Mike Temporale
07-14-2005, 04:45 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050712/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_voip' target='_blank'>http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050712/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_voip</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. of Korea both announced deals to use a new hybrid wireless technology from Kineto Wireless Inc. to develop mobile phones that can pass a call from a cellular network to a Wi-Fi network without interrupting the connection. Samsung is licensing the technology to develop new mobile phones, while LG said it will be collaborating with Kineto on new hybrids. The companies did not say when they expect to introduce the new phones. The new technology, known as UMA for Unlicensed Mobile Access, is designed to provide better call quality indoors, where cellular signals turn weak and short-range Wi-Fi signals are strong. UMA also may lighten the load on crowded cellular networks by allowing carriers to divert phone calls from their towers."</i><br /><br />I wouldn't mind seeing this in my next Smartphone. Unfortunately, I'm sure this is light years away. What do you guys think?