BenQ's getting UMA in the P50
UMA? Yeah, we haven't heard anything about it for awhile either, but you know something's up when you've got big
names associated with it such as AT&T
Wireless, BT, Cingular,
Motorola,
Nokia, Nortel, O2,
Research in Motion,
Sony-Ericsson and
T-Mobile, to name a few. To bring you back up to
speed, the idea is that UMA (Unlicensed Mobile
Access)-enabled devices would, in theory, have seamless data transmission handoffs between GSM and unlicensed
spectrum data networks (i.e. WiFi and Bluetooth), taking a phone call or GPRS (no mention of EDGE or UMTS) session, and
transmitting to a UMA end-point over the public Internet (to save costs, no doubt), and back onto the carrier's
network. Where are we going with all this? Well, UMA's primary software and tools provider, some firm called Kineto
Wireless, has announced they're going to be UMA-enabling their first device soon,
BenQ's forthcoming WiFi/Bluetooth-equipped
P50. Yeah, that P50. Okay, so maybe we'll be
willing to take back a little of that P50 smack talk if
UMA works as advertised, but we're not going to hold our breath, bated or otherwise.
[Thanks, Guttrhead]
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
010111 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM
sure it'll be included. then promptly disabled by every single carrier selling the P50.
i assume it will automagically swap/switch between available connections for data too? like if i pair my P50 to a laptop... it'll use EDGE when there is no wifi around? then automagically switch to wifi if available? or the same thing when using the built-in data-usin' crap?
basically the P50 lost my interest when they announced the $900 pricetag. and more so when they still haven't freaking released it.
that new HP is what i'm digging now... if only they rethink the SD slot... if i have to be side-slottin' a wifi card it'll stick out 1/2" and look totally totally NOT rad. and probably break off in my pocket or something. but everything else on the HP is pure goodly. let's hope the price is around $599-699-ish.
TheZodiac @ Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM
Man I hate HP, iPaq and their products. What Im heading for is the MDA4, IF it even gets released to a US carrier - maybe with EDGE. Those MDA's are mightyl propular and always seem to find themselves into all carriers with different options, RF modules and so on.... cant wait :)
Jeremy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM
Some carries won't even give us full Bluetooth capabilties. I am not holding my breath for UMA.
Stuart @ Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM
This looks like it has pottential, though bluetooth is a necessary
Virtuous @ Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM
The P50 shows promise. Let's hope it works better than the iPaq h6315.
Daydalaus @ Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM
The carriers should have an UMA solution also, only if they have the integration with the WiFi sistem it will work
mqasim khan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM
i need information this phone i want to buy
bayram @ Dec 19th 2005 1:04AM
hey. i bought hp 6515. but i have sent it back to the company. i was not pleased with it coz of its battery. i wanna but benq p50. how i can buy it . where do i buy it. pls help