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Nokia keeps pushing on the Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) front, announcing its new 6301 handset should land in Europe later this year. The idea behind UMA phones is to offer seamless transitions between WLAN technologies like Wi-Fi and mobile access via GSM and 3G mobile networks. The multimode technologies enable users to integrate their land-line and mobile lives in a single handset. European mobile operator Orange will be one of the first to offer the 6301 later this year for about €230.
Mobile operator T-Mobile has taken its HotSpot @Home program nationwide, combining VoIP calling via Wi-Fi networks with traditional cellular phone service—with seamless transitions between the two. The service relies on dual-mode phones which combine GSM and Wi-Fi capabilities, with the general intention that the services complement each other in areas where one service is weak: Wi-Fi often offers good coverage inside buildings, while traditional GSM cellular service is often accessible in public places and on the road. And by using VoIP calling, mobile users aren’t consuming precious minutes, and T-Mobile doesn’t incur the costs of transmitting call data over its own network.
At Nokia’s Capital Days event in Amsterdam today, the world’s largest mobile phone maker announced four new handset models—and unlike many recent Nokia announcements which target the high end of the mobile ecosystem, these new units aim squarely at the mid-range and (in one case) the entry levels of the cellular phone market. “These new products underscore our commitment to offer a range of mobile phones that give consumers a choice in selecting the right balance of technology and design to meet their lifestyle and budget,” said Kai Oistamo, Nokia’s Executive VP and General Manager in a statement. The question is when (and if) these models will be picked up by North American wireless operators?
Finland’s market-leading mobile phone maker Nokia already claims to be the world’s largest manufacturer of digital music players, since it shipped more than 15 million music-enabled devices during the second quarter of 2006, and 45 million during 2005. Now, the company wants a bigger foothold in he mobile music business: Nokia announced today it has entered an agreement to aquire digital music distributor Loudeye for $60 million. Loudeye carries a licensed music catalog of over 1.6 million tracks from major and independent music distributors.
The Loudeye acquisition paves the way for Nokia to offer users a complete, end-to-end mobile music “experience,” including Nokia-made mobile devices, applications, and the capability to purchase digital music.
Nokia, the world’s largest mobile handsetmaker, announced today that it is conducting a small, two-month trail of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) calling over Wireless LAN technology wit 50 families in in the northern Finnish city of Oulu. The trial uses Nokia 6136 handsets (Finnish) and enables users to make phone calls over the Internet when they’re in range of unlicensed wireless networks like Bluetooth or Wi-Fi access points.
“UMA technology truly brings simplicity in the usage of voice over IP,” says Peter Ropke, Nokia’s Senior Vice President of Mobile Phones R&D. “This pilot project is an important step forward in bringing functional UMA technology to the mass market. Both operators and consumers will be able to garner the benefits of this new technology.”
Mobile phone maker Nokia today unveiled three new handset models at the 3GSM World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain, including a new mid-range 3G cameraphone Nokia expects may be one of its largest-selling models ever, along with a new model which can user wireless Internet technology to make phone calls over the Internet, bypassing traditional mobile networks.
The collaboration is a result of growing demand for UMA Technology, the standard for fixed-mobile convergence, from network service providers around the world.
BenQ’s P50 Pocket PC phone is the first product from this collaboration. The P50 is a quad-band GSM/GPRS product with an integrated 802.11b Wi-Fi radio and UMA Client Software from Kineto. The P50 also has an integrated QWERTY keyboard and a complete Microsoft Windows for Pocket PC Phone environment including Windows Media 9 capabilities.
The companies intend the P50 to support volume UMA deployments in 2005. The UMA-enabled P50 will be demonstrated in Kineto’s booth at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France February 14-17, 2005.
The Tecra A3 incorporates the next-generation Intel Centrino Mobile Technology (formerly codenamed Sonoma). This new technology is built around Intel Pentium M processors with 533 MHz front side bus, integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 BG Network Connection (802.11 b/g wireless LAN) and the new Mobile Intel 915 Express Chipset (formerly codenamed Alviso). This combination of features enables the Tecra A3 to deliver better performance with improved wireless and mobile security options.
Optimized for the battery life and performance demands of mobile computing, the Gateway M210 notebook line includes an Intel Celeron M processor or Intel® Centrino Mobile Technology with an Intel Pentium M processor. To take advantage of wireless computing at home, school, hotels and other WiFi Hot Spots, the Gateway M210 offers integrated 802.11g wireless. Rounding out its communications capabilities, the Gateway M210 also includes Intel 10/100Mbps Ethernet and a 56K V.92 modem.
From the press release:
This corporate desktop replacement is rich with new features and the latest technologies for the serious business professional.
“Enabled with the latest in Intel® Centrino
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