Wednesday, April 23, 2008
WM6.1 Satellite Phone Reference Design Unveiled
Posted by Janak Parekh in "Pocket PC Hardware" @ 09:00 AM
"The dreamers, they have their dreams. One of the big dreams for 2009-10, it seems, is new, hybrid satellite/cellular phones that work everywhere, but don't look like Cro-Magnon rock-hewing tools. MSV's Lost-style handset is supposedly coming in 2010, but it may be beaten to market by Elektrobit's sleek Windows Mobile satellite phone, which is supposedly arriving in 2009 and looks like a Motorola Q. The most striking feature of the Elektrobit device is its antenna: it doesn't seem to have one. This is a slim, light (4.7 x 2.5 x .8" HWD) phone...Or that's the plan, at least: this is a reference design, and the satellites aren't up in the air yet."
Well, color me impressed. This is the first satellite phone I've seen that's not ugly. It's about time that satphones catch up to the miniaturization of the rest of the industry. Well, in theory at least -- until this network is launched. I would assume that battery life would suffer in satellite mode, but it's a start.
Well, color me impressed. This is the first satellite phone I've seen that's not ugly. It's about time that satphones catch up to the miniaturization of the rest of the industry. Well, in theory at least -- until this network is launched. I would assume that battery life would suffer in satellite mode, but it's a start.
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