NexTouch ET 500 802.11n WiFi phone

by Thomas Ricker, posted Nov 25th 2006 at 12:11PM

NexTouch is showing off their new ET 500 WiFi phone at the VoIP/IPTV World trade show. Ok, it's more an idea they're touting since the best the could do was prop up some renderings and the Samsung 802.11n chipset at the guts of the handset. Why all the bandwidth? Easy, this phone is meant for streaming voice and video (H.323 please) to that 2-inch, 176x220 pixel LCD. They don't provide any ship dates or price, but we can expect this and more .11n handsets to roll sometime after July when the IEEE can hopefully agree on a standard.

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wireless

Tags: 802.11n phone, 802.11nPhone, et 500, Et500, nextouch, wifi phone, WifiPhone

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Brandon West @ Nov 25th 2006 1:28PM

So I'm guessing the idea here is for video phone calls, right? That won't work so great when the phone is up to someone's ear. Is the base a speakerphone or something?

Unless I'm missing something and the idea is to watch videos on your phone, in which case - what's the point?

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Ed @ Feb 13th 2009 10:34PM

What it means to me is that I'll be able to stand off about 1000' from a free WIFI hotspot or locate a domicile near one and make arrangements with the hotspot manager for a password, share cheap repeaters with neighbors willing to set up a line of sight network, and get on-line at high speed for those free international Skype video calls with a handset or full size computer without having to drive or walk to the hotspot front door to buy a Latte or a burger. Very handy in developing countries and tourist areas with limited access and much cheaper than a hotel access point. 11n devices would also be handy for comparing prices and quality by a team of shoppers at a mall. Great at a construction site and communication between the roofs of hi-rise tourist lodging as well as on the beach, in the surf, or out to fishing boats and yachts anchored in the bay sporting omnidirectional repeaters. Add four repeaters to road vehicles and before you know it the whole area is unwired.Might be handy on those long stretches of highway in the west without a cell tower. For further news check out the links on this search page http://www.google.com/search?q=wifi+world+record

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