Wifi phone review 2007

Fans of DECT systems like that the phones run on their own frequency and are more resistant to interference from other wireless devices. There are a number of Polycom Spectralink Wi-Fi models to choose from.

It comes with dedicated built-in functions to meet different industry needs such as barcode scanner, hot-swappable batteries for zero downtime, even when the phone is in use, waterproof, etc. Versity is only Grandstream just newly released their first ever WiFi phone, the WP This WiFi phone is what enterprise organizations and vertical markets such as retail, medical, and security businesses have been waiting for in a portable WiFi device. See how this WiFi phone works and looks in our review video:.

This device features integrated dual-band WiFi to set you free from your desk. If your business is growing and needs to handle a moderate number of calls on a daily basis, the GXPW can be your perfect match! Like all Windows Mobile 5 and 6 phones, the Touch has call history, photo caller ID, and supports call waiting, conference calling and flight mode.

You can also use the phone as a wireless modem for a notebook over Bluetooth, though EDGE speeds aren't as compelling as 3G. It's even slower on the Touch, perhaps due to the demands of the touch interface. Quite often we though we hadn't had success touching an icon when the problem was really a long delay before the device responded by opening a window or launching an application.

We found ourselves tapping and waiting quite a bit. For example, we tested two WMV files, one a short kbps flick and the other a kbps movie and both dropped enough frames that playback was about 10 fps. Rebooting the phone and running no other applications other than Media Player Mobile improved things, but realistically it's not practical to reboot the phone every time you want to watch a video.

Of those, You can further extend storage using the included 1 gig Micro SD card. Like the Wing, the Touch is SD 2. Given how little room there is inside the phone for camera hardware, we're not surprised that image quality took a hit compared to its much bigger brother. Images suffer from excessive foreground sharpening so much so that detail is actually obliterated that jars with un-sharpened background areas and creates a sense of limited focus.

When resized down to VGA or x , photos look decent but they still lack natural detail and contrast and white out add harshness to the images. Images sometimes have a purple color cast, as you can see in the photo of the dark gray buddha to the right. The camera can take photos at a maximum of x pixels, with lower resolutions available that are suitable for Today Screen backgrounds, MMS and caller ID.

There are 4 quality settings, center and average metering options, a shutter sound that can be turned off, a self-timer and more. There are two video modes: standard and MMS. Standard video resolutions are unambitious: x 96 and x , but they do look decent, albeit small. Standard video mode supports H. MMS video supports H. The camera has a self-portrait mirror but no flash. The HTC Touch has WiFi worked reliably for us on our encrypted You can set the amount of power the WiFi radio consumes using a 3 position slider, set up LEAP and secure certificates.

Right side. Microsoft's Bluetooth stack and fairly plain user interface handle Bluetooth connections for the Touch, like all recent HTC phones. It has Bluetooth 2. We tested the Touch with the Plantronics Discovery and the Samsung WEP, and both worked well with good voice quality and and volume. We tested A2DP using the Plantronics a Bluetooth stereo headset and when we paired it, the Touch asked if we wanted to use it for stereo, handsfree or both. We selected "both" and all controls worked properly.

Audio quality was very good, with clear stereo separation, strong bass and non-harsh trebles with plenty of volume. Very nice. And there's one big city success story: Minneapolis, Minn. While local provider US Internet wound up spending more than they'd intended, reports from the ground indicate that service works quite well, and subscriptions and interest are quite high.

The company was able to respond almost instantly to the bridge collapse a few months ago by deploying additional mesh infrastructure to add network capacity in the area. And it says that it could reach positive cash flow in early One of their advantages? They secured a substantial commitment from the city for the services they built. Other trends of the year gone by: Music and Wi-Fi are clearly more aligned, with the new Zune models and firmware from Microsoft allowing wireless sync but not yet Wi-Fi purchases , and the introduction of both the Apple iPhone and iTunes touch, which allow music purchases over Wi-Fi but not synchronization.

Security continues to be a concern in , although less of one as home users have clearly accepted WPA Personal, at long last, and networks are increasingly encrypted through better software from major hardware manufacturers. Wizards make encryption a no-brainer, when they work. Corporations stung by reports and by requirements from credit card issuers are also clearly protecting their networks better, although I'm sure we'll still see breaches at those firms that didn't cross every "t.

The Shipments of Draft Manufacturers made it clear as the year progressed that hardware sold today should generally be firmware upgradable to whatever the final, not much changed Gadget-Fi continued on the rise, as an increasing array of devices included Wi-Fi as a connectivity option. By year's end, they had four handsets for sale--two plain, a BlackBerry, and a clamshell--but subscriber numbers are unknown.

In-flight Internet over Wi-Fi : is finally the year. It was supposed to be Since the is in most respects identical to the recently released Curve , we won't repeat common feature coverage when possible. Please refer to our BlackBerry Curve review for further detail on features of interest not covered in this review. What is UMA?

No need for a separate VoIP account and application on the phone i. Simply use your phone number and your phone as if it were a normal cell phone. Likewise if you make or receive a call while on GSM, you'll be billed for the entire duration of that call using your regular plan minutes, even if you get in range of a hotspot and the phone switches to UMA. The somewhat more common SIP phones turn calls into multimedia streams and send them over the Net this is a simplified explanation.

This is an Call quality over UMA was excellent on the Curve With our office router there was a blip of silence shorter than a syllable when the phone switched to or from UMA, at the T-Mobile Starbucks hotspot there was no blip and we couldn't even tell it had switched.

The BlackBerry home screen shows you the carrier name T-Mobile near the top as per normal for a RIM device, and there's a dash followed by the current access point name when the phone is connected to a WiFi network. An icon at the upper right corner indicates that phone is currently on UMA and shows access point signal strength.

When not in range of an access point, the phone displays the usual EDGE signal information. Connecting to a WiFi network is quite easy using the wizard, and with the required T-Mobile data plan that includes T-Mobile hotspots you need to do nothing to connect to a T-Mobile hotspot, the BlackBerry does it automatically.

The keyboard is more traditional and BlackBerry-like than the 's and is thus somewhat easier to type on. The phone is available in "Titanium" gunmetal gray and "Pale Gold" champagne. We received the Titanium version which has a metallic hint of sparkle and a gloss finish.

Though ergonomically reminiscent of the past BlackBerry smartphones, the Curve is much smaller and lighter. It feels solid and well built, with no creaking or flex.