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Siemens Gigaset: A "green" phone
The Siemens Gigaset, winner of a Red Dot Design Award earlier this year, is a eco-friendly device concept for green goodness. Made from an enviro-friendly plastic, the Gigaset has the option of running off of normal electrical energy, or by using solar power, built into its docking station. The Gigaset also features user friendly options including an intuitive menu, caller ID, widescreen OLED display and 3D surround speakers.
Nokia Siemens Network CTO, Hossein Moiin has come has stated to online sources that he thinks that there will be significant advances in network speeds and pricing by the year 2020. According to him, speeds will be 1000 times faster than they are now and on top of that, it will cost as little as $1 per GB which will be the daily consumption of an average user. The picture he painted about networking will allegedly come to fruition by the year 2020.
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The FCC has given its approval of a Windows Mobile powered handset from Samsung. The device will be heading towards AT&T and will have features like HSDPA, Wi-Fi and a 1000 mAh battery. Unfortunately there isn’t any additional information on this phone, but stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted.
Nokia Siemens Networks are putting to test its 3G femto cell product early next year. Known as the 3G Femto Home Access, this tiny base station that looks like a WiFi router is capable of enhancing WCDMA coverage in homes of consumers, giving them superior connections at all times. Similar to other femto cell products, the 3G Femto Home Access also hooks up to wireless network operators’ backhaul networks through a broadband Internet connection. It is hoped that this product will roll out by Q3 next year. Will WiFi be obsolete on cellphones soon with better and better 3G connections?