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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   in article 1130421465.073239.90870@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,   
   gregzywicki@cs.com at gregzywicki@cs.com wrote on 10/27/05 6:57 AM:   
      
   >   
   > Cory C. Albrecht wrote:   
   >> In article <1129904267.307243.189610@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, "rick++"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>> Cell phones in IM mode are pretty close to   
   >>> what was an original Communicator.   
   >>   
   >> No, IM is text based, which communicators weren't.   
   >>   
   >> Cell phones with voice recognition ("Call Bob's mobile") or the   
   >> network-based VR of some carriers are the start of Trek communicators   
   >> but you still have to have programmed it all in yourself. When you can   
   >> say "Call Bob's mobile" without having to have known Bob's number   
   >> beforehand, then we will be their.   
   >   
   > Bah...they were just two-way radios that worked form very far away.   
   > You had hailling frequencies, and you had the landing party's   
   > frequency, and ground to ship, and   
   > that's about it.  I don't recall any point to point com   
   >   
   > Greg Zywicki   
   >   
   Yes, they did point to point.  In fact, I'm sure they did point to point in   
   the very first aired episode, THE MAN TRAP.  I believe this is the exchange:   
      
   Set.   
   Acknowledged.   
      
   I'm pretty sure they do it in SHORE LEAVE after they lose contact with the   
   ship.   
      
   Now, a fair question would be if they ever did point to point when the Big E   
   wasn't up there, arguably acting as a relay.   
      
   The likely suspects would be FRIDAY'S CHILD and THAT WHICH SURVIVES.   
      
      
      
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