan-drug-lords-and-change-policies.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="reciente_link_3525">USA and Europe must learn from the Pros, the Israelis, the Iranians and the Afghan Drug Lords and change policies</a><span>  | 5 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/usa-and-europe-must-learn-from-the-middle-east-pros-the-israelis-the-iranians-and-the-afghan-drug-lords-and-change-policies.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">9 Comments</a></span></li><div id="reciente_content_3525" class="mostTooltipContent">This just appeared in the Huffington Post Iraq, Afghanistan: lessons from the Pros The Iraqi and Afghan military interventions have caused the death of over a million people, have cost trillions of dollars, have greatly weakened the US military, have increased the budget ...</div> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/life-with-h1n1.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="reciente_link_3519">Life with H1N1</a><span>  | 4 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/life-with-h1n1.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">14 Comments</a></span></li><div id="reciente_content_3519" class="mostTooltipContent">I have been reading about the H1N1 flu since it was first reported in Mexico and most likely, so have you. I have been worrying about it since them and to some extent, so have you. But now I have it and you probably don´t and that´s why you may be interested in knowing ...</div> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/the-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="reciente_link_3517">The problem with the US Health Care debate….</a><span>  | 2 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/the-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">8 Comments</a></span></li><div id="reciente_content_3517" class="mostTooltipContent">…is that in America you can´t sell health care reform by telling the truth. The truth would be something like this. “We live in a country that has 50 million people without insurance. This is unfair and immoral. The right thing to do is for all of those ...</div> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="reciente_link_3515">Are you drunk?</a><span>  | 2 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">7 Comments</a></span></li><div id="reciente_content_3515" class="mostTooltipContent">Ok, I am not an expert on this matter. And maybe reading my post is a waste of time as I am sure many other people have given more thought than I have to the issue of drunk driving. But governments around the world spend fortunes trying to find out if people are driving ...</div> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/ideas-while-riding-my-mtb-skype-and-tom-tom.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="reciente_link_3512">Ideas while riding my MTB: Skype and Tom Tom</a><span>  | 1 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/ideas-while-riding-my-mtb-skype-and-tom-tom.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">9 Comments</a></span></li><div id="reciente_content_3512" class="mostTooltipContent">Image via CrunchBase I don´t know why, but I do have my best and worst ideas when I am riding on my mountain bike. A few times a week I get in my car and go to the Sierra de Madrid which is around 30m from my office and ride there. I rarely run into anybody, it is ...</div> </ol> <ol id="leido_list"> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/fon/open-source-sms-alarm-with-la-fonera.html" rel="bookmark" title="%POST_VIEWS% vistas" class="mostTooltipLink" id="leido_link_1">Open source SMS alarm with the Fonera</a><span>  | 29.06.2009%  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/fon/open-source-sms-alarm-with-la-fonera.html#comments" rel="nofollow">2 Comments</a></span><div id="leido_content_%POST_COUNTER" class="mostTooltipContent">I’ve been told about this interesting open source project (article in Spanish) with the Fonera. It consists of an alarm that is activated via an RF emitter (of the kind that are used to open[...]</div></li> </ol> <ol id="comentado_list"> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/wedding-announcement.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3360">Wedding Announcement!</a><span>  | 22 - 7 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/wedding-announcement.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">24 Comments</a></span></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/investments/real-estate-can-still-be-a-hedge.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3411">Real Estate can still be a Hedge</a><span>  | 11 - 8 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/investments/real-estate-can-still-be-a-hedge.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">16 Comments</a></span></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/hacking-japan.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3446">“Hacking” Hokkaido in Japan</a><span>  | 26 - 8 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/hacking-japan.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">15 Comments</a></span></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/life-with-h1n1.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3519">Life with H1N1</a><span>  | 4 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/life-with-h1n1.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">14 Comments</a></span></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/snow-leopard-the-way-apple-moves-makes-microsoft-look-awkward.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3500">Snow Leopard: the way Apple moves makes Microsoft look awkward</a><span>  | 31 - 8 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/snow-leopard-the-way-apple-moves-makes-microsoft-look-awkward.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">13 Comments</a></span></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/buy-a-home-in-the-us-get-a-green-card.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3277">Buy a home in the US get a Green Card</a><span>  | 12 - 7 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/buy-a-home-in-the-us-get-a-green-card.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">15 Comments</a></span></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/usa-and-europe-must-learn-from-the-middle-east-pros-the-israelis-the-iranians-and-the-afghan-drug-lords-and-change-policies.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3525">USA and Europe must learn from the Pros, the Israelis, the Iranians and the Afghan Drug Lords and change policies</a><span>  | 5 - 9 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/usa-and-europe-must-learn-from-the-middle-east-pros-the-israelis-the-iranians-and-the-afghan-drug-lords-and-change-policies.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">9 Comments</a></span></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/launching-the-fonera-20n.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3280">Unveiling the Fonera 2.0n!</a><span>  | 14 - 7 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/launching-the-fonera-20n.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">8 Comments</a></span></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/generational-divide-vis-a-vis-fonera-20n.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3328">Generational Divide vis-à-vis Fonera 2.0n</a><span>  | 16 - 7 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/generational-divide-vis-a-vis-fonera-20n.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">10 Comments</a></span></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/micro/usa-will-recover-sooner-than-europe-because-it-just-tries-harder.html" rel="bookmark" class="mostTooltipLink" id="comentado_link_3385">USA will recover sooner than Europe because it just tries harder</a><span>  | 31 - 7 - 2009  | <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/micro/usa-will-recover-sooner-than-europe-because-it-just-tries-harder.html#postcomment" rel="nofollow">10 Comments</a></span></li> </ol> <div id="comentado_content_3360" class="mostTooltipContent">Nina Wiegand and Martin Varsavsky are getting married today at the Four Seasons in Hualalai. The ceremony will be Hawaiian style and will take place at 6pm Hawaiian time. Friends and family, no reason to dismay at this surprise wedding here alone so far away from you. ...</div> <div id="comentado_content_3411" class="mostTooltipContent">During my business career I have founded 7 companies. The first, and least known, is Urban Capital Corporation, a company that develops and manages real estate in Tribeca, NYC. I started that company while I was at Columbia University together with my partner Len Kahn. ...</div> <div id="comentado_content_3446" class="mostTooltipContent">Nina and I have been to Japan many times. But always to Tokyo, which we love. But on this trip we had a special situation going on. We are working on a significant project related to Fon in Japan, one of these complex deals that takes many people and significant time to ...</div> <div id="comentado_content_3519" class="mostTooltipContent">I have been reading about the H1N1 flu since it was first reported in Mexico and most likely, so have you. I have been worrying about it since them and to some extent, so have you. But now I have it and you probably don´t and that´s why you may be interested in knowing ...</div> <div id="comentado_content_3500" class="mostTooltipContent">I just upgraded to Snow Leopard and it is basically Leopard that runs faster. It is as if you had a BMW 320i and for $29 you get a BMW 325i. Now Microsoft is another story. Microsoft jolts you when they upgrade you. To me the change from XP to Vista was as if you had a ...</div> <div id="comentado_content_3277" class="mostTooltipContent">What is the easiest way to help the credit markets in America? Raising equity. What is the easiest way to raise a trillion dollars in equity for the depressed US real estate market? Giving a green card to any honest citizen from anywhere in the world who buys a home in ...</div> <div id="comentado_content_3525" class="mostTooltipContent">This just appeared in the Huffington Post Iraq, Afghanistan: lessons from the Pros The Iraqi and Afghan military interventions have caused the death of over a million people, have cost trillions of dollars, have greatly weakened the US military, have increased the budget ...</div> <div id="comentado_content_3280" class="mostTooltipContent">Last night at the Village Pub in Silicon Valley (Woodside, CA), we launched the Fonera 2.0n WiFi router – available for sale in Europe (€79) on September 15th and in the US ($99) on October 15th. The Fonera 2.0n is similar to the Fonera 2.0g but has a much more ...</div> <div id="comentado_content_3328" class="mostTooltipContent">I have spent the last two days showing the Fonera 2.0n to key opinion makers in the Valley and with a few exceptions I found a clear generational divide. To people over 40, my contemporaries, the key feature of the new Fonera, namely its ability to upload and download is ...</div> <div id="comentado_content_3385" class="mostTooltipContent">USA is in pain. Serious pain. But after spending all of July travelling around this country visiting places as different as Miami, Sun Valley Idaho, San Francisco, Kona Hawaii, New York City and Southampton in Long Island I think that USA is implementing the necessary ...</div> </div> <div class="date"> Tuesday, September 15 2009 </div> <div class="post" id="post-3595"> <h1><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fonera-2-0n-available-in-usa-and-europe-september-23rd.html" rel="bookmark">Fonera 2.0n available in USA and Europe September 23rd</a></h1> <div class="entry"> <p>With the “share a little WiFi at home and roam the world for free” formula, FON got to be the largest WiFi network in the world – currently at over 650K FON Spots. Now, with the new Fonera 2.0n (802.11n) WiFi router that gives Foneros (FON members) an auto uploader/downloader built-in, FON should reach well over 1 million FON Spots.</p> <p>The Fonera 2.0n is described in the video below. In addition to making you a free, lifetime member in the largest WiFi sharing community on the planet, this is what the Fonera 2.0n does when connected to your favorite hard drive:</p> <p>- downloads torrents on its own so you can arrive home and watch your favorite content (do not download illegal content, there are plenty of legal torrents available, for example www.legaltorrents.com). You can tell the Fonera 2.0n what you want to download from work or school, from your computer or even from your iPhone or Android.</p> <p>-downloads from Rapidshare.</p> <p>-downloads from Megaupload.</p> <p>-downloads from any site with a file to download, like the latest Ubuntu version.</p> <p>-uploads videos to YouTube. Send them over WiFi to the Fonera and the Fonera sends those HD monsters to YouTube, freeing up your laptop for the next hours.</p> <p>-uploads those high quality pictures that take forever to Flickr, or Picasa or even Facebook.</p> <p>-offers large files for your friends to download.</p> <p>-prints via WiFi. It sends music to your amplifier via WiFi. It connects to a webcam so you can know what is going on at home. It works with DynDNS.</p> <p>-converts 3G to WiFi like the MiFi.</p> <p>-twitters! The fonera is the first gadget to tweet itself. You open an account for your Fonera and the Fonera tells you what it is doing, like “Your video is in YouYube,” or “Somebody connected to your WiFi signal.”</p> <p>And of course, the Fonera 2.0n is N (802.11n), which means faster WiFi at greater distances. Lastly, if you don’t like to share WiFi and just want to have the Fonera 2.0n all for yourself, or you don’t believe you will make money offering WiFi to others, you can disconnect the FON function altogether…and we will still like you <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley"/> . But before doing that, you should know that Foneros who share their FON Spot earn on average 6 Euros in revenue (over 8 US Dollars a year), which means your Fonera 2.0n just might end up paying for itself and then some.</p> <p><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S7ZXcVQcm4Q&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130oe_/http://www.youtube.com/v/S7ZXcVQcm4Q&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></p> <p>More in depth video</p> <p><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4gUt991_ANM&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130oe_/http://www.youtube.com/v/4gUt991_ANM&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p> <div id="mainphotoarea"></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-right"> <div class="tweetmeme_button" style=""><iframe src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130if_/http://api.tweetmeme.com/button.js?url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Ffonera-2-0n-available-in-usa-and-europe-september-23rd.html&source=martinvars&style=normal" height="61" width="50" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-left"> <p class="info">Posted on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/category/general" title="View all posts in General" rel="category tag">General</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/category/new-ideas" title="View all posts in New Ideas" rel="category tag">New Ideas</a>   |   12:06 pm   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-comments.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Comments"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fonera-2-0n-available-in-usa-and-europe-september-23rd.html#comments">Comments(7)</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-trackbacks.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Trackbacks"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fonera-2-0n-available-in-usa-and-europe-september-23rd.html#trackbacks">Trackbacks(2)</a>   </p> <p class="send"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/?p=3595&akst_action=share-this" onclick="akst_share('3595', 'http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Ffonera-2-0n-available-in-usa-and-europe-september-23rd.html', 'Fonera+2.0n+available+in+USA+and+Europe+September+23rd'); 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Fon has built the largest global WiFi network in the world. We have over 650K WiFi access points distributed in many countries with UK, France and Japan being our best markets. Fon is owned by Ebay, Google, BT, Index Ventures, the management and some other small investors who have invested a total of 36 million euros in the company. The basic idea behind Fon is that “you share a little wifi at home and you roam the world for free connecting to other Fon routers known as Foneras”. Fon´s revenues come from people who do not share wifi at home yet they find Fon WiFi signal and want to use it. Fon operates alone or in partnerships with telcos such as <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.btfon.com/">BTFon</a>, or <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://neufwifi.sfr.fr/communaute-neufwifi/fon/">SFRfon</a> and many others. After 3 years of operation Fon is becoming a profitable company in the last quarter of this year.</p> <p>Now Ubiquisys makes Femto cells. Femto cells are a great idea. Its the same concept as a Fonera meaning a box that is connected to ADSL/Cable/Fiber internet on one side and sends wireless signal on the other. Except that the wireless signal is 3G, not WiFi.</p> <p>So you can see a match in the making here. And this is what is going on.</p> <p>Fon and Ubiquisys have entered a strategic partnership to develop the first “Femto Fonera”, which will provide mobile 3G data and voice access from a wireline broadband connection. You can share this 3G signal securely with other Femto Foneros, just like you share your wifi with the other Foneras. Apart from experiencing high quality voice and data connectivity at thousands of community hotspots, Femto Foneros could also enjoy tariff discounts from their mobile operator.</p> <p>The Femto Fonera is a cost effective way to increase 3G coverage indoors and enable high bandwidth applications which are not possible through the traditional cellular network. It can also be used in public spaces without interfering with the operator’s macro network.</p> <p>Ubiquisys is currently the number 1 femtocell vendor. Their ZoneGate femtocell offers the best performance of any femtocell, it is the smallest and it consumes very little energy. The Femto Foneras, like the femtocells, will require no setup, they will have no buttons and require no admin software. They will be supplied through a specific mobile operator which would be providing the spectrum. The Femto Foneras will detect the user’s presence, which opens up many possibilities for location based applications and services. <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/May2009/A_Femtocell_Application_for_Android_Phones.html">This Android app</a>, for example, changes the home screen and the applications available when you enter your home and the phone seamlessly connects to the femtocell. Fon and Ubiquisys are in talks with several mobile operators to evaluate the Femto Fonera concept.</p> <p>Here is the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://wiki.fon.com/mediawiki/images/0/06/PR_20090915_FON_and_Ubiquisys_to_Develop_Femto_Fonera_EN.pdf">full press release.</a></p> <div id="mainphotoarea"></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-right"> <div class="tweetmeme_button" style=""><iframe src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130if_/http://api.tweetmeme.com/button.js?url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Ffon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html&source=martinvars&style=normal" height="61" width="50" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-left"> <p class="info">Posted on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/category/general" title="View all posts in General" rel="category tag">General</a>   |   10:23 am   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-comments.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Comments"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html#comments">Comments(0)</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-trackbacks.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Trackbacks"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html#trackbacks">Trackbacks(2)</a>   </p> <p class="send"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/?p=3554&akst_action=share-this" onclick="akst_share('3554', 'http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Ffon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html', 'Fon+and+Ubiquisys+partner+to+develop+a+%26%238220%3BFemto+Fonera%26%238221%3B'); return false;" title="Enviar a del.icio.us, menéame, por e-mail, etc." id="akst_link_3554" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow" style="padding: 1px 0 3px 22px;">Share This</a>   |   <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html/email/" title="E-Mail This" rel="nofollow"><img class="WP-EmailIcon" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/plugins/wp-email/images/email.gif" alt="E-Mail This" title="E-Mail This" style="border: 0px;"/></a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html/email/" title="E-Mail This" rel="nofollow">E-Mail This</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-technorati.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Technorati"/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.technorati.com/search/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html">Other blog comments</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-digg.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Digg"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html">Digg</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-reddit.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Reddit"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-and-ubiquisys-partner-to-develop-a-femto-fonera.html">Reddit</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="date"> Friday, September 11 2009 </div> <div class="post" id="post-3558"> <h1><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/nokia-buys-plum.html" rel="bookmark">Nokia buys Plum</a></h1> <div class="entry"> <p>My good friend Hans Peter Brondmo just told me that he sold <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.plum.com/">Plum</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1340931">his start up to Nokia</a> and he is moving from San Francisco to Berlin to run it. Nokia seems to be on a quiet buying spree. They already bought a company I invested in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.plazes.com/">Plazes</a> of Felix Petersen and are looking at many other players in related areas.</p> <p>Nokia has also made another move that makes sense and is to concentrate social media activities in Berlin. I don´t know if Europe will ever have its Silicon Valley but if it does Berlin will be a contender. It is a fascinating city with a multilingual population in a country that from what I have seen produces the best programmers in Europe and some of the best in the world. Without offending anybody else who works at our company, whenever something really complicated goes wrongly at Fon it is a German programmer who gets us out of the problem. And Berlin is extremely affordable as a city. Living there costs less than in Madrid or any other major European capital. 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Not being at home much is often cited as a reason to interrupt broadband service. Secondly, it would increase ARPU for Verizon because when ATT, Comcast and Time Warner cable users connect to the second SSID of the Verizon WiFi routers, they would make more revenues per ADSL/fiber line as carriers who team up with Fon do. Thirdly it would slow price erosion for their broadband offering as value perception increases in customers who can pay at home and connect everywhere. Other advantages are that the coverage of Fon’s mostly residential wifi network (coming out of residential boxes) would be complementary to Boingo´s commercial network, and Verizon would have an incredible WiFi offering to compete with ATT´s in mobile.</p> <p>An increasing number of powerful, affordable mobile devices are entering the market and allowing users to run increasingly data intensive applications. 3G makes sense for light data applications such as email and web browsing, but it is not commercially viable for applications requiring large data transfers such as watching movies on smartphones when customers are on flat data plans. Mobile operators can reduce capex on 3G networks and overcome their speed and throughput limitations by offloading data traffic onto wifi networks. This is one of the advantages that E-Plus, the 18 million subscriber German mobile operator, saw in <a href="/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/fon-partners-with-e-plus-the-18-million-customer-german-mobile-operator.html">partnering with Fon</a>. Also as an example, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://gigaom.com/2009/08/20/with-iphone-wi-fi-use-grows-on-att-networks/">AT&T has quickly seen the importance of wifi</a> as part of a good user experience with smartphones, having sold the pioneering iPhone. 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In short it´s been a disaster. As a result while calling to an end of the intervention was the home of “the weak” (i.e. the Dems according to the Republicans) now “the brave” as well are asking for withdrawals. As criticism of the US and European policies in the Middle East grows this article looks at how the failed policies in the region could be reshaped by learning from those who have managed to do suprisingly well for themselves in this troubled part of the world: the Israelis, the Iranians and the Afghan drug lords.</p> <p>Lessons from Israel</p> <p>First allied forces should emulate the strategy of Israel to deal with terrorism by ending occupation in South Lebanon and Gaza, by ending occupation in Afghanistan and Irak while keeping key bases in the region from which to retaliate should it be necessary. Israel tried and failed with occupation. It found it too costly, inhumane and inefficient. In the end it withdrew or separated with a wall from all occupied territories. Israel’s new strategy is to stay away from areas where terrorists are but to always stand ready to retaliate when attacked from them. As controversial as it is, retaliatory, short lived invasions as the ones of Lebanon and Gaza, rather than permanent occupation, work best at deterring Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel has not solved the conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah but the death toll has dwindled to the lowest levels ever on both sides in 09. History has shown again that military interventions are much easier than occupations. Why insist?</p> <p>Lessons from Iran</p> <p>Secondly US/EU should learn from Iran and emulate their tactics but of course, in favor of peace. What Iran does best is to influence Middle Eastern nations by proxy. Iran provides key donations and training in areas that improve people’s lifestyles and wins their approval for their own objectives which unfortunately are not peaceful. Many Lebanese and most Palestinians now love the Iranians for the help they receive for schools, hospitals, job creation and a vision for the future. We should emulate the Iranians but finance an alternative Muslim lifestyle that is compatible with peace. We should also fund better schooling, housing, jobs and health but along the proposals of Jordan not Iran. Our opportunity here is to work with the very able King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan. If we only endowed a foundation led by the King and Queen with a fraction of what we are spending in the war efforts we could outspend and outsmart the Iranians at their own strategy and win good will for a future based on cooperation. The GDP of Iran is a third of that of Spain. We can do much better if we help our allies in the region help everyone else.</p> <p>Lessons from the Drug Lords</p> <p>Lastly and sadly, in Afghanistan we must learn from the Afghan drug lords who are the only ones who seem to thrive in this horrible conflict. Allied forces in Afghanistan must understand that the war in that country is mainly about drugs which make 1/3 of the country´s GDP. We should also accept the unfortunate truth that if it were not for Europe and USA drug consumerism, drug lords would have no income. It is our mental health problems that finance their drug traffic. We are mainly responsible for it. Drug lords finance their wars against us with our money. How? They buy drug crops at very low prices and collect market prices from our consumers of drugs in Europe and USA through their mafias. What is the solution? What we should do is buy all the drug crops from Afghan peasants directly from them outbidding drug lords and cutting them out of the value chain. After we have the crops we should simply destroy them. Interestingly peasants in drug producing nations such as Colombia or Afghanistan get a tiny fraction of the end value of drugs, drug lords make a living by collecting the spread between what they buy the crops at and what they sell them for as drugs in our markets. But we must get in that market and neutralize their income without hurting the peasants. Another similar solution that is costly but “very European” is to imitate the Common European Agricultural Policy of subsidies to Afghanistan. By paying a surplus for each Afghan sheep and cow we will make it more profitable for Afghans to raise cattle than growing drug crops. This would have the appeal of ending the drug crops altogether. But whatever we do we can’t fight the livelihood of most of the population if we want to stabilize the country. People must make a living and the drug lords provide one.</p> <p>Follow Martin Varsavsky on Twitter: www.twitter.com/martinvars</p> <div id="mainphotoarea"></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-right"> <div class="tweetmeme_button" style=""><iframe src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130if_/http://api.tweetmeme.com/button.js?url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Fusa-and-europe-must-learn-from-the-middle-east-pros-the-israelis-the-iranians-and-the-afghan-drug-lords-and-change-policies.html&source=martinvars&style=normal" height="61" width="50" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-left"> <p class="info">Posted on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/category/general" title="View all posts in General" rel="category tag">General</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/category/middle-east" title="View all posts in Middle East" rel="category tag">Middle East</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/category/new-ideas" title="View all posts in New Ideas" rel="category tag">New Ideas</a>   |   12:19 pm   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-comments.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Comments"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/usa-and-europe-must-learn-from-the-middle-east-pros-the-israelis-the-iranians-and-the-afghan-drug-lords-and-change-policies.html#comments">Comments(9)</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-trackbacks.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Trackbacks"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/usa-and-europe-must-learn-from-the-middle-east-pros-the-israelis-the-iranians-and-the-afghan-drug-lords-and-change-policies.html#trackbacks">Trackbacks(3)</a>   </p> <p class="send"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/?p=3525&akst_action=share-this" onclick="akst_share('3525', 'http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Fusa-and-europe-must-learn-from-the-middle-east-pros-the-israelis-the-iranians-and-the-afghan-drug-lords-and-change-policies.html', 'USA+and+Europe+must+learn+from+the+Pros%2C+the+Israelis%2C+the+Iranians+and+the+Afghan+Drug+Lords+and+change+policies'); 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I have been worrying about it since them and to some extent, so have you. But now I have it and you probably don´t and that´s why you may be interested in knowing what is like. </p> <p>How is it to have “swine flu”? Well in my case it started as a cold but in a few hours it degenerated into a nasty flu with high fever and all sort of aches throughout the body, especially in the chest. When I called my doctor in Madrid and told him what was going on, he advised me not to come to the hospital as they are concerned about patients like me going into the hospital and making others sick. While I could understand the policy of keeping sick people at home, the “have somebody pick up the <a class="zem_slink freebase/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000003ca200" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseltamivir" title="Oseltamivir" rel="wikipedia">Tamiflu</a>” proposition left me somewhat surprised. Especially since I wanted to get a confirmation that I did have H1N1. My offer to send him some saliva a la <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.23andme.com/">23andme</a> fashion was politely refused. Flu I learned, it´s a social disease. You do not have one person with flu and flu is always part of an epidemic. And right now, still in the summer, the little flu there is H1N1, especially considering that in the last week I have been flying through the world´s busiest airports. So no going to the hospital and no test. Testing was done on patients that were in bad enough shape to end up at the hospital (a policy that probably leads to tremendous under reporting of the disease). I was also confused about the other piece of advise “if things get out of hand do come and check in at the hospital”. Out of hand in what sense I asked? Not being able to breath was one example. Mmmm. Not being able to breathe, I wonder how I could make it to the hospital in that condition. But whatever I decided to follow my doctor´s advise and hope for the best. </p> <p>After talking to the doctor yesterday my fever kept rising, all the way up to 38.5C in spite of the heavy dosis of Paracetamol I was taking. And I couldn´t stop coughing. During the early afternoon I started taking cold medication and Tamiflu. Now a day and a half later, the good news, is that I am doing considerably better. Fever is around 37.5C and all symptoms are back to what I would call a normal flu. I am in bad shape but no worse than you have been in the past when you had any flu. </p> <p>Was it the Tamiflu that made it turn around so quickly or my own immune system? Frankly I don´t know but whatever it is it is nice to be able to say a few words without coughing, a novelty of the last few hours. </p> <p>Interestingly nobody around me got the flu so far. Nor Leo, Tom, Isa, Nina who were all with me. Nor people who work with me. In any case I am now keeping considerable distance from the few people I see. Wash my hands frequently and where a special 3M mask when others are around.</p> <p>Update at 10pm: now the symptoms have gone from being severe and nasty, to being those of a normal flu, to being those of a normal cold. I am doing much better than last night. If this is all there is to the “swine flu” I would summarize it as 12 very tough hours. 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The truth would be something like this. </p> <p>“We live in a country that has 50 million people without insurance. This is unfair and immoral. The right thing to do is for all of those who have insurance to get slightly worse medical care, so everyone can be insured. And that is what people do in other countries. And that is what we should do here.”</p> <p>But solidarity does not sell well in a country where the 80% of people who have insurance don´t really care about the 20% who don´t. To use a public transport analysis what is going on here is that as 20% more passengers board the train some people may have to ride standing up. But the passengers in the train don´t want more passengers. They don´t care if the others have to walk. So then, aware of this Obama paints the plan in a too optimistic fashion, by telling the 80% who are insured that everything will be the same for them. And the vested interests in the status quo nail him because that´s just no the case.</p> <p>In democracies it is very hard to pass measures that improve things for minorities because democracies are the rule of the majority and if the majority is better off, they just don´t care enough about the minority.</p> <div id="mainphotoarea"></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-right"> <div class="tweetmeme_button" style=""><iframe src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130if_/http://api.tweetmeme.com/button.js?url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Fthe-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html&source=martinvars&style=normal" height="61" width="50" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-left"> <p class="info">Posted on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/category/general" title="View all posts in General" rel="category tag">General</a>   |   7:52 pm   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-comments.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Comments"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/the-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html#comments">Comments(8)</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-trackbacks.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Trackbacks"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/the-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html#trackbacks_url">Trackbacks(0)</a>   </p> <p class="send"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/?p=3517&akst_action=share-this" onclick="akst_share('3517', 'http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Fthe-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html', 'The+problem+with+the+US+Health+Care+debate%26%238230%3B.'); return false;" title="Enviar a del.icio.us, menéame, por e-mail, etc." id="akst_link_3517" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow" style="padding: 1px 0 3px 22px;">Share This</a>   |   <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/the-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html/email/" title="E-Mail This" rel="nofollow"><img class="WP-EmailIcon" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/plugins/wp-email/images/email.gif" alt="E-Mail This" title="E-Mail This" style="border: 0px;"/></a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/the-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html/email/" title="E-Mail This" rel="nofollow">E-Mail This</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-technorati.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Technorati"/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.technorati.com/search/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/the-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html">Other blog comments</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-digg.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Digg"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/the-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html">Digg</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-reddit.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Reddit"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/the-problem-with-the-us-health-care-debate.html">Reddit</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post" id="post-3515"> <h1><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html" rel="bookmark">Are you drunk?</a></h1> <div class="entry"> <p>Ok, I am not an expert on this matter. And maybe reading my post is a waste of time as I am sure many other people have given more thought than I have to the issue of drunk driving. But governments around the world spend fortunes trying to find out if people are driving drunk by randomly stopping them and testing them. This leads to enormous amounts of lawsuits and all sorts of miseries. And while I think the intentions are excellent and drunk driving is the cause of an incredible amount of death maybe some of their efforts are misguided. What society should really want to know is not if a person is a dangerous driver. And the two are not exactly related. Take my case. I am a terrible drinker. I rarely drink. When I do is a glass of wine. The few times I have had 3 glasses of wine during dinner I got drunk, silly smiles, poor coordination and all. And wine is all I drink, no beer which I dislike, nor hard liquor that except when greatly diluted in fruit juice, I also dislike. Gin? Ron? Tequila? Vodka? Not for me. My body seems to have very little tolerance for alcohol. So what I am trying to say here is that while I could pass alcohol tests better than my friends as I drink much less, I know that my friends can drive much better than I can after drinking, say, 2 glasses of wine. I am very sensitive to alcohol. The point of drinking and driving is not to find out how much you drink but how well you can drive. If that is the case how about testing THAT. For example my neighborhood in Madrid is full of speed bumps. How about replacing those with serpentines that not only would slow you down but also be very hard to navigate when drunk? Or how about having cars make you do a simple coordination test in order to turn on? What we would like to know is not how much people drink but if their reflexes and ability to drive is still there. And this could be tested for all drivers in 30 seconds before they get going. In that sense the tests they used to do in the States when I live there made more sense. They did not test you for alcohol but made you walk tight rope style on the road dividing line. At least they were testing coordination and that relates more to driving than alcohol itself.</p> <div id="mainphotoarea"></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-right"> <div class="tweetmeme_button" style=""><iframe src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130if_/http://api.tweetmeme.com/button.js?url=http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Fare-you-drunk.html&source=martinvars&style=normal" height="61" width="50" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div> </div> <div class="metainfo-bottom-left"> <p class="info">Posted on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/category/general" title="View all posts in General" rel="category tag">General</a>   |   11:54 am   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-comments.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Comments"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html#comments">Comments(7)</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-trackbacks.gif" width="11" height="9" border="0" alt="Trackbacks"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html#trackbacks_url">Trackbacks(0)</a>   </p> <p class="send"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/?p=3515&akst_action=share-this" onclick="akst_share('3515', 'http%3A%2F%2Fenglish.martinvarsavsky.net%2Fgeneral%2Fare-you-drunk.html', 'Are+you+drunk%3F'); return false;" title="Enviar a del.icio.us, menéame, por e-mail, etc." id="akst_link_3515" class="akst_share_link" rel="nofollow" style="padding: 1px 0 3px 22px;">Share This</a>   |   <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html/email/" title="E-Mail This" rel="nofollow"><img class="WP-EmailIcon" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/plugins/wp-email/images/email.gif" alt="E-Mail This" title="E-Mail This" style="border: 0px;"/></a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html/email/" title="E-Mail This" rel="nofollow">E-Mail This</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-technorati.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Technorati"/><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.technorati.com/search/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html">Other blog comments</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-digg.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Digg"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html">Digg</a>   |   <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/wp-content/themes/martinvars_en_v4/images/icon-reddit.gif" width="16" height="16" border="0" alt="Reddit"/> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/are-you-drunk.html">Reddit</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="date"> Tuesday, September 1 2009 </div> <div class="post" id="post-3512"> <h1><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/general/ideas-while-riding-my-mtb-skype-and-tom-tom.html" rel="bookmark">Ideas while riding my MTB: Skype and Tom Tom</a></h1> <div class="entry"> <div class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; display: block;"> <div> <dl style="width: 115px;" class="wp-caption alignright"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.crunchbase.com/company/skype"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130im_/http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0000/1387/1387v1-max-450x450.png" alt="Image representing Skype as depicted in CrunchBase" title="Image representing Skype as depicted in CrunchBase" height="47" width="105"/></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Image via <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.crunchbase.com/">CrunchBase</a></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <p>I don´t know why, but I do have my best and worst ideas when I am riding on my mountain bike. A few times a week I get in my car and go to the Sierra de Madrid which is around 30m from my office and ride there. I rarely run into anybody, it is incredible vast and empty. If you look a the population density map of Spain you will see that Madrid is an island of people in a sea of nada. And I love riding in the “nada”. So I go there, frequently alone. I ride on my bike and I start….thinking. What else? And I have wild thoughts. It´s kind of dreaming awake. Many don´t make much sense but some do. </p> <p>All this intro was meant to tell that I just came back from riding my bike and this is what I thought that may be worthwhile. I was wondering why would my friends and partners in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://fon.com/" title="Fon" rel="homepage">Fon</a> (Danny, Mike, Janus, Niklas) buy <a class="zem_slink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://www.skype.com/" title="Skype" rel="homepage">Skype</a> again. I know they all became rich thanks to Skype but why risk being poorer thanks to Skype. So first thing I thought is what would I do to Skype to make enough money to justify its super high price. And my IDEA was, an alliance with Google. How would this work? Well, Google is great at convincing people to do new things that they did not know they wanted to do. And some of them are quite negative but they do them in the end because the reward is greater than the pain. By pain I mean advertising. So Google has convinced millions that Gmail is a great product, never mind that Google´s computers read your emails in search for words that may induce you to buy something that is related to your email. So if I write to Nina, why don´t we go to Ibiza this weekend, her email will come with ads of hotels in Ibiza, restaurants in Ibiza, flights to Ibiza. And tens of millions of people get these every day. And tens of millions of people don´t mind. </p> <p>Now think of Skype. Why not do the same with voice technology and chat? People chat, you give them contextual ads. People say things, you listen to what they say and give them contextual ads. If they put up with this in Gmail why not in Skype? And all of a sudden Skype would be worth a lot more. So that´s the first idea.</p> <p>The second idea concerns <a class="zem_slink" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090916092130/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_tom" title="Tom tom" rel="wikipedia">Tom Tom</a>, a great company that in my view is now facing serious if not terminal threat from Smartphones. I go around the world, literally, even in Japan, using Google Maps in my Blackberry or iPhone (there is no clear winner, I carry both). I don´t go around the world carrying a Tom Tom navigator. Why? Other than the fact that many times when I check Google Maps I am walking and not in a car it´s all because of search. Now how could Tom Tom bring search to its devices? Using Smartphones. I like the big screen of the Tom Tom. I would like for the Tom Tom though to be integrated with Google Maps, not for display but for search. For display Tom Tom technology is still better. So I would like to be able to search in my Blackberry, send the result over Bluetooth to my Tom Tom and then have the Tom Tom guide me. It´s all about search and input. It´s at that level that Google Maps kills Tom Tom. Oh and I forgot about traffic info. 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