Since Apple's
iPhone announcement a little over a month ago, touch screen
handsets have been popping up all over our radar screen. As touch screens bet more attention in 2007, the Eliya is a new entrant with an actual distinguishing feature apart from a touch screen and a smartphone operating system -- dual SIM support. There are little and unremarkable tricks to get
two SIMs into most phones (yeah, we know many are kinda
low-tech), but how about OEM support for two cards? If you're into having two GSM carriers -- maybe one for voice and one for data -- the Eliya will hook you up from the start. No carving into your previous SIMs so you can stick them somewhere in a single SIM slot. Ok, we saved the kicker for last -- this Eliya unit can support both SIMs at once -- and you can be registered on two separate systems as once as well. No switching between SIMs in your phone's menu. Dual registration on two GSM systems at the same time -- and it's only 2007.
posted February 12th 2007 7:26PM
I've thought about this for a while, but I know something that would be even more useful... Having a phone with two different types of service. CDMA/GSM would be key (Verizon/Cingular or Sprint/Cingular)
The cost would be high, but the benefits of having two numbers/services on one phone would be tremendous.
wont really need that come june when verizon launches the CYCLONE blackberry....its cdma/gsm so all issues of being able to go pond jumping world wide are no longer a problem...gotta love the big red checkmark....