Elektrobit is bringing satellite phones to the masses with its young Satellite / Terrestrial Reference PDA Phone . go is the bulky antenna sport by planet phones of yore , substitute with a sleek , qwerty - keyboard PDA look that ’s just a touch thicker than a Blackberry 8800 . The concept product operate Windows Mobile 6.1 professional and contain a pack feature lot — including Bluetooth , Wi - Fi , GPS , VoIP , a touch screen , and a 3MP television camera .
The earphone will run on HSDPA , quad - band GSM / EGPRS and satellite networks . Talk time is 1.3 hours on satellite , 3 hours on WCDMA and between 3.5 to 5 hours on GSM . The entire package is require to be cost competitive with regular cell phones , Elektrobit promised .
So what ’s the catch ? The headphone is designed to be compatible with the Terrestar satellite web , which has n’t launch yet and seems to be having some troublekeeping its executive policeman . If the meshwork goes up in time , the earphone will be bring to market in 2009 . Otherwise , it ’s just another pretty piece of vaporware . [ UberReview ]
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