Elektrobit demoed at CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment, web browsing and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calling
- on the industry's first-ever dual-mode satellite-terrestrial HSPA
smartphone reference design.
The Windows Mobile phone connects to Wi-Fi, AT&T's 3G network or a satellite network when it has to.The phone provides connectivity indoors, outdoor and any where there is a satelite connection.
By demonstrating voice/data applications on its
reference platform, EB is ensuring that original equipment
manufacturers/original device manufacturers (OEMs/ODMs) can more
rapidly and cost-effectively provide next-generation wireless
technologies that deliver today's most critical and exciting end-user
features.
The key attributes of the desgins include.
- The
world's first quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA/HSPA smartphone with
integrated all-IP satellite-terrestrial voice and data capabilities; - The first satellite-terrestrial smartphone with no external antenna; making for an ultra sleek, modernized form factor design;
- The only fully IP-based satellite phone using high-speed packet data;
- The first satellite-terrestrial smartphone with a touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard;
- The
first satellite-terrestrial smartphone based on Windows Mobile
operating system, with planned service offerings, including: SMS, MMS,
IM, Email, Push to Talk and Location Based Services (LBS). - They also showed a modem
that does all that for a notebook computer too.
'Earlier
this year, we unveiled our initial prototype of the
satellite-terrestrial reference design platform - from a design aspect,
and now we are demonstrating the critical voice/data capabilities that
will transform the design into a 'working' success,' said Jani
Lyrintzis, director, EB Wireless Solutions. 'We continue to deliver on
our promise to bring innovative devices to market that capitalize on
our industry expertise, both as a pioneer in the field - having
contributed nearly 100 commercially successful mobile device portfolios
during the past 20 years and as a provider of wireless solutions that
best respond to end-user demands to enhance the mobile experience.'
Features of the EB reference designs will include:
- Windows Mobile Professional operating system
- End-user memory: 100 MB
- Compact form factor: 4.7 inch x 2.5 inch x 0.8/0.6 inch / 118.8 mm x 64.8 mm x 19.25/16.25 mm
- Lightweight
- Integrated Bluetooth, WiFi, USB and GPS connectivity
- Mass handset customization possibilities for various vertical industries
Announced
in April 2008, the EB satellite-terrestrial reference design platform
will be made available to TerreStar Corporation, and enables device
manufacturers the opportunity to utilize existing reference design form
factors - or - work directly with EB to customize mobile devices based
on target market requirements. Initial commercial availability of the
reference design is planned for 1H 2009.