3G. Wireless Communication Solutions

Samsung’s UMA mobile phone, which is considered the first of its kind in the world. The leading cell phone company has kicked up to hit the Italian market with this newest phone.

Based on fixed-mobile convergence standard, the UMA mobile phone enables handsets to switch from using a cell network to VoIP over Wi-Fi without users intervention.

The Samsung SGH-P200 VoIP phone carries GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 802.11 b/g. Its weight is 95gram with 80MB of flash onboard. It has a 1.3 mega pixel camera and can play back MP3 and AAC.

At the VON Europe conference in Stockholm, Nokia introduced a new software upgrade for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. The upgraded features of the introduced OS 2006 edition include support for rich Internet communications, including pre-installed Google Talk - all on a portable broadband mobile device. Google Talk is Google’s free instant messaging service that enables people to chat and make calls through the Internet.

In addition to Google Talk, which is based on open standards and is compatible with all instant messaging clients that support Jabber/XMPP, the tablet also offers Google as the default search provider, making it even easier for users to get the information they need quickly and easily.

The upgraded Internet Tablet software platform can also support SIP based VoIP solutions for broadband business benefit. Standalone software applications, like the popular Gizmo Project by SIPPhone, is planned to be available for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. The Gizmo Project has a rich feature set including the capability to make and receive calls from public telephony networks.

The Internet Tablet OS 2006 edition which is based on popular desktop Linux and Open Source technologies is planned to be available during the second quarter of 2006 in selected countries in Europe and the Americas. It is downloadable free of charge from the Internet.

The upgraded device is expected to knock out for about €370 (US$470)

For more detail go to Nokia.com