Mike Temporale
04-28-2006, 02:45 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/04/26/77803_HNdualphonescrapped_1.html?source=NLC-WIR2006-04-27' target='_blank'>http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/04/26/77803_HNdualphonescrapped_1.html?source=NLC-WIR2006-04-27</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Motorola and Cisco Systems have stopped development of a dual-mode cellular and Wi-Fi phone in favor of allowing multiple devices to work with any vendor's enterprise IP (Internet Protocol) phone switch, a Motorola executive said Wednesday. Last July, the companies announced a partnership and plans to develop a device and release early this year. The aim of the project was to let enterprise employees use one phone both outside and inside the office, with calls smoothly shifting over to a wireless LAN in the office and to the cell network when a user went outside. Typical office phone features, such as dialing by extension within the enterprise, would be built in. Dual-mode phones are a key component of fixed-mobile convergence, which could benefit both enterprises and consumers with lower cellular bills and better indoor coverage."</i><br /><br />Sounds like a smart move to me. The VoIP market is changing and growing so fast that it would only make sense that a dual-mode phone should be able to work on any WiFi network and not locked into a specific environment.