The VocalTec wiofone™ provides the WiMAX service provider with a desktop phone and home/SOHO networking device (it's a WiMAX CPE with a phone or is that a phone with a WiMAX CPE?). Here's the specs:

dmedia Takes CES Innovations 2008 Award for F200 WiMAX Personal Navigation Device

Taiwan’s dmedia added another award to its trophy case when CES honored it with an Innovations 2008 Award for its F200 wireless handset. The F200 combines WiMAX, location-based services, and GPS navigation on a dual-screen phone. dmedia has won Best of Innovation Awards at CES two years in a row.

The F200 is a GPS phone with dual screen, single touch panel, GPS chipset built-in, Bluetooth enabled, 2.0 Mega-pixel digital camera, Mobile WiMAX supported, and incorporates a G-Sensor. The G-Sensor enables a step counter (pedometer function). The dimensions of the handset are: 124 x 46.9 x 15.9 (mm).

January 10, 2008

What's also significant about the eePC is that ASUS will integrate WiMAX in it making it the first laptop to ship with "WiMAX inside". I'm using quotation marks here with care as Intel has announced plans to use the two-word phrase "WiMAX inside" for marketing with its ecosystem partners. The eePC currently ships with Wi-Fi.

The next version of the eePC will ship with a larger (8.9") screen and with WiMAX. This should put ASUS ahead in the race toward getting a native WiMAX laptop on the market. In addition to the consumer market, a WiMAX-enabled eePC should do well in education markets where a school district or university could deploy WiMAX "native" for student and faculty use. The WiMAX-enabled eePC could also have a quick uptake in enterprise markets as well especially for mobile workers.

Greenphone Specification

Software

Qtopia Phone Edition 4.1.7
Linux kernel 2.4.19

Hardware

Touch-screen and keypad UI

QVGA® LCD color screen
Marvell® PXA270 312 MHz application processor
Mini-SD™ card slot
64MB RAM & 128MB Flash
Broadcom® BCM2121 GSM/GPRS baseband processor
Tri-band (GSM 900/1800/1900) support
Bluetooth® equipped
Mini-USB port
1.3 megapixel camera

Trolltech Expands its Qtopia VoIP Offering with Acquisition

Trolltech acquires FONAV Unified Communications Platform

Oslo, Norway, 19 June - 2007 - Trolltech announced today that it has acquired the assets of FONAV, Inc. the maker of the FONAV unified communications platform. The platform, developed by FONAV using Trolltech’s Qtopia®, is presence-based, multi-modal software that brings an easy-to-use rich communication solution to the mass market leveraging a platform for phone manufacturers and broadband service providers.

With the proliferation of Wi-Fi and WiMax connected devices and the growth of VoIP use in the home, handset manufacturers are looking for a standard platform for bringing connected devices to market quickly and to offer rich communication services with an attractive and friendly user experience.

Trolltech’s acquisition of FONAV will provide a solution that spans traditional cellular devices to VoIP devices enabling a rich communication experience. Trolltech is committed to its promise of delivering platforms that increase handset manufacturers, consumer electronics makers and operators ability to bring innovative products to market quickly and cost efficiently.

“Trolltech continues to position itself as the standard application platform for mobile devices,” said Haavard Nord, co-founder and co-CEO, Trolltech. “With this move, we’ve cemented our leadership in offering the best platform for Linux-based VoIP development,” he added.

Unified Communications Platform

The FONAV solution is expected to be incorporated into Trolltech’s Qtopia product line and offers a presence-based, unified live in-box for calls, email, instant messaging and voice messages. Presence is also integrated into the address book, and the user can easily control how and when he wishes to reach others providing an always-on connection to the user’s social network. The Platform also creates new revenue opportunities for service providers, including broadband and VoIP operators, wire-line operators and web portals/communities.

The Unified Communications Platform is fully SIP standards based and includes SIP compliant VoIP services with calls made to and received from any number. Instant messaging uses the open source Jabber (XMPP) protocol allowing users to communicate using text or voice with any open community such as Google™ Talk. Email includes POP3 and IMAP access and WiFi is compatible with 802.xx standards with secure access using hardware-based WEP and WPA. Hotspot authentication for selected wireless ISPs is also supported.

“The connected device space is booming with innovative devices – from the Nokia N800 to the Apple iPhone, or the Sony Mylo. A rich software platform is a key ingredient to building devices like these,” said Ram Fish, CEO, FONAV. “By combining forces with Trolltech, we now offer a rich open standards and open source platform for device vendors and a way of helping device manufacturers achieve fast time-to-market with a high quality user experience. Qtopia provides an excellent foundation to integrate multimedia, web and other technologies and enables phone manufacturers and service providers to innovate quickly at lower cost.”

The acquisition marks the first acquisition the company has made since its public offering in July 2006. FONAV was founded in January 2006 by Ram Fish and Dilip Kenchammana and funded by Charles River Ventures and individual investors. All FONAV employees will be incorporated into Trolltech’s Redwood City, California office.

About Trolltech:

Trolltech® creates application development platforms for desktop and mobile device innovation. Trolltech's software increases the appeal of our customers' desktop applications and devices while reducing their risks and software development costs. Trolltech's technologies accelerate the evolution of software by unleashing the creative power of the developer.

Trolltech software is the foundation for thousands of leading products worldwide, many from Global 2000 companies. Trolltech is a second-generation open source company, with a dual licensing business model that supports open source values and methodology in a profitable, sustainable business. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TROLL. For more information about Trolltech, please visit http://www.trolltech.com.