Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Motorola to offer Wi-Fi phones

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 00:46:57 -0400

Motorola to offer Wi-Fi phones

Motorola is about to release several mobile phones equipped with Wi-Fi connection
capabilities. Motorola is following in the footsteps of Cisco, which two weeks ago
announced that it was shipping three Wi-Fi equipped phones: the Cisco Wireless IP Phone
7920, 7912G, and the 7902G. The Motorola Wi-Fi phones will be able to switch automatically
and seamlessly from one Wi-Fi spot or zone to another.
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Motorola working on wi-fi phones

3G? Pah!

By Mike Magee: Wednesday 14 May 2003, 15:10

SOURCES CLOSE to Motorola said the firm is not far from releasing
several mobile phones which will include wi-fi access.

The specs for the phones are well advanced, the INQUIRER
understands, and are intended to take advantage of wi-fi networks as
access continues to grow.

The move is interesting because other phone companies appear to think
that 3G will still be the way of the future for mobile phones.

However, adding wi-fi access to a mobile phone does have advantages,
particularly as some of the technology is close to the type of system Intel
and others are promoting.

For example, a Motorola phone with wi-fi facilities will be able to
autoswitch from wi-fi point to wi-fi point seamlessly, and although
coverage is still shaky in many areas of the world, that's bound to
improve.

Intel's thinking on the matter of wi-fi access is that the silicon is cheap
enough, but the primary problem is education. Quite a few organisations
and companies could easily offer a wi-fi service but don't realise how
useful it would be to people on the hop.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9496