Elon musk just keeps moving the bar pushing boundaries.

Dec 30, 2024
8:52:07pm

Lifi All-American

Elon Musk has done it: iPhones and Android smartphones can now use his satellites to make calls anywhere on Earth - Jason Deegan

After revolutionizing global internet access, Elon Musk’s Starlink is poised to take smartphone connectivity to the next level. The ambitious satellite service will soon enable users ... Continue Reading →

https://jasondeegan.com/elon-musk-has-done-it-iphones-and-android-smartphones-can-now-use-his-satellites-to-make-calls-anywhere-on-earth/[https://jasondeegan.com/elon-musk-has-done-it-iphones-and-android-smartphones-can-now-use-his-satellites-to-make-calls-anywhere-on-earth/#]

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Elon musk just keeps moving the bar pushing boundaries.

Lifi

12/30/24 8:52pm

Would this mean I could use my phone on a cruise ship and not get killed with fees from the cruise line/carrier?

byuluvr

12/30/24 8:56pm

If you have starlink

Lifi

12/30/24 8:57pm

And you're not in your cabin? My guess is that it wouldn't work inside your cabin?

HarlemCoug

12/30/24 9:06pm

In some ways I appreciate that the cruise internet fees are high

AF Cougar

12/30/24 9:06pm

I'd still be disconnected the majority of the time but I've had a couple times I wish I could take a call.

byuluvr

12/30/24 9:09pm

I hear that some of the cruise lines are confiscating the star link receiver.

Eddie

12/30/24 9:16pm

I can't wait for the Musk phone. Can't come soon enough.

HarlemCoug

12/30/24 9:06pm

I think they will start with tmobile serviced phones

jwf

12/30/24 9:50pm

I'm listening to his fascinating biography this week.

squidmark

12/30/24 9:17pm

Me too. I'm where Eberhard failed to list him as a founder.

YSMACK

12/30/24 9:26pm

I just got past that today, too

squidmark

12/30/24 9:28pm

So in an emergency we don't need ham radio because cell phones would still work?

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